Privacy Policy

Last Updated: July 2, 2026

Welcome to The Crochet Village (“Website,” “we,” “our,” or “us”). Your privacy is important to us. This Privacy Policy explains what information we collect, how we use it, and how your information may be shared when you visit https://thecrochetvillage.com.

By using this Website, you agree to the terms of this Privacy Policy.

Who We Are

The Crochet Village is a crochet design website that shares free crochet patterns, tutorials, crafting inspiration, product recommendations, and links to digital crochet patterns available through third-party marketplaces such as Etsy, Ravelry, and Payhip.

The Crochet Village does not sell products directly through this Website.

Information We Collect

We may collect personal information that you voluntarily provide, such as when you:

  • Subscribe to our newsletter
  • Contact us through our contact form
  • Leave a comment if comments are enabled
  • Participate in giveaways, surveys, or promotions

This information may include your name, email address, and any information you choose to include in your message.

We may also automatically collect certain information when you visit the Website, including:

  • IP address
  • Browser type
  • Device type
  • Pages visited
  • Time spent on the Website
  • Referring website
  • Approximate location
  • Website interactions

This information helps us understand how visitors use the Website and improve the user experience.

Cookies

This Website uses cookies and similar technologies to help the Website function properly, analyze traffic, remember preferences, and display advertising.

Where required by law, visitors may be shown a cookie consent banner before non-essential cookies are used.

You can control or disable cookies through your browser settings. Please note that disabling cookies may affect how the Website functions.

Google Analytics

We use Google Analytics 4 to understand how visitors interact with our Website. Google Analytics may collect information such as pages visited, device type, browser type, referral source, and general location. This information is used to improve our content, Website performance, and user experience. You can learn more about Google’s privacy practices here: https://policies.google.com/privacy

Advertising

This Website displays advertising through Mediavine. Mediavine and its advertising partners may use cookies and similar technologies to display ads, measure ad performance, prevent fraud, and personalize advertising where permitted by law. Where required, advertising cookies are managed through a consent management platform. You can learn more about Mediavine’s privacy practices here:
https://www.mediavine.com/privacy-policy/

Email Newsletter

If you subscribe to our newsletter, your name and email address may be stored through our email service provider, Flodesk.

We use this information to send crochet pattern updates, free resources, event announcements, promotions, and other news from The Crochet Village. You may unsubscribe at any time by clicking the unsubscribe link included in every email.

Affiliate Links

  • Some pages on this Website contain affiliate links, including Amazon affiliate links.
  • If you click an affiliate link and make a purchase, we may earn a small commission at no additional cost to you.
  • As an Amazon Associate, The Crochet Village earns from qualifying purchases.
  • Affiliate links may use cookies or tracking technologies managed by the affiliate platform or retailer.

Third-Party Links

This Website may link to third-party websites, including Etsy, Ravelry, Payhip, Amazon, Pinterest, Instagram, Facebook, and YouTube.

Once you leave our Website, we are not responsible for the privacy practices, content, or policies of those third-party websites. We encourage you to review their privacy policies.

How We Use Information

We may use collected information to:

  • Operate and improve the Website
  • Send newsletters to subscribers
  • Respond to inquiries
  • Analyze Website traffic
  • Display and measure advertising
  • Improve content and user experience
  • Protect the Website from spam, fraud, or security issues
  • Comply with legal obligations
  • We do not sell your personal information.

How Information Is Shared

We may share limited information with trusted third-party service providers that help us operate the Website, including:

  • Google Analytics
  • Mediavine
  • Flodesk
  • Website hosting providers
  • Website security and maintenance providers
  • Affiliate networks and retailers

These providers may process information according to their own privacy policies and applicable laws.

We may also disclose information if required by law or to protect our legal rights.

Data Retention

We keep personal information only as long as necessary for the purposes described in this Privacy Policy, unless a longer retention period is required by law. If you unsubscribe from our newsletter, you will no longer receive marketing emails from us.

Your Privacy Rights

Depending on where you live, you may have the right to:

  • Request access to your personal information
  • Request correction of inaccurate information
  • Request deletion of your personal information
  • Object to certain processing
  • Withdraw consent where processing is based on consent

To make a privacy request, please contact us through our Contact page: https://thecrochetvillage.com/contact/

California Privacy Rights

If you are a California resident, you may have additional rights under California privacy laws, including the right to know, access, correct, or request deletion of certain personal information. The Crochet Village does not sell personal information.

International Visitors

The Crochet Village is operated in the United States. If you access this Website from outside the United States, please understand that your information may be transferred to and processed in the United States or other countries where our service providers operate.

Children’s Privacy

This Website is not directed to children under the age of 13. We do not knowingly collect personal information from children under 13. If you believe a child has provided personal information through this Website, please contact us so we can remove it.

Security

We take reasonable steps to protect personal information. However, no method of transmission over the Internet or electronic storage is completely secure, and we cannot guarantee absolute security.

Changes to This Privacy Policy

We may update this Privacy Policy from time to time. Any changes will be posted on this page with an updated “Last Updated” date.

Your continued use of the Website after changes are posted means you accept the updated Privacy Policy.

Contact Us

If you have questions about this Privacy Policy, please contact us through our Contact page: https://thecrochetvillage.com/contact/

Mediavine Programmatic Advertising (Ver 1.1)

The Website works with Mediavine to manage third-party interest-based advertising appearing on the Website. Mediavine serves content and advertisements when you visit the Website, which may use first and third-party cookies. A cookie is a small text file that is sent to your computer or mobile device (referred to in this policy as a “device”) by the web server so that a website can remember some information about your browsing activity on the Website.

First party cookies are created by the website that you are visiting. A third-party cookie is frequently used in behavioral advertising and analytics and is created by a domain other than the website you are visiting. Third-party cookies, tags, pixels, beacons and other similar technologies (collectively, “Tags”) may be placed on the Website to monitor interaction with advertising content and to target and optimize advertising. Each internet browser has functionality so that you can block both first and third-party cookies and clear your browser’s cache. The “help” feature of the menu bar on most browsers will tell you how to stop accepting new cookies, how to receive notification of new cookies, how to disable existing cookies and how to clear your browser’s cache. For more information about cookies and how to disable them, you can consult the information at All About Cookies.

Without cookies you may not be able to take full advantage of the Website content and features. Please note that rejecting cookies does not mean that you will no longer see ads when you visit our Site. In the event you opt-out, you will still see non-personalized advertisements on the Website.

The Website collects the following data using a cookie when serving personalized ads:

  • IP Address
  • Operating System type
  • Operating System version
  • Device Type
  • Language of the website
  • Web browser type
  • Email (in hashed form)

Mediavine Partners (companies listed below with whom Mediavine shares data) may also use this data to link to other end user information the partner has independently collected to deliver targeted advertisements. Mediavine Partners may also separately collect data about end users from other sources, such as advertising IDs or pixels, and link that data to data collected from Mediavine publishers in order to provide interest-based advertising across your online experience, including devices, browsers and apps. This data includes usage data, cookie information, device information, information about interactions between users and advertisements and websites, geolocation data, traffic data, and information about a visitor’s referral source to a particular website. Mediavine Partners may also create unique IDs to create audience segments, which are used to provide targeted advertising.

If you would like more information about this practice and to know your choices to opt-in or opt-out of this data collection, please visit National Advertising Initiative opt out page. You may also visit the Digital Advertising Alliance website and the Network Advertising Initiative website to learn more information about interest-based advertising. You may download the AppChoices app from the Digital Advertising Alliance’s AppChoices app to opt out in connection with mobile apps, or use the platform controls on your mobile device to opt out.

For specific information about Mediavine Partners, the data each collects, and their data collection and privacy policies, please visit Mediavine Partners.

Related Policies

Please also review our Website Policies & Terms of Use

Thank you for visiting The Crochet Village.