Are these knitting designers copying each other?

Accusations of copying seem to be all over knitting social media recently. Alison and Anjali dig into the topic of knitting patterns and intellectual property: what can and cannot be copyrighted, and beyond that, what rules are designers socially or ethically bound by?

We have some interesting examples to ponder and then we wrap up the episode with another round of Two Stitches Enter, One Stitch Leaves.

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Further Reading

• For Personal Use Only: Restrictive Clauses in Craft Patterns — Craft Industry Alliance
• Patterns and copyright protections — Ohio State University Libraries
• Stephen West shawl destash drama on Reddit
• A short history of knitting patterns in Britain — Victoria and Albert Museum
• This Golden Fleece: A Journey Through Britain's Knitted History by Esther Rutter
• Gansey Investigation with Di Gilpin and Sheila Greenwell

Pattern Examples We Talk About

• Norma Sweater by My Favorite Things Knitwear
• Harbor Sweater by Ozetta
• More on the inspiration for the Norma design
• Isager Archives collection inspired by Ase Lund Jensen
• Pink Fizz by Andrea Mowry
• Lace pattern #025 by Hitomi Shida
• Japanese Knitting Stitch Bible by Hitomi Shida
• Sailor Slippers pattern by Annie Germain
• Aspen in the Moment episode about Sailor Slippers drama

Yarns & Patterns We Mention

• Mungo by Retrosaria Rosa Pomar
• Musselburgh Hat by Ysolda Teague in Mondim
• Halibut Cowl by Caitlin Hunter in Alpaca Elegance, in Sencha and Darjeeling
• Anjali's Lumme pullover is in Brooklyn Tweed Shelter (RIP) in Sweatshirt and Harrisville Designs Watershed in Aquifer

Anjali's Art Class

• Description of the class
• Tracey Emin's work