Why You Need To Take a Craftsy Class!

I've used Craftsy for years to buy and sell my patterns.  I always knew there was another feature to it, but had never really looked into it.  There's a huge part of Craftsy, where you can find classes, in video form, for so many different mediums.  There are classes for crocheting (of course), knitting, cooking, quilting, jewelry making, photography, wood work and more!  Seriously, there are so many classes here, that you are bound to find a few that you are interested in!

As an affiliate with Craftsy, I was offered a free class to take and try out, so I could advertise for them with confidence.  I would never advertise a product I didn't truly believe in, so I was thrilled that I had this opportunity.

There are over 1000 classes online at Craftsy and I found many that I want to try out, but for the sake of my website, and my genre, I found a crocheting one that I thought would be fun.  I chose Aran Crochet taught by Melissa Leapman.  Out of all my years crocheting, I have never really learned how to do cables, and it's something that I always wanted to do.

I wont tell you all the details of the video, because they are trying to make money and that just wouldn't be fair to Craftsy, and those making the videos.

I will, though, tell you how much I enjoyed it!

She starts off by giving reviews of the basic stitches.  She is very clear and easy to understand.  Although I know these basics, I was still intrigued watching her, and listening to her explain it.  Maybe it's because I'm a crochet junkie, but watching other people crochet is actually fun!  The instructor goes slow, but not so slow it's annoying.  Her timing is perfect and as she's explaining all the stitches, she is clearly showing you with her wip (work - in - progress) where she is putting her hook.  The camera angles are very close so there is no question on stitch placements.

Each class comes with different sections and you can see that in the description before you purchase them.  There seem to be anywhere between 4 and 13 sections depending on which one you chose.  I obviously didn't check out all 1000 classes, so don't quote me on that!  The one that I did had 7, that were around 18-20 minutes each.  

After watching all videos, I felt confident in my ability to do Aran crochet, and to create my own patterns using cables.

Attributes of the classes:

Add note:  If you find something of interest click add note and it pauses so you can write, and then it will give a little teardrop tab for you to go back to it. There's a note tab at the top where you can find a list of all your notes as well

Questions: On the side, you'll see questions that other people have asked, and the instructors responses.  You can ask questions here too.  I asked a simple question to see response time.  I asked the question at night and by mid morning, the next day, the instructor had already written back!

Closed Captioning: You can read along with it if you have trouble hearing, or like me, have loud kids in the house!

Projects:  When you click on this tab on the top, you can see what other people have created.  I like this because I like to see how creative people can be after learning the same topic.

Overall, I was thoroughly pleased with this class on Craftsy, and it makes me eager and excited to try more!  I think I may try a cooking one next!!

After watching this tutorial, I was excited to put it to use.  I decided to make a blanket from all I have learned.  Since crocheting is a business for me, I don't always have a lot of time to work on things for myself, so I have not completed my blanket yet.  I want it to be a large throw blanket for my home, so it is on the bigger side, but I'm so excited to see it when it's complete.  Here is a picture of it to date!!!

Have you taken any of these classes?  Which craft would you be most excited in learning about?