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Early in the summer of 2019 they made a move that forbid supporters of President Trump to speak of their support, share patterns (which I would never use but each to their own) and be part of things. They uniformly referred to all supporters of our president as white supremacists. Their anger and one-sided view forced many people to stand tall and remove themselves. There were conflicts on their site between party lines (that shouldn't have happened and what the heck does that have to do with crafts?) but not everyone was involved and good people were stereotyped. My position is that a site like that should forbid all political discussion or forbid none. How hard would that have been? People have left in large numbers and continue to leave. You can't alienate roughly half your business and be considered a good place to be. Not recommended as they are bitter angry people focused on their own agenda, which seems to have little to do with yarn anymore. Very sad to see them go downhill. It used to be a great place, now I am using alternative web sites.

The best user friendly website for knitting and crochet. I couldn’t even knit before I joined Ravelry, but discovered patterns, helpful videos and friendly groups who offered encouragement and free advice when needed. Ravelry will never be bettered: superb website.

How disappointing that after 10 years of minding my own business on Ravelry, never reading or utilizing the forums, and contributing project photos for patterns I worked, that I'd be labeled a white supremacist simply because I voted for and support our President. They are not an inclusive community as they state. They are a bunch of SJW bullies hell bent on forcing their way of thinking on everyone. I just wanted to view and buy crochet and knit patterns but I refuse to purchase patterns to put money in the pocket of Ravelry. My hard earned money will be spent where it is wanted.

The owner can see password.. nothing is encrypted. They hold on to all passwords (PayPal, etc). Can’t be trusted. They also are heavy into censorship.. but my primary concern is website security.

". . . politics in general could have been banned instead of one specific politician." I had an avatar that stated "I support my President," and my profile went on to explain that I support whomever is the President at the time. Both were taken down. I supported Obama, though I couldn't stand his policies; I supported Bush, though I think he's a dope; I supported the perversely lecherous Clinton; all because they were my President and they're who the American people chose. A month later and they still haven't responded to explain why I can't support whomever is the current President - I did Not break their rule. I deleted my Ravelry account and I choose, "I don't like this pin" to Every pin on Pinterest that lead to Ravelry. The Biggest exception I took was when Ravelry encouraged people to support them through designers, spinners, shops, and advertisers, especially those within what Ravelry perceives to be marginalized groups. So, if you're a white straight designer, spinner, shop, or advertiser, Ravelry has now put you last. That is Not an equal opportunity position and if I were a designer, spinner, shop, or advertiser I'd be mightily upset that Ravelry was playing favorites with my livelihood. I also took exception to being called an "indigenous person." I'm American Indian and there's nothing dirty or offensive about that. Calling me an "indigenous person" is distasteful because it's making it out to be that we're to be handled with some special care like using more gentle (clinical, cold, impersonal) words to describe us. We all make our own way in this world and if you let your race, creed, or gender get in the way of your success then that's Your problem. Fix it. Without crying discrimination. I don't need some self-perceived champion to pave the way for me, thank you very much. If people want to be treated equally then they need to quit griping and do the same work the rest of us do. Like Morgan Freeman said to the question, "how do we stop racism," "Stop talking about it." Move on. There are Far too many protections against discrimination with EEO that the pendulum has swung in the Opposite direction. If a white person and a black person were to go for the same job, had the same qualifications, interviewed equally well, but the white person was a better fit for the team, they'd hire the black person for fear of the discrimination outcry. A little anecdote: the Clerk of the Courts in my county was asked if he was going to extend the marriage license department's hours when same-sex marriage was made legal. His answer was, "No." Why? Because they wanted Equality and equality meant they could come get their license between the hours of 8:00 and 4:30 Monday through Friday Just Like Everyone Else. They were seeking special treatment, not equal treatment.

There's nothing else like it and there never will be.

I love this site! I mainly use the pattern database but I pop into the groups for some healthy discussion once in a while. I really appreciate what the Ravelry team has done for the fiber arts community.

I joined Ravelry.com about 11 years ago and ever since it's the first site I check in the morning and the last at night. It has THE most comprehensive database of knitting & crochet patterns and yarn online. Period. No subscription fees, minimal unobtrusive advertising and easy to create personal records of my projects, pattern library, yarn stash plus the ability to purchase pattern pdfs easy and quickly. And of course very easy to use forums which include discussions of just about everything and anything. The bad reviews you see are because Ravelry - unlike the billion dollar social media giants - tries to provide a safe environment for all its members and will not tolerate expressions of racism, sexism, anti-LGBTQ+ or other hate speech.