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Crocheting For Profit » Tips and Tricks for Your Crochet Business — Tue, 23 Jun 2009 11:09:29 +0000

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By: M. E. Harrington

M. E. Harrington — Wed, 13 May 2009 19:47:57 +0000

All designers are different!

Some have very strict rules about what you can and can not do with their patterns, and even threaten to prosecute to the fullest extend of the law if you don’t follow their
rules!

I would say that it is up to the purchasers to find out what those rules are.

Personally, as a pattern designer for knitting and crochet items… I want my customers to profit from their endeavors with my patterns..(but I wouldn’t be very happy if they sold, or even gave away my patterns!)
So I say, sell your finished items, anywhere you wish!

I also have 4 free patterns on my website where people can print off the patterns, (which are usually one to three lines of instruction) or just sit in front of their computer, and in sometimes as little as one minute, have a completed item in their hands!
I want people to experience the joy of having made a cute item, and not have had to toil over it for a day or more! And to also realize that knitting, and crocheting are not difficult, and very rewarding pass-times!

Please feel free to visit my site at
http://www.Hectanooga.etsy.com.

By: Liz

Liz — Thu, 07 May 2009 09:35:47 +0000

Thanks Janeene – I’ll see if I can confirm this too!

By: Liz

Liz — Thu, 07 May 2009 09:35:25 +0000

Thats a good idea Klara – I’ll try to find out what the legalities are and put up a post about it

By: Janeene

Janeene — Thu, 07 May 2009 07:41:19 +0000

A few years ago I learnt Folk Art painting and some of us wanted to sell items. Our teacher (who also painted commercially) advised that as long as you change the pattern or design by 20%, you are legally allowed to use it for selling.

Perhaps this applies to all craft…?

By: Klara

Klara — Wed, 06 May 2009 21:26:13 +0000

Actually, I’m still wondering whether it’s even legal for a publisher/designer to prohibit knitters who bought the pattern from selling the items knit from said pattern – that would be like a cookbook author forbidding you to use his recipes in your restaurant.

But until I’ve discussed the question with a lawyer, I simply won’t buy pattern books – problem solved. And lots of money saved…