I've lost the Purity Spiral / knitters thread but look at this

I thought the redesign was horrible but i just clucked back to classic ravelry, what was the basis of the controversy?

Good point, ill back mine up too.
For what its worth, when i occasionally dip my toe back into the online knitting world (lockdown drove me to pick my needles back up) the main protagonist's seem to be sufferering permanent angst of one form another, its banished any lingering envy i had for Insta worthy lifestyles.

Blimey, I missed all that about the Ravelry founder but then I don't go on there very often and wasn't thrilled when I logged in after a while to find the re-design. I've got lots of patterns on there, though. Thanks for the tip, Flavia, I'll back them up in case they go phut........

There's been rumours that the update to ravelry was done because they're getting ready to sell the site.

its the ability to search through patterens and also see how they look on other people and their commens which is so useful. As for the boards I only realy check the Kate Davies ones

This is all very confusing to the uninitiated but is the take home ‘steer clear of online knitting groups’??!

I remember trying to learn to knit/crochet a few years ago and Ravelry felt quite ‘masonic’. I did well to avoid by the sounds of it 😊

Flavia long story as to that, but I am friends with one of the people who she turned against and tried to drag down. This was pre all of the stuff that happened last year. I will try to find an article confirming it, but if you look at her Ravelry profile under the new name her photo is on there.

I haven't attempted to follow her on insta as she knows I'm friends with my friend who she has an in-called for vendetta against. She will just block me straight away. She's already blocked my friend. I'm surprised she hasn't blocked me already just for being friends with my friend

I think their refusal to engage with people's issues is what really enraged people. But its a private site they can do whatever the hell they want.

oh I've been enjoying the Ravelry hooha... One of the founders is now trans and they made a big song and dance about being inclusive except to Trump supporters and now it turns out they are inclusive to everyone except people with disabilities! Wild... I've been waiting for them to come after GC feminists as soon as the Trump ban came in I thought it would be us. But no they managed to royally f**k up and be seen as abelist.

Sort of related, but has anyone been following all the drama around Ravelry? I felt really uncomfortable with the mass pile on initially, although the lack of communication from the site designers was disappointing, and now a few online groups have outright banned links to it.

I didn't do to that yarn festival in Birmingham where this alleged attack by Nathan happened. I was surprised that nobody who was a witness came in support to either.

indeed have just tried to follow that person as they are private... but its bloody outrageous ... one person ONE person but also all the fellow travellers who joined in. There are very few people I will follow in the knitty world as a result. The pile on against Kate Davies was outrageous.

OMG I didn't realise it was one person who stirred that s**t against Nathan Taylor, the Sockmatician!.
There were so many woke ppl piling up on him he ended up having mental break down poor bloke! & thinks for the heads up ab that new Insta account.

The whole situation back then put me off Insta personalities for good because it was all very unpleasant.

Also reading back on this thread about how annoying the sanctimonious curtain twitching was early in lockdow is bringing it all back.......

I wonder if the journalist who did the radio 4 documentary (&there was an article) has picked up this about the geordie knits lady.

fascinating as this ripped through my local craft group and actually TRA stuff came up at the same time I actually left mine for about 3 months then the SJW left and I went back. I was gobsmacked to see how one person harrassed Nathan. I shut my instagram account down and even though I'm back on it under a different name I've followed very few crafty people

Apologies for resurrecting a thread from a couple of months ago, but it's important to note that Katherine (Katie) Clark aka GeordieKnits is back.

She has appealed her sentence and is now serving it as suspended therefore has returned to social media.

She is going by the name of Gemma Sweep and designing as Chimney Sweep Designs. @ chimneysweepdesigns on insta

instagram.com/chimneysweepdesigns?igshid=r7q5j1rs4kxr

Anyway, I don’t want to detail into another c19 thread!

I did wonder why crafting and lgbt is so aligned - is purity spiralling the glue that unites?

A bloke on our local FB proudly posted about taking a gardener to task about still working. Said gardener cannot do his job from home, doesn’t go into people’s houses and brings all his own stuff. So I really don’t see what he’s done wrong. But the amount of people interpreting the guidance in its strictest possible form and using that as a bat to beat anyone who leaves their house with is high.