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Permalink Reply by amina on January 25, 2009 at 2:49am: hi i wanted to ask ,incase we want to join two ends for example two ends of a knitted scarf..how is it done?; ▶ Reply to This

Permalink Reply by Peggy Stuart on January 25, 2009 at 8:36pm: Are you trying to make your scarf into a loop, such as for a "smoke ring?" If so, I would try Kitchener st, but how you do it depends on whether it's stockinette, garter, or ribbing (or other st). There are some tutorials for this in a variety of places. You can google "kitchener stitch in stockinette" or whatever, and you should find them. If this isn't what you mean, let me know what you're trying to do. I'll try to help. --Peggy; ▶ Reply to This

Permalink Reply by Elianastar on January 25, 2009 at 2:01pm: There's a way to link to, or at least find out about, Ravelry membership. Any chance there will be ways to connect to people who also have Facebook accounts, in the future?; ▶ Reply to This

Permalink Reply by Angela on January 26, 2009 at 8:53am: Hi,
We actually have a page set up for Knit Picks fans on Facebook here- http://www.facebook.com/home.php?#/pages/Knit-Picks/22057213158?ref=ts
That's probably the best way to find other Knit Picks lovers on Facebook. We also send updates through Facebook to our fans about new free patterns we post, new products that just became available (like new yarn colors), and our book sales.; ▶ Reply to This

Permalink Reply by Peggy Stuart on January 26, 2009 at 11:05am: Oooo, I'm going to need another bookmark on my browser! :-} --Peggy; ▶ Reply to This

Permalink Reply by Elianastar on January 26, 2009 at 12:39pm: Oh YAY! Thanks! I've had a Facebook acct for a year, but all my online friends are technophobes and won't get an account! I figure I'll have a better chance with the KnitPicks Community! LOL!

Maybe I'll be able to finally USE my Facebook acct now and will inclined to check it more than once or month or when I posted something to make sure it got there okay! I'm almost giddy!!!

StarLysandra
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Permalink Reply by Peggy Stuart on January 26, 2009 at 1:29pm: Star: I'll let you know if I need help with Facebook! --Peggy; ▶ Reply to This

Permalink Reply by Elianastar on January 26, 2009 at 4:03pm: Okay... I'm a little confused how the "Facebook Fan" thing works... nothing about KP shows up on my Facebook page... that I can see anyway... after clicking that I'm a fan. Do I just get "Notifications" on that tab from you guys in the future? There is an option to set up an application, "Simply RSS," where I can set up to receive up to 5 RSS feeds directly at Facebook and I'd like to set KnitPicks up, probably as my only one, but I'm not entirely certain how to get that link into the setup page for that Facebook application... probably making it harder than it needs to be?

I'm guessing if I just click on the RSS link in my browser bar, at the main KP Community page, or maybe the main KP page, that I could copy/paste that address into this app setup? But, I'm not sure which to use, if either of them... maybe I could copy the address, at the Facebook Fan page into that, but it doesn't look like it has an RSS feed there... If I could keep a running tab on KP from my Facebook acct, that would be great! That way I can monitor things really easily from my iPhone too, without having to open Safari! :-)

This would be a great thing to have on the main KP webpage... that one can become a Fan at Facebook, and all the detailed directions on how to combine KP and Facebook? Facebook is becoming SO popular and I had no idea there were any connections from KP to it!

Peggy... I have a reference book for Facebook, so if I don't know the answer to a question, I may be able to find it. Facebook is largely self-explanatory, but it does take some getting used to... poking around in it can't do any major damage. :-) {That I know of...}

One thing I do highly recommend is that one of the FIRST things to do is go to "Settings" at the very very top, then to "Privacy" and set privacy settings for EVERYthing you can possibly find to set... which is everything on Facebook. And anytime you add something to your Facebook page, make sure you make a point to look for Privacy settings for that app or component. It is a wonderful program, but the only reason I agreed to set up an account is because it offers such expansive Privacy options!; ▶ Reply to This

Permalink Reply by Peggy Stuart on January 27, 2009 at 8:40am: Star: The "major damage" may be to my befuzzled brain! --Peggy; ▶ Reply to This

Permalink Reply by Angela on January 27, 2009 at 9:58am: Now that you are a fan on Facebook, you'll get "updates" from us about new free patterns, contests, and other things like that. You can also see what pages you are a fan of by clicking on your name in the upper right navigation on your main page, then clicking on Info, then scrolling down to the bottom of the page. Hope that helps!

We'll have to look into the RSS question and get back to you.; ▶ Reply to This

Permalink Reply by Peggy Stuart on January 27, 2009 at 10:57am: Angela: I'm a ditz when it comes to computers, but I'm learning. I have a couple of questions--
1. Is the page I'm a fan of just the little Knit Picks photo at the bottom?
2. Where, exactly, do we post the photo of the finished item? In our KP blog? On our facebook page? I want to figure this out before I start knitting, because I won't want to devote any time to it then. :-} Thanks! --Peggy; ▶ Reply to This

Permalink Reply by Elianastar on February 1, 2009 at 3:02pm: My daughter is a Facebook friend, and she had problems with the RSS feed link to my KP blogs. I noticed today, on MY Facebook page that I can read the article in Facebook and it doesn't try to take me to the KP page... which it was doing with her and me when I first set up the RSS feed from KP to Facebook. It would only "flick" over to the KP page and then pop back out right away...

So, I think, that issue is resolved? But, I think it was resolved after I set up the "Simple RSS" app with the RSS address from the KP site that fixed it... just so you know.

Thanks for making it available... and sorry I'm so slow with this stuff! LOL!; ▶ Reply to This