We don't use patreon. Patrons can subscribe directly through PayPal.
We don't need the Patreon approach because everything on the site is available for free. Being a patron is completely optional.
It boils down to the fact that all are patterns are made-to-measure. So we need your measurements, thus we need a way to store them. That's why a (free) account is needed.
All of the Patreon links so far just seem to be hugely overboard "sign up" ones, with nothing linking to the actual account.
Guessing I didn't spot something obvious? :)