I made my way onto this page and I saw rinmeow21 cow. But it wasn’t rinmeow selling it. I look at the page and there are numerous patterns that are not hers that she’s selling. She is also putting a picture of someone’s pattern for thumbnail but it will be a whole other pattern! The etsy shop is (MountahaDesign) I don’t know if this person was given rights to resell but can you all contact the real pattern creators and ask them.
The bunny is from @cosycrochetbytasha
I’m taking a deep dive into their page. I’m finding a TON of familiar patterns. I’ll try to tag the ones I know in this post.
Pattern by @YuiSun I see your tulip pattern on their Etsy page. It looks SO similar (also big fan of your flower patterns 🩷)
It’s such a shame how often this happens and the worst thing is how these accounts with stolen patterns get so many sales before getting reported. I’ve seen some really awesome pattern designers stop selling patterns altogether because they were tired of dealing with the theft
Someone has stolen my pattern before and @Ribblr will deal with it, don’t worry
awh I’m so sorry to hear D: which one was it ?
It was a stress ball that I ended up deleting later, lol. My friend found it and got the pattern. It was the exact same, along with all my mistakes; I was a beginner at the time. In my mind, I was wondering why they even copied the photo (only zoomed in) and were too lazy to make their own. Ribblr deleted the shop though!!
Maybe report that shop or contact the owner?
I did report them but I don’t know if Etsy will do anything. It’s sad to see this person almost has 300 sales
Yea…okay that’s good that you reported
awh that’s hard to handle- I’m sorry to hear
maybe reporting them wouldve been a good idea.
The actual pattern owner has to report it. The site will ignore anyone else who complains. Only the pattern owner has the “standing” to complain
The dino is a free pattern from @studiopheobe22 on insta for those who wanna know and yes they are definitely stolen
Im gonna try and dm her idk if she’ll respond or report it but its worth a shot
I appreciate that this community watches out for each other. Thank you so much for caring about other designers.!