Karrie from girl on the rocks has started up a whiplash group over at flickr – great idea … check it out.

Good luck! can’t wait to see all the fab entries and showcase some here on whipup!

Check out why, and continue to support this terrific indie handcraft shop. ::shanalogic

AUSTRALIAN CONTEMPORARY • DESIGNER CLOTHING • KNITWEAR • TEXTILES • CHILDREN’S WEAR • ACCESSORIES • JEWELLERY • AFFORDABLE ART • HOMEWARES

when: May 3 to May 5 – times vary – check the website ::Melbourne Made

where: St James Anglican Church Hall, Cnr High Street and Burke Road, Glen Iris, Melway ref 59 G8

contact: Email: melanie (at) creativewomen.com.au

how much: Gold coin donation going to the Melanoma Awareness Foundation for awareness, support and research

Thank you to everyone for entering, sorry if your entry did not make it to the final eight. It was a tough decision, there were lots of great entries. And now I want to see which one YOU the readers like best, to that end I will be running three polls to see which banner is going to be the new WhipUp Banner.

The last of the promised three polls. Giving everybody a chance to share their opinion. I am amazed by the spread of opinion out there. Keep on the participatory spirit.

You will need to go the banner competition page to view the eight finalists. And you will also need to refresh yourself with WhipUp’s manifesto.

The second poll is WhipUp’s Manifesto – please ensure that when voting you are thinking about some of the key points in the manifesto.

paper magpie: online PDF of what looks to be a fabulous paper making tutorial – recycled post consumer paper. The original photoset of this tutorial is still available at Flickr, but for $3 the PDF looks like a good deal.

I must admit I am a bit late with reviewing this book. It is gaining wide spread popularity and already has secured a movie deal with Julia Roberts playing the lead (she is mentioned in the book too).

In brief without giving away the plot, its a story of a single mother starting her own business and dealing with loneliness, a teenage daughter and mistakes made in her past. It is also about the knitting group and the various stories of everyone involved. An emotional story, a bit of a tear jerker, an easy read with interesting and believable characters. There are a few strange story concepts that I found were a bit weak, such as the ex who disappeared when the baby was born and turns up years later (still not sure of his reasons) and also the best friend who disappears and then turns up years later as well … However it all comes together somewhere in the middle, this is where I became hooked and was able to suspend disbelief and get right into it. The end … which I won’t give away, … lets just say I was dissatisfied with how it ended, which is not to say it was not gripping right to the end.

Find out more about the book here.

stumbling across one baby jacket led me to more and ever more cute and adorable and easy jackets. check them out.

(left image from here, right image here)
Others:

Love this jacket by ::six & and a half stitches ::debbie bliss quick knits baby jacket ::debbie bliss ribbed jacket ::childhood pattern at knitty.com ::joseph jacket at knitty.com ::elizabeth zimmerman baby surprise jacket ::this cute jacket is an adaptation of this pattern from knitty.com ::hooded jacket

(jacket on left is from here and is a pattern from vogue knits, jacket on right is from here and is a pattern from last minute knits – there is an online corrected version pdf)

::baby kimono from interweave 2005 ::adorable crossover cardigan ::free online pattern for baby crossover cardigan ::adorable free pattern for a baby yoda sweater ::free online pattern for a kimono cargidan

(pattern on left is from here and is alpaca and is from simple knits for cherished babes and on the right is the trellis baby cable jacket from knitty.com and is from here)

The in-progress of the crochet babette blanket at adorn mag is wonderful (left image). I also love the colours used in purl bees blanket (right image). Check out more the babette blanket pool and if you want to make one there is a pattern in interweave crochet 2006.

Heather wrote: I wanted to let you know that our craft mafia chapter, the Charm City Craft Mafia, is now accepting applications for our upcoming event (June), Pile Of Craft. Interested parties can visit ::the website to apply and get more info. Thanks!