100% real – human made – NO AI
100% real – human made – NO AI
100% real – human made – NO AI
Last updated: 1 September, 2026
RealCrochetPatterns.com respects your privacy and is committed to protecting your personal information. This Privacy Policy explains what information may be collected when you visit or use this website and how that information may be used.
RealCrochetPatterns.com is an online catalog and community platform for crochet patterns created by real human designers.
Crochet patterns cannot be purchased directly through RealCrochetPatterns.com. Visitors can browse pattern information, save patterns to a personal wishlist, and submit reviews.
When you click a “View Now” button or another external link, you may be redirected to the website, online shop, marketplace, or other platform of the original pattern designer.
Depending on how you use the website, we may collect the following information.
If you create an account, we may collect information such as your name or username, email address, and other information you choose to include in your profile.
This information is used to create and manage your account and provide website features such as wishlists and reviews.
If you use the wishlist feature, we may store information about the crochet patterns you choose to save. This information may be connected to your account so that you can access your wishlist when you return to the website.
If you submit a review, rating, comment, or other content, the information you submit may be publicly visible on the website.
Please do not include personal, private, or sensitive information in reviews or other publicly submitted content.
We reserve the right to moderate or remove reviews and other content that violate our website rules.
If you contact us directly, we may receive information such as your name, email address, and the contents of your message.
We use this information to respond to your enquiry and communicate with you when necessary.
Like most websites, RealCrochetPatterns.com may automatically collect certain technical information when you visit the website. This may include your IP address, browser type, device type, operating system, referring website, pages visited, and the date and time of your visit.
This information may be used to maintain and improve the website, understand how visitors use the website, monitor performance, and protect the website against spam, abuse, fraud, and security threats.
RealCrochetPatterns.com may use cookies and similar technologies to help the website function properly.
Cookies may be used for purposes such as keeping you logged into your account, remembering your preferences, saving wishlist information, improving website functionality, understanding how visitors use the website, protecting the website against spam and abuse, and measuring advertising performance.
Third-party advertising partners may also use cookies or similar technologies in connection with advertisements displayed on the website.
You can usually control or disable cookies through your browser settings. Please note that disabling certain cookies may affect how parts of the website function.
Where required by law, visitors will be given the opportunity to manage their cookie and consent preferences.
RealCrochetPatterns.com may display advertising, sponsored content, or promotional material.
Advertising may be placed directly by businesses, crochet designers, or other advertisers, or it may be provided through third-party advertising networks.
Some advertisers and advertising partners may use cookies, tracking technologies, or similar technologies to measure the effectiveness of advertisements, limit how often an advertisement is shown, or provide advertising that may be relevant to your interests.
We do not control the privacy practices or technologies used by third-party advertisers. We encourage you to review the privacy policies of those third parties for more information about how they collect and use information.
Advertising on RealCrochetPatterns.com does not necessarily mean that we endorse every advertiser, product, service, or website displayed on the website.
RealCrochetPatterns.com contains links to external websites, including the websites, online shops, marketplaces, and other platforms of crochet pattern designers.
When you click a “View Now” button, advertisement, or another external link, you may leave RealCrochetPatterns.com and be directed to another website.
Those websites operate independently and have their own privacy policies, terms, and practices. RealCrochetPatterns.com is not responsible for the privacy practices, security, content, products, services, or activities of external websites.
We encourage you to read the privacy policy of any external website you visit.
Some links on RealCrochetPatterns.com may be affiliate links. This means that RealCrochetPatterns.com may receive a commission if you make a purchase through one of these links, at no additional cost to you.
Any applicable affiliate relationships will be disclosed where required.
We may use third-party services to help operate, secure, analyse, maintain, or improve the website.
These services may include, but are not limited to:
Website hosting
Website security
Spam prevention
Website analytics
Email communication
Account and login functionality
Advertising
Advertising measurement
Third-party services may collect or process certain information in accordance with their own privacy policies.
Information collected through RealCrochetPatterns.com may be used to:
Create and manage user accounts
Allow users to create and manage wishlists
Allow users to submit reviews and ratings
Display reviews and other user-generated content
Respond to messages and enquiries
Maintain and improve the website
Understand how visitors use the website
Display and measure advertising
Monitor and prevent spam, fraud, abuse, and security issues
Comply with legal obligations
We do not sell your personal information.
Please be aware that information you voluntarily submit publicly, including reviews, ratings, comments, usernames, and certain profile information, may be visible to other visitors.
Once information is publicly available, we cannot control how other people may use or share it.
We keep personal information only for as long as reasonably necessary for the purposes described in this Privacy Policy.
This may include maintaining your account, providing website features, resolving disputes, complying with legal obligations, and protecting the website against abuse.
You may request the deletion of your account and associated personal information, subject to any information we may be legally required to retain.
Depending on where you live, you may have rights regarding your personal information, including the right to:
Request access to the personal information we hold about you
Request correction of inaccurate information
Request deletion of your personal information
Object to certain processing of your information
Request a copy of your personal data
If you wish to make a privacy-related request, please contact us through the contact page on RealCrochetPatterns.com.
RealCrochetPatterns.com is not intended for children who are not legally permitted to provide personal information without appropriate parental consent under applicable law.
We do not knowingly collect personal information from children in violation of applicable laws. If you believe that a child has provided personal information to us without appropriate consent, please contact us so that we can investigate and take appropriate action.
We take reasonable measures to protect the information collected through RealCrochetPatterns.com. However, no website, internet transmission, or method of electronic storage can be guaranteed to be completely secure.
While we take reasonable steps to protect your information, we cannot guarantee absolute security.
We may update this Privacy Policy from time to time to reflect changes to the website, legal requirements, or our practices.
Any changes will be posted on this page, and the “Last updated” date will be revised accordingly.
If you have questions about this Privacy Policy or how your personal information is handled, please contact us through the contact page on RealCrochetPatterns.com.
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