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As I listened to the concerns regarding paid for patterns and ethics of altering and sharing etc it reminded me of something I had been thinking about and would like to hear what other people think —-especially an artist and designer like yourself. So here goes… When my grandmother and mother died both left me copies of favorite patterns. Ones they had made for me or my children. Many were out of magazines of their times and they had paid for those subscriptions. Some patterns were ones they had paid for in some way like Elizabeth’s newsletters. So now I buy directly from pattern designers and others in Ravelry. What will be the ethics of sharing some of my favorite patterns with my daughter and my grandchildren upon my death? What happens to my Ravelry account when I die? Can I bequeath my account to someone in my family? I found a huge binder of needle art patterns of all kinds in my great aunt’s house when I helped with selling her home. I must admit this is a treasure. I haven’t used but one baby pattern but let’s face it I treasure that I found it and it did not make it to the garage sale!!
Hi Deneise – I would think that digital goods can be handed down to a family member the same way tangible goods can. That said, of course, it doesn’t give the new owner the right to distribute the patterns to others. I’m sure there are more nuances, but that’s my guess.S t a c i
Great podcast! I think it’s wrong to share patterns. The time, expertise and creativity are worth the small amount that designers ask. And it IS a small amount. And I’m so appreciative of all that creativity!
1) Nice job on pronouncing Crittenden, KY. It’s roughly 30 miles south of Cincinnati.
2) I experienced the same crafter attitude difference about paying for patterns. My knitting group never shares patterns while we often purchase the exact same pattern. Maybe because we all met through taking classes at an LYS where we purchased our patterns as part of the class?? While as the only knitter in a crochet group in my snowbird town, I was surprised at the acceptance of pattern sharing. They are all YouTube taught and bargain yarn buyers.
3) While I agree with paying for patterns (particularly in this crazy world of making patterns up to 5X!!!!) I was really angry to pay $6 for a 4 line scarf pattern from a yarn manufacturer. Yes it was only $6 but I’ll never buy their yarn again.
4) Agree with your comments about buying through Ravelry to help make a pattern “hot”. I regret, in some sense, that I bought a friend’s first pattern directly from her website thinking I was helping her make more money from the sale but later realized it would not show in Ravelry as “hot”. Plus unfortuntely despite watching your video on how to add a pattern to Ravelry if bought outside of Ravelry, I can’t get it to load into my Ravelry library.