It's good that you mentioned the pattern thing. ..everyone either gets a copy or has to purchase their own. I get really irritated when I take a class and we don't get the patterns. We have to wait in line to look at the instructor's pattern book. Because I'm new and a very visual person, I might miss what the instructor is showing because I'm not at my machine...I'm at another table looking at her book. Arrrrggggg.