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Ravelry has a rating of 3.1 stars from 510 reviews, indicating that most customers are generally satisfied with their purchases. Reviewers satisfied with Ravelry most frequently mention fiber arts, white supremacy, and social media. Ravelry ranks 1st among Yarns sites.
If you knit or crochet then you need this site for patterns, yarn reviews, friendship with other fiber artists and education in your craft. This is run by a small but amazing staff who are extremely responsive to all of your needs. And it's free!
I have only purchased one pattern through ravelry, the money was taken but I have not received the pattern. I've messaged ravelry and the designer directly through their own website and have had no response from either! Very disappointing as the pattern was lovely!
If you don't want offensive content on a search, go to the back page and search forward, as offensive content seems to be the preferred content now.
Date of experience: February 15, 2017
If you love yarn, you will love Ravelry! Patterns, yarn database, forums and lots of information for beginners to advanced skill levels.
Date of experience: July 13, 2019
Exclusive policies not inclusive. They should not be allowed to control which crafts I get to pick and which once I don't.
Date of experience: July 13, 2019
I don't know where I would be with out Ravelry. The best knitting resource out there. I love the inclusive community
Date of experience: July 13, 2019
A great place for patterns and conversation! I've made a lot of friends on here and got lots of patterns!
Date of experience: July 13, 2019
I am new here and am very impressed by Ravelry. I came here for the politics, but stayed for the patterns. <3
Date of experience: July 16, 2019
It used to be a good website. Designers are going elsewhere now. Lots of vandalism of the website and problems with hackers. I wouldn't recommend it.
Date of experience: December 3, 2019
Raverly is the best site for patterns and to connect with other knitters! I have been a member for years and also belong to many groups!
Date of experience: July 13, 2019
Great site. I am able to organise all my knitting information in one place. The forums are really helpful too.
Date of experience: August 23, 2018
Made policy changes without notifying shop owners ahead of time. We find this extremely unprofessional.
Date of experience: July 13, 2019
Revelry is a fantastic site and resource for all fiber artists. I've met some of my best friends there.
Date of experience: July 13, 2019
Well designed, easy to use, brilliant staff and policies. Combines knitting with a respectful social media platform.
Date of experience: July 15, 2019
Amazing resource for knitters and spinners - can't imagine how I would manage without it - good thing I'm not a right-wing bigot ;)
Date of experience: July 13, 2019
An Incredible resource for patterns, yarn info, stash logging, helpful forums, fun groups and much more!
Date of experience: July 13, 2019
Nothing more Ignorant than to say your protecting everyone by alienating others and not even based in truth.
Date of experience: July 19, 2019
I belonged to Ravelry for five years, beginning when I learned to knit after my son was born. I loved coming to the site for creative inspiration and I also made some great connections for charity knitting projects.
Fast forward to their "new and improved", "think like us and only like us or GTFO" community rules. Not so great anymore. The focus is no longer on knitting, but instead is on making sure everyone on the site agrees with the mods/founders/admins in terms of politics (AKA the Trump ban).
I'm pretty darn progressive, a registered democrat, LGBTQ ally, etc, etc. However, I am aghast the founders of Ravelry don't see how incredibly hypocritical and divisive their new policies and political focus are. Just ban political topics altogether, as the only other forum I belong to does quite successfully. It seems these folks are the type who want to live in a world where everyone else thinks just as they do, all while espousing to be open and liberal. That's not how progressiveness works, kids.
The last straw for me was starting a thread in which I suggested going back to featuring creatively focused posts on the home page, rather than 90% of the home page posts being focused on tech tips, politics, and profiles of their "team." Know what happened? I was flamed by "oh so liberal" members who claimed the Ravelry community needed to be "protected" from the forces of evil by the Ravelry team. Say what? You would think I had announced my loyalty to Pol Pot or something. Then, the thread was locked because it violated "Community Guidelines." I asked for clarification on this and was given none, no response at all.
As a progressive knitter, do I care to have anything to do with these folks? Nope!
Stay far, far away.
Date of experience: August 12, 2019
Ravelry categorizes people... and I am one that is amazingly weird. And love it by the way. My real last name is Pena, hispanic as it sounds but my dad will tell you that is only your heritage you are AMERICAN. I am blond haired blue eyed and look Scandinavian, but I am AMERICAN. On my mothers side I have a Jewish grandmother, a Choctaw great great grandfather, but I am AMERICAN... and her family were share croppers, literally picking cotton in the fields with POC... but they worked side by side, and THEY WERE ALL AMERICAN. Last year after several in the family decided to do the genetic testing we also have 9% Nigerian DNA... But we are American. Ravelry has classified me as a white supremists...
I am AMERICAN. This is a bigoted site and by their own words have done what is unconscionable and marginalized AMERICANS just because THEY deemed it so.
Bigoted, racists, misogyny are the practiced norms and I refuse to be on any list or denigrated in any way for who I am. They are their own worse enemies... doing exactly what they accuse others of doing. Yarn... go to Hobby Lobby... pattern literally can find anything they have on another site with a little research... patterns too. Peace of mind, acceptance, pride in self and country... ALL CAN BE FOUND SOMEWHERE ELSE,
Do your homework or be as resists as they are and join their club of mean bullies.
Date of experience: July 13, 2019
Ravelry is a great resource for all things fibercrafts. It's database is meticulously detailed with a huge range of patters.
Date of experience: July 14, 2019
Casey is a gaslighting bigot. He can't handle anyone having a different opinion, so he lies about their character and deletes their account.
Date of experience: July 13, 2019
If you love knitting you will love Raverly. Easy to use and never any glitches. You can search by yarn or pattern type.
Date of experience: July 11, 2019
Such a friendly and welcoming community of like-minded fiber Crafters
First stop for patterns, tips, and fiber reviews
Date of experience: July 13, 2019
Ravelry is a website where knitters, designers and yarn manufacturers can connect. I was a member of Ralvery for about 5 years, at first I only used it rarely but as I became more involved, I was increasingly uncomfortable with it. There was this undertone to the place that peeked through every now and again. White girls. Lots of white girls. Lots of very liberal white girls. Then lots of very liberal, very racist white girls who were, as only racist liberal white girls can be, completely oblivious to how very condescending and very racist they were. You see, they see you and I as their pets. Their property to protect. Their activism is that of self-aggrandizement which in another age could have been best represented by the Kipling poem "White (wo)Man's Burden".
Now I never voted for Trump. I found him divisive and bombastic. But when Ravelry publicly slurred everyone who didn't share R's political perspective and said those (including POCs) that disagreed were not welcome on Ravelry, it was an easy choice for this sister. I went.
Never missed them either. Between pattern books from the library, the Internet Archive for knitting magazines, my LYS (who confesses privately they can't stand how Ravelry has smeared the knitting world with their gross politicization, but can't say anything for fear of retaliation) and buying direct from designers, I can't say I've ever felt inconvenienced by dropping R.
And I've kept my integrity, so that makes me feel nice. One tip though, if you do decide to buy patterns direct from designers, let them know why. Maybe you'll be as pleasantly surprised as I have been at their reaction. What they will tell you! It's like letting air out of a balloon!:)
You need Ravelry like you need a narcissistic coven of uninformed Klanwives telling you what they will permit you to think.
Tip for consumers:
It would be alright if the site owners kept their ugly beliefs to themselves. There was no reason they had to smear their crap all over the knitting world, but they did.
Products used:
Bought patterns online
Date of experience: June 6, 2021
As long as you are a leftist you are fine. But if you are a republican you are called a white supremacists. Avoid this site like the plague
Date of experience: July 13, 2019
Best resource for knitters and crocheters! Tons of free patterns, easy to use search features! I am never disappointed!
Date of experience: July 1, 2019
I used to love Ravelry - no more since they labeled me a "white supremist" and by "not supporting hate" is actually promoting hate.
Date of experience: July 14, 2019
Rav is@JessicaMF,@caseyf,@maryheatherb,@onestitchshort &@oharethey. Replies are mostly@caseyf. Site status tweets:@ravelrystatus #BlackLivesMatter_ُ_? ۍ_?
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