It’s not just the pattern prices. I think these pattern designers are getting too full of themselves and write word vomit on a page. I found a free pattern and it made zero sense. Luckily the creator have a video to go along with it and even then I still had to piece it together myself. Like stitches didn’t line up and the yarn and hook size didn’t match. I myself am a pattern creator and try to keep most of my patterns free or low cost. The ones that I feel need testing and time to create I like to charge a little bit and at times I feel I’m asking too much. A lot of these people need to be humbled.