Quick answer: Yes, you can sell anything you make from my patterns. Just don’t sell or share the pattern file itself. Credit is welcome, not required.
Can you sell the things you make from my patterns? Yes.
You can sell them, gift them, donate them, whatever you want to do with them. The only thing I ask is that you don’t sell or share the pattern itself, that one’s mine, but what you make with your own hands and your own hook time is yours.
That’s the short answer. If you want the fuller picture, keep reading, there are a few details worth knowing.
What My Patterns Allow
Once you’ve bought or downloaded one of my patterns, the finished item is yours to do with as you like.
That means you can:
Sell it, at a craft fair, on Etsy, on Facebook Marketplace, wherever you sell your work
Gift it to family or friends
Donate it, to a hospital, a shelter, a cancer center, anywhere that could use something handmade
Keep it, obviously
I only ask for one small thing in return, credit. A simple “pattern by Sandra Stitches” somewhere in your listing or description is enough.
What You Cannot Do
The pattern itself, the instructions, the PDF, the written words and charts, that stays mine. So a few things are off the table:
You can’t resell, share, or redistribute the pattern file itself, even for free
You can’t copy my pattern’s written instructions and sell them as your own
You can’t use my photos to sell your version of the item, your photos of your work are always the better choice anyway
Why I Do It This Way
Some designers don’t allow finished items to be sold at all. I don’t feel that way. Hours of your time and your own hands went into that piece. That effort is real, and it should belong to you.
A lot of the people I hear from aren’t trying to build a shop anyway, they’re making something for a daughter, a coworker, a fundraiser table, a grandchild’s teacher.
Some of you sell a piece here and there to fund more yarn. All of that is exactly what these patterns are for.
Sandra’s tip: The best listings I’ve seen from people selling things made from my patterns don’t mention the pattern at all in the title, they just say what the piece is and who it’s for. Save the credit line for the description. It sells better, and it’s still exactly the kind of credit I mean
A Few Questions I Get Asked A Lot
Can I sell on Etsy specifically?
Yes, Etsy, craft fairs, Facebook Marketplace, your own website, anywhere you already sell.
Do I need to ask your permission every time I sell something?
No, once you have the pattern, you’re set. No need to check in each time.
Can I change the pattern a little and still sell the finished piece?
Small changes, a different color, a different size, are completely fine. If you’ve changed it so much it’s really your own design at that point, that’s yours to sell as your own, just don’t sell my written pattern alongside it.
What if I want to teach a class using your pattern?
Send me a message first, I’m happy to talk it through, I just like to know when a pattern is being used to teach.
Do I need to give you a percentage of what I sell?
No, nothing like that. Credit is enough.
Where To Find My Patterns
If you don’t have a Sandra Stitches pattern yet and this made you want to start one, my Payhip shop has the current collection, and V-Stitch Club members get two new exclusive patterns every month that are never sold or made free anywhere else.
A quiet place to keep crocheting
If projects like this one are your kind of calm, you might love the V-Stitch Club.
It is my little corner of the internet for women who crochet for the joy and the quiet of it, with new patterns, gentle company, and the steady rhythm of always having something beautiful on the hook.
Be Part of The Tribe!
Come share your finished project in my free Facebook group. Join Crochet & Stories with Sandra Stitches.
Save this one, it’s the kind of question that comes back around every time you finish something new.
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