I gotta think about joining more instances, I've only camped out on this one so far. Any advice on finding some for specific topics? instances.social yields really broad buckets
@ColinTheMathmo ooh, thanks! that's neat
@somelaniesaid Let me know if it helps, and where you end up. My wife might be interested as well:
@somelaniesaid Some instances you might like:
mastodon.art
wandering.shop
tootplanet.space
@bvtsang thanks Bryan!
@somelaniesaid @bvtsang hi! There are plenty of knitters here in the Shop, but as far as I know there isn't a fibercrafting instance. We do have a Ravelry group, but I don't think anyone uses it :P
@DialMforMara decided to try mastodon.art for now since there's so much art there, but followed you from there! For a split second I was like hmm, would be cool to start an instance, and then remembered I don't have time for that XD
@somelaniesaid there’s an art instance, but I have yet to hear of a craft one. (I don’t feel up to coping with being in charge of one, or I’d do it.) in the meantime, if you hashtag your posts, there’s a fairly active community in #knitting and #fiberarts.
@gannet thanks Naomi! Same feelings about being an admin. 😅
@somelaniesaid I occasionally post about my #sewing/#GarmentEngineering projects on scholar.social (my home instance).
@somelaniesaid Have you tried this interesting service:
http://vinayaka.distsn.org/
It seems to attempt to match you with like-minded people. Then you can see where they are, have a look, see if you fit in.