Terms of Use

You may use the free patterns you find at homemadehatsbycheryl.com to make projects for yourself, your friends and your family.

You may use the free patterns you find at homemadehatsbycheryl.com to make projects for the charity of your choice.

You may use the free patterns you find at homemadehatsbycheryl.com to make projects for public or private raffles.

You may use the free patterns you find at homemadehatsbycheryl.com to make projects which you intend to sell at any venue, online or live, including but not limited to Etsy, eBay, Artfire, etc.

If you intend to sell projects made from the free patterns you find at homemadehatsbycheryl.com, no designer credit is necessary and is discouraged. If you're making a project for sale, why would you want to tell people where they can make the item themselves? If someone asks you for the pattern source, you can certainly give it to them. But, it is unnecessary to give designer credit on a product label or on a product page of a website.

While you are allowed to make the projects from homemadehatsbycheryl.com for sale, you may NOT use my photos for selling your projects. You're going to have to make the item and produce your own photos. You can't use mine.

You may not use the free patterns you find at homemadehatsbycheryl.com for mass production. You can sell the projects, but let's keep it reasonable.

If you intend to sell projects made from any of the free patterns you find at homemadehatsbycheryl.com, please consider contacting me with the information since I may use this information when developing new designs.

You may use the free patterns you find at homemadehatsbycheryl.com to develop classes which you intend to teach in live venues. (No online classes or online video tutorials without permission.) Please have your students visit my page and hard print the pattern for the class. Don't just print it and make a lot of copies. At least allow me to get the traffic from my patterns. What you teach in class is your business. My patterns are my business. Allow me to continue with my business.

You may print the free patterns you find at homemadehatsbycheryl.com and give them to your offline friends, as long as my name and website information remains intact. (For example: Do not copy/paste into a Word document, deleting all the information except the pattern and then distribute it.) This is handy for your grandmother who would like the pattern. However, when sharing with your online friends, please simply give them a link to the page. It's a win-win for both of us. I make a small amount (VERY small) when people visit my website. As long as I continue to make some form of income from my free patterns, I will continue providing them. If everyone copies and shares the patterns, I have no way of making an income from it. I work hard to provide these patterns and I prefer not to work for free. I wouldn't ask you to work for free and I don't expect you to ask me to work for free. If you want the free patterns to continue flowing, share the link.

You may not claim any of the free patterns you find at homemadehatsbycheryl.com as your own pattern.

You may not sell the free patterns you find at homemadehatsbycheryl.com. (Yes, believe it or not, this is necessary. There are actually people selling free patterns found online. This is not allowed with homemadehatsbycheryl.com free patterns.)

You may not use any of the free patterns you find at homemadehatsbycheryl.com to make a kit for sale without permission.