Follow the below instructions to save them as a PDF first, with no ads, THEN print out that PDF.
The usual story? You find a wonderful pattern only discover it is littered with ads all over the place. To print out the page would be to print out so many ads as well. And I have done the copy and paste of what I needed in a word document so that I only get the parts for the pattern.
However, there is a better answer and I'm going to drop some serious mind-blowing wisdom on you that works for knitting and crochet patterns. Or any web page where you want to save or print the data, but need the ads removed first.
I will be honest and say I haven't checked to see if the other internet browsers have this available so this post is specifically for the Chrome browser. And even if you don't use Chrome, it may be worth it for just when you are doing this!
In your Chrome browser, go get the extension "Print Friendly & PDF"
https://www.printfriendly.com/extensions/chrome
(To be honest, check out www.printfriendly.com as they may have extensions for other browsers.)
Install it the Chrome extension!!!
To try it out, you can use this page that a pattern but also ads in it =>
https://www.creativecrochetworkshop.com/2017/06/woven-sky-dishcloth/
Once you are on that page, in the top right corner you will see a green icon that looks like a printer.
Click on it. Then this below will pop up.
On top of this pop-up, the second button from the left is the button called "PDF". Click on it.
It will then give you this pop-up.
Now? Click on the green button "Download Your PDF".
It will then try to open it as a PDF in WHATEVER software you already have set as your default PDF software. My PDF software default is Adobe Acrobat.
Once it opens it up as a PDF in your default software, do a "Save As" of the PDF and save it in a location like your Desktop where you can easily find it.
Sometimes it will strip all ads and sometimes it will leave a few. It honestly depends on the back-end code of the website. If you look closely and compare the final PDF with the actual website, you will see it did strip it of a great deal of stuff to make the pattern more readable. So this is definitely a worthwhile process to go through.
Please let a comment here...
Or message me over at Ravelry (AstroGirlBunny) if you have any questions.
Hope this helps!
