Partisan knitting wars

Published March 13, 2020 3:00am ET



Of all the places to be overrun by politics, a community of knitters might be the one you’d least expect. Nevertheless, a popular knitting website shooed away supporters of President Trump last summer.

“We are banning support of Donald Trump and his administration on Ravelry,” read a post on the website. “We cannot provide a space that is inclusive of all and also allow support for open white supremacy. Support of the Trump administration is undeniably support for white supremacy.”

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