Your hobby, in a new town
Tell it what you make and where you’ve landed. It finds the places and the people that keep your hobby going, including the ones nobody thinks to mention.
Fabric shop, 3 miles away
Riverside Fabric & Notions
Quilting cottons, batting by the yard, and a big cutting table.
The surprising one, 9 miles away
Hartley Farm & Feed
Sells cotton feed-sack prints by the yard, next to the chicken feed.
Group, at the public library
Thursday Night Quilters
Meets every week. Newcomers welcome, so bring some hand sewing.
Show
County fair quilt show
Every March. Entries open in January.
An example for a quilter who just moved. Every place is made up.
Stashhound now
On your wish list: indigo batik fat quarters. Just came in at Riverside Fabric & Notions, 3 miles away.
Ask for it by the right name
The same thing goes by a different name a few hundred miles away. Stashhound tells you what to ask for, so you walk out with the right thing.
| What you’d call it in the US | What to ask for in the UK |
|---|---|
| Batting | Wadding |
| Notions | HaberdasheryPins, needles, thread, zippers, and buttons. |
| Seam ripper | Unpicker |
| Single crochet | Double crochetSame stitch, different name. Worth knowing before you follow a pattern. |
| Worsted weight yarn | Aran |
An example for someone moving from the US to the UK. It works the same way for other countries and languages.
What else it does
Everything a crafter used to know about home, rebuilt for wherever you are now.
- Shops, including the surprising ones
- Fabric and yarn shops, plus the hardware store with the good thread, the art store with calligraphy nibs, and the feed store with the prints.
- Groups and guilds
- Where people meet to make things together, when they meet, and whether newcomers can just turn up.
- Classes and teachers
- Pick up a new skill, or find someone to help you finish the one you started.
- Shows and fairs
- Quilt shows, wool festivals, and craft fairs nearby, with dates and how to enter.
- Your wish list
- Name the supplies you’re after, and hear when they turn up near you.
Why we’re building it
“I moved, and my whole craft world stayed behind.”
A move takes more than your address. It takes the shop that knew what you liked, the group that met on Thursdays, and the words you used at the counter. Stashhound sniffs out your hobby’s new home, wherever you land.
Where it stands
Concept. It’s thought through and written up, not built yet.
It’s a sibling of Pourhound, our nose for good whiskey, and it hunts the same way, for hobbies.
If you’d use it, tell us what you make.
Tell me when it’s ready
It’s still an idea on paper. Leave your email and we’ll write when there’s something to try, and maybe ask what your hobby needs.
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