RavelryReviews 510

I love Ravelry.com! It's an amazing trove of patterns and knowledge. The community is amazing, helpful, and kind. It's my #1 go to when I want to start a project.

I've never gotten into the politics while crocheting but your new policy calls me a white supremacist. You say this only because I support the commander in chief of our great country. People like you are dividing this country even more. Only support for President Trump is banned the negative ****trump hat pattern along with others are still there. Your inclusion policy is only inclusive to those that think the way you do. How is that inclusive? I can find patterns on plenty of other sites and not be called names.

You ruined your site with politics and division crafting is a relaxing hobby yet you've made it into a screaming drama. Shame on you

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.

Ravelry is the perfect social media site for knitters/crocheters/yarncrafters. I've been a member since the site launched in beta in 2007. I've made a lot of good friends, found incredible patterns, researched yarn and techniques. It's helpful as a resource and a fun place to participate. There are always improvements and developments being made to the site, and in the rare occurrence of a bug, it is taken care of swiftly. Easy links to other platforms make sharing fast and easy. Here's an example: if you link your IG account, post a photo with #ravelry on IG, you'll get a message in your ravelry inbox asking if you'd like to import this photo to one of your project pages!
There has been some recent controversy regarding the owners' choice to make this a safe space from hate speech and racism. Unfortunately, there have been members who are hateful and cling to that hate to the point that they feel the need to lash out and harass others both on the site and off. They continue to prove what led up to this and why taking this measure was necessary. They will tell you that this is about politics, but it is not. They'll have you caught up in the paradox of tolerance, try to convince you that their beliefs are sacred, while, unlike a person's race/ethnicity/sexuality/gender, their beliefs are a choice, and a terrible one for humanity.
If you're a knitter/crocheter/etc and haven't heard of ravelry, check it out-- it's a happy, yarny, creative, and fun space.

I know that I am just one person, but I would like to state my resistance. When the word inclusive is used, that means all, no one is excluded for any reason. When someone is told that they are welcome but because their viewpoints are not the same as yours, then you must not state your views, and you must keep it to yourself, that is bullying. When someone can post a negative concept to an idea, thought, or point; however, no one is able to post the opposite to that same thought, idea or point in order to have inclusivity, that is hypocrisy.

That is what Ravelry has done with their statement of position, stating that all Trump supporters are unambiguously white supremists The definition of unambiguous is not open to more than one interpretation. So in calling Trump supporters unambiguously white supremists, they have just made themselves unambiguous at the same time.

What they do to each other is not my concern, however, what they do to others is. In doing what they did, they shutdown any possibility of promotion of patterns that supporters could have bought. That is economic oppression.

It is one thing for Ravelry to have created this fiasco. They could have easily said NO POLITICAL items at all, banning all. Instead they opted for the 1st Ammendment restriction. Limiting the voices of those they don't agree with.

I really wish everyone would have looked at the total statement and outcome before they jumped on board because of a few key words and phrases, BIPOC, LBGQT+. Perhaps they would have thought a little more towards a total Political ban instead of a subjective ban.

If you like to be controlled by left-leaning liberals and have your opinions gagged/blocked if you differ then this is the place for you! Used to be a good site for knitting, weaving, crochet, spinning but became highly political and unfriendly unless you fit in their prescribed box. The hate is spiraling out of control with many ugly and hateful comments allowed - personal attacks appear to be welcome. Owner and staff (lily white btw) only wants people to buy from POC and/or some other "protected" group but again only if they are ultra liberal as well. Sorry to see this happen - previously they rejected a fair number of members because of politics/religion but that seemed to have settled down until recently the hate became impossible to ignore when any person that approves of Trump in any manner has been determined to be White Supremacists and Nazi. Currently they are attempting to coerce all pattern designers and yarn suppliers to announce that they "back Ravelry" in their new mission to label and demonize all others. Disgusting behavior

I joined and also create craft communities that are inclusive of all races, religions or political views. After reading the comments posted on the main page of Ravelry calling those that differ from their beliefs "white Supremists", no matter of their ethnicity and reading correspondence between Ravelry and fellow fiber artists, I do not know why anyone would want to associate themselves with people that have such venomous hatred of others. I do not understand why a craft site would get involved in such immature behavior.