Most knitters arrive at the point of wanting to create their own original knitting patterns and designs for personal gratification, to give as gifts or to donate to charity. However, very few knitters submit their designs for publication or enter them in knitting contests. Creating an original knitting pattern for contests is not as intimidating as it sounds. Just remember these basic “Dos” and “Don’ts”.
DO
- The knitting pattern must clearly be your own creative work from start to finish.
- It can be a combination of two or more patterns taken from different sources and combined to make something completely new.
DON’T
- Making a simple color or texture change but using someone else’s pattern is not considered original creative work.
- Using embellishments to slightly alter a knitting pattern from another source is not considered by most contest rules to be unique work. The actual knitting pattern must be altered for it to be considered original.
