Comments on: whiplash - August - wardrobe surgery

By: charlotte

charlotte — Thu, 10 Aug 2006 08:09:00 +0000

hello from germany,
would you please tell me the deadline for the wardrobe-surgery. I want to join the competition but can’t find this information!

By: Domesticated » What once was old is new again…

Domesticated » What once was old is new again… — Wed, 02 Aug 2006 01:01:29 +0000

[...] Sometimes I will eat lunch at my desk and poke around the few safe sites I can surf while at work. Today, I ended up on whipup.net and was specifically interested in this post. I noticed July’s contest after it was over - too bad. I had a bag I was working on at the time that would have fit in nicely with the theme. But now… the August contest is here and Woo! Something I can actually participate in! [...]

By: jill danyelle

jill danyelle — Sun, 30 Jul 2006 21:24:34 +0000

wow! thanks for mentioning my site under resources. i’ll try to be worthy. AND the admiration is mutual.

By: miss violet

miss violet — Sun, 30 Jul 2006 05:32:11 +0000

I can understand wanting to stay impartial. I guess for me, I just kind of squick at companies that do unethical things and try to put happy pro-crafter faces on it while their actions are totally the opposite of their public “goals”, y’know?

For me, at least, I’d rather give my money to an equally-good resource that doesn’t try to sue local crafting groups, in order to encourage the positive behaviours over the ethically-questionable.

By: admin

admin — Sat, 29 Jul 2006 23:04:18 +0000

I have reconsidered offering sew fast sew easy book as a prize - not wanting to endorse the controversy surrounding the trade marking issue. But in the interests of impartiality I will be reviewing the book - as one of whipups goals is to provide impartial commentary on what is happening in the craft world.

By: miss violet

miss violet — Sat, 29 Jul 2006 17:37:12 +0000

Yikes…is it a good idea to be supporting the whole Sew Fast, Sew Easy thing after the way they tried to hijack the “Stitch & Bitch” term from the local groups, and how nasty they’ve been to Debbie Stoller and the knitters?

I love this topic and all, but the ethics of that particular company just leaves a bad taste in my mouth.

By: leilani

leilani — Sat, 29 Jul 2006 13:52:03 +0000

UGH i cant believe you are giving away the book by sew fast so sleazy after what they have done to the knitting community.