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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!
Fabulously designed and properly moderated, this website has everything a crafter could need, except hatred.
Date of experience: July 15, 2019
I've been a member of Ravelry since 2008. This is the fourth purge of dissenting voices from the site, the second one this year. During that time, all 11-1/2 years, trolling, stalking, harassing of those dissenting voices has been the norm. That norm, if not actively encouraged, is given tacit approval by Ravelry admin.
Technically, if the website looks mostly like an early 90s bulletin board, that's because it is. Ravelry's archetecture is piggy backed and modified from a 1980s game site. The Rav message boards only added emoticons a couple of years ago and you still have to link off-site or pay Rav a fee to imbed a photograph in a message board post.
The pattern database was limitless, as was the ability to inventory your personal stash.
However, Ravelry's apparent disdain for a large portion of their members is the very antithesis of inclusion and tolerance. Certain Rav members have compiled, passed around, and published on Google docs a list of users, designers, dyers, and bloggers who support Ravelry's intolerance of dissenting views--and they have targeted those who don't. Nice, that. No, not really. My account was suspended for 120 days for daring to point out the hipocrisy. So I downloaded my patterns, cleared out my projects, and deleted my account. Sorry, not sorry.
Finally, about THIS site: why are you UNDERCOUNTING or deleting unfavorable commentary? This morning, there were over 90 1-star reviews. As if this posting, the are fewer than 30. Methinks someone's cooking the books.
Date of experience: July 13, 2019
Many of the "positive" reviews use the word Nazi. They claim Ravelry is an inclusive and "for humanity" site. Seriously? Suppressing the 1st amendment and stating if you support our current president you are a white supremacist is inclusive? They still allow vulgar patterns about Trump. Designers laugh about people who have left the site and "whine" about not having access to their patterns. I hope I never bought a pattern from one of these disgusting individuals. I truly hope they reap what they have sown. They are obviously low info type voters who still believe our President called white supremacists "good people" in the Charlottesville lie. Networks spliced and diced that speech to make it sound that way. Don't believe me? Research it. Easy to find. Even Jake Tapper of CNN finally admitted President Trump never said that. He was talking about the people who had shown up to try and save the monument not the haters. Your favorite candidate, Biden, opened his campaign on Twitter with that lie. They are all lying to you now about the immigration situation. They have all been for what Trump admin is for but they lie because they can't give him a win. Do you know that Obama was deporting so many they started calling him "The Deporter-In-Chief?" That the Democrats refused to expand the area at the border where the immigrants are housed in crowded cages? That Obama did the same thing with this situation? That Trump has done more for the black community in just a few years than Obama did in his 8? Question? How can you be pro Islam and pro LGBTQ at the same time? Do you know what they do to gays? Trump has also done things to promote LGBTQ community. You would know this if you weren't so full of hate and did a little research. I could continue with this but it probably won't change anything for the bigots on Ravelry. God forgive them for they know not what they do.
Date of experience: July 13, 2019
How can you say Trump supporters are white supremacists. You are distorting American Pride. You are hate mongering. You are part of the problem.
Date of experience: June 23, 2020
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Date of experience: July 13, 2019
Focus on the art, not the politics. Ravelry offers beautiful projects with easy to follow patterns.
Date of experience: July 14, 2019
Worst ever havnt been able to log in and they can't help me just keep asking if i have another email WORST EVER
Date of experience: February 4, 2020
Rav is@JessicaMF,@caseyf,@maryheatherb,@onestitchshort &@oharethey. Replies are mostly@caseyf. Site status tweets:@ravelrystatus #BlackLivesMatter_ُ_? ۍ_?
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