See, this is the kind of thing I didn't "get" about Pinterest. I don't understand how it works. This explains how those dead links get there and that I that I shouldn't expect certain things. Makes it less frustrating now that I know that. Good information.
If a pattern was offered free at the time it was saved, it doesn't mean it's always going to be free.
it's not the fault of Pinterest if someone posts a dead link.
Watson