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While doing what I can to report scam sites that are stealing so many knitting designers’ photos, my son has reminded me that one really has to laugh in seeing that his wool-snob mom’s design is supposedly being reproduced in, of all things, 100% Polyester. Here’s my authentic “Odorama” scratch-and-sniff card (still works!!😲) received on opening night of John Waters’ “Polyester”, a “scentsational”😂campy film starring the fabulous Divine and Tab Hunter, filmed and released in Baltimore in 1981. You’ll also see the reply I received back from Shopify, the company hosting the Homegaden scam site. Supposedly, my photo should be removed from there within 1 business day. 🤞We’ll see! In the meantime, I want to share what I can so that any of you who have had your design photos stolen and misused 😢 can take the same action I did to...hopefully...stem the tide of these scams and make them less appealing to crooks. I used all-nettools.com’s SmartWhois utility, entered the domain name (in this case, homegaden.com), hit Submit and learned Homegaden is a Shopify site. Googling “Shopify abuse” got me to their reporting form. Full disclosure: It was my techie husband who told me about all-nettools.com and took that info further to see Homegaden is registered with GoDaddy. I filed reports with both host Shopify, who responded quickly and, seemingly, appropriately, and registrar GoDaddy, whose “Chris S.” told me that, although GoDaddy did profit by registering the domain, they will not be doing anything to suspend the known scam site’s domain -they’re leaving that entirely up to the host. In his words, “...that’s the decision they’ve made, they’re okay with that.” My words: I’ve been a customer of GoDaddy for ages, but I will never register any new site, or renew my old ones, with GoDaddy again. Long story short: If the hosting sites, like Shopify, do remove the stolen photos, as promised, while we can’t keep others from copying our designs, the more of us that file these reports, the harder it will be for scammers to use our design photos. I hope this info helps!😘 #shetlandwool #knitting #knittingpattern #scammersofinstagram #fairisleknitting #strandedknittingWarning: Homegaden.com is a scam Shopify site, registered with GoDaddy, using a Hong Kong business as the registrant. Thanks a million to the endlessly talented Jenn Steinglass @knit.love.wool for posting about Homegaden which has been taking photos from Ravelry, among other sites, and pretending that they have the designs worked up as ready made items for sale at impossibly low prices. Many designers have had their work falsely represented on Homegaden. I’ve just been told that Candyrod.com is another site with the same fraudulent setup. If you publish designs online, I strongly suggest you look to see if your work has been copied on these sites. Please don’t hesitate to report the abuse through the Shopify and GoDaddy abuse pages. Homegaden claims to be selling my Calling Scotland hat (“multicolor casual hats”, in their parlance) for $11.88! Ha!! My Calling Scotland PDF is $7, the yarn is $40.50 and the labor is...who knows! Above all else, please don’t be ripped off by these thieves! Thanks and best wishes to all who report😘 #knitting #knit #fairisle #knittersofinstagram #shetlandwool #strandedknitting #knittingpattern #knitdesign #strikkeAlmost done with my new “Alpine Skies Vest” design - just two rounds and one bind off to go! After I slipstitch the #steeks in place and give it a nice bath, it’ll be done at last. Yay! Pattern and #spindrift #shetlandwool yarn packs coming shortly -stay tuned! I should have finished this vest last week, but the thought of soon having nothing left on the needles was utterly unbearable. So, I took some time to lay things out and cast on for my next design, a top-down sweater using a floral motif I’ve been playing around with for way too long - time to finally knit it up! In the meantime, I was asked to design something for an upcoming yarn crawl. Back to multiple irons in the fire - just the way I like it! 😁 Have a great weekend, filled with plenty of Happy Knitting! 😘#fairislefriday #knitting #fairisleknitting #knittingpattern #jamiesonsofshetland #fairislevest #strandedknitting #strikkeCutting the V-neck #steek on a #fairislevest design of mine. Easypeasy! You’ll see I did not use any crocheted or machine-sewn reinforcement; I merely snipped away. Once I’ve knit the ribbing, I’ll fold and slipstitch the cut edges in place. Cardboard or a magazine...or an awesome color card...slipped inside the vest keeps me from errantly cutting through the back layer. One word of caution: If I were using any yarn other than Shetland wool, I could never cut with such impunity - I’d have to reinforce columns on either side of my cutting line. Reason #342 why I love #shetlandwool ! See the “Technique” page on my website (link in bio) for my tips on machine-sewn steeks. #fairisleknitting #strandedknitting #knitting #jamiesonsofshetland #showyoursteeksOne quick snip and the back neck #steek is cut open. #fairisleknitting #shetlandwool #jamiesonsofshetland #strandedknitting #knitting #showyoursteeks #maryannstephensknitsHappy #fairislefriday! I’m just a few rounds shy of the back neck shaping on Son #2’s #fairislevest. Hoping to do some #steek cutting over the long Labor Day weekend. Yay, I always love that part! Pattern in the works -stay tuned! And have a great weekend, wherever you are!! #fairisleknitting #shetlandwool #jamiesonsofshetland #strandedknitting #knitting #maryannstephensknitsHappy National Dog Day! Can you tell which one is different than the others?? #nationaldogday #goldenretriever #dogsofinstagram #slumberparty#saguaro #cactus #hiking #gatespass #tucson #arizona #sonorandesert #thisisnotimefortreehuggingWay back in 2008, I designed my Amaryllis mittens and in 2010 I designed my Amaryllis hat to match. The original mittens and hat were knit in Dale #babyull fingering weight merino (no longer available in North America 😟 but still available in Scandinavia.) You’ll see I also did the hat in #shetlandspindrift in Shetland natural colors; the Spindrift yarn pack and PDFs for both the hat and the mittens are still available through my online shop (link in bio). PDFs also available through Ravelry. #strandedknitting #maryannstephensknits #strandedcolorwork #fairisleknitting #knitting #strikke #fairisleknittingCome Play in My Yarn Shop!
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