As some of you may have seen over on Facebook, earlier this week I shared a new site/app that I am slowly making my way into by the name of Ribblr.
To start off, you are probably wondering WHY I am showing off a new site for my content. This has a few different answers. Currently, all of my pattern library is on Ravelry. When I first began learning to crochet Ravelry was the FIRST site recommended to me. It provided me with free patterns to learn from, it allowed me to buy, and save all of my patterns in a nice and neat little organized digital library, and once I stepped into designing it gave me an outlet in which to share my own content. But, just like everything in the world it hasn’t been all sunshine and daisies perfect. Now, Please don’t take this as me ragging on Ravelry, I’m NOT! Realistically speaking though, Ravelry has been in a few situations in just my short time in the community that unfortunately turned away various parts of the crochet/fiber arts community. Without getting to much into politics, many artists unfortunately had to decide if it was worth keeping or pulling their content from the site. I watched many designers face backlash for “choosing” to either stay or to decide to remove their content from the platform. Which to be honest really sucked. I know I myself spent weeks agonizing over weather or not it would be right for me to stay or leave. Unfortunately, I wasn’t in much of a position to remove my content as I really had nowhere else to go. I also decided that because I keep my content politics free that Ravelry was still a “safe” site for me to stay on. Since that time, I have continuously looked for other outlets that both provide me with a space to share my content, but also fit my needs as a small business. In fact, I’ve probably looked at turning to Etsy alone at LEAST a hundred times or more! Unfortunately finding a space that fit what I needed was easier said than done. And while I am still looking for spaces to share my content (cue my husband INSISTING I need to publish a pattern book on Amazon - yes, we love his support!) I have found that for now I am most comfortable stepping into the waters of Ribblr. Unlike spaces like Etsy, or GoImagine, or even Amazon/Kindle books, Ribblr is a space that is dedicated to the fiber arts community. Simply opening up to their home page you will see tabs for “Crochet”, “Kinitting”, “Tunisian”, and “Sewing”! And that alone means a lot to me as I feel my content will be seen by the right community. Ribblr also provides a dedicated app that allows users to view and follow along with their favorite digital patterns in an easy to use interactive way. Something that Ravelry (currently) doesn’t offer. I could definitely go into more detail about the other aspects of Ribblr that have drawn my attention, but for now I’ll just leave a link for you all to make your own decision ;) www.ribblr.com/? On that note, for anyone worried I may be trying to leave Ravelry, I promise I am not! I love the Ravelry team and site, and as my first space I joined, they will always hold a special place near and dear in my heart. Realistically though, I know that the more places I am able to share my content the more successful I will be as well. So don’t be alarmed if over time you see my pop up in new creator spaces! After all, pattern collecting is just as much a hobby in and of itself as crochet is, so why not add another space to search for new and exciting project content!?
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