Guest Posted January 29, 2007 Share Posted January 29, 2007 If anyone has any yarn (and energy) left after the preemie baby knitting, don't forget there's an on-going appeal for baby doll clothes for a local children's group. See the sticky thread at the top of the knitting group front page . Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wheezy Posted January 30, 2007 Author Share Posted January 30, 2007 I haven't done any premature baby knitting or doll knitting yet. I'm hoping it's not one of them things I never get around to doing, because I want to, but have other projects on at the moment. I have loads of dolls patterns, so if anyone wants me to scan and post them, let me know. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted January 30, 2007 Share Posted January 30, 2007 ....I have loads of dolls patterns, so if anyone wants me to scan and post them, let me know. Just to come over all official and group-leader-ish for a minute... The copyright of a pattern generally allows a photocopy to be made for the user's own personal use (such as when you want to highlight or mark sections of the pattern, but don't want to spoil the original). Scanning or photocopying patterns for distribution to others is an infringement of the copyright of the pattern's author/publisher. It's something that the SF Knitting Group doesn't condone. Wheezy, I'm not telling you off, as I'm sure you didn't know about it. I'm just taking the opportunity to make everyone aware of the situation. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted January 30, 2007 Share Posted January 30, 2007 Here are a few links I've found for free knitting and crochet patterns for premature babies. They might come in useful for the knitted dolls' clothes appeal too: Patterns from KnittingHelp.com Patterns from Knitting Pattern Central. Patterns from Bev's Country Cottage. Patterns from The Preemie Project. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wheezy Posted January 30, 2007 Author Share Posted January 30, 2007 I'm sure I DID know about it somewhere at the back of my small brain Hecate, but it slipped out for a coffee break! Thanks for the reminder and sorry for any trouble:blush: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted January 30, 2007 Share Posted January 30, 2007 I'm sure I DID know about it somewhere at the back of my small brain Hecate, but it slipped out for a coffee break! Thanks for the reminder and sorry for any trouble:blush: LOL No trouble . Copyright can be a minefield sometimes, and it's easy to forget what applies to what. For example, even though Knitty patterns are free, you can't make the items to sell, as that infringes the copyright of the designer. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JillM Posted January 30, 2007 Share Posted January 30, 2007 LOL No trouble . Copyright can be a minefield sometimes, and it's easy to forget what applies to what. For example, even though Knitty patterns are free, you can't make the items to sell, as that infringes the copyright of the designer. As a retailer I cannot provide multiple copies of Knitty patterns for distribution to my customers. I just tell them where to look and show them a small sample of what they can get. Some of the patterns I sell do not allow copies to be made but do not restrict you from making items to sell. Others state quite clearly that this is not allowed. If we knit up a garment for anyone then they have to buy the pattern or pattern book - even if they do not want anything else from the book. Can be a bit off-putting if the pattern book costs £7.50 or so. However, this is how designers make their money and they are entitled to receive it through pattern sales. Phew - must have a lie down now.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wheezy Posted January 31, 2007 Author Share Posted January 31, 2007 No you don't Jill, you have a shop to open! WAKE UP:rant: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Beancounter Posted January 31, 2007 Share Posted January 31, 2007 Thanks for all the links Hecate. I've just made the hat from the Bliss website pattern and the Bootees from one of the others, and they are soooooooo small! Are we going to arrange a central collection point, or nominate a particular preemie unit, or should we send things to the Bliss address? Any ideas? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted January 31, 2007 Share Posted January 31, 2007 Thanks for all the links Hecate. I've just made the hat from the Bliss website pattern and the Bootees from one of the others, and they are soooooooo small! Are we going to arrange a central collection point, or nominate a particular preemie unit, or should we send things to the Bliss address? Any ideas? The Bliss web site asks for knitted items to be sent directly to the knitter's local neonatal unit in order to keep Bliss's costs down. I was gong to email to ask for the address of the Sheffield one, though I think I'll post now in the SF Parenting group, as they might come back with an answer sooner. Infact, I'll do both, just in case . I'll post the info here when I get a reply. Is everyone happy with sending knitted items to the Sheffield neonatal unit? I know we have non-Sheffielders in the group. If anyone wants to send preemie knitted items to their own local unit, the email address of the Bliss contact can be found here. I won't post her email address on here directly to avoid it getting picked up by the evil email-harvesting spam bot thingies which seem to patrol forums. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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