Terms of Use & Cottage Maker Licensing

Last Updated: October 2026

Welcome to Hook & Hearth (https://ftoursm.com/). By accessing and using our free crochet patterns, tutorials, and photographs, you agree to the following maker-friendly terms of use.

1. What You CAN Do (Personal & Small-Batch Selling)

• Crochet for Yourself & Gifts: You may print patterns for your personal project notebook and crochet unlimited items for yourself, friends, family, and charity donations.
• Sell Finished Physical Items: Independent makers and cottage crafters are warmly permitted to sell finished physical items made by hand from Hook & Hearth patterns at local craft markets, boutiques, or online shops (such as Etsy or Shopify), provided you:
  1. Take your own original photographs of your finished item (do not use Hook & Hearth studio photos in your sales listing), and
  2. Include a clear credit line in your listing description: “Crocheted from a pattern design by Clara Vance at Hook & Hearth (ftoursm.com).”

2. What You CANNOT Do (Pattern Copyright & Photos)

• No Redistribution of Written Text: You may not copy, paste, repost, translate, or distribute the written row-by-row pattern instructions (in whole or in part) on another website, blog, social media caption, PDF download, or video without express written permission.
• Roundup & Blog Feature Policy: Fellow crochet bloggers and publishers are welcome to feature a link to any Hook & Hearth pattern in a pattern roundup post using one (1) unaltered photograph, provided a direct dofollow link back to the original pattern URL on ftoursm.com is placed immediately adjacent to the photo.