Licensing

If you wish to sell finished garments made from any of my patterns you will need to purchase a Cottage License from me. I offer a number of different licenses:

Single Pattern 1 year License - $15

This license allows you to knit and sell  an unlimited number of garments knit from one single pattern in one year from the start date of the license.

Single Pattern lifetime License - $30

This license allows you to knit and sell  an unlimited number of garments knit from one single pattern for the one-off payment of $30. This license does not expire.

Multiple Pattern 1 Year License - $75 

This license allows you to knit and sell  an unlimited number of garments knit from any of Suzie Sparkle's patterns (including any new patterns released during that year) in one year from the start date of the license.

Multiple Pattern Lifetime License - $125 

This license allows you to knit and sell  an unlimited number of garments knit from any of Suzie Sparkle's patterns, including any released at any time in the future for the one-off payment of $125. This license does not expire and privides excellent value for money.

All figures are in US dollars.

How to purchase a license

Contact me via this website or email me directly at suzie@suziesparkles.com 

• In your email you will need to state which type of licence from the above list you would like to purchase (and the name of the pattern if you are purchasing a single pattern license)
• You will need to state which outlet/s, online or otherwise, you will be selling your finished garments through and provide links to (or supply names of) your online shop/s and full address and contact number for physical shops.
• You must purchse the patterns you wish to apply for the license for before a license will be granted. On the homepage you will find links to all of the websites selling my patterns.
• Please send us photographs of similar garments you have already knit (or link to online store selling garments you have knit yourself)

When we have received your application we will consider it as quickly as possible. If your application is successful we will email you with a Schedule, which outlines the details of the Cottage Licence. It will include the period of the licence and the patterns you are licensed to knit and sell from. You will need to sign this and return it via email prior to the Licence being activated. You will also be sent a link to pay via paypal or any major credit/debit cards securely. It is only once the signed Schedule has been returned and full payment received and cleared that your license will be activated.

By emailing me to request a license you are accepting all of the below terms and Conditions - please make sure you read these thoroughly before applying for your license:

Terms & Conditions

• The Licensor (Suzie Sparkles Designs) remains the sole copyright owner of all Suzie Sparkles patterns, future patterns and modifications of the pattern lines.  All patterns remain the intellectual property of the Licensor.

• Any License granted by the Licensor allows the Licensee permission to sell finished garments made from Suzie Sparkles Knitting Pattern/s only and not permission to sell, redistribute or copy the patterns themselves which remain the intellectual property of the Licensor (Suzie Sparkles Designs)

• The Licensor grants a Cottage Licence to sell garments hand-knit from the pattern/s under the following restrictions and requirements.

• This Licence is granted upon payment of the full fee for the license type requested.

• This Licence is granted on the undertaking that all garments are hand knit by the Licensee only.  The use of a knitting machine to knit garments is not permitted under the terms of this licence.

• The Licensor reserves the right to revoke licenses for any breach of this agreement or if the Licensee is deemed to be engaging in unethical or illegal business practises.  

• This Licence does not permit commercial manufacturing nor commercial production of the garments in any shape, manner or form.  Under the terms and conditions of this Licence, commercial would refer to a large-scale operation; an amount that is beyond the capacity of one person to produce by hand. 

• Garments made from the pattern/s can only be sold through public storefronts such as a bricks and mortar store, market stands, online stores, blogs, facebook pages or online mall store.  

• Garments are to be knit in the recommended weight yarn and in yarn that is suitable for the garment types.

• Garment descriptions must include the following statement; “This garment is hand knit from a Suzie Sparkles pattern with permission under a cottage licence.”

• Any minor deviations from the pattern should be stipulated in the garment description. Any major alterations/modifications need the approval of the Licensor. 

• The Licensee is responsible for abiding by any current and future federal, state and local laws and regulations pertaining to their own home business as well as any and all laws and regulations that pertain to any manufacturing of goods they perform in their home and the sale of such goods.

• The Licensor makes no guarantee or promise with regard to income derived from the use of the pattern/s and or purchase of this License.

• The license does not give the licensee any exclusivity on the sale of garments made from the licensor's patterns. The licensee accepts that other licensees may also be selling garments made from the Licensors patterns at the same time and/or via the same outlets.

• The Licensor reserves the right to decline the sale of a licence to any person, for any reason.

• The Licensor reserves the right to revoke the license at any point. In such a case the licensee will be refunded.

• The Licensor assumes no liability for any loss or injury on the part of the Licensee, their business or customers. 

• In agreeing to these terms and conditions the Licensee indemnifies Suzie Sparkles Designs from any liability whatsoever.