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Updated August 25, 2026

Pattern license

The short version: sell what you make, don't share the file.

You may

  • Knit or crochet the pattern as many times as you like.
  • Sell the finished items you make, online or in person, as an individual maker or small business. A credit — "pattern by Zach Sumano" — is appreciated but not required.
  • Print the PDF for your own use and mark it up however you want.
  • Teach from it in a class where every participant has bought their own copy.

You may not

  • Share, email, upload, resell or give away the pattern file.
  • Reproduce the text, charts, photographs or schematics anywhere.
  • Publish the pattern in another language or format without written permission.
  • Use the pattern for mass or factory production.

Watermarking

Every PDF carries the buyer's email in the footer. If a file turns up somewhere it shouldn't, that's how I know where it came from. Access tied to a leaked file is revoked.

Permissions

Want to do something not listed here — a translation, a yarn-shop kit, a workshop? Ask. zachsumano@gmail.com. The answer is usually yes.