Pattern requirements

Knitglass checks every pattern written in Designer Studio before it is verified and published. A person looks at each one: the pattern, its photo and its stitch counts. Knitters trust that a Knitglass pattern was designed and knitted by a person and knits as written, and these requirements are how we keep that true.

A pattern on Knitglass

• No AI: No AI. Photos, pattern text and description are made by you, not generated or altered by AI, in whole or in part. Tidying a photo background is fine.
• Not a real sample: The photo is your own photo of a sample you knitted from this pattern. No stock, borrowed or rendered images.
• Not original: The design is yours: not copied, traced or translated from another designer, and no charts of licensed characters, logos or trademarks. Traditional motifs are fine; credit a source where one applies.
• Not a pattern: It makes a finished knitted item. A tutorial, a swatch, a materials list or a chart on its own is not a pattern.
• Incomplete: Every size is written from cast-on to finishing, its stitch counts add up, and it gives gauge, needles and yarn amounts.
• Duplicate: One pattern is one entry. Sizes and language editions belong to it, not to copies of it.
• Misleading: The title is the pattern’s name, without keywords, size lists or marketing. The photo and description match the pattern. No text on photos beyond a watermark or schematic.
• Rights: You hold the rights to the text, the charts and the photos you publish.

How a pattern is checked

When you save a pattern for review you confirm that it meets these requirements. A Knitglass verifier then reads the pattern and its stitch counts, looks at the photo and searches for it elsewhere on the web - the photo is sent to Google Cloud Vision for that search - and compares the pattern with others already on Knitglass. Tools that estimate whether text or images were made by AI are only ever supporting evidence; the decision is a person’s.

If a pattern is sent back

You receive an email saying which requirements were not met and why. Nothing is deleted: the pattern stays in your personal library, and a version already published stays published. Make the changes and save it for review again, and Knitglass will look at the new version.

Patterns containing AI-generated photos or text are treated seriously. After a rejection for AI content, every later pattern from the same account is checked with extra care, and repeated problems end the ability to create patterns.

Questions

If you are unsure whether your pattern meets these requirements, ask before you submit it through the contact form.