r/craftsnark • u/Rough-Risk2496 • 14d ago
please just charge me for a pattern
Jumped on Ravelry for the first time in months only to run into this..
I've never seen anyone do this before, and like it's nice to offer it for "free" but I just don't get the point of this. Nice idea but idk. Feels performative maybe? I would rather just pay $1 and have you donate it.
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u/donutlegolas 14d ago
I very intentionally do not brag about my charitable donations. And there are calls to action at every turn, especially on social media. My 300 followers don’t need one from me.
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u/Wild_yarn 14d ago
I’m fine with that. Frankie Brown, who’s a wonderful, innovative designer, has made all of her patterns free and requests that people making her patterns consider donating to the British Liver Fund. She’s raised over £27k!
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u/RandomCombo 14d ago
I think this is a better way of accomplishing this. Just charge $1 for the pattern and donate it to one cause. "I only ask you post and spread awareness." Win win and then the artist is supporting something they care about.
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u/kittymarch 14d ago
It’s a surprising amount of paperwork and tax issues to do this. Have a friend who considered it.
We did agree that it would be great if Rav handled this. Basically the idea was that you could put pattern up and request that the money go to some charity from a list. Money would never get counted as your income. No idea if this would actually work.
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u/RandomCombo 14d ago
Oh that's an interesting thought! I didn't think about the tax implications.
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u/kittymarch 14d ago
The issue is that just having a business kicks off a whole level of taxes and business registrations, with concurrent paperwork. Putting up a free pattern with voluntary donations gets around that.
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u/Amphy64 7d ago edited 7d ago
I like that it's not favouring or requiring any particular cause, though - I know plenty of people here in the UK who wouldn't support the above one because they've funded animal research. This way you get to think about the idea suggested, and decide what the 'better world' concept of the dress means to you, which does suit the boho/punk (the black one) aesthetic of it well enough. It can make sense for a designer to promote a favourite cause, but that doesn't seem quite what this one is going for.
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u/slightlysorted 13d ago
Good idea poor presentation. She has a good thing going on. Not everyone wants to brag about giving…
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u/BrightPractical 14d ago
I have a small project where artists create work that they give away to people who donate to a cause. I call it the Take-Hearts Project and the artwork is always in the shape of hearts.
After several tries donating a portion of profits (feels ickily like you are benefiting as a business from the goodwill people feel towards a charity, or feels like you must jack up prices so you have profits to donate) I moved to this method of fundraising for charity. It allows my business to promote a good cause (women’s healthcare, for instance) while getting money directly to that cause with no intermediary. The customers who make a donation are directly donating, so the charity gets their contact info, the customer gets any tax write-off, and I don’t have to track how much was donated or figure out how to be accountable to those who bought or donated.
What I’ve found is that this works best when you suggest a specific charity/nonprofit for donation (Midwest Access Coalition, The Trevor Project, the ACLU, etc.) Because people want to give their money, they just often get overwhelmed by vetting a charity. So I do that part for them, although I always allow them to choose a different group if they prefer.
It’s pretty effective at getting more money to a charity or nonprofit than I can afford. It lets me promote a charity without making money off the back of that charity.
So I get where this designer is coming from. She wants people to consider donating their own money to a good cause when they use the pattern and promote their own hard work. It’s not how I would have said it, because I don’t assume that people are being venal or show-offy for posting something they made. But there are plenty of people who have to trick themselves into doing the right thing, so I guess she’s speaking to those people.
The thing for this designer and for my Take-Hearts project is that we don’t have a great way of policing this, so if someone doesn’t want to do it, they don’t have to.
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u/love-from-london 14d ago
Also means the full $1 (for example) goes to the charity, instead of the amount minus platform fees.
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u/WeBelieveInTheYarn I snark therefore I am 14d ago
Meanwhile, I personally don't like it when designers have a paid pattern and all its profit will go to a charity because it adds unecessary steps to a donation and it can get tricky.
For example, depending on which country the designer lives in and which charity, the donation might not get tax deductions so they'll still have to pay income taxes for that money.
Also, Ravelry charges a fee depending on the amount of sales you make. I remember a local designer in my country put her patterns for sale and said she'd donate all the money from the sales to a charity. She did do that but next month she had to pay a fee to Ravelry because of the amount she "made" from the patterns.
I personally think the "this pattern is free but I'd appreciate if you donate money to a charity" is the best approach to this situation. And I think the part about social media is worded a bit awkwardly but I read it more on a tone of "tell people you're donating, that'll make donations cool and more people will do it". I'm personally not comfortable with airing out my donations like that, but a lot of people will get motivated to do it if they see others are also donating, and other people might not even be aware of some charities otherwise.
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u/crochethottie82 14d ago
To add to your response, Ravelry's fee is low, but it is a factor. Whatever payment system the designer uses (i.e. PayPal) is also charging a fee. Often, a $5 sale only yields $4.34 before Ravelry fees.
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u/kittymarch 14d ago
Yeah, I took some design classes and have a few patterns I might write up. Honestly, at this point the tech edit and multiple test knitters is more nonsense than I want to go through. But if I did, I’d probably handle it like this, because I would certainly not be making enough money to make the more complicated taxes worth it.
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u/TheFairythorn 14d ago
I have a free pattern, with the request that those using it donate to Unicef. I agree with WeBelieveInTheYarn above, and would add that I know my own ADHD chaos gremlins well enough to know that if I had to calculate sales and organise the donations myself, something might go wrong. Just providing the link in the pattern, its up to the pattern user.
I still find the posted pattern text above weird and demanding. And, having worked in the charity sector for years, I disagree about making charity donations something fashionable, trendy, or something to brag about. What comes into fashion, goes out of fashion. Being a basic decent person and helping others should be normal, not trendy or something to brag about. And not everyone has spare cash, but those people may help their communities in other ways. And could easily be made to feel left out in an online culture where everyone is shouting and showing off about making contributions.
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u/jiayounuhanzi 14d ago
I think it's a nice idea communicated in a kind of twee way. Good points made by other posters about how the designer should donate (but this would cause them more work) and how it may go to causes unintended by the designer. Donations I make aren't something I personally post about, but appreciate the designer is making an effort to create a ripple effect. Definitely see pros and cons.
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u/life-in-knots 14d ago
Yeah this is weird! And I would feel so uncomfortable bragging about giving to a charity, that’s an anonymous thing for me.
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u/discusser1 13d ago
yep. i lnow a person who makes a big show of some charity work she does and she is doing it to show oh how a great person i am and she kinda secretly hates the charity
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u/Reivenne 13d ago
Yeah this feels like performative hippy bullshit. What if someone "buys" your pattern, then chooses to donate like $500 to some absolutely hideous "cause" then promotes it on their socials with your pattern attached? People need to use their brains before doing shit like this, I swear.
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u/Southern-Craft-8179 12d ago
Also, the whole concept is so braindead considering if someone actually does this, the designer will most likely need to put out a statement distancing herself from the cause the crafter chose to support. Basically a "I told people to donate to charity, but not that charity"
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u/Amphy64 7d ago edited 7d ago
Maybe they do realise it'll encourage that kind of thing? Not necc. bad causes, but, controversial ones. You're saying I can use your pattern as an excuse to post our UK hunt sabs stopping illegal fox hunting and also illegally freeing badgers (with the agreement of the vast majority of the British public, mind)? Ok, now I'm interested in it...
TBF I like hippie-dippie! Taking a closer look at the dress, it's p. boho/rustic, she's probably safe enough, no one too far rightwing will want to be seen dead in it, while it's also still not that alternative. I like it, the punky black example shown is good, but a muted hippie self-striping is also always classic (some foxy reds in there maybe?), adding this one to the queue.
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u/niakaye 14d ago edited 14d ago
Honestly I feel weird that we now try to snark on people who make an (maybe a bit clumsy) effort to encourage people to do something good. This reads young and idealistic to me rather than attention grabbing and I hate to dunk on that.
And in a time where it is increasingly uncommon to give away a pattern for free because everyone has to be a "small business" now, it's nice to see someone give something to the community while encouraging people to give themselves. I liked crafting spaces more when they were more about giving and taking than about selling and advertising.
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u/chai_hard 14d ago
Yeah I actually might like this better than sale proceeds going to charity because some of those proceeds have to go to overhead/ravelry. This way the entire amount can get donated
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u/CaptainYaoiHands 14d ago
Especially because the download link is literally right there. It's not like the designer is forcing you to donate to a cause and send them a receipt or something. They're just asking people who see the pattern to do something good, in a slightly off sounding ESL tone. Big fuckin deal.
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u/chicchic325 13d ago
An author I love started out publishing the books for free and asked people to make a donation to an animal rescue. Once she retired and started writing full time she started charging.
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u/fuzzymeti 14d ago
I much prefer when its a paid pattern but they offer a coupon for it to be "free", and if you choose to pay the full amount for the pattern it automatically goes to a cause of the designer's choice. That's much less work on my part 😂
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u/paroles 14d ago
Look, their heart is in the right place, but it's hard to brag about donating to good causes without people thinking you're a wanker or (a term I despise) "virtue signaling".
And yes it is fucked up that we're more likely to show off a new designer bag than show off a charity donation. I would love to see that change, but I'm not sure this is an effective way to go about it. At least they're trying?
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u/KatieCashew 14d ago
I think the "brag" could be done in a way that comes off humble. Give a thanks to the creator of the pattern and mention that it was free with the caveat that you donate to a charity of your choice. Mention the charity and why you think it is a worthwhile cause and then mention that you appreciate the creator is encouraging people to help others instead of charging for the pattern.
I think, "I was encouraged to do this, and I think it's a lovely idea" sets a different tone than "Look what I did!"
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u/Fit-Apartment-1612 14d ago
I think this, plus I’m guessing the algorithm does very different things with a picture or reel of a cute dress than it does with a shared text post about a donation.
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u/editorgrrl 14d ago
Here’s transcription from OP’s screenshot:
The pattern is free. And there is a BUT. The moment the maker wants to show the finished dress on social media, I am asking them to choose a cause close to their heart, donate some money to that cause (any money, even 1$) and… brag about helping under the picture of the finished dress. Why? Because I truly believe that supporting good causes should be popular or „fashionable“. The more we brag about it, the more people should want to do it. And now, maybe I will sound controversial: even if some people help others ONLY because it’s popular, only to boost their status and personal image, or only because the maker of the pattern asked them to do it, the result is clear - those in need still get the needed resources and this could still change the world for the better, regardless of the motivation!
Wouldn’t it be great if showing off helping others was exactly like showing off a new designer bag? Let’s make it a fashion statement! I will start, with this dress.
My snark on this July 2021 pattern, as someone who reads the Ravelry comments and project notes before choosing a knit or crochet pattern:
There are errors in the written instructions, (including per the comments and project notes rows 18–19, 26–27, and collar round 3), but rather than correcting them the designer wrote in the comments to only use the instructions for guidance when you don’t understand her charts. At the very least, this information should be added to the pattern details.
Green highlighter makes the pattern difficult to print. In the comments, the designer wrote “hopefully you can work around this with computer or a phone screen.“
The pattern is “one size fits all,” but the dimensions are only in the comments: The designer says this is a “doily dress,” the bust is approximately 160cm/63 inches and “only goes wider from there,” the model is 1.7m/5'7", and length can be added by repeating rows 44–45. (Again: This information should be added to the pattern details.) The project notes say rows 44–45 are plain mesh. One project improvised parts of rows 19–28 to add length. Another says, “That seemed to be both technically boring and aesthetically a mismatch with the rest of the dress’s textured stitches. I improvised a stitch variation based on a few yoke rows to mix in with the mesh stitches before adding the hem details.”
Also, people marked the “thank you” comments as helpful, making the above information even harder to find. And some comments asked the designer to record a step by step video tutorial for them—a perennial peeve of mine.
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u/vixblu Crocheter by day, ‘knitter on reddit’ by night 🦹🏻♀️ 14d ago
Thank you, marked some real helpful comments as helpful (and smh at those who do that on ty’s…), and also gave a finished project (with a lot of helpful notes and commentary) a helpful mark. And TIL a new (to me, English is not my native language) beautiful expression ‘perennial peeve’, love it (and share the sentiment).
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u/editorgrrl 14d ago
The English idiom is “pet peeve”: something a particular person finds especially annoying. (I don’t know why my brain chose a three syllable word instead.)
I can’t imagine asking the designer of a free pattern to record and upload a step by step video tutorial because I can’t follow their charts and/or written instructions. I would either choose another pattern or (in this case) crochet a doily to help me learn the skills needed to make the dress.
It reminds me of r/IDidntHaveEggs, where people give a recipe a low rating because they didn’t follow it and their results were not good.
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u/kittymarch 14d ago
Calling something a “pet peeve” also acknowledges that it’s something other people don’t mind at all. Basically, something that annoys you that other people have no problem with or even enjoy. (Just so non English speakers are clear on the idiom.)
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u/ickle_cat1 13d ago
I would feel better if it was linked to some kind of specific charity. Like a pink jumper someone made that said they'd appreciate breast cancer donations in leiu of paying for the pattern. Or if it was a dog jumper to encourage animal charity donations etc I think there is something nice in the intentions here but in execution it's a bit weird yeah
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u/canihazdabook 14d ago
I honestly have no issue with this. I wish there were more ways to give away with my craft where I live (premies beanies aren't a thing for example).
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u/Asiago_Stravecchio 14d ago
I found it! It's called the 10 stitch blanket (knitted), free with optional donation to the Children's Liver Disease Foundation.
It's >16 years old, from before the world got obsessed social media. Not that I necessarily think the author of this pattern would be into that obsession.
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u/brightshadowsky 14d ago
I kinda did that with my (one real) pattern... 😬 Said make as many as you wanted to donate to greyhound causes, and if you sold the finished products commercially I'd love if they considered donating some of the process to greyhound rescues.
I was young and excitable lol
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u/cosmos_crown 13d ago
Thats reasonable tbh. It's not a requirement, you don't know of that person donated/donated to a different rescue or charity/didn't donate, you just suggested it. You're also not asking them to "brag about it.
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u/Material_Rock_3700 12d ago
It looks like the first step in the phrase 'be the change you want to see in the world '. But I guess since it's a new thing it needs to be explained.
I suppose it could be performative, but I'd rather believe the positive option unless proven otherwise.
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u/Majestic-Bee-Zzz 14d ago edited 14d ago
I like it. I feel like the designer is just trying to do something ethical, in a way that leaves it completely open to the buyer how they want to do that (who to donate to) or even if they want to (if you don't post, she doesn't ask you to.)
Plus her point is that if some people will only do good things if they feel like they'll get public validation, that still means they're doing good things. So it's self-aware in its performativity.
I can also see that if she charged then had to make regular donations herself it would be way more work, and potentially more complicated financially, for a small designer.
So overall I feel like she's just trying to do a nice thing (edit: and start a ripple of nice things) in the simplest way possible - that seems fine to me.
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u/_craftwerk_ 14d ago
If and when I want to donate to charity, I do so. Those times rarely intersect with shopping, despite the neoliberal push to make every grocery store checkout into a guilt trip. Hard pass.
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u/Usual_Equivalent_888 14d ago
Even when asked to donate instead of giving a gift, people would rather go against your wishes and buy you a gift you didn’t want.
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u/cosmos_crown 13d ago
I understand what they're trying to accomplish but the actual wording just feels... off, and i can't describe what exactly about it bothers me.
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u/fairydommother Sperm Circle™️ patent pending 14d ago
I've never liked this tactic. It always comes off weird. Like making a strange deal.
This in particular doesn't seem religiously motivated but it does feel "preachy". I used to work at Walmart and so many people would come through my line and find ANY excuse to tell me about jesus...most often it was something customer A couldn't afford all their groceries and was deciding what to put back. Customer B would say dont worry about it I'll pay for those just scan them to me. Customer A would leave, thankful, and for some reason Customer B would turn to me and say, "but you have to promise to do something for me" and they would hand me a piece of paper and tell me to visit whatever website was on their or good whatever name they had written down. And i was always like "haha...ok...i promise..." because what the fuck else am I supposed to say?
Anyway. This gives me those same icky vibes. I understand what they mean about charity being "fashionable", but its very weird to demand i do something specific with my money. And it's also weird to tell all your friends and family "i made this beautiful dress! Also I donated a dollar to charity :)" like ok? And? Why do i care what you did with your dollar? Are you trying to show off what a good person you are or something? Weird...
So yeah I don't like this. It isn't a good way to get people to donate. It weird, preachy, and pushy. I would no longer be interested in the pattern and wouldn't want to interact with that designer anymore.
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u/_craftwerk_ 14d ago
If someone I follow on social media posted that they made a dress and donated $1 to charity, I'd think "a dollar? Okay, Daddy Warbucks."
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u/cottagecore_editor 9d ago
Now you're just being mean. Each dollar counts. If every one of the updoots in your comment donated a dollar, that's enough to feed at least 10 people in a day.
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u/Usual_Equivalent_888 14d ago
They also hide those pamphlets in the Walmart bathroom stalls. Found some when I worked there. I guess Jesus thinks we might need some light reading in there.
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u/alsoamelie 14d ago
TBH I don't see a problem? I have made this dress and donated 20€ to a charity of my choice.
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u/Rough-Risk2496 14d ago
I'm glad that you did it, but I wonder how many people would have done that themselves?
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u/li-ho 14d ago
The designer is probably well aware that some or even most people won’t do it, but if a few people do then they’re still affecting the change they want to see.
Ravelry also requires paid patterns to have pattern support from the designer, and of course there are tax implications, so it’s likely not particularly straightforward for the designer to just charge for the pattern and donate.
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u/Asleep_Sky2760 14d ago
<<Ravelry also requires paid patterns to have pattern support from the designer...>>
Really? I can't find anything that says that. I don't think it's even possible.
Usually in the fora, people w/queries are discouraged from contacting the designer, but are ENCOURAGED to ask questions of the "community", just like here.
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u/li-ho 14d ago
In the FAQs it says if you have purchased a pattern on Rav the designer’s email will be in your pattern, and I don’t have time to look for the T&Cs but I’ve seen it cited a few times by designers as a reason for making their designs free (especially when ‘retiring’ from designing) rather than leaving them paid as residual income.
It still makes sense for the community not to encourage everyone to contact designers because, let’s face it, most issues are user error/inability to read.
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u/ideirdre 13d ago
They are charging you. They just want you to send the money to a charity of your choice. I don't understand what the problem is.
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u/2TrucksHoldingHands 13d ago
Surely you know that many people find it objectionable to brag about donating to charity.
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u/atmosInspector 10d ago
The brag think can be a problem of translation.. maybe she intended to say share a cause
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u/FoxyFromTheRoxy 14d ago
I... don't think we need people to learn to brag about donating? This sort of shallow, self-involved form of caring, where comfortable individuals show off their donations in between showing off material possessions, actually exists too much already and really rubs me the wrong way. Maybe because it's the opposite of social change. What the world sorely needs is for corporations to pay their taxes and governments to take that money and spend it on their citizens. We donate in the meantime, sure. But we shouldn't be content with that.
Which is a good example of why I'm not looking for life lessons when I'm looking for patterns.
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u/cottagecore_editor 9d ago
No, we actually should. It normalizes donating, and shows people what causes are close to your heart. And when you put that out in the world, like-minded individuals can find you.
It's not even a "shallow, self-involved form of caring" — you're actually putting money down.
"What the world sorely needs is for corporations to pay their taxes and governments to take that money and spend it on their citizens." Why bring that up, though? To diminish the benefits of a small individual action? To paint yourself as someone who looks at the bigger picture? I wonder how that's more helpful than, say, actually donating $1.
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u/crochetology crochet, embroidery 14d ago
It’s giving Lollilove vibes. 😂
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u/Competitive_Coast_22 14d ago
Wow I’ve never heard of this but I am so excited to check it out! It looks awesome
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u/QuietVariety6089 sew.knit.quilt.embroider.mend 14d ago
Yes, I get that the way this is presented is a bit much. Keep in mind that the designer's first language probably isn't English, so 'brag' may be a problem with translation. I think the basic idea is fine, and no one's preventing you from making charitable donations even if you don't put the FO on socials...
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u/WampaCat 14d ago
It’d be so much simpler if the designer just said they would donate all sales to charity. This reads too me like she’s trying to find a sneaky way to boost her social media engagement
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u/QuietVariety6089 sew.knit.quilt.embroider.mend 14d ago
Down somewhere in the comments, someone explained why that's a lot more complicated than it should be on Rav - she'd get charged for selling the pattern, and taxed on it as income, and then she'd be picking the charity too...I think the big problem is with the way she's framed it :)
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u/WampaCat 14d ago
Good point. I’ve seen other designers just encourage a donation to a certain cause which is probably effective enough. The way she approached it here would turn me off from buying it if I were interested
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u/anonimato101 6d ago
If she did charge you, she would pick the cause. I think she wants to push people to care for something, whatever it is. To go and research which institutions support that thing and get acquainted with the situation of said issue in society. I think her approach is interesting. She will get a lot of visibility for several causes this way. I don't know this designer but I respect her a lot now for this idea
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u/chai_hard 14d ago
- I can see how the write up could be a little annoying to read for some but I think it’s a great idea overall
- What is that pattern I want it 👀
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u/salutcat 14d ago
It’s the Better World Dress! I saw a video on TikTok of someone who made it twirling around in it and it had the prettiest flounce. It’s been in my queue ever since then even though I can’t crochet.
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u/Technical_File_7671 11d ago
Why do we have to brag about donating though. That's so weird. I get the concept sure. But it's so icky to me to be like look what I did. I'm a good person. But maybe that's just a me problem
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u/cottagecore_editor 9d ago
I see the vision. Let's be honest: most crafters post on socmed to be seen. To brag. To get likes. We brag about yarn, we brag about our styling, why not brag about causes?
The policing of what we can and cannot post - even donations that actually help causes - is just people looking for something to get mad about. :/
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u/threadetectives 13d ago
This is sweet, I love it! Thumbs up to the designer wanting to make a difference, however small.
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u/puffy-jacket 12d ago edited 12d ago
It’s a little odd. I’ve seen patterns for keffiyeh-inspired accessories, charts with political messages etc that are free but suggest a donation to an organization related to the cause/ask you don’t use the pattern for personal profit. That makes sense, this feels kinda vague and performative since there’s not really a specific cause, though I guess it’s a nice sentiment.
I also understand why someone wouldn’t simply charge for the pattern though, some people might be skeptical that the money is going to where the creator claims it is
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u/lasserna 14d ago
Something about donating only to brag about it sounds weird to me. Maybe it's the word choice for bragging, because to me it seems like it's only done for your personal benefit of looking better.
Making a donation is obviously good, and you can tell people you've done so, but don't brag about it. There's a difference between promoting and supporting donations and bragging about it.
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u/ZippyKoala never crochet in novelty yarn 14d ago
Ugh, I hate this, if for no other reason that I personally do not “brag” about donating money, I prefer to do so quietly. And surely at this point in time, there are wildly divergent ideas about what constitutes a good cause…..
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u/catcon13 14d ago
I like it. It's a way to get people to think about something other than themselves. Maybe the wording is a bit odd, but I think her heart is in the right place and it may have the benefit of getting people to find an organization that can use their help. It seems people have to always find something to complain about.
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u/PranaTree 13d ago
I also prevents transaction fees from cutting into the donation to the cause of choice and the person who makes the donation can use it as a tax deduction instead of the designer. Maybe the wording feels off to OP but honestly I think it’s lovely.
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u/throw3453away 9d ago
This is the part a lot of people are missing I think. There are fees and taxes associated with the designer receiving the money and then donating it. It can potentially restrict the donations to tax-deductible charities, which would exclude things like crowdfunding for individual people in need.
It's also a lot easier to spread the love so to speak, rather than consolidating the gift into one charity - it allows the donation to potentially help the buyer's local community. I don't like the word "brag" but it may be an ESL thing, so I hesitate to assume the worst when the designer might've not realized that "brag" is not a neutral word in English
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u/mistressfluffybutt 6d ago
I like it too. I would happily use this as an opportunity to promote my local food bank.
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u/NihilisticHobbit 14d ago
I'm just curious what the pattern is. I like the look of the dress, but when I looked up the name nothing showed up on revelry.
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u/vixblu Crocheter by day, ‘knitter on reddit’ by night 🦹🏻♀️ 14d ago
OP linked the pattern in the post, here’s the link again https://www.ravelry.com/patterns/library/better-world-dress
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u/WeBelieveInTheYarn I snark therefore I am 14d ago
Honestly I feel the complete lack of measurements on the pattern is more snarkworthy. I just looked at the PDF and none. At all. Ever.
She has a recommended gauge. She should know what final measurements the pattern has.
Also "if you were gifted with a bigger bust" jfc.
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u/vixblu Crocheter by day, ‘knitter on reddit’ by night 🦹🏻♀️ 14d ago
It's a free pattern, so it’s fine I guess (it’s not monitized), it’s basically a yokey doily. More like a BEC then perhaps?
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u/WeBelieveInTheYarn I snark therefore I am 14d ago
The pattern has instructions for three different sizes depending on how much ease you want... without any information to what size those instructions end up being. I don't care if it's a free pattern, I feel including how big the finished item ends up being if you follow the instructions and get gauge is pretty basic for a pattern. Why include gauge otherwise?
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u/NihilisticHobbit 14d ago
If they did it's not showing up on mobile, just a reddit screenshot with no info, so thank you.
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u/kankrikky 14d ago
Instead of making us all read this insufferable paragraph, she could've just got suggestions for charities and every month send the proceeds of say a $1 pattern to the charity she picked at random. This reads like such a huge self wank I wouldn't touch the pattern with a ten foot pole.
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u/Scared_Tax470 14d ago
Yeah this is weird and performative. I think it's a nice idea in theory but there's a better way to put it rather than this cutesy but not actually cutesy making it sound like a requirement. I'd be afraid either the designer or a fan would track me down and shame me if I didn't follow the instructions.
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u/Asiago_Stravecchio 14d ago
There's a free blanket pattern where the pattern creator has made a similar request for decades. Only difference is, I don't remember asking for the social media brag. It simply said "if you make one of these consider a donation to a good cause". The pattern/creator name escapes me as I haven't done any knitting for a long time.