Sharing knitting patterns

[twiglet59]

Does anyone know of any knitting forums or where you can ask for a copy of a pattern. If someone can e-mail them on? Its probably not legal!

[bigbadbarry]

Are you on ravelry.com? Plenty of forums there. Thousands of patterns :)

[PetulaGordino]

is it out of print or in some way unavailable? by all means ask on ravelry, especially if it's a print one that's difficult to get hold of. someone may well be willing to sell or send you a pattern they're not using

but if your request breaches copyright you will get told. it's not just the legal stuff, it's also someone's livelihood

[Dutchoma]

No, it is not legal to share or copy patterns. But if somebody has a pattern you want they can send you the original and keep a copy themselves. it is legal to make a copy for your own use.
There are loads of free patterns on Ravelry