Affiliate Disclaimer

Pin and Pine is a small, independent craft site, and like many creators who share crochet patterns, amigurumi tutorials, and rustic DIY projects, we sometimes use affiliate links to support the time and materials that go into each post. This page explains exactly how that works, so there is never any confusion about why a certain yarn, hook, or tool is mentioned on our site.

What Affiliate Links Actually Are

An affiliate link is simply a special tracking link to a product page on another website, usually a yarn shop, craft supplier, or a marketplace like Amazon. If you click that link and decide to buy something, we may earn a small commission from the retailer. This is a common way for hobby and craft blogs to stay running, and it is completely standard practice across the DIY and amigurumi community.

We go into more detail about the specific partnerships we use on our Disclosure page, and this Affiliate Disclaimer should be read as a companion to that document rather than a replacement for it.

No Extra Cost to You

This is the part people worry about most, so we want to be very clear: clicking an affiliate link and making a purchase never costs you anything extra. The price of the yarn, stuffing, hook, or amigurumi eyes stays exactly the same whether you use our link or go directly to the retailer’s site. The commission, when there is one, is paid by the retailer out of their own marketing budget — it is never added to your bill.

In other words, using our links is a free way to say thank you if a pattern or tutorial helped you, without spending a single extra cent. Nothing changes about your checkout, your shipping, or your return policy.

How We Choose What to Recommend

We know that affiliate programs can tempt sites into recommending things purely because they pay well, and that is exactly the trap we try to avoid. When we link to a specific weight of cotton yarn for a puppy amigurumi, or a particular safety-eye size for a mini octopus pattern, it is because we actually used that product while making the piece, or because it genuinely matches the gauge, texture, or finish described in the pattern.

Relevance always comes before commission. Some of the tools and materials we mention are not part of any affiliate program at all — we still include them because they are the right choice for the project. Our broader approach to choosing and testing what we feature is described in our Editorial Policy, which explains how patterns are developed, tested, and written before they ever reach the site.

A few things we consider before linking a product

• Whether the yarn weight, fiber, or hook size actually matches what the pattern calls for
• Whether we have personally used or tested the item during a real project
• Whether a budget-friendly alternative deserves a mention alongside a pricier option
• Whether the product is something we would genuinely put in our own craft basket

Where You Will Find These Disclosures

We try to be upfront rather than burying this information somewhere hard to find. You will typically see a short affiliate note near the top of any post that contains affiliate links, usually right after the introduction and before the materials list. This is in addition to the general notice in our Disclosure page and the legal context provided in our Disclaimer.

If you are browsing through Pinterest and land on one of our pattern pages, our Pinterest Disclaimer covers a bit more about how images and pins connect back to the original tutorials on our site, since that is often how new readers first discover our amigurumi and rustic DIY projects.

What Affiliate Links Are Not

Being included as an affiliate partner is never the same as being editorially endorsed without scrutiny. We do not accept payment in exchange for a guaranteed positive review, and no retailer gets to dictate the wording of our patterns or tutorials. If a product genuinely disappoints us during testing — splitting yarn, an awkward hook grip, stuffing that clumps unevenly — we say so, or we simply leave it out.

We also do not stuff posts with irrelevant links just to increase the odds of a click. If a pattern only needs three materials, you will see three links, not fifteen loosely related suggestions.

Your Data and These Links

Clicking an affiliate link may involve cookies or tracking technology set by the retailer, separate from anything we control on our own site. For details on how our site itself handles cookies and tracking, take a look at our Cookie Policy, and for how we handle any personal information more broadly, see our Privacy Policy.

Questions About a Specific Link

If you ever come across a link on Pin and Pine that seems outdated, broken, or unclear about whether it is affiliated, we genuinely want to know. You can reach out any time through our Contact page or email us directly at [email protected]. We also welcome feedback from brands or fellow crafters interested in working with us, which you can read more about on our Collaboration page.

Thank you for supporting a small craft site the honest way — by reading, trying out our patterns, and occasionally clicking a link that helps keep the hooks and yarn stocked around here.