![]() ![]() Ravelry has been a safe space and my favourite place on the internet for years but their silence is deafening and it's clear that the team and their volunteers are not as passionate about inclusivity as they claim. Ravelry not only lets you catalogue your patterns, but it also helps you to buy patterns directly from designers. One user who had worked hard for the last ten years to create accessible patterns for blind knitters has shared how her work has systematically been targeted and removed from the site, and how she has been told in no uncertain terms that her style of knitting will never be considered equal. Cashmerette creates confidence-boosting sewing patterns designed for bigger boobs, in sizes 032 and cup sizes CH, so you can sew your perfect wardrobe. Ravelry has shut down all discussions of accessibility and safety and the team has refused to make any apologies for the suffering that has been caused. At least seven seizures have been reported by users in the last eight days and hundreds of users have shared their experiences of migraines, eyestrain and headaches caused by the new layout. One woman, who said she is one of Ravelry's many forum moderators, tweeted, "I can say that the emotional labor of defusing angry & ugly situations where casual hate & intolerance is directed at queer, non-Christian, or minority people is frakking exhausting.Ravelry is the industry leader in fibre arts for sure, and it's a great platform for discovering patterns and businesses, but there is a troubling undercurrent of ableism that has been exposed in the last week. "I have used Ravelry for years but never again," Debra added. "I support our president and the Trump administration and I am not a white supremacist nor do I support white supremacy," she tweeted. ![]() ![]() "Politicizing ravelry leaves a bad taste in my mouth."Ī Ravelry member named Debra took issue with being equated with a racist because she supports Trump. "This is equal to bakers who won't bake a cake for a same sex marriage," wrote one Twitter user who goes by Pamelapoppins. Conservatives and Trump supporters have roundly criticized the changes, saying Ravelry's administrators are biased and limiting free speech. Reaction to the policy has been nearly as polarized as reactions to the president himself. A member called Deplorable Knitter has posted several hat and scarf patterns that echo the "Make America Great Again" slogan, along with " Build the Wall" and Trump 2020 images. These crochet Yip Yaps make great Christmas stockings, toy storage, and more. This pattern is great for the advanced beginner to intermediate crocheter. In another veer into explicitly political territory, one scarf pattern creates an illusion that makes it look like "innocuous stripes from the front, but says F*** TRUMP when viewed from an angle." This boo doily will make a great addition to your Halloween home decor. Perhaps the most popular of these is the pink "pussyhat" that became ubiquitous at women's marches in 2017 and came to symbolize a feminist rallying cry against Trump for his remarks about women. Since Trump's election, there has been a scattering of politically based patterns posted to the site - which in turn have sparked impassioned discussions in its forums. They did not specify any aspects of the Trump administration's policies that they regard as white supremacist. "Antagonizing conservative members for their unstated positions is not acceptable," administrators warned. It also said members are not allowed to entrap Trump admirers into political discourse on the site. Ravelry said its new policy is not an indication of support for one party over the other. ![]() Support of the Trump administration is undeniably support for white supremacy," Ravelry said in a statement. This crochet pocket shawl is the second most popular of my Ravelry free crochet patterns. The annual Turkey Trot is another of my popular make-alongs. "We cannot provide a space that is inclusive of all and also allow support for open white supremacy. The 2021 Crochet Purse Pattern is ranked as my most popular of all my Ravelry free crochet patterns. The website's administrators announced Sunday that Ravelry is "banning support of Donald Trump and his administration" in any form, including "forum posts, projects, patterns, profiles" and anything else. The popular knitting and crochet website Ravelry says its 8 million members are welcome to garter, seed or purl stitch their way through thousands of online patterns - but if they want to cast on with any pro-Trump views, they need to do it somewhere else. Ravelry, an online knitting community with 8 million members, announced on Sunday that it is banning all pro-Trump projects, patterns and forum talk from the site, saying, "Support of the Trump administration is undeniably support for white supremacy." ![]()
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