Terms of Use for Knitting Patterns

For a long time, I've wondered about knitting patterns that state the knitter may not sell any items they make from the purchased pattern. I absolutely agree that the pattern itself must be purchased and not photocopied, borrowed, or resold.

However, why place restrictions on the use of the finished item? Doesn't it make sense to encourage knitters to buy your patterns by allowing them to sell what they make from them, as long as they credit you, the designer? In fact, your name and designs would reach a broader audience that way.

A few months ago, I bought an amazing pattern, Gryffindor Pride Socks, from Ann Kingstone,   http://www.annkingstone.com. In her Terms, she states, you may "sell up to 10 items annually that have been handkitted by you from any one of my patterns for personal profit." I think this permission is excellent, and I've added something similar to my own website.

It makes sense to me. What about you?

Knitting Needles are NOT Chew Toys

As I said in my previous post, I adopted a new dog, Logan, recently. He's very sweet. He's also very different from Dierdre in many ways. She was about five or six years old when I found her. I had her for almost five years. Logan is two. Untrained. Exuberantly still a puppy. And will chew almost anything he can get his large, furry paws on.

That's where my partially-knitted socks come into the story.

You'll notice the toe of the one on the right is unfinished, yet there are no knitting needles holding the stitches. That's because Logan pulled them out. And then he chewed one to pieces.

These happen to be Crystal Palace bamboo needles. (I usually don't knit with bamboo needles; I find it slows me down. I prefer Addi Turbos.) Anyhow, luckily they come five needles to a package, and I knit with only four double-pointed needles, so I can still finish the socks without buying another set.

This little tale, though, is only the tip of the iceberg. Logan has been busy. And, yes, that is my dining room table that he's lounging on, using it as a vantage point to look out the window. No guilt at all.