Is there anyway to report scammers on here? I see plenty of free patterns on here that are from different websites that people are profiting off of. I bought a grid that didnât have instructions and then I go on Pinterest a few hours later and that exact grid is for free on there. I think the moderators need to help the community not get scammed a little better. I understand if itâs a customized pattern, but if youâre stealing grids off Pinterest and selling them, I think you need to be banned from this app. That was my second purchase and possibly my last on this app because I just donât trust it. I love this app and I would love to have more trust in The moderators, making sure weâre buying patterns from actual artist and not scammers. Sorry for the long rant. I just canât stand scamming aholes
yes I agree, there needs to be further precautions to make sure scammers donât sell patterns on here.
Yeah thatâs a hard thing to implement but should be in place for the artists out there.
that is an issue that needs to be taken care of
i agree. i donât know if anyone is familiar with the pocket pals pattern bundle but itâs a paid bundle with lots of cute patterns but itâs not sold on ribblr. i saw a tester call recently with an animal that looked EXACTLY like one of the patterns from the bundle. and the shop owner wasnât the person who sells the pocket pals. i have screenshots but iâm unsure if that can help anyone
My #1 thing is to always look at journals. If a pattern doesnât have any, you may be taking a little risk with the quality of the pattern.
You can also report a pattern. All you have to do is scroll down tho the bottom of the listing an ckick report. It is in small writing and says something along the lines of âif you think this violates ribblrâs conditons, report it.â
When you click on that, it takes you to a message template where you can tell ribblr what happened. If you think it is copied, you might have to link the original pattern. They can then remove the pattern.
Sadly I learned all of this yesterday when I saw that somebody stole another creatorâs patternâ
Hope this helps!
Yes I think the same hoppe it wasnât one of those expensive patterns and stilling patterns are a big problem like the ocktopus turtle leggy frog cows you donât even know ho was the creator (donât buy this patterns either because they are 100 for free
private message ribblr, they always sort it out :))
Tagging @Ribblr
@BEEutifulCreations - you can report it as @RainbowPenguin2 stated and Ribblr will take a look at everything.
iâll try this!
Yes. Iâve seen something on Pinterest. A mushroom grid. Someone is selling it here for $1 and the photo is free on Pinterest.
I have also seen many patterns that look very similar to each other. If you copy the pattern and try to sell it or upload it for free, that seems wrong to me, but if you see something you like and want to try to replicate it by inventing a pattern yourself, I think itâs fine to make it for yourself.
Sorry youâve had bad experience.
Firstly, we take reports very seriously. We have a thorough protocol and a team working across multiple timezones. We do remove patterns and shops if they violate our terms and conditions. The more evidence you could provide the easier it would be for our team.
Please note, pattern theft is a key reason we create Ribblr ePattern as unlike PDFs they cannot be shared and redistributed.
With that in mind, itâs also important to note that some patterns may be sold at for different prices. For example, we donât charge a listing fee but most platforms do.
Thatâs why itâs best to always report patterns and users to us immediately.
It looks different enough to me, it looks like they just wanted to make their own version of it?
The ears are different, as well as the markings.
I wouldnât say itâs stolen based on this picture. We can only make so many different shapes and stylizations. 
Yucky. Donât like that. Thatâs pretty frustrating for everyone involved. Some places like Etsy I canât list patterns for free, so I have all of mine listed at price, but I keep majority of patterns free on Ribblr for a couple of reasons: Iâve noticed most of the individuals on Ribblr are highschool age - or maybe younger, paying for patterns might not be in the wheelhouse yet, and because I like the platform and people are nice here. I hate Etsy and Iâll do anything to steer people to my other websites where I have stuff posted, but it is all under my name. I think a lot of it falls under is it inspo or is it theft, but much like someone said, if the grid patterns donât have a journal donât touch it. I wonât post a tapestry pattern without a finished product because it takes me a few hours of work on stitch fiddle to make something, but actually crocheting it to show the finished product is more morally right imo. Stitch fiddle and grids shouldnât be a cash grab, if I see patterns without work attached Iâm assuming the poster doesnât know how to crochet and just wants $$$.
Amigurumi is different, there are so many. I donât think Ribblr has everyoneâs patterns yet so getting the pattern theft prevention on here is hard if the op hasnât added it here yet, and you can change things like 5-10% and then classify it as yours but I see so many creators fight over releasing patterns at the same time, I think Emma in the moment or made in the moment (forgive me if I deadnamed I just checked the channel name but it might have changed since it was on an old video) covered some recent tea on this and there isnât a right or wrong it just boils down to creator morals and crediting inspiration (gross, right? Canât trust everyone) either way. Reporting potential theft is still better than not because if it IS youâre keeping the pattern in the hands of the creator and making it harder for the person who stole to post again. Thank you for pointing this out! We need more people speaking up on theft itâs not taken very seriously here for some odd reason.
i didnât notice how close they look until you commented on the tester call
Oh wellâŚ
I am testing the strawberry pattern rn, and I compared the patterns. They are quite different, and I trust the designer bc I have tested for her before. So your pattern was not stolen or copied in any way.
Ok thx, I believe she was not trying to steal or copy the pattern but just saying they look quite similar