darkcedars

 I have been going back and forth from "it's fine, you've lost websites/communities before" to being sad/angry. Over the years, as I became more ill, Ravelry filled a lot of needs. Couldn't do thread for months? No problem, I'd noted exactly where I left off on the project page. Can't go to physically look at what yarn you have? No problem, this is why you've taken the time and energy to input purchases into stash. Can't manage to do sites like Facebook anymore and you're homebound? Rav groups were there. 

Someone mentioned dreamwidth in the accessibility group on Rav, and as I'd used livejournal once upon a time, decided this was a place to try out.

Things I should do to leave Ravelry:

• Exported data is mostly in json - do I convert to csv or do something else? I almost wonder if a copy/paste into separate gdocs per project would be a better way to preserve projects.
• Queue - are any specifically Ravelry downloads vs links?
• Library - make sure you have a copy in gdrive
• Favorites - most of the designers have their own websites at least. 
• Stash - delete it, I get inquiries about discontinued yarns and don't want to leave people hanging.

Things to do here/elsewhere:

• Create template for project journal entries
• Queue & favorites - maybe something like bublup? 
• Lovecrafts looks like it will be helpful with discovery
• Use imgur for hosting pics (seems okay so far). May also be good for discovery (I'd never used this way)

I'd looked at airtable, and I'm just not really interested in replicating all Ravelry functions the way others seem to there.