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I just want the staff to know that I am extremely impressed with the quality of this company. I have enjoyed the lessons, designers and projects, but mostly I feel that the members of the staff are very attuned to the needs and desires of the public. Having read all of the emails from the company, I also appreciate being treated like an intelligent adult and being kept in the loop.
Thank you and keep the good things coming!
Sharon Kaplan
THANK YOU FOR ANSWERING ME ABOUT THE FULL SET OF PATTERNS, AT THIS TIME I DONT HAVE A PRINTER SO I CAN’T DOWNLOAD ANY OF THE PATTERNS,. BUT THEY ALL LOOK GREAT!! AND WOULD LOVE TO MAKE THEM , IM PLANNING ON GETTING A PRINTER IN THE( NEAR FUTURE,) BUT DON’T KNOW HOW SOON IT WILL HAPPEN. THANK YOU FOR ANSWERING MY QUESTION, & I DO FOLLOW YOUR SITE WHENEVER I CAN. THANKS AGAIN SUE SMITH…..
I love Craftsy and am thoroughly enjoying my online class. I’m an avid knitter, but was taught to do it the English way, and would really, really, like to learn the Continental way, am hoping that maybe someday Craftsy will offer a course on it like the one Leslye Solomon and another instructor teaches at the Stitches shows. They say their method is fast & easy to learn, and Continental knitting is so much faster than the English method. Keeping my fingers and toes crossed that I see a class here someday.
AGREE with Charlotte! Would LOVE to see a class for Continental knitting! I’m also an English “thrower’, but would sure like to become a Continental ‘picker’. And while I’m at it suggesting classes…how about one for using dpn’s? I have a difficult time with those little double pointy sticks..LOL…always end up with either too many stitches or not enough.. Need a class to show me exactly how to hold my yarn, and where it should be when I change needles. Does it go underneath the first needle when I change to the next, or over the top…or..WHERE? HELP!!! A class that moves slowly, with lots of nice video close-ups of each move. For BOTH! Pickin’ and DPN’n…LOL…’ Pretty please? Help us get the most from our knitting! Thanks!!!!
Hi Gabrielle,
Thanks for your suggestions! We are always looking for new and exciting class ideas to bring to our community! I will be sure to pass these ideas on to our team.
Please do make a video for learning DPNS! i have trouble . please go slow when making it. Thanks!!
Gloria – Thanks so much for your suggestion. I will be sure to pass along your comments to our production team.
I purchased Viola Sue’s pattern for Knitted Lamb Sheep. They are soooo cute. Wonderful for a Christmas Scene or just for fun. I would buy from her again. Thanks so much Viola!!!!
I cannot begin to tell you how wonder, fantastic, awesome these Craftsy classes are! Oh my gosh, the quality of the videos are just amazing. You can’t get any of this out of a book. Dressmaking is my life. Even tho I have been sewing all my life, I still don’t know everything, almost. lol. I live in Germany, and I have this one particular granddaughter in the states that would to learn how to sew. I did buy her a sewing maching, but haven’t had the time to teach her how to sew, just not enough time. Can someone PLEASE come out with a Beginners Sewing Class??? There is a set of DVD’s, beginers sewing from this wonderful magazine that I do subscribe to, but it’s not the same. I WANT Craftsy! Sewing is becoming a lost art. I want Craftsy to keep it alive! PLEASE!!! I will be waiting!
And thank you for having such fantastic classes!
Hi!
Thank you so much for your sentiments! We are happy to keep sewing alive. We do currently have an awesome beginner level sewing class on our site! The class is called “Sewing Studio” with instructor Diana Rupp. In this class she teaches the basics of pinning, stitching, pressing, and finishing. For more details about this class, please visit: http://www.craftsy.com/ext/social_19.
Any help/hints/tips/lessons for the truly left-handed knitter? I have had to “trial-and-error” my way through. The basics were not to troublesome. Entrelac presented with some very challenging aspects with the beginning/end (edge) triangles. And I haven’t more than theorized as to how to translate a “picture” pattern. And angled stitches.
I refuse to believe that the knitting world would turn it’s back on those of us who are in-capable of knitting right-handed or even continental style. I won’t. It may take me the rest of my life, but I hope there are others who have progressed farther than I who would share what they have learned along the way. I teach left-handed basic knitting to others, and I would like to give them more as I learn more. Thank you.
I ordered the box of the month but don’t know where and how to find the pattern for it.Can anybody help me???
Hi Jo, I’m sorry for the confusion. We did send you a October Mystery Box on 10/30. This deal did not include any patterns. If you are looking for patterns you might consider checking out the Pattern Store on Craftsy where you can find thousands of patterns from indie designers here: http://www.craftsy.com/patterns. Happy knitting!
Hello! I am a Beginner Quilter. I have almost completed putting together my quilt and am looking for a class to take that will show me how to use my machine and learn how to do the Quilting Stitches on top! I see you have so many wonderful classes and am not sure which one I need:) This is a queen size quilt and is the first one I have ever made and am very excited to see if coming all together!! Thank You for you Help! Beverly
Hi Beverly. We’d love to help you learn to finish your quilt! If you’re new to machine quilting, we’d highly recommend “Machine Quilting: Free-Motion & More” with Wendy Butler Berns. This class is great for beginner machine quilters looking to learn to quilt their project on their home sewing machine. You can learn more about that class anytime here: http://www.craftsy.com/class/Machine-Quilting-Free-Motion-More/37
I love your online courses. But I hope that we can see some courses on techniques that are fast becoming a dying art, but are so important – at least with respect to cake decorating. I’d love to see more courses using butter cream techniques, from forming flowers, to borders and other types of techniques and methods. Most of the individuals I bake for do not want fondant covered cakes – although they love the look. So more courses using butter cream, or a combination of butter cream with royal, or others, would be nice to see. In any event, I will continue to take your courses, because they’re terrific!
Hi. Thanks so much for your suggestions. We’re so glad to hear you are enjoying your Craftsy classes. I’ll be sure to let our production team know you’re interested in more buttercream classes on Craftsy!
Dear Craftsy,
Thanks for helping me get back on track with my exercise routine. Yep, you got that right. I’ve installed the Craftsy app on my I-Pad so I can watch your videos while walking every day on my treadmill. I LOVE multi-tasking!
Paula
My daughter has become and avid fan of Craftsy and I wanted to surprise her with the Mystery Box for Christmas which I paid 40.00 for and was supposed to be worth 100.00. I was very disappointed. there were 3 skeins of yarn…none matching (which I expected and a set of circular needles. Not happy to be giving this to my daughter this Christmas. I have not reference the items yet but still not happy.
Hello Janet,
We’re so sorry to hear that you were not happy with your Mystery Box. Can you send us an email at help@craftsy.com so we can help you further? Our members’ satisfaction is important to us!
Craftsy is awesome. I have enjoyed each class and I had the joy of sharing Craftsy fun with gift certificates for family and friends this Christmas. I wonder if you have considered classes that would teach photography or wood-working? Those would be great to share with some of the men in my life. The knitting, quilting, sewing and food courses are fantastic. Thank you for ‘teaching’ all of us something new each day. Keep up the great work.
Hi Jan. We’re so happy to hear you love Craftsy! The good news is we DO have classes in woodwork and photography and more on the way! You can see our current photography class “Shoot It” here: http://www.craftsy.com/class/Shoot-It-A-Product-Photography-Primer/90. You can find our woodworking classes on Craftsy’s partent site Sympoz here: http://www.sympoz.com/classes/woodworking
I am totally so overwhelmed by what craftsy has given me. I am one of the winners of’ win your wish list’. You have made my year. I love you guys to bits not only for the “gifts” but the quality of your videos. They are so explicit and the tutors give so much more than we actually bargained for. Ouch! I’m off , I have to start watching them. Muahhhhh to you all and have a great year ahead.
I just wanted to thank you for such wonderful classes and inspiration. I have a suggestion for a class. I wish you would find someone to teach a class on re-upholstering chairs and couches, or a class on how to fit and make slip covers. I know several ladys who would buy that class in a heart beat. Thanks for everything you do. Its awesome what you have created, much luck to your continued success!!!
I second the “upholstery/ slip-cover class” idea, Betsy!
Great idea!
Paisley
Having just finished Cindy Needham’s quilting class I must say that I was quite impressed and want more. Cindy has a great screen personality, wonderful rich samples and does a great job teaching. Please get more classes done by her. Thank you for including her in your lineup. Now….on to the next class….
I ordered the Boho fat quaraters today for your free class on Blocks of the Month-I am a new member and not sure where I can ask a question about fabric. I wanted to substitute a backgound fabric for the Kona Snow -any suggestions-. Thanks Jean
Lea Day’s machine quilting class was the best I have ever taken either on the web or in person. She is easy to understand and the photograpy was amazing. Hope she will be doing more classes for you!
I really enjoy your classes. I’m just exploring quilting and am enrolled in several of those courses. I watch Craftsy classes instead of TV and really lose track of time. I’ve always been intrigued and fascinated with Crazy quilts and the beautiful emroidery stitches used on them. You have such gifted and creative quilting instructors. Might you have one that is passionate about Crazy quilts?
Thank you for all the interesting classes. I have really enjoyed them. I would like to see a class offered soon on sewing with linen. I think that would be helpful for me as well as others I know. Thanks again.
I’m a newcomer to Craftsy and I’ve really enjoyed it. I’ve already finished 3 or 4 projects using patterns I’ve downloaded!
I’m writing to make a couple of suggestions for making it easier to navigate your awesome site. One, I would LOVE for there to be an option for a refined search. For instance, for free patterns, $3 or less, $5 or less, beginner, intermediate, hats, baby booties…
I would also love an option for a “quick view” as some stores’ sites have with their products, where you scroll over a picture and a box with basic information appears. That way you can save time not always having to click on it to go to another page if the “quick view info” can answer your question.
Also, it would be nice to divide the results in pages. After scrolling through over 1000 results and if I click on one to read about it and then go back, it takes quite a long time for it to get back to where I left off. Sometimes when I click the “back” button and as it’s scrolling through the first patterns I see patterns I didn’t recall seeing earlier. This is quite possibly because I wasn’t paying attention, but I wonder if the patterns are in the same order or if going back and forth between the search results and individual pattern pages scrabbles them causing me to miss seeing some of the patterns.
Hopefully I’m making sense! Thank you for your time and consideration.
Hi Babyblessings,
Thank you for your great suggestions for our pattern store! We are always looking for new ways to improve our site and I will be sure to pass these suggestions along!
I love my Craftsy classes! I don’t even have enough time to watch all of them at present, but I would like to suggest some craft topics I would love to see on here! I am really interested in dyeing fabrics and have enjoyed both of your classes on that subject, “Fabric Patterning with Wax Resist” and “The Art of Cloth Dyeing.”
There are a number of topics I would love to see covered on Craftsy regarding this subject, but especially Shibori. There is a DVD called “Arashi Shibori” by Ana Lisa Hedstrom offered on Dharma Trading’s website . Perhaps you could get this artist to do a Craftsy class?
Any dyeing or painting on cloth (silk, cotton, rayon, etc) classes are appreciated!
Thank you so much for your awesome website.
Paisley
Hi Paisley,
What a great suggestion! I will be sure to pass this class suggestion along to our pre-production team!
Ever since my friend in Ireland hooked me up with this site, I’ve been so inspired. I love to enter the contests because I’m looking for more fabric and it’s getting so expensive these days. Please put me in the draw.
I am so happy with the classes I have taken so far, and think that the Craftsy idea is an amazing idea, especially for those of us who live in country towns and can’t get to big city events. I would love to see a class teaching basic drawing, things like landscapes, buildings, faces etc. I would sign up as soon as possible. I am sure there would be many people who would love to learn to draw properly.
Thank you for the possibility!!
Mezzy
I’d love to see a lingerie sewing class – especially retro items and corsets! Sources for supplies and materials would be important – has Craftsy ever considered offering a kit with the needed items as an add-on to such a class?
Cheers, Sue
Hey you wonderful crafty craft people at Craftsy! I love, love, love all the cake decorating classes I have enrolled in and I would dearly love to see a cookie decorating class. There are so many amazing cookie decorators that are emerging on the market. Would you ever consider it?
Thanks, Kelli
I started with Craftsy with Amy’s wonderful BOM2012. My first quilt at 60+! I have learned so much with the numerous quilting classes I’ve taken to date. They have been clear and challenging and I love being able to access anytime, rewind, take notes, and get quick encouraging answers to any questions I’ve asked. I’m currently juggling 2013 BOM, Leah’s Free Motion Filler and Camille’s extraordinary Pre-cut Piecing. Love her quilt patterns and beautiful fresh fabrics. Thanks to each of the talented Crafty instructors for sharing their gifts.
I have thoroughly loved all the Craftsy classes I have taken! This format is so much better than taking a live class, as I have the ability to rewind and have these videos for a lifetime! Thank you so much!
On a side note, I would really love to take a knit sewing class and there quite a few available. I was trying to look at the reviews, to see which one I would enjoy more, but it seems every comment for the teachers are all positive. Is there someone out there by chance, that has taken both and has a preference?
Is there a link to offer suggestions?
Hi MissKnitMisfit,
There isn’t a direct link at the moment for offering suggestions on Craftsy, but we’d love to hear them! Please feel free to send these our way to help@craftsy.com.
You display some beautiful and clever items. Too bad none is for me. My craft is crochet… I have made toys, clothes, and blankets for my entire family, and am beginning a new afghan for an expected grandson… However, I see no such items on your site… I could convert a lot of the knit patterns, but if you are approaching this with the idea of new ideas, I don’t think copied patterns really fit. My dad knew how to tat, too bad he died before I could have him teach me, or I would suggest a “tit for tat” motif for your “knitted knockers”…
Thank you Craftsy team! Thanks to you I can keep learning new techniques everyday.
I found it difficult to physically go to lessons in a shop here and now I can stay at home and learn at leisure from the greatest teachers. I also find that nobody is holding back on information to make many things easier, whereas the local teachers would not divulge any extra knowledge they had .
Once I got home the struggle to solve problems would let me know that certain things were not taught.
Thank you also for the many class choices and the quality of delivery .
Cherine
I am thoroughly enjoying the Craftsy classes I’ve enrolled in and love the platform, the whole site is inspiring. I live in New Zealand, am a quilter, so my classes centre in that area. There is a growing interest in copyright etiquette and I am wondering if Craftsy has any suggestions on crediting patterns when posting photos? Also, if your work is NOT copyrighted, and original, does posting a picture of your work constitute “public domain?”, thereby voiding copyright? My inclination is to copyright first (provided the work is originally mine) and post pictures later. After all, it’s about $30usd. Has any body else thought of this? I would love to hear comments. Many thanks, Melissa.