Theme for week 5 - YARN is now open - Go to it! (just remember - interpret the theme loosely - while yarn is the theme - don’t think you have to exclusively use yarn in your project)

And the winners for week 4 are…

Ann Wood - with bird style

fiber need - with pink poodle

under construction daily - with telephone book art

bitter betty and the pin cushion

special mention goes to:
flawed maud - and the candy tiara

viewers choice goes to
art esprit and the leg warmers

sooz mad world and the pillows

I also want to mention the comments from the last post about whiplash. I am really glad that there was so much feedback - and most of it really constructive and useful. Some of these points were really helpful, this blog is just new and these ideas need to be tried and tested, so thank you for doing that for me.

I want to quote a few bits from the comments - and address these issues:
themes - “each time I read the theme, I have no idea what to think whatsoever. But to me, they are purposefully vague and confounding so that you can interpret pretty broadly.” and “Maybe not that many crafters are interested in themes. I haven’t seen one yet that inspired me to make something.”

So themes - I think I imagined people taking the theme and running with it, interpreting it loosely and see what came out of it - I like themes myself - it give a baseline for comparison - what sort of themes would you like?

Discussion
“I do wish that we had a better forum spot to discuss the theme and the entries as a group.”

I really want to add a forum at some stage to whipup, and am hoping to do this sooner rather than later, in the meantime commenting on the relevant post gets to the author and to the other people reading the post - I am really glad there is a community out there and I hoped that whiplash would be a great place to find others and be found if you have a newish blog.

whiplash posts
“there is an awful lot of whiplash on whipup these days–I really enjoyed it before whiplash started.”

True all true, and in the beginning there was rather a lot of whiplash while it was trouble shooted, but now I am keeping to the basics the announcements of the theme and winners and the reviews of the prizes. There won’t be a separate whiplash blog any time soon - but maybe a forum will sort these issues out, and I am thinking of separating the posts out of the main blog somehow down the track.

future whiplash
I love the idea of keeping whiplash going - I will be having a whiplash round 2 and will probably extend the time so more people can participate, I have great prizes for this too, but of course it is not just about the prizes but about sharing your craftyness with others, all suggestions welcome.

time
“there is just no way that I can make something creative and innovative in a weekend and do all the other things I need to do.” and “I also like the short timeframe, because it forces me to not be so critical with my ideas, designs and creations.”

I agree there is just not enough time in the day, as a working mother of two I am acutely aware of time, which is why I thought a quick project would be fun, not so precious, and give many of us without much time, some impetus to get some crafting done. - next time round I’ll make it a little longer eh!

Thank you once again for the very valuable feedback, please keep suggestions and comments coming.
and thank you to the great sponsors for keeping us going!

crochet earings - found on cut+paste - made by Erin at purldrop see also Erin’s art site.

ciao cimba makes some lovely crochet chokers and bracelets


bloodbunny makes these sweet crochet pendants

lovely crochet collar by Fios de Linha

Interweave has a crochet hemp necklace pattern - lovely

Making your own clothes or clothing for your children is so very rewarding. You have something unique and special.

A great tutorial for making a skirt without waistband and a lovely scalloped hem can be found at disdressed.

What the craft has a whole array of tutorials for making original clothing.