Disclaimer

Everything on Stitch Obsession is written in good faith by somebody who actually makes the things. That is not the same as a guarantee, and it would be dishonest to imply otherwise.

Tested at a table, not in a laboratory

Ruby works each pattern up by hand before it is published and checks the stitch count at the end of every round against the piece in front of her. Even so, patterns are written by people and mistakes get through. Treat the counts and the finished measurements as a faithful record of the sample that was made, not as a specification you can hold a ruler to.

Gauge changes everything

Two people can follow the same pattern with the same hook and finish with squares half an inch apart. Yarn weight, fibre, how tightly you hold the working yarn and even the time of day all affect it. Where a pattern gives a finished size, that is the size it came out at for us, in the yarn named in the materials list. If yours comes out smaller, go up a hook size; larger, go down one. Neither means you did it wrong.

Found a mistake? Please say so

A wrong count is worth fixing the same week. Email hello@stitchobsession.com with the pattern name and the round number, and if you can, what you counted. Corrections are made quietly and quickly, and nobody is ever made to feel silly for asking — nine times out of ten the pattern was unclear, not the maker.

Crafting advice, and nothing else

What is written here is about yarn. It is not medical, financial, legal or safety advice. If you are making something for a baby, for a small child or for anyone with allergies or limited mobility, please use your own judgement about fibres, stuffing, small parts and anything glued or sewn on. Repetitive work can be hard on hands and wrists; rest them.

Where a pattern came from

Some patterns published here are adapted from freely shared or public-domain sources, and where a source needs crediting, it is credited on the page. If you believe something on this site is yours and should not be here, write to hello@stitchobsession.com with the page address and a way to identify the work, and it will be taken down or credited as you prefer — promptly, and without an argument first.

Where our responsibility ends

You use this site, and everything you make from it, at your own discretion. To the fullest extent the law allows, Stitch Obsession is not liable for any loss, cost, wasted yarn or wonky square arising from following a pattern here. In plainer words: make with confidence, but the hook is in your hands.