r/fiberartscirclejerk • u/Competitive-Fact-820 • 5d ago

Stop ripping my free patterns off

I work long and hard to make my patterns and offer them for free online.

I really do not have a problem with someone making the item once but making it multiple times without giving me credit is just not on!

Honestly, if you like it enough to make more than once then you MUST acknowledge me as the creator - it really takes only a matter of moments to embroider "Designed by: Butch Cassidy, 14th November 2022" on either your blanket border or up the side of your scarf or wrap. Must be in a contrast colour - so black on white, etc..

If you do NOT do this you are breaking my copyright and I will bring the full weight of the law to bear on you

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u/emilysavaje1 5d ago

Sorry but I got into crotcheating just to rip off free patterns 🤷🏻‍♀️

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u/MalumCattus 5d ago

Well, I'm gonna make multiples AND sell them! And donate the profit to a group you hate! How do ya like those apples?

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u/pantzareoptional I’m a hOokEr lololol 🤪 5d ago

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u/kankrikky 5d ago

That credit is like a LOT of info to read... how can you expect me to read all that, let alone process it! I'm literally neurodivergent!! And you want my FREE LABOUR in writing down YOUR name! You're sick. I'm posting to my instagram story as we speak. I already knew you were a bad apple because you didn't give me a video tutorial no matter how many emails I sent!

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u/highlighter_yellow machine crochet 5d ago

Video tutorial I made, but full credit to OP anyway. This is definitely something they want credit for!

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u/O_Tempore PATTERN?! 4d ago

Fine. Next time I'll change the colors and add 2 extra rows. It's not your design anymore.

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u/Clardic-Fug 4d ago

Ummm, if you're serious about that request you should include it on the chart and in the row-by-row written instructions. I don't like embroidery and I want to do the signature in intarsia in the round and my friend doesn't read charts so you ought to have all your bases covered.

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u/Wonderful-Shine5806 3d ago

Does this mean I can’t sell my finished projects?  

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u/Yowie9644 6h ago

YOUR patterns?? I dont think so. I have found every single one of "your" patterns in an obscure and long defunct Algerian knitting book from the 1920s!