Terms of service
These terms explain the simple ground rules for using Purl, a project home for keeping track of knitting works in progress.
1. Using Purl
You may use Purl to create and manage your own knitting projects, save related files and notes, and share projects when you choose. You must be old enough to enter a binding agreement where you live. You are responsible for the activity on your account and for keeping your sign-in details safe.
2. Your account
Give us accurate information and tell us if you think someone else has accessed your account. We may ask you to verify your email address before you can use some account features.
3. Plans and payments
Purl has a Free plan and a Plus plan. Free includes up to 5 projects and 5 patterns. Plus includes unlimited projects and patterns. Both plans include file storage subject to fair-use upload limits. Plus costs $4.99 per month or $49.99 per year in USD, before any applicable taxes.
Payments are processed by Stripe. Stripe Tax may calculate applicable taxes. Purl does not offer trials or refunds except where required by law. You can cancel Plus at any time from Billing in your account settings. Cancellation takes effect at the end of the current billing period, and existing content is preserved if your account returns to Free.
Free accounts can also buy 5 permanent project slots for a one-time payment of $5 USD before applicable taxes. Project slots remain on the account while you use Plus and after you return to Free. Active, paused, and completed projects each use one slot.
4. Your content
You keep ownership of the photos, notes, project details, comments, pattern information, and other content you add to Purl. You give Purl permission to host, store, secure, process, and display that content only as needed to operate Purl and follow the visibility settings you choose. This permission ends when the content is deleted, except where we need to retain it for security, legal, or backup purposes.
You are responsible for having the rights to upload and share your content. Do not upload content that is unlawful, harmful, abusive, infringing, deceptive, or intended to compromise Purl or another person’s account.
5. Sharing and comments
Private projects are intended for your account. An unlisted project can be opened by anyone with its link. A public project can appear in public views and may show its title, description, progress, project details, photos, time spent, comments, owner profile, and related pattern metadata, including a pattern title, designer, source link, or filename. Purl does not expose or provide public download access to the uploaded pattern PDF through a shared project or public pattern page.
Public content can be copied or saved by other people. Removing it from Purl cannot remove copies that others already made. You are responsible for the comments and other content you post, and for using community features respectfully.
6. Purl’s service
Purl is still growing, so features may change, be paused, or be removed. We will take reasonable steps to keep the service available and your saved content safe, but we cannot promise that Purl will always be uninterrupted, error-free, or available on every device. Purl may link to services or content operated by other people or companies; their terms and policies apply to those services.
7. Ending an account
You can stop using Purl or delete your account at any time. We may suspend or end access when an account seriously or repeatedly breaks these terms, creates a security risk, or is used unlawfully. Where appropriate, we will try to give notice and an opportunity to fix the problem. Deleting an account may not remove information that we must keep for legal, security, or backup reasons.
8. Disclaimers and limits
Purl is provided as a project-tracking and sharing tool. It is not a substitute for the pattern designer’s instructions, professional advice, or your own judgment about materials, fit, technique, or safety. To the extent allowed by law, Purl is not responsible for indirect, incidental, special, or consequential losses, or for content, services, or links provided by other people or companies.
9. Changes to these terms
We may update these terms as Purl changes. If an update is important, we will post the new version here and update the date above. We may ask you to accept a new version before you create an account or continue using features affected by a material change.
Questions about these terms? Email info@purlspace.com.
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