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Copyright Notice: My Knitting and Crochet Patterns

A knitting pattern is essentially a set of instructions on how to make something - often a garment of clothing or a household item. Each pattern is a document – and may be made up of words, numbers, charts and photos - and is protected under UK copyright law.

Copyright gives the owner a number of exclusive rights, including the right to control how or whether a copyright work is copied – either the whole of the work, or a ‘substantial’ part of it.

Copying includes any reproduction, whether by hand, photocopying, scanning into a computer, etc.

As a general rule, anyone who wishes to publish (for example on the internet) or adapt a copyright work must first secure permission from the copyright owner.

My Knitting and Crochet Patterns are ALL copyright protected – you may not copy them without my permission.

Please respect this – and please also understand that this applies whether patterns are free or ‘paid for’

A little about me ~

I love to knit and crochet – and I donate most of what I make to charities in the UK and across the world.

I write patterns and share most of them freely - over 300 so far to help the charity community. There are many charity knitters who do wonderful work and, like me, donate to those in more need than themselves. There is always a demand for new patterns and ideas. And I am happy to share.

From time to time I make a small charge for my patterns, and this enables me to continue………..                    have you any idea of how much time and effort goes into writing patterns?

If it was easy you would all be doing it!

I am happy for you to use my patterns for your own use or for charity donations.

In addition:  You can gift or sell any finished items you make from my patterns.


However, recently I have been saddened to find that my patterns are being shared on internet groups  
and someone is selling copies of my free patterns on ebay.

I am so frustrated by this. It is illegal and morally wrong too.

So hurtful - and - if this continues I will have to make a charge for all of my designs.


Please do not abuse the copyright law – if you would like to know more, you might like to read the UK Government (Intellectual Property Office)  information about this ~

https://www.gov.uk/intellectual-property-an-overview

35 comments:

  1. Vic6 September 2015 at 21:51

    Your talent and generosity in sharing is really appreciated. Thank you x

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  2. Vic6 September 2015 at 21:52

    Your talent and generosity in sharing is really appreciated. Thank you x

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  3. Auntie17 September 2015 at 15:27

    the world is full of nasty people, thieves , people with no talent of their own. it's a shame.

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  4. Unknown17 December 2015 at 18:14

    So sad to hear that people do this. when you are so wonderful to share with all of us.

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  5. carmen crafts7 April 2016 at 13:16

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  6. Unknown2 August 2016 at 21:36

    I'm so sorry to hear that someone did that!! I LOVE your patterns. I love to knit. I don't charge anyone for what I knit for them, just the yarn. I also donate to the Baby ward at my local hospital. Thanks for everything!! Karen McGrath

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  7. Rachel Bonitz1 September 2016 at 21:06

    Thank you for letting us sell things we make from your patterns!! How terrible that someone is selling your free patterns. 😡😠

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  8. Unknown4 October 2016 at 11:16

    Thank you for letting me use your lovely patterns i use them to make baby clothes for a baby unit in a hospital which they are very pleased to receive

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  9. Unknown4 October 2016 at 11:16

    Thank you for letting me use your lovely patterns i use them to make baby clothes for a baby unit in a hospital which they are very pleased to receive

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  10. schnitzel10 October 2016 at 12:07

    This is a very pretty pattern. Thankyou for letting me use it

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  11. God's Grace and Good Cookin31 December 2016 at 19:25

    I will be forever grateful to you for writing these patterns especially the baby cardigan patterns. I just made my first cardigan for my new soon to be born grandchild and it was because of you and your best ever instructions that I could accomplish this. Many many thanks!! I am starting on the Charlie Cardi and can't wait to see it thru. Theresa

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  12. Katia Antz6 February 2017 at 09:42

    Thank you for all your patterns, from time to time I look elsewhere but I always come back to yours; the reason being they are written so simply but the items are all so beautiful. You obviously know how yarn works so well and also what is practical for a wee one to wear. many thanks

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  13. Unknown23 May 2017 at 20:41

    thank you for your patterns, i just learnt to knit and well happy with the result xxx

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  14. Unknown4 July 2017 at 18:43

    Sorry to hear about people on ebay, morally wrong and not good. I love your patterns, and want to thank you for your generosity and kindness.

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  15. Susan11 July 2017 at 16:05

    I love your patterns and would never abuse copyright. However, some people do. I hope you are able to continue to provide free patterns; they are all beautiful

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  16. Island Girl12 August 2017 at 12:05

    Thank you for so generously sharing your patterns. I am using these for a fundraiser with Mary's Meals so have shared with my knit and natter group. x

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  17. Unknown17 August 2017 at 13:17

    Hello Marianna Thank you for the wonderful patterns you allow us to use. However I have hacked one to make a Santa Suit for a newborn in NZ. I have put a picture on Pinterest. I hope I have not taken advantage of your copyright. Many thanks again and I am leaving a donation

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  18. Unknown28 September 2017 at 13:23

    Hi Marianna, we have just started a WI knitting group. We are going to knit hats and cardigans for small babies. We saw your pattern and it looked ideal sizes to donate. I hope you are ok that we have printed off some copies to share. We will send you some pictures when we have completed them, although I think they are always needed. Thank you in advance. Gail

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  19. Alka Gudadhe7 December 2017 at 12:15

    Hi, I am Alka and I have made your pattern for my grand son. When I will write about it I will simply give the web address of your blog and no pattern details. I will also pay thanks to you for this pattern so please give me permission for this. If you want I can send you photo. My blog is "Alka and Arts". Before this also I have always paid thanks to those whose patterns I have made. (You can please visit my blog) So I will be very much thankful if you give me permission. My mail ID is alka.gudadhe@gmail.com.
    If you want to reply me on that you may please.

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  20. Lollie14 August 2018 at 21:59

    If it was easy, we still couldn't do it without the creativity that you have!

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  21. Unknown17 January 2019 at 20:39

    Thank you for your wonderful patterns. I knit alot for charity and your patterns really are so nice.

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  22. Anonymous8 March 2019 at 06:38

    I think these are the best prem patterns and I would love to knit them for the prem unit at Winchester Hospital where they have help myself and members of our family as we seem to have small babies around 2 to 3 lbs on average thankyou

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  23. Denise27 June 2020 at 11:43

    Thank you so much for making your patterns available. That is so kind of you and how upsetting that some are taking advantage of that. I have made many of the Babbity hats and donated them to the NICU at our local hospital. I didn't realise that there was a matching cardi, so this will be my next project. Thanks very much again. With best wishes.

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  24. shorty83113 November 2020 at 12:26

    Hi i have enjoyed making these and a lot of my work colleagues have asked for the pattern, can i please have permission to place this on our internal craft page, i would add your copyright information, and am happy to make a donation or would you rather that i just place the photo with a link to this page

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    1. marianna14 November 2020 at 10:12

      Copying the actual pattern instructions is illegal - but please feel free to use my photos and a link - that would be great ! Best wishes. M

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    2. shorty83116 November 2020 at 12:58

      thank you for responding, i will place the link on our intranet.
      many thanks

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  25. Andrea stone14 February 2021 at 11:34

    Hi Marianna 14 February 2021

    I would like to say thankyou very much for sharing your premature baby patterns, I have started to knit for my local Hospital after many many years of not knitting and found your patterns very easy to use. Looking forward to finding more of your patterns.

    Regards Andrea

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  26. crafty m25 February 2021 at 02:31

    ove your wonderful patterns ♡♡♡

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  27. Offbeat12 May 2021 at 01:48

    Thank you for your beautiful patterns - so easy to knit. For the last 7 years I've organised and knitted for a Charity Knit sale so low income families can have warm knits for their littlies in Winter. We've just had the 2021 shop (in case you're wondering I'm southern hemisphere). Used some of your great patterns. All up over $4K was raised and split between six great charities. Please keep up developing your patterns and I hope your generosity in enabling their use is not abused.

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    1. marianna12 May 2021 at 19:08

      Thank you for this lovely message. I am so happy that you have been enjoying my patterns. And you have raised a wonderful amount for the charities you support. Well done indeed. M

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  28. Gladys22 November 2021 at 08:23

    Thanks for sharing your lovely patterns, I knit for charity and would like to use them for this. I hope that’s ok. C

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  29. Reefgirl15 September 2022 at 20:45

    Have you thought about Watermarking your patterns?, It might be a pain in the bum for us but it'll cut down on piracy

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  30. Susan2 July 2023 at 18:01

    Thank you for permission to resell garments from your designs! I will make sure to credit your work in my listings and on my tags.

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