Craftster
| File:Craftster Logo.png | |
Type of site | Craft content / online community |
|---|---|
| Founded | May 2000 |
| Headquarters | , U.S. |
| URL | http://www.craftster.org/ |
| Advertising | Yes |
| Current status | closed |
| Website closed on December 19, 2019 | |
Craftster was an online community for crafting and do it yourself (DIY) enthusiasts.[1] Users posted pictures of craft projects, and others commented and asked questions about how it was made.[2]
The Craftster.org website closed on December 19, 2019.
The site's tagline, "No tea cozies without irony", referred to the fact that many of the projects posted are irreverent, off-beat, humorous, clever, etc. While projects posted on the site tended to be made using traditional techniques such as knitting, crochet, cross stitch and sewing they often conveyed modern sentiments such as images of a favorite rock band, or motifs from a favorite 1980s video game.[3]
The site had over 190,000 registered members.[4] It has been written up in publications such as Time, The New York Times, The Guardian, and The Washington Post.[5] [6] [7] The membership was over 190,000, and readership was over 1,000,000 unique visitors per month and over 10,000,000-page views per month.[8]
The site has been called be one of the forces behind the renaissance of crafting among a new, young, contemporary demographic.[9]
History
[edit | edit source]The site was started on June 27, 2003,[10] by crafter and computer programmer Leah Kramer.[11][12][13] The term "Craftster" is a portmanteau of "crafty hipster" and a nod to pioneering peer-to-peer sites Napster and Friendster.[14] 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.[15]
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