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[naelany]

Is it just me? I'm trying to understand something. It's about copyright. I know that patterns are copyrighted. I can understand this, to a certain extent. My limit of understanding comes in with patterns such as this or more so this. It seems to me that these patterns are sooooo simple, so generic, that they can't possibly be so unique that they can really be copyrighted. These are tubes. Knit in the round. You use small cables or just plain knit/purl. This is stuff I'd have come up with myself, pattern wise. The only thing I needed the Voodoo pattern for was to figure out sizing and to re-learn buttonholes.
So explain to me, if you please, howcome I can't make stuff like this and sell them, without being in violation of a copyright?????? I'd really like to know.


Oh, speaking of patterns... I had a request for a pattern for the black hat I made. Since I made up the pattern for it, I couldn't give it to them. I'm hoping to try and make one though, but will need some help. yarnpirate??????