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Crochetville is a free social networking website for crocheters, launched on February 16, 2004. Crochetville provides a number of services for crocheters, including a message board community where members can talk with crocheters from around the world, online crochet classes, a digital pattern store, a free pattern directory, YouTube tutorials, Pinterest boards, a thriving, interactive Facebook community, and more. As of October 21, 2013, the Crochetville message board community had over 65,000 members worldwide and the Crochetville Facebook page had over 78,000 fans worldwide.

INSERT LOGO Type: Private Foundation Date: February 16, 2004 Headquarters: Harvest (Huntsville), Alabama, USA Founders: Donna Hulka and Amy Shelton Owner: Crochetville LLC Website: http://www.crochetville.com Alexa rank: Type of site: Social network, e-commerce Registration: Free Launched: 2004

Development Crochetville began as on a free message board site on February 16, 2004 to provide crochet bloggers fromm around the world with a central location in which to communicate with each other. After several years of explosive growth, Donna Hulka and Amy Shelton formed Crochetville LLC in January 2007, turning Crochetville into an official business.

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In addition to serving as a social network site for crocheters to discuss their craft, Crochetville also facilitates micro-business. Crochet designers can upload and sell their patterns on the site. [source] Independent crochet businesses are allowed limited free advertising opportunities on the message board site, while crochet-related businesses of any size may purchase banner ads. Individualized promotional and advertising opportunities can be customized for any crochet-related business, taking advantage of Crochetville'ss message board, blog, and Facebook page to reach a highly targeted audience of crocheters. [source]

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Message Board Digital Pattern Store Online Classes Free Pattern Directory

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