{"id":298,"date":"2008-01-10T19:35:01","date_gmt":"2008-01-11T00:35:01","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.textillian.com\/?p=298"},"modified":"2008-01-10T19:35:01","modified_gmt":"2008-01-11T00:35:01","slug":"makes-me-wonder","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.textillian.com\/?p=298","title":{"rendered":"Makes Me Wonder"},"content":{"rendered":"

Reference<\/a><\/p>\n

\"Koi<\/a><\/p>\n

I went to my second Meetup <\/a>last night at the Columbia Borders<\/a>. There was a good bit of excitement, as the Meetup is now an official event at the store (“just like Harry Potter!”) and tables are reserved for the group. I brought my Koi Pond sock to work on, as well as Mr. Penney’s sweater <\/a>for folks to see in person. (Mr. Penney’s instructions: “Don’t let anybody with germ and cooties touch the sweater! I haven’t even worn it yet.” Me: “German cooties?”)<\/p>\n

After complimenting me and the sweater, I was asked a number of times whether I designed the sweater. And my answer was always, “No.”\u00a0My thinking was that\u00a0this is an Ann Budd design as I followed the sweater pattern for a crewneck cardigan with set in sleeves with a 44″ chest and gauge of 5 stitches per inch from her book<\/a>. I did some design work for the sweater. I added an intarsia design, added and subtracted a stitch here and there to make the stitch pattern workout right, etc., but the shaping of this garment is all Ann Budd’s, in my mind.<\/p>\n

But when I would say this, the response I got sometimes was, “Oh. So it is your design.” Which leads me to wonder:<\/p>\n

How many, and what kind, of changes do you have to make to a pattern or design\u00a0for the pattern or design\u00a0to stop being someone else’s and to start being your own?<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n

I see this issue come up often on a number of lists that I belong to, but that usually deals with copyright; and that is not my concern at the moment. For me, this is more of a philosophical question, I guess. I do believe that there is no way I could publish this pattern on my own, because of my use of the Ann Budd book. I could be wrong on that count, too, though.<\/p>\n

As I said, I put a number of my own spins on the pattern to make the sweater, but the structure is hers. Maybe I am confusing pattern with design. To me, pattern and design are mostly one in the same in knitting. Just changing the yarn used is not enough to claim a pattern as my own. Adding a stitch here and there isn’t enough either, in my opinion.<\/p>\n

For me, I would have had to do all of the calculations instead of starting with what amounts to a knitting sloper<\/a>. Someone else’s knitting sloper. Is using someone else’s sloper ok in the industry? I don’t know.<\/p>\n

My head hurts.<\/p>\n

Ok, I have been watching too much Project Runway<\/a>.<\/p>\n

In any case, thanks to everyone at the meeting. It was great fun.<\/p>\n

Oh, and I am closing in on finishing up the socks in Opal Handpaint!<\/p>\n

\"Opal<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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