Give Credit Where Credit is Due

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This is not the post I intended to write. But I feel it is the post I need to write. No matter what, GIVE CREDIT TO THE ORIGINAL DESIGNER! Yes, I yelled. This is a huge problem amongst crafters of all kinds. We share our designs and creations so freely on the internet, and ask only that you credit us when you use our patterns and to not sell our patterns as your own. 

The reason I am writing this post is due to an incident over the weekend. I purchased an inexpensive pattern ebook from Amazon, because I'm always looking for new ideas. In the book on the last photo I saw a very familiar photo and pattern. I have admired a certain tatter for years because of her jewelry designs and this was her pattern and photo, but she was given zero credit. I looked in the acknowledgement section, the index and everywhere I could think of. But the wonderfully talented designer was given no credit. I immediately reached out to her via Twitter and returned the ebook to Amazon. In the reason return section  I told Amazon because of a copyright issue. 

Unfortunately in this modern age of internet dominance there are more and more cases amongst designers of images and patterns being used without permission. I will not support this in any way. If I find theft of patterns with no credit I will return items everytime. If you don't know who to credit, put that instead. I.E this pattern is by a designer who is not me, please look for him/her and thank them for this design. It is so easy to add that little footnote and it is much more honest. So far on here the images I've posted are my own, the pattern as most tatters will tell you is a standard first learning pattern that has existed for ages. It is a  3 double stitch, picot, 3 double stitch, picot,  3 double stich, picot and 3 double stitch (3p 3p 3p 3). I just added beads on the middle picot. 

Next post I will share my originally intended post for today. And I will cover what a double stitch is, what a picot is and how these components make up tatted designs. I'm going to get down from my soap box now and get to work on more tatting. Have a wonderful Monday!

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  1. Marilee RockleyJuly 26, 2021 at 12:58 PM

    Good work you did of reporting the copyright infringement. People need to be aware that even if a designer shared their original pattern for free, that doesn't mean anyone else can put it in a book to sell without asking permission.

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  2. gillettsdAugust 8, 2021 at 6:15 PM

    I LOVE LOVE LOVE that you shared this. I have a tattoo that I wanted because I was part of a response team to Pulse and this group Created magnets with a design that they sold to give to a NPO called the Zebra Coalition after and donated the money to them. I contacted them and explained what I wanted and asked to buy a one time use licence and they said yes and then donated what I paid to them to the Zebra Coalition. Very important to give people credit for their art.

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