Ravelry

I've been a Rav member for years and it's been the best hobby site I've ever joined. The forums are full of people who will gladly help when you're stuck or share tips and different methods you may never have heard of. It's also fantastic for a vintage pattern nerd like myself to keep my vast collection arranged for easier access. I just wish there was a sewing version!

All the people complaining are just crying bitter tears because Ravelry refuses to support white supremacy or allow it on its site. Previously these 1 star reviewers loved the site, until people were banned for doxxing members.

I wasn't aware that by the way I crochet something I am a white supremacist. Where do you get off dictating how I vote. I don't need your website and will no longer use it. So much for all inclusive left. Way to divide every aspect of society.

I've been a member since 2007, and I have honestly not ONCE come across a better knitting resource. From the pattern database, the interface to purchase patterns, the ability to create stashes, showcase finished products? It's all amazing.

Now, the staff... I cannot speak highly enough. The small group of people keeping this shining gem of a website going are truly incomparable. They are inclusive, welcome, loving, and truly outstanding human beings. That they take the time to make sure that the environment is not filled with hatred and cruelty is just another testament to their character.

I love this site for making it easy for me to connect with others and share our love the fiber world available to us. I have discovered many creative designers and yarn providers over the years. I have made friends locally and far away by the friend finder. I love the community I have found there and the database is great for storing my designs and patterns. It's my go-to!

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

I spent 10 years on this site happily purchasing patterns never once thinking about the politics of the designer until the terrible day that it was announced by the founder that if you support or voted for President Trump, you are a white supremacist. But hey, as long as you don't create any pro-Trump patterns, you don't talk about your support for him, and you don't step on the tiny feelings of the truly 'inclusive' thinking folks, you will be allowed to stay. They are hypocrites! Bigots! Un-American! People are leaving in droves. I hope they enjoy their echo chamber populated by virtue signaling automatons. Goodbye Ravelry!

I've used Ravelry for many years, as a place to improve my knitting and crochet skills, to learn spinning techinques, to find patterns, reviews on yarn, and information about vendors. I have also made many dear friends over the years, as the forums allow groups for other interests - such as chicken raising, vegan cooking, and local groups. I originally joined to participate in a sock knitting competition (SockWars), and it's become my favorite online destination. The databases work very well, and are easy to use even for members who are not data gurus. I attached a pic of a sweater I knit from a pattern I found on Ravelry (free, knitting, seamless, baby, and worsted were my search filters).

I joined Ravelry when I first started knitting. Found great patterns and learned a lot by viewing projects. Stepped away for a couple of years and came back to find it had become political. I found that the owners of Ravelry label all Trump supporters as white supremacist.

Wait a minute. I'm black. I support Trump.

While I never participated in the forums I found their statement incredibly one sided:
You can still participate if you do in fact support the administration, you just can't talk about it here.

Especially, since it is unbalanced in continuing to allow hateful patterns in regards to Trump to remain, but thanks for allowing me to remain. I had nothing to say in forums, but the idea that a craft site would silence one side of ANY issue was appalling.

Either ban all politics or ban none.

Luckily I found lovecrafts.com.

Because of discrimination, I no longer chose to use this site. The leadership chose to divide a community that once got along about all things fiber arts. Not any more. Call me what you will but I do not hate no matter who I vote for. I do not accept intolerance in my life and respect views of all, even if I don't agree with them. The leadership at this site do not accept all.

The owner recently changed the submission rules to ban racist patterns. Some people didn't like that. If you dislike white supremacist nonsense, then this is the site for you. I'm proud to have been a member for the past 10 years.

While I had other crafting hobbies, I wasn't into crochet before learning about Ravelry from the news. A crafting site that actually cares about justice, equality, and humanity too? Sign me up! I'm so excited for my new hobby and the wonderful caring environment to learn it in at Ravelry!

I am not an advocate of anything. I came to knit and get inspired by other knitter. Their statment was so far from being inconclusive that ir shocked me to my core. It promoted division and hate far from what they are preaching about. Left the site never to return.

How can you possibly call Ravelry a place for all when you have clearly made it a place of hatred, & bigotry, and you only include those that agree with your Political stance? I have NEVER brought politics into anything crochet related. Because it's not the place for it. Banning hate speech is one thing, labeling a whole group of people on some bad apples is utter nonsense. You should remove all politics or leave in all politics. Why do you think this is ok? This is a Hate filled, bigoted group of entitled thinking jerks. I was a member for many years. That has definitely changed.

I did a little digging and find that less than 650,000 of their purported 8 million users have avatars. Furthermore... if you look at the new users as far back as I could go, they are all just a name. No avatar, no favorites, no projects. In short. Not people using the site. Lastly, my friend list has been cut in half and, of those left, every page has multiple users with no profile pic which tells me they no longer use the site due to the hatred and prejudice they have encountered. And... for the record... I have been a member of Ravelry since long before they hit 500,000 users. So very sad to watch the demise of this community but hatred and prejudice never win...

Hypocrites. I was on Ravelry since they began. They like to say they are all inclusive yet they discriminate against American Patriots who support the President of the United States simply because they do not support the current administration's political views. Their behavior is despicable. How ironic that they tout they are all inclusive but have chosen to cause divide in our knitting community over untrue statements regarding those who do not share the same views. Now they seem to be turning on the supporters that were left on the site when the Trump supporters left. Seems they thrive on drama.

I used this site beginning in 2008 to keep track of all of my knitting projects, purchase patterns, research yarns, and store all files of my craft. I did not participate in discussion forums. The Forbes, who own this site, have decided to be inclusive by being uninclusive. If you support our President, they label you as a white supremacist, which I am most definitely not. They allow patterns and talk denigrating our President but none in support of him. They might as well say they are anti-USA and against God. I love the USA and God too much to participate in a site operated by such narrow mindedness.

Really saddened to see the sudden turn of tides with what has been a great source to the crafting community. I will be deactivating my account as soon as my patterns are downloaded. I am no Trump fan, but being a Fiber artist is about expression and freedom of expression. So when you infringe on my art and limit what I can do with it, that doesn't make me feel like I am free or welcome to express myself.

They single-handedly created a political divide in what was a peaceful community of crafters. Calling all Trump supporters racists is ridiculous. They say they are inclusive but they're really just bullies who hate free-thinkers.

As a long time member of Ravelry I have become dismayed by their lack of action regarding a certain member. This member is allowed to totally ignore community standards and post project pages demeaning other members. Ravelry administration's lack of action is disheartening to say the least. Their solution to the problem is to block those that complain from seeing the member's page, while allowing her to view their pages, and continue to make vicious remarks. I guess to Ravelry it really is all about the money. I no longer use Ravelry as a source to purchase patterns, and inform the designer's and advertisers as to my reason why. If I miss out on a pattern here or there so be it. I can not support a company that condones cyber bullying, and as soon as possible will be deleting my account.

Ravelry is a great site for knitting crafters. The number of patterns and information on yarns is not matched on any other site. People wanting to make political statements through hate speech have been asked to refrain. Thank goodness.

I was with Ravelry since 2008, loved it. No more, so much vitriol, shoving their political opinions in your face, self righteous indignation, politics, politics, politics... I have great sources to get politics and news from. What does it matter what everyone thinks, can't we just enjoy the beauty of fiber arts and be creative together and leave people to form their own opinions? Besides, lovecrafts ACTUALLY does something to better the world, love their fundraising and compassionate outreach to communities in need around the world, take that ravelry.

I joined this craft site to learn to knit probably 3 years ago, they came out with a policy that said if we support our President we are white supremists. They ban anything CHRISTIAN but allow vulgar trump products. They said we can stay if we remain silent. I posted a photo of there policy, don't take my word for it read it. I live in America, not North Korea.