We Need to Talk About the Sailor Slipper Copying Drama

At the end of 2025, knitting pattern designer Annie Sews released the Sailor Slipper pattern. This was an instant hit and sold hundreds of thousands of copies. She came under scrutiny when she filed a copyright infringement claim against crochet designer Alya Loops.
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Sources:
Craft snark posts
https://www.reddit.com/r/craftsnark/comments/1pe5w3a/apparently_a_knitting_designer_had_a_crochet/
https://www.reddit.com/r/craftsnark/comments/1pegrln/annie_responds_to_the_sailor_slipper_copyright/
https://www.reddit.com/r/craftsnark/comments/1pfk6wn/anniesews_most_recent_response_to_her_sailor/
https://www.reddit.com/r/craftsnark/comments/1plz9y8/this_time_its_actually_called_sailor_style_lol/
https://www.reddit.com/r/craftsnark/comments/1pejt0z/another_update_on_the_striped_slippers_drama/
https://www.reddit.com/r/craftsnark/comments/1pew83m/anniesews_has_finally_submitted_request_to/

Copyright Law
https://www.copyright.gov/title17/92chap1.html#102

Further reading:
Early History of Felt by Berthold Laufer, 1930
https://www.ewemass.org/uploads/4/1/8/1/41814855/early_history_of_felt.pdf

Definition of Fulling
https://www.britannica.com/technology/fulling

History of the Slipper
https://web.archive.org/web/20170922100857/https://betsyblue.co.uk/blogs/news/9037635-history-of-the-slipper

Timestamps
00:00 intro
01:18 background
07:31 the timeline
14:34 comparing the patterns
18:33 the verdict
24:06 conclusion

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