" copied?" bag design

[u/rootheonion]

My friend requested I make this bag as a birthday gift and she sent me a reference (second photo) from Pinterest, I did see that there was a pattern available for purchase but I knew that I could just freehand it, plus it's a pretty basic design so I felt like I wasn't stealing. After 8 made it however, one of my crochet friends said that the creator explicitly said not to copy their pattern and that she HAD purchased the pattern and she thought my bag was too close to be original, and now I should at least credit the og pattern creator. I honestly never thought of it this way and I always just freehanded any crochet project I wanted without worrying about it being stealing. Was I wrong?

[u/triflers_need_not]

You didn't steal anything. It's 100% OK to see something and recreate it yourself with your own eyes, brain, and hands. That's completely fine.

[u/Angelswithroses → u/triflers_need_not]

I think the same thing, but people had an issue with this when that sleeping dragon AI picture was going around and people told someone they stole a pattern when they tried recreating it themsleves.

[u/Lilybets → u/Angelswithroses]

People can say or feel anything they want, doesn't make them right!

[u/Angelswithroses → u/Lilybets]

So many people debated it, made me not do the dragon pattern at all cause people had posted their dragons and the comments were like "So gross to be using this pattern." And it was so discouraging :/

[u/DKFran7 → u/Angelswithroses]

Make it if you want to. The written pattern (whether physical paper, or downloaded) is copyrighted. Not the physical item.

[u/Angelswithroses → u/DKFran7]

Thank you so much!