Crochet Pattern Use & Copyright Policy

Last Updated: September 2026

This Crochet Pattern Use & Copyright Policy (“Policy”) explains the
permitted and prohibited use of crochet patterns and other content
published on LisaAuch Crochet at:

This Policy applies to LisaAuch Crochet patterns, pattern instructions,
pattern steps, photographs, images, graphics, charts, tutorials, videos,
downloadable files, PDF patterns, written articles and other original
content.

Please also read:

Terms of Service:
https://crochet-patterns-free.com/privacy-policy/terms-of-service/

Privacy Policy:
https://crochet-patterns-free.com/privacy-policy/

Nothing in this Policy is intended to prevent an activity that
applicable law expressly permits without the copyright owner’s
permission.

Except where applicable law provides otherwise, use of LisaAuch Crochet
content is subject to the permissions and restrictions below.

IF YOU DO NOT AGREE TO THESE CONDITIONS, DO NOT COPY, EXTRACT,
DOWNLOAD, REPUBLISH, REDISTRIBUTE OR OTHERWISE USE LISA AUCH CROCHET
CONTENT EXCEPT AS PERMITTED BY APPLICABLE LAW.

Reader Mode & Third-Party Apps

The ability to access copyrighted content through a browser’s Reader or
Reading Mode does not grant permission to copy, reproduce, republish,
distribute, store, scrape, extract or upload that content to another
website, platform or application.

Reader Mode is simply a method of viewing the original webpage. It does
not provide a licence or permission to republish the pattern, written
instructions, photographs, charts, illustrations or other copyrighted
content elsewhere.

Third-party websites and apps should link directly to the original
pattern on this website unless prior permission has been granted to
reproduce the content.

1. Copyright Ownership

Unless expressly stated otherwise, original content published on
LisaAuch Crochet is owned by LisaAuch Crochet and/or Lisa Auch and is
protected by applicable copyright and intellectual-property laws.

Protected content may include:

written crochet patterns;
pattern instructions;
pattern steps;
row-by-row and round-by-round directions;
original written expression used to explain how a project is made;
tutorials;
original pattern notes;
sizing instructions;
original size charts;
construction and assembly instructions;
finishing instructions;
special-stitch explanations;
original compilations and arrangements of information;
photographs;
step-by-step photographs;
finished-project photographs;
graphics;
diagrams;
charts;
infographics;
illustrations;
printable materials;
downloadable PDF patterns;
videos;
video tutorials;
website articles;
written explanations;
website copy;
branding; and
other original creative content appearing on LisaAuch Crochet.

The absence of a copyright symbol beside an individual photograph,
pattern, paragraph, chart or other work does not mean that the work is
copyright-free.

2. Free Patterns Are Still Copyrighted

Many LisaAuch Crochet patterns are deliberately made available free to
read on our website.

Making a pattern available free of charge does not place that pattern in
the public domain.

It does not mean that the pattern is:

copyright-free;
free to republish;
free to redistribute;
free to upload elsewhere;
free to place inside an app;
free to copy into another website;
free to convert into a downloadable pattern for other people;
free to add to a pattern database;
free to reproduce on social media;
free to use as content for another commercial service; or
available for unrestricted commercial exploitation.

Free to access does not mean free to copy.

A free LisaAuch Crochet pattern is provided so that readers can visit
LisaAuch Crochet, follow the pattern and make the finished project.

Copyright & Third-Party Use: This original pattern, including the
written instructions, photographs, charts and illustrations, is
protected by copyright.

Third-party websites, apps and platforms do not have permission to copy,
extract, scrape, reproduce, reformat or republish this pattern or strip
the content from its original webpage.

LisaAuch Crochet permits third-party referral to this pattern by linking
users directly to the original page on this website, where the complete
webpage — including its advertising and other publisher content — is
displayed as intended. This referral permission does not include
permission to extract, reproduce or re-present the pattern separately
from the original webpage.

Reader/Reading Mode or any other browser or accessibility feature does
not grant permission to extract or republish this content elsewhere.

Please link to the original pattern rather than reproducing it.

3. Pattern Instructions and Pattern Steps

LisaAuch Crochet’s original written crochet patterns are protected
content.

This includes, where applicable, the original written expression and
presentation of:

pattern instructions;
pattern steps and written directions unique to creating the
finished project;
the sequence and arrangement of pattern instructions;
row-by-row instructions;
round-by-round instructions;
stitch counts;
shaping instructions;
construction instructions;
assembly instructions;
sizing and grading instructions;
finishing instructions;
special-stitch explanations;
charts and diagrams;
photographs accompanying individual pattern steps;
instructional graphics;
original notes, tips and explanations; and
the overall written and visual presentation of the pattern.

LisaAuch Crochet does not claim ownership merely because an ordinary
crochet stitch, technique, method, idea or concept appears within one of
our patterns.

For example, ordinary crochet techniques and stitches such as single
crochet, double crochet, chains, slip stitches, granny stitches or a
magic ring are not claimed as our exclusive property merely because we
use them.

However, this does not give another person, website, application,
artificial-intelligence service or automated system permission to copy,
reproduce, closely paraphrase, republish or redistribute LisaAuch
Crochet’s original written instructions, photographs, graphics or other
protected expression.

In particular, you may not reproduce the pattern or the pattern steps
that are unique to creating the final project in a way that enables
another person to obtain substantially the protected LisaAuch Crochet
instructions from you instead of accessing the original pattern.

Changing individual words, abbreviations, formatting, stitch
terminology, sentence order or presentation does not automatically make
copied protected material your own.

4. What You May Do With a LisaAuch Crochet Pattern

Unless an individual pattern specifically states otherwise, you may use
a lawfully accessed LisaAuch Crochet pattern to make finished handmade
items for:

yourself;
family;
friends;
gifts;
charity;
fundraising; and
small-scale handmade sale.

You may make reasonable personal notes or adjustments to a pattern while
making your own project.

You may alter such things as:

yarn;
colours;
hook size;
sizing;
embellishments; or
finishing details

for your own permitted use.

Making alterations to a LisaAuch Crochet pattern does not transfer
ownership of the original pattern to you.

5. Selling Finished Handmade Items

Unless an individual pattern states otherwise, you may sell finished
items that you have personally handmade using a LisaAuch Crochet
pattern on a small-scale basis.

This can include:

craft fairs;
charity events;
local markets;
individual commissions;
small handmade businesses; and
handmade marketplace shops.

Where reasonably practical, please credit the pattern designer:

Pattern by LisaAuch Crochet —
https://crochet-patterns-free.com/

You must use your own photographs of the finished item you made when
advertising or selling your work.

You may not use LisaAuch Crochet’s photographs to represent an item made
by you.

Permission to sell a handmade finished item does not give permission to
reproduce, sell or distribute the pattern itself.

This small-scale permission does not grant a licence for factory
manufacture, industrial production or mass commercial production.

Please contact LisaAuch Crochet if you wish to discuss a separate
commercial licence.

6. What You May Not Do With Our Patterns

Unless you have prior written permission from LisaAuch Crochet or
applicable law expressly permits the particular use, you may not:

copy an entire LisaAuch Crochet pattern;
copy a substantial part of a pattern;
republish a pattern;
redistribute a pattern;
reproduce pattern steps unique to creating the final project;
upload a pattern to another website;
upload a pattern to an app;
upload a pattern to a pattern-sharing service;
upload a pattern to a database;
reproduce the pattern in a Facebook group;
reproduce the pattern in a forum;
reproduce substantial pattern instructions in a social-media post;
distribute screenshots containing the pattern;
photograph the pattern and distribute those photographs;
convert our webpage into a PDF for distribution;
print our webpage and upload, scan or redistribute the printed copy;
copy our pattern into a Word document, Google document or other
document for distribution;
email copies of our patterns to other people;
reproduce the pattern in a newsletter;
reproduce it in a book or magazine;
reproduce it in another website or blog;
reproduce it inside another application;
translate and republish the pattern;
substantially rewrite and republish the pattern;
use AI or another tool to rewrite our pattern for republication;
remove copyright information;
claim authorship of our original pattern;
sell our written pattern as your own;
reproduce paid PDF patterns;
share paid PDF patterns;
resell paid PDF patterns; or
otherwise distribute our protected pattern content without
permission or another lawful basis.

Link to the original pattern. Do not copy the pattern.

7. Reader Mode, Print View, Save as PDF and Similar Tools

Browsers, devices and third-party services may provide features
including:

Reader Mode;
Reading View;
Print View;
Save as PDF;
browser printing;
screenshots;
offline reading; and
accessibility tools.

A reader may use appropriate functionality for legitimate personal use
where permitted by applicable law and this Policy.

However, the availability of such functionality does not give
permission to redistribute the resulting copy.

You may not use Reader Mode, Print View, Save as PDF, screenshots,
browser printing or another extraction method to obtain LisaAuch Crochet
content for upload or redistribution through another website, app,
platform, database or service.

In particular, you may not take a Reader View, printable copy, saved
PDF, screenshot or extracted version of a LisaAuch Crochet page and
upload it to an app or service so that other users can consume our
pattern there instead of visiting LisaAuch Crochet.

Technical ability to copy or extract content does not itself constitute
permission from LisaAuch Crochet.

8. Pattern Apps and Third-Party Services

LisaAuch Crochet does not grant third-party pattern apps, pattern
organisers, pattern libraries, content-importing services, content
aggregators or similar services permission to reproduce our protected
crochet patterns merely because a user supplies a LisaAuch Crochet URL.

A service may direct a user to the original LisaAuch Crochet page.

It may not, without our permission or another lawful basis, retrieve
that page and reproduce the protected pattern within its own service.

This includes services that:

import webpages;
convert webpages into app-based patterns;
extract written pattern instructions;
extract Reader Mode versions;
extract printable versions;
convert webpages into PDFs;
store copies of our patterns;
display our instructions inside an app;
allow users to upload copies of our patterns for others;
allow users to upload screenshots containing our patterns for
others;
strip away the original webpage;
remove surrounding advertising;
reformat our instructions into another interface for redistribution;
create distributable offline copies; or
otherwise provide our protected pattern as a substitute for visiting
the original LisaAuch Crochet page.

Crochet Apps

Uploading, importing or otherwise providing a LisaAuch Crochet
webpage, Reader View, printed webpage, PDF, screenshot or extracted
pattern to Loopsy, or to any comparable present or future
pattern-storage, pattern-reading, pattern-importing, content-extraction
or pattern-management application, for redistribution or access by
others is not authorised by LisaAuch Crochet unless we have expressly
provided written permission or applicable law permits the particular
use.

This applies regardless of whether:

the app is free;
users pay for the app;
the app operator earns money;
the person uploading the pattern earns money;
the person uploading the pattern has bought the pattern; purchasing
a copy does not, by itself, grant permission to redistribute that
copy;
advertising from the original website is removed;
attribution is provided;
a link is provided; or
the original LisaAuch Crochet pattern was free to read on the
website, including where it was supported by advertising.

Giving LisaAuch Crochet credit or providing a link does not, by
itself, authorise reproduction of our protected content.

9. Scraper Sites and Content Aggregators

LisaAuch Crochet does not grant permission for scraper sites, content
farms, pattern aggregators, databases or automated services to
systematically copy, extract, harvest, store or reproduce our protected
content except where expressly authorised or permitted by applicable
law.

This includes systematic extraction using:

bots;
crawlers;
scrapers;
browser automation;
extraction software;
scripts;
plugins;
data-mining systems;
content-import tools;
automated agents; or
similar technologies.

Without permission or another lawful basis, these services may not:

copy our complete patterns;
extract substantial pattern instructions;
extract project-specific pattern steps;
reproduce our tutorials;
store copies of our articles for redistribution;
build a competing pattern database from our protected content;
create downloadable copies of our pages;
reproduce our photographs as part of a copied pattern;
remove the original surrounding Site content and present the
extracted pattern elsewhere;
create substitute pages containing our protected instructions;
monetise unauthorised copies of our content;
place our protected content behind their own advertising, membership
or subscription service; or
provide substantially the protected LisaAuch Crochet pattern without
requiring users to access the original source.

Indexing and linking to LisaAuch Crochet is different from copying and
republishing LisaAuch Crochet.

10. Search Engines, Search Results and AI Overviews

LisaAuch Crochet wants its original patterns to be discoverable through
legitimate search engines and search services.

Subject to the conditions below, LisaAuch Crochet permits ordinary
search indexing and reasonable search-result previews whose purpose is
to help users discover and visit the original LisaAuch Crochet webpage.

A permitted search or discovery result may include:

the page title;
pattern name;
a short description;
a short search snippet;
a short AI-generated summary;
basic factual information identifying the pattern;
one representative LisaAuch Crochet image associated with the
pattern; and
a clear direct link to the original LisaAuch Crochet pattern
page.

This limited permission includes search features commonly described as
AI Overviews or AI-assisted search results, where their function is
genuinely discovery and referral rather than reproduction of the
original pattern.

Conditions for Search and AI Overview Use

A permitted summary or preview must:

remain reasonably brief;
accurately represent the original content;
identify LisaAuch Crochet as the source where reasonably
practicable;
provide a direct link to the specific original LisaAuch Crochet
page;
not reproduce the complete pattern;
not reproduce a substantial part of the protected pattern
instructions;
not reproduce all project-specific steps;
not provide substantially the protected instructions necessary to
complete the pattern as a substitute for the original;
not reproduce our complete tutorial;
not reproduce all of our step-by-step photographs;
not combine excerpts in a manner that effectively reconstructs the
protected pattern; and
not falsely imply sponsorship, partnership or endorsement.

AI Overviews

AI Overviews and comparable AI-assisted search features may provide a
short summary of a LisaAuch Crochet pattern and may display one relevant
LisaAuch Crochet image, provided that the result links directly and
clearly to the original pattern page on
https://crochet-patterns-free.com/
and does not reproduce the pattern or operate as a substitute for
accessing the original pattern.

This permission is intended for discovery and referral.

It is not a general licence to reproduce LisaAuch Crochet patterns
within an AI response, chatbot, assistant, answer engine or other
service.

11. AI Chatbots, Answer Engines and Generative AI

For purposes of this Policy, LisaAuch Crochet distinguishes between:

Discovery use — helping a person discover and visit the original
LisaAuch Crochet content.

Substitution use — reproducing protected LisaAuch Crochet content
so that the user receives substantially the protected pattern without
accessing the original source.

Reasonable discovery uses are permitted as described in Section 10.

Except where applicable law permits the particular use or LisaAuch
Crochet has given permission, we do not grant permission for an AI
chatbot, generative-AI service, answer engine, assistant or similar
service to:

reproduce a complete LisaAuch Crochet pattern;
reproduce substantial portions of our pattern instructions;
reproduce project-specific pattern steps;
provide substantially all row-by-row instructions;
provide substantially all round-by-round instructions;
reconstruct a paid PDF;
reconstruct a pattern from our Site and distribute it directly;
reproduce our complete tutorial;
reproduce our collection of step photographs;
distribute our photographs independently of an authorised discovery
use;
create a downloadable substitute for our pattern;
generate a rewritten substitute based upon our protected
instructions; or
represent LisaAuch Crochet’s original protected content as
independently generated content.

Providing attribution or a hyperlink does not, by itself, authorise
reproduction that otherwise requires permission.

12. AI Training, Machine Learning and Text and Data Mining

Except where applicable law expressly provides otherwise, LisaAuch
Crochet does not grant a general licence for its copyrighted patterns,
photographs, tutorials, graphics, PDFs or other protected content to be
copied or reproduced for:

commercial generative-AI training;
commercial AI model training;
commercial machine-learning datasets;
commercial text and data mining;
image-generation training datasets;
pattern-generation datasets;
model fine-tuning;
commercial retrieval databases intended to reproduce our protected
content;
synthetic crochet-pattern generation systems; or
other commercial computational uses requiring reproduction of our
protected works.

The fact that a crawler, model, automated agent or other system can
technically access a publicly available LisaAuch Crochet webpage does
not, by itself, constitute express permission from LisaAuch Crochet for
uses requiring the copyright owner’s permission.

Nothing in this Policy is intended to prevent text and data analysis,
research or another activity where applicable law expressly permits the
particular activity without our permission.

Where a licence is required, permission should be obtained from LisaAuch
Crochet before the content is used.

13. Photographs, Images, Graphics and Charts

Unless expressly stated otherwise, original photographs and images
created for LisaAuch Crochet are owned by LisaAuch Crochet and/or Lisa
Auch.

This may include:

finished crochet photographs;
step-by-step photographs;
tutorial photographs;
styled photographs;
pattern photographs;
collages;
graphics;
charts;
diagrams;
size guides;
infographics;
Pinterest graphics;
illustrations; and
other original visual content.

LisaAuch Crochet images are not stock photography and are not provided
as a free image library.

Except under the limited sharing permission in Section 14, with our
permission, or where otherwise permitted by applicable law, you may not:

download our photographs for use on your own website;
use our photographs to advertise your own products;
use our photographs in an Etsy, eBay or other marketplace listing;
upload our photographs to another pattern website;
place our photographs inside another pattern app;
remove our branding or copyright information;
remove or crop out a watermark;
add your own watermark or branding;
claim our photographs as your own;
sell our photographs;
include our photographs in another PDF or pattern;
use our photographs to represent an item made by you;
create a competing pattern page using our images;
populate another pattern database using our photographs; or
use our photographs in commercial AI/image datasets without
permission or another lawful basis.

LisaAuch Crochet wants readers, legitimate bloggers, recommendation
services and search services to be able to recommend our patterns and
send readers to the original pattern page.

Unless an individual page states otherwise, LisaAuch Crochet therefore
grants a limited, revocable, non-exclusive permission to use one
LisaAuch Crochet image from a particular pattern page solely for the
purpose of recommending, featuring, indexing or linking to that pattern,
provided that:

no more than one image from that particular pattern is used;
the image is not materially altered;
existing branding or watermarks remain intact;
the image is not used to advertise somebody else’s finished item;
the image is not represented as somebody else’s work;
LisaAuch Crochet is identified as the source where reasonably
practicable;
the use does not reproduce the pattern instructions;
the image accompanies a genuine referral or recommendation;
a clear link is provided; and
that link directs the reader to the specific original LisaAuch
Crochet pattern page on
https://crochet-patterns-free.com/.

A suitable credit is:

Image and pattern: LisaAuch Crochet — \(direct link to original pattern page\)

This limited permission may cover reasonable:

crochet pattern round-ups;
editorial recommendations;
social-media sharing;
Pinterest sharing;
search-engine previews;
AI-assisted search previews complying with Section 10; and
similar genuine referral uses.

What This Image Permission Does Not Allow

This permission does not allow a person or service to:

reproduce the complete pattern;
reproduce substantial pattern instructions;
reproduce the pattern steps unique to making the project;
use multiple LisaAuch Crochet images to recreate our tutorial;
reproduce all step photographs;
copy our article;
place our photograph alongside a copied version of our pattern;
use our photograph to advertise somebody else’s finished item;
use our photograph to promote a copied or rewritten version of our
pattern;
remove copyright information;
imply that LisaAuch Crochet endorses another business or service; or
use this limited image permission as a means of creating a
substitute for the original LisaAuch Crochet page.

One image + a genuine short description or summary + a direct link to
the original LisaAuch Crochet pattern is permitted under this limited
licence.

One image + a copied or substantially reproduced pattern is not.

You are welcome to share LisaAuch Crochet patterns by:

sharing the original LisaAuch Crochet URL;
using sharing tools provided on the Site;
sharing an official LisaAuch Crochet social-media post; or
using one image in accordance with Section 14 and linking directly
to the original pattern.

Pinterest pins using the limited image permission should link directly
to the relevant original LisaAuch Crochet pattern page.

You may not use Pinterest, Facebook, Instagram, TikTok, Reddit or
another social platform to redistribute our complete pattern or
substantial protected pattern instructions.

Posting photographs or screenshots containing substantially the complete
written pattern is not an acceptable substitute for linking to the
original pattern.

16. Pattern Round-Ups, Blogs and Recommendation Websites

We welcome genuine editorial recommendations and links to LisaAuch
Crochet.

A legitimate crochet blog, craft website, newsletter or pattern round-up
may ordinarily:

state the name of the LisaAuch Crochet pattern;
write its own brief description of the pattern;
use one LisaAuch Crochet image under Section 14; and
provide a clear direct link to the original LisaAuch Crochet pattern
page.

It may not copy our pattern instructions into the round-up.

It may not reproduce enough of the pattern that readers no longer need
to visit LisaAuch Crochet for the protected instructions.

Do not copy our pattern onto another website and add a small “source” or
“credit” link underneath it.

Attribution is not a substitute for permission.

The purpose of the permission in this section is to refer readers to
LisaAuch Crochet, not to replace LisaAuch Crochet.

17. Video and YouTube Content

Original LisaAuch Crochet videos and video tutorials are protected
content.

You may share a link to an official LisaAuch Crochet video.

Where an official LisaAuch Crochet YouTube video provides legitimate
embedding functionality, it may be embedded using functionality provided
by YouTube where that use complies with applicable law and the relevant
platform terms.

You may not, without permission or another lawful basis:

download and re-upload our videos;
copy our videos to another service;
edit and republish our videos as your own;
reproduce substantial protected portions of our videos;
remove attribution;
remove or bypass advertising from a copied version;
reproduce our video tutorial as your own tutorial by copying our
protected instructions or presentation; or
monetise an unauthorised copy.

18. Translations

You may translate terminology privately where reasonably necessary to
understand a LisaAuch Crochet pattern for your own permitted personal
use.

You may not, without permission or another lawful basis:

translate and publish our pattern;
translate and upload our pattern;
distribute a translated version;
sell a translated version;
place a translated version in an app;
publish a translated version on another website; or
use an automated or AI translation service to create a version for
redistribution.

Changing the language does not automatically transform our protected
pattern into an independently owned pattern.

19. Rewriting, Reformatting and AI Rewriting

Changing the presentation of a protected work does not automatically
make it a new independent work.

Subject to applicable copyright law, you may not avoid these
restrictions merely by:

changing stitch abbreviations;
changing US/UK terminology;
changing colours;
changing yarn;
changing hook size;
changing formatting;
rearranging sentences;
closely paraphrasing our protected instructions;
using AI to rewrite our protected instructions;
changing a small number of stitch counts;
adding or removing a size; or
making other superficial alterations to copied protected content.

This does not mean LisaAuch Crochet claims ownership of ordinary crochet
methods, ideas or stitches.

Whether copyright infringement has occurred in a particular situation
depends upon applicable law and the facts, including whether protected
expression or a substantial part of a protected work has been copied.

20. Paid PDF Patterns and Digital Products

Purchasing a LisaAuch Crochet PDF pattern or other Digital Product does
not transfer copyright or ownership of that content.

The purchaser receives only the permission associated with that purchase
and these Terms.

Unless otherwise expressly authorised, you may not:

email the PDF to another person;
upload the PDF to a Facebook group;
place the PDF in a shared online folder;
upload the PDF to a pattern-sharing service;
upload the PDF to a pattern app for redistribution or access by
others;
upload screenshots of the PDF for redistribution;
resell the PDF;
give copies away;
print copies for distribution;
reproduce it on another website;
translate and redistribute it;
reproduce it in another document; or
otherwise make copies available to other people.

If another person wants the pattern, please direct them to the original
LisaAuch Crochet product or pattern page.

Refund and purchase conditions for Digital Products are contained in our
Terms of Service.

21. Links to LisaAuch Crochet

You are generally welcome to provide an ordinary hyperlink to a publicly
available LisaAuch Crochet page.

Where you recommend a specific pattern, please link to the specific
original pattern page rather than copying its content.

A link must not falsely suggest that LisaAuch Crochet:

sponsors you;
endorses you;
operates your website;
operates your app;
has entered into a partnership with you; or
has authorised an otherwise unauthorised reproduction.

You may not use linking techniques designed to circumvent access
restrictions or other lawful technical measures.

22. Framing, Mirroring and Substitute Pages

Unless authorised by LisaAuch Crochet or applicable law, you may not:

frame substantial LisaAuch Crochet content within another website;
mirror our Site;
create a proxy copy of our pages;
reproduce our Site within another interface;
create a substitute version of our pattern pages;
present our protected content in a manner that obscures its original
source; or
make it appear that LisaAuch Crochet content belongs to or
originates from another service.

A third-party service should send users to the original LisaAuch Crochet
page rather than recreate that page within its own service.

23. RSS Feeds, Automated Feeds and Syndication

If LisaAuch Crochet provides an RSS feed or another automated feed,
availability of that feed does not grant permission to republish
complete LisaAuch Crochet articles or patterns unless the feed or
accompanying terms expressly state otherwise.

A service may use reasonable feed information for genuine discovery and
linking purposes.

It may not use a feed as a mechanism for building a substitute copy of
LisaAuch Crochet or reproducing complete protected patterns without
permission or another lawful basis.

24. Educational, Charity and Group Use

We are pleased when LisaAuch Crochet patterns are useful to schools,
crochet groups, charities and community organisations.

However, charitable, educational or non-profit status does not
automatically mean that every reproduction of copyrighted material is
permitted.

Where you want to distribute multiple copies of a LisaAuch Crochet
pattern, reproduce pattern instructions in teaching materials, use our
photographs, or otherwise reproduce protected content, please obtain
permission unless applicable law clearly permits the particular use.

Where possible, direct participants to the original LisaAuch Crochet
pattern page.

25. Attribution Does Not Replace Permission

Giving credit is appreciated where content is legitimately shared, but
credit alone does not authorise copying.

Statements such as:

“credit to LisaAuch Crochet”;
“pattern found on LisaAuch Crochet”;
“not my pattern”;
“no copyright intended”;
“for educational purposes”;
“free pattern”;
“source below”; or
providing a hyperlink

do not, by themselves, give permission to reproduce protected content.

If permission is required, attribution does not replace that
permission.

26. Removal of Advertising Does Not Create a New Right to Our Content

LisaAuch Crochet provides many crochet patterns free to readers and
supports the Site through advertising and other legitimate forms of
monetisation.

A third party does not acquire permission to reproduce LisaAuch Crochet
content merely because it:

removes our advertising;
hides our advertising;
extracts content from around our advertising;
reformats the content;
provides an “ad-free” version;
places its own advertising around the content; or
charges users to access its service.

Where protected LisaAuch Crochet content is reproduced without
permission, removing our advertising does not make that reproduction
authorised.

27. Requests for Permission and Licensing

If you wish to use LisaAuch Crochet content in a manner that is not
permitted by this Policy, you may contact LisaAuch Crochet to request
permission.

Please explain:

which pattern, image or other content you wish to use;
where it will be used;
how it will be reproduced;
whether the use is commercial;
how long the content will be used; and
the website, app, publication or service involved.

Permission is not granted unless LisaAuch Crochet expressly agrees to
the requested use.

Permission granted for one particular use does not constitute permission
for another use.

We may grant, refuse, limit, condition or charge for a licence where
permitted by applicable law.

Contact: lisaauch1@gmail.com

28. Reporting Unauthorised Copies of LisaAuch Crochet Content

If you discover a LisaAuch Crochet pattern, photograph, PDF, tutorial or
other protected content being reproduced elsewhere and believe it may be
unauthorised, please contact us.

Where possible, provide:

the URL of the suspected copy;
the name of the website or app;
screenshots;
the original LisaAuch Crochet URL; and
any other relevant information.

Contact:
lisaauch1@gmail.com

We appreciate readers helping us protect the free patterns and original
content provided through LisaAuch Crochet.

29. Enforcement of Copyright and Other Rights

LisaAuch Crochet reserves all rights and remedies available under
applicable law.

Where we identify suspected unauthorised copying, scraping, extraction,
redistribution, republication or other misuse, we may take appropriate
action.

Depending upon the circumstances, this may include:

contacting the person responsible;
contacting the website or app operator;
demanding removal;
issuing copyright notices;
issuing cease-and-desist communications;
submitting copyright takedown requests;
making complaints to hosting providers;
making complaints to domain or infrastructure providers where
appropriate;
contacting search engines;
requesting removal or de-indexing where appropriate;
reporting applications to app stores;
reporting content to social-media platforms;
reporting unauthorised marketplace listings;
restricting or blocking technical access where appropriate;
preserving screenshots, logs and other evidence;
obtaining professional or legal advice;
seeking compensation, damages, costs or other remedies where
available; and
commencing or pursuing court proceedings or other legal action
where appropriate.

Nothing in this Policy limits copyright, database, design, contractual,
technological or other rights or remedies that may be available to
LisaAuch Crochet.

Failure to take immediate action against one particular infringement
does not mean that LisaAuch Crochet has authorised that use or waived
its rights.

30. Copyright Exceptions and Mandatory Legal Rights

Nothing in this Policy is intended to claim rights that copyright law
does not provide or to prevent an activity that applicable law expressly
permits without the copyright owner’s permission.

Whether an exception applies depends upon the facts and applicable law.

LisaAuch Crochet does not claim exclusive ownership merely over:

an idea;
an ordinary crochet stitch;
a general crochet technique;
a general method;
commonly used crochet terminology; or
information that copyright law does not protect.

Our copyright claims relate to our protected original works and
expression, including our written patterns, original instructions,
photographs, graphics, charts, videos and other copyright works.

31. Changes to This Policy

LisaAuch Crochet may update this Policy to reflect changes in:

our content;
technology;
website functionality;
artificial-intelligence services;
search services;
third-party applications;
copyright practices;
business practices;
applicable law; or
regulatory guidance.

The Last Updated date will be changed when this Policy is materially
revised.

Changes apply prospectively from their stated effective date and do not
remove mandatory rights that cannot lawfully be restricted.

32. Contact LisaAuch Crochet

Questions about copyright, licensing, pattern use or requests for
permission should be directed to:

LisaAuch Crochet

Website:
https://crochet-patterns-free.com/

Contact:
lisaauch1@gmail.com

Please identify the specific pattern, photograph, page or other content
involved in your enquiry.

Important Summary

LisaAuch Crochet patterns are copyrighted even when they are free to
read.

You are welcome to use our patterns to make your own finished handmade
projects in accordance with this Policy.

You may link to our patterns.

You may make permitted small-scale sales of finished handmade items.

Legitimate websites, search engines, AI-assisted search services and
pattern round-ups may, subject to this Policy, use one LisaAuch
Crochet image with a brief genuine summary or description and a direct
link to the original pattern page.

You may not copy or redistribute our pattern instructions,
project-specific pattern steps, photographs, PDFs or other protected
content except as expressly permitted by this Policy, by LisaAuch
Crochet or by applicable law.

You may not use Reader Mode, Print View, Save as PDF, screenshots or
similar extraction methods to upload or redistribute our protected
patterns through third-party apps, pattern services or scraper sites.

You may not reproduce LisaAuch Crochet patterns inside an app or
service as a substitute for visiting the original LisaAuch Crochet page
without permission or another lawful basis.

If you want to share a LisaAuch Crochet pattern, the safest and
preferred method is simple:

Share the original LisaAuch Crochet link and send the reader to the
original pattern.