Just want to put it out there that something that makes it possible for @Ravelry to make a big move like this is the early 00’s knitting revival coming from Debbie Stoller, of Bust magazine, and her aimed at late Gen X Stitch n Bitch series.
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The knitting revival was already happening, but SnB made it appealing to young people who were also into punk rock and the internet, an extension of DIY culture - also exactly why I had interest in it.
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That it was married to early feminist internet culture is important, because that’s the culture that Ravelry sprang from and what makes up a majority of their audience.
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Pattern-making has gotten more sophisticated, but it’s a great book, and the drawings and explanations for how to knit were excellent, especially in a pre-YouTube world. https://www.amazon.com/Stitch-n-Bitch-Knitters-Handbook/dp/0761128182 …
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Anyway, this very well-marketed and well-timed call to action infused a loose craft community with people who were already interested in matters of social justice. Those folks connected on feminist and craft blogs and in local yarn shops. Ravelry knitted the rest together.
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I’m a reluctant Ravelry user, but I am impressed with and excited that one of the more salient & engages social networks has a clear-eyed policy about this, and are willing to turn away business and money to exercise their role in crystallizing a culture of human rights.
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Bravo to them and to fiber nerds everywhere. Send ICE to The Hague. ACAB.
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My knitting society has weekly stitch n bitch sessions but I was unaware of this history which is incredible and I love it
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