Originally Posted by ghostrider
It is perfectly legal to loan a pattern, sell a pattern, or give a pattern to anyone you choose...if it is the original pattern.
What is not legal is to reproduce a pattern (i.e., make another copy of it) and then loan-sell-give that copy to someone (or for you to keep the copy and loan-sell-give the original away). You can, of course, make templates for your own use. You just can't turn one pattern into two.
Just tell the friend that you will loan her the pattern when you are done with it. Simple really, and perfectly legit.
This post sums it up. You hit the nail on the head!!! I posed this question to the legal section here where I work and one of the lawyers said exactly what ghostrider is saying. The one pattern could passed on as long as it is not copied, sold and/or redistributed. Also, you can not use one pattern to teach a whole class. Each student must get their own original pattern to take to class. Not a copy but an original. Regardless of how many times a pattern is sold after the original sale the person that created the pattern only gets paid once. Same with textbooks.