Crochet Patterns

Hi Shannon,

Your offer is very generous but please do be careful about copyright. Perhaps instead of scanning you would be prepared to sell/barter/give your originals to others.

Best wishes, VP

I didn't realize there was a problem with copyright.

Shanon can`t you take up another Technique ? like crewl embroidery ? mirjam

Well there may or may not be depending on the age of the material you are talking about and the laws of the country in which you reside. Generally speaking though you can't make copies of published works till at least 70 years after the authors death. If the work has no stated author then it may be sooner.

VP

Yes, that's a much better idea.

I'm sure Shannon means well but authors of all kinds work very hard before a finished product - in this case patterns - see the light of day. It's not fair to copy them ad-lib.

Mary

How about donating them to a local charity or to your town's social services people? I know in my town, many people do charity handiwork (me included!) for the town's needier folks, and I bet access to those patterns would be a wonderful blessing and fun for all those talented volunteers. You could spread the books around to several local organizations so many people could take advantage of them.

In some cases, you might even get a tax discount for donating to charities. And that never hurts, either! :)

Wendy A Knitting Fool in CT