Craftster
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| Founded | May 2000 |
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| URL | http://www.craftster.org/ |
| Advertising | Yes |
Craftster is an online community for crafting and do it yourself enthusiasts.[1] Users post pictures of craft projects they have made and others comment and ask questions about how it was made.[2]
The site's tagline, "No tea cozies without irony", refers to the fact that many of the projects posted are irreverent, off-beat, humorous, clever, etc. While projects posted on the site tend to be made using traditional techniques such as knitting, crochet and sewing they often convey modern sentiments such as images of a favorite rock band, or motifs from a favorite 1980s video game.[3]
The site has over 190,000 registered members.[4] It has been written up in publications such as TIME Magazine, the New York Times, The Guardian, and the Washington Post.[5] [6] [7] The membership is over 190,000, and readership is over 1,000,000 unique visitors per month and over 10,000,000-page views per month. [citation needed]
The site has been called be one of the forces behind the renaissance of crafting among a new, young, contemporary demographic.[8]
History
The site was started in August 2003 by crafter and computer programmer Leah Kramer.,[9][10][11] The term "Craftster" is a blend of "crafty hipster" and a nod to pioneering peer-to-peer sites Napster and Friendster.[12] Prior to starting the site, Kramer was one of the organizers of the Boston Bazaar Bizarre, a yearly "punk rock craft fair," begun in 2001.[citation needed]
References
- ^ MSNBC. "Designer combines the nerdy with the crafty".
- ^ TIME (March 1, 2005). "Pretty Crafty". Time.
- ^ The Daily Record. "It's Sew Easy To Make & Mend".
- ^ Associated Press. "Get crafty for holiday gifts".
- ^ Washington Post (February 5, 2009). "Feeling Crafty? Inspiration Abounds on These 5 Sites". The Washington Post.
- ^ New York Times (July 2, 2006). "Crafster Founder Interview". The New York Times.
- ^ SeattlePI (January 9, 2008). "Sewing Hip". Seattle Post-Intelligencer.
- ^ Associated Press. "'Alternative' crafters bring new eye to crafts".
- ^ SFList. "Interview with Craftser Founder".
- ^ Boston Globe (July 26, 2006). "Calling all craftsters". The Boston Globe.
- ^ Boston Globe (June 22, 2006). "She and Kitsch Go Way Back". The Boston Globe.
- ^ "What is Craftster?". Craftster.org. Retrieved January 28, 2015.