Knitting and fraying in a divided culture

Published July 5, 2019 9:00pm ET



SALEM, Ohio — Kay Thompson isn’t pleased about politics entering into every aspect of life.

And she certainly does not agree with shutting down the opinions one disagrees with. So she was put off when Ravelry, the popular knitting website, banned any projects and patterns that showed President Trump in their design, or users who praised him in their personal profiles.

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