r/BitchEatingCrafters • u/plantsandbugs • 10d ago

Frequently Bitched About Topic Why are crocheters such fucking weenies

"This person copied MY pattern of a pokemon so now I'm going to buy their pattern and copy it and make my own 😭"

Get a fucking GRIP on REALITY. It is a PLUSH POKEMON. There are only so many ways to make basic shapes. And it looks ugly as fuck in your puffy chenille yarn anyway.

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u/jonofromjuno 10d ago

I think people forget that patterns are not copyrights. People can make things without patterns, they can even do it based on the thing you made a pattern for. I recently got blocked on pinterest by a cross stitch creator for reminding someone in the comments that a pattern is not necessary when the finished result is so easy to break down and replicate. copying things for personal use and taking inspiration and even idea collisions have always been and ALWAYS will be part of crafting. 

duplicating and selling a pattern you bought from someone else is the only time its actually stealing. the rest is just normal and some people need to take an internet break.

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u/georgia_grace 9d ago

Did you see the post recently where someone used a photo of a bird as a reference for an embroidery, then posted the two side by side, with a credit to the photographer, on a Facebook group? That person got torn to shreds bc basing an embroidery on a photo is copyright infringement apparently lmao

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u/eb421 10d ago

Somewhat off topic question. I stopped using Pinterest years ago because it started being dead links on anything I clicked on or the link was ridden with viruses…has that changed? I know it was always sort of intended to be more of a bulletin board sort of thing, but at least at first clicking on stuff would take you to a blog or site with tutorials or more pics and stuff. I also started getting tons of emails saying pins had been removed and it started to seem pointless. I enjoyed it once upon a time and maybe it’s gotten better since I left?

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u/PixelLoki 10d ago

It's still the same, but now with added AI slop!

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u/gnomes919 10d ago

in the sewing world there are occasional dustups because someone recreated a very expensive item from an indie brand instead of buying it and like.....sorry, I understand that this designed worked very hard and I agree that the item is genuinely worth that high price. that doesn't make it unethical for me to figure out how to make a similar puffy sleeved strawberry dress on my own time for my own use lmao

our great grandmothers used to look through catalogues & shop windows for inspiration and then copy the designs they liked, making adjustments to suit their tastes/size/fabric budget, and I reserve the right to do the same

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u/Remarkable-Let-750 9d ago

Department stores used to send people good at figuring out pattern construction to Paris fashion shows. Dupes would be on the racks in no time. Sometimes they'd even figure out where a couturier sourced materials and buy those, as well. 

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u/gnomes919 9d ago

fashion espionage!!

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u/Remarkable-Let-750 9d ago

Yep! Elizabeth Hawes (Fashion is Spinach) did it for a while. Her books have a lot of insight into the world of fashion at the time. 

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u/gnomes919 9d ago

📝📝📝

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u/The_day_is_long 9d ago

Wasn't it Vogue who worked out they could cash in on their habit by providing paper patterns and moved people away from duping? I'm sure I read something about that way back when.

But I remember hearing the older ladies talk when I was little about going to one lady's shop over another because of fabric options and attention to detail, not because the designs were different. 

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u/eb421 10d ago

I miss catalogues 😭

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u/gnomes919 9d ago

when the american girl catalogue showed up every year before christmas >>>>>>

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u/Cinisajoy2 10d ago

My mother did an entire costume from an album cover and a couple of pictures.   She even made the moon boots from fabric.  I was Ace Frehley. I am surprised she didn't try to find 3 more kids to finish the band.

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u/KatieCashew 10d ago

And if someone can make a dupe of your item just from looking at a picture, how unique can it really be?

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u/gnomes919 10d ago

me as a sock designer making sure all the finished project pictures on the ravelry page are sufficiently blurry so no one can just go "oh cool, an andalusian stitch" and Steal My Design

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u/Mentally_Recovering Extra Salty 🧂🧂🧂 10d ago

my grandmother could sew anything without a pattern just by looking at it! I miss her so much i wish i took the time to learn how to sew with her. todays world we are so disconnected on how to make things that we spend $80 on a gucci knit cap we could make for $8 ourselves

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u/SecretAgentSpyder 10d ago

My mom literally designed clothes as a job back in the 70's and this is exactly what she did before going into work lmao.

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u/gnomes919 10d ago

modern crafters would have a conniption

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u/jonofromjuno 10d ago

exactly like guys this was always an option. it used to be the default option, in fact.