When you purchase a pattern PDF, you'll receive two emails: the first acknowledges your order, and the second on contains a link you can click to download your pattern.

In addition, any pattern PDF that you purchase on our website is automatically stored in your Account under "My Pattern PDF Library". You can never lose a Churchmouse pattern.

Once you place an order, you will receive two emails. The first email confirms your order, and the second email includes a link to access your patterns. If you do not get an email with a link to your PDF, make sure it did not accidentally end up in your Junk or Spam folder. You can always log into your account and click “My PDF Pattern Library,” where your patterns should appear ready for download. If you have any difficulty, simply write to orders@churchmouseyarns.com and we’ll take care of it for you.

It's automatic! Any download you purchase on our website will live there for you to view anywhere you have internet access. Log into your account, click the PDF Library link and you can view or download your PDFs -- just like Ravelry.

When you purchase a pattern, the email with your pattern link will also have a pop-up asking if you'd like to store the pattern in your Ravelry library. Click "Yes," and you're all set!

In short, no. When we re-yarn a pattern it is almost always to the same gauge and measurements as our original pattern. This means that even though your pattern may not list the yarn that you are working with in the project details, you will still follow the exact same instructions from cast-on to bind-off.

However, sometimes we do like to re-yarn a pattern with a different weight of yarn or add another section to it, like sleeves or a cowl. These adaptations are always available for free, and should be used alongside the original pattern.

Adaptations provide the information you need to knit the project in a different gauge, different yarn, or different shape. Without the original Churchmouse pattern, the Adaptation won’t make sense.

They live perpetually on the Project page where there are modifications to the original pattern. Just click the button on that page and get your free download. Note that if the project shows a different yarn that the original pattern, and there is no Adaptation, then just follow the original.

So sorry, but our patterns are intended for personal enjoyment, not commercial gain. We hold to that rule for large companies and—unfortunately—we have to hold to it for individual knitters, too. You may knit Churchmouse patterns to sell for charity, and you certainly don’t need our permission to knit for a friend—even if they pay for the yarn and needles and maybe feed you cookies while you work. But if you sell something made from someone else’s design, it runs against copyright and the spirit of our intentions. That said, there is no reason why you can’t make up your own original design based on what you love about ours. It could take time and some trial and error, but design can be a very fulfilling process and you’ll end up with something you control completely. Hope this explains our philosophy and sparks your creativity, and that you’ll continue to enjoy our patterns.

We build in a lot of features to our patterns that we hope will help knitters be successful. We regularly include helpful tips (buttonhole placement, how to swatch for reliable results, etc) and guidance on fit (how to calculate changes in increase/decrease rates to make sleeves shorter or longer, etc). Our team of designers, knitters, tech editors, and photographers work very hard for many, many months to make our patterns lasting tools that you can learn from and knit again and again. We want these patterns to be workhorses in your knitting arsenal, and we hope the quality of production (which translates into digital as well as print) gives you years of knitting satisfaction.