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I'm asking this here, because just about everyone I know who would probably know the answer hangs out here.  At least I hope you all still do :)

If I purchase a pattern for something, say a sweater or a skirt or whathaveyou, can the designer put the condition on the copyright that I cannot then sell the product that I have made?  To me it seems like reaching.  I get not reselling the pattern online, but if I've paid for the instructions, do they really retain the right to decide what I do with something that they didn't make?

I've seen this a couple of times on patterns on ravelry, and I'm thinking that that really can't be enforceable in anyway.  Just because you design something doesn't mean that you own all connections to it until the end of time.  It's reasonable if you are giving it away - maybe - I'm not up on copyright law - but it would seem to me to be in line with having a school teach you how to do something (run a business, lets say) and then saying afterwards that you can't run a business that makes any money because the knowledge you now have is copyrighted to them.

Thoughts?

I think I owe three, so here goes:

Day 9: I am grateful for hot coffee and short lines at Tim Hortons.  I don't think I would be able to function these days without my morning joe.

Day 10:  I am grateful for knitting.  When I am too sore to swim (as was the case yesterday), I can still spend a few minutes making a nice toque to wear for when I finally do go completely crazy (it's really just a matter of time, you'll see).

Day 11:  Today, I am grateful for August in general.  I love the way the weather can't really decide if it wants to be really hot or if it wants to be cool and breezy.  It eases me into fall in a really nice way - plus it gives me a chance to be outside without melting ;)

Happy Monday, all - I am back to work again.

--Phae

Why is it that on the eve of all of my latest planned spells do I wake up sick as a dog? I finally have everything that I need and I am ready to go! Or I would be if my head didn't feel like a brick and I had that ability to take a deep breath. Dammit!

Now, I have to wait until I am feeling better. I was kind of hoping to get this whole thing taken care of ... you know, get some answers and make whatever adjustments are needed or just get back into the regular swing of things. Perhaps that is hoping for too much. I have this sneaking fear that this will only be the beginning and things are about to get weirder and scarier from here.

On another, more mundane note, I think my cat has a cold too. He has been sneezing all over the place the last few days (specifically in my face so that I don't miss it). I am a little worried about him. I didn't know that cats could get colds, and I really don't know what I should do (if anything).

On the plus side, feeling this crappy has allowed me to get some knitting done. I stole pendamuse's idea and made some dark crimson Opera Gloves and laced them with black ribbon. I love them! They were so fast! Now I am thinking of making myself a new toque. Or a Patchwork blanket ... I do have a lot of scrap yarn.

I promised to teach my brother's girlfriend how to knit, so I am gonna have to find something fun and easy for her to start with too.

Anyway, that is the news (and whining) from me. Enjoy your regularly scheduled day.

--Phae

So, with everyone going on about knitting and such, I decided to finish my new sweater that I started a few years ago (to replace my well loved ugly house sweater).

A couple of days ago, my fiancé wanted to pick up a new chopper magazine, and I went too, hoping to find a certain decorating magazine that I really enjoyed, but seems to not be carried in Canada anymore. We went to Chapters and were perusing their ample magazine section, and I came across a couple of knitting magazines (and some beading ones). There were some great modern patterns (none of that family stuck in the seventies looking sweaters that litter the yarn aisle in just about every store).

So, now I am really excited, I grab a KNITS, and a beading magazine, and at home as I am trying to decide what sweater I want to make next, I come across an ad for colourful stitches ... in it the girl is all smiling in her new scarf, mittens, and toque. What is around her neck? A pentacle. It is a sign! Pagan Knitters Unite! LOL

--Phae