Month: July 2020

  • Disentangling from Ravelry as a Designer

    Yesterday on Instagram I said I was cutting ties with Ravelry as a user but I wanted to talk about my relationship with the site as a designer. I think it’s probably going to take more room than I can fit in just an Instagram post though, so here we are. First, I want to […]

  • Ravelry and Accessibility

    Image of three stacked blue/grey yarn cakes by Les Triconautes on Unsplash

    What Happened On June 16th Cassidy unleashed a brand new look for Ravelry. This new look changed the colour scheme, font, line spacing, rearranged menus and added animations to the login and purchase pages. There was no warning, no mention that it was coming and happened literally on the refresh of a page. Consider for […]

  • A’ Mhuir – The Sea

    A blue triangular cowlette with a stocking stitch body and rippling lace and textured border

    Designing this shawl has brought back all sorts of memories of playing on various beaches as a child. St Cyrus was our nearest beach, with smooth sands for building castles, the freezing North Sea to swim in and rockpools and when we were tired we’d watch the arctic terns diving for food for their chicks. […]

  • Ravelry…

    A screenshot of Ravelry’s log in page, showing a sheep, rabbits, goat, alpaca, bison and Bob the Boston Terrier in a pile of pink yarn balls.

    A screenshot of Ravelry’s log in page, showing a sheep, rabbits, goat, alpaca, bison and Bob the Boston Terrier in a pile of pink yarn balls. As you may know, three weeks ago Ravelry “updated” the look of their website. The new-look has brought a lot of problems with it. Members who have previously had […]