Many fiber crafters are being thrown back to a long forgotten world: life without Ravelry.  In this first few months of Year One in the AR (After Ravelry) many of us are floundering about trying to find new solutions to old problems: tracking our stash, inventorying our tools, keeping notes on our projects, organizing photos... you get the idea. ​  There is in this world people are working to create alternative sites to Raverly, but that will take time.  Meanwhile, there are squishy packages arriving and that yarn ain't going to inventory itself.

​Today's blog post I'm going to give some open source and/or free resources to help you organize your life outside NuRav.  

Check back this blog for updates. I'll be adding to the list as I become aware of new resources.  I have a new option under Notebooks: Trello. 

If you have been following the Unravelling Ravelry Saga you know the once beloved yarnie website monopolized the fiber craft space with it's notebook functions to inventory stash, tools, track projects and of course, the giant pattern database.  But, they released NuRav which has been an utter debacle with reports of it triggering migraines, vertigo, eyestrain, and yes seizures.  

Until this week the most charitable description for Ravelry's response has been .... tepid.  The unvarnished truth it has been gaslighting and ableist.  But, this week the mask has completely fallen with the appearance of form letters from Ravelry:

People are abandoning hope that Ravelry will do the right thing and are either deleting their account, or leaving a skeleton behind as they walk away.  

Thursday, July 20 Jessica, co-founder of Raverly, emerged from the shadows with a statement (this link takes you to the OFFSITE Raverly blog and does not contain NuRav formatting)   I will probably write a separate blog post about it.   Let's just say, your milage may vary and I'm personally taking a wait and see attitude. In the meantime, the list of resources 

I have not used or tried many of these resources. My own organizational systems are a bit more analogue...Unusual for me to be honest. But, I hope for those who need it, you find this helpful.  If you want to skip to different sections I provide a menu at the beginning of each section.

Yes, I know blogs are old fashion.  But, before Raverly many people tracked and shared their projects on personal blogs.  But, maybe it was a mistake giving up control of our knitting life content to Raverly.  And maybe we need to get back to having a network of blogs we delight in.  There are several free ways you can set up your own personal blog.  This is by no means an exhaustive list. But, here it is. 

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