Bjproc, be cautious about the "ownership" issue. In this thread you are hearing from folk who speak from several design/legal jurisdictions, but none thus far from Scotland. In some of those jurisdictions the mere purchase of a design transfers ownership to the purchaser, in others the artist retains the copyright unless that copyright is specifically transferred in the sale/purchase agreement. In Scotland you may be required to pay even more than the weaving price to have ownership of the design the weaver has created for you.

If you agreed to pay the designer for design work you may be stuck with the bill to date. If, however, your agreement was to develop a design that was acceptable to you --and for the designer/weaver to weave the result, for which you would pay -- you can probably walk away in advance of the weaving order being placed simply because you didn't like the design.

You may not, however, use the work they have done and take that to another designer or weaver.

Let us know how you make out.