The main reason I have this website is because I love Herbert Niebling patterns and would like to see them preserved. To that end, I collect as many of his patterns as I can find and rechart them. Then I post the recharts for free on the Charts page. This is because, as a friend said recently, the best way to preserve these patterns is in a sort of dispersed archive, where many people save the charts on their own computers. Someday, perhaps, someone will put together as complete an archive of HN patterns as is possible. Until then, this website is my contribution to the "dispersed archive" of Niebling patterns.
You can download the charts for free. I haven't monetized Niebling's patterns by charging money for my recharts. However, I do have overhead costs for this website and I earn the money to cover my overhead by selling a few patterns (mostly hats) on Ravelry. If you would like to support this website, the best way is by buying a pattern from me.
I like to look at interesting things and ask myself, "can I do that in knitting?" I have knitting patterns based on ethnic art I admire, such as the beautiful basket hats by the Klamath River tribes or African fabrics, and on historical things that catch my interest such as the scraps of woven fabric found at a Viking archaeological site in York (UK). Click here to see my knitting designs on Ravelry.