Friday, June 9, 2023

Another Shirt

I made another shirt. Didn't turn out quite like I wanted but whatever. This is why we practice, right? Still using up the yarn I'm not thrilled with. I like the yarn just not for this. But I have like 5 pounds of it from a failed Bavarian crochet blanket. I don't necessarily buy new yarn to make prototypes, just use whats on hand. I'm thinking the cuff around the body is too large? It looks different on the dummy.



Friday, June 2, 2023

Can I Sell?

"The pattern says I can't sell what I make. Can I sell?"


If in the US, the short answer is yes. The Supreme Court ruled on this a few years ago. The author can say anything they want, they have no actual right to say you can't sell what you make from their patterns. You CAN sell what you make. You can NOT sell the pattern. The pattern is copyrighted to the author. Also, you can't just put your name on the pattern and say it's yours. This will be fund out and there will be legal repercussions.

It's good form to credit the author of the pattern when selling your makes. Something like "Handmade by (your name), pattern by (author's name)."


Do you sell at fairs? Online? Etsy?