I didn’t get around to posting this when Amy first opened her online store selling a limited range of products. No fabrics for sale here, but she does have a new stationery line (with Chronicle Books) and scrapbooking supplies (with K & Company).

thank you for all the great entries in the banner comp - If you have been waiting on an email from me for the last 2 days I am sorry - we had been hit by storms and my computer was down for the last 2 days - all back up again now - if you had emailed me to ask about the banner comp in the hours before the comp closed - don’t worry, send through your entry via email today and I will still accept it.

closes on 1 March - get your entries in now. Do you want to win one of those fantastic bundles of books from Princeton Architectural Press? get all the details from the competition page which can be found via the sidebar.

tell us what you think - faves and fantastic.

extended till the 20th of Feb - get those entries in

… is a virtual space that honors the beauty + artistry of hand spun yarn. Check out the galleries teeming with hand spun yarn, makers who use yarn in various ways can submit pictures of their finished objects using hand spun. The deadline for the current “Anything Goes” show is February 20, and submissions are open, as well for other shows, including “Flora”, up next. Yarn Museum.

The idea is simple. Check your stash. See something you know you love but won’t ever use? Put it up for adoption on the site. Someone somewhere will
love it. They will let us know. Postage will be paid. Karma will be dispensed. Easy. Another option is the Swap option. Maybe you have 2 skeins of Koigu in a colour that doesn’t float your boat. Ask for a swap? Maybe someone will be keen. Go to the Good Yarn Karma site for more info.

Did you know that Goodwill - a source of much crafty goodness now has an online
auction site similar to ebay? Thanks Carrie for the tip

an interesting read, some good resources and a mention of our very own Julie. Read the article here.

lots of great indie artists and makers, send in your submissions.

New issue of Adorn mag is out - looks fab + they are running a craft challenge.

Karrie from girl on the rocks sent in this link to the Walker Treasury Project - The goal of the site is to use color photos to document all of the stitch patterns in the Barbara Walker Treasuries (and Mosaic Knitting). The patterns will not be posted on the site since they are protected by copyright. Volunteer swatchers/photographers needed to contribute to this great resource! the brainchild of Nicole from all buttoned up.

Burda style is an online pattern resource - with free downloadable patterns.

jeanie at flit knits sent in this link to a great resource - The Vintage Pattern Lending Library

A hospital needing a cheaper alternative to fake breasts has begun knitting its own. The woolly breasts are being used at Liverpool Women’s Hospital to show new mothers how to breastfeed and how to express milk if necessary. Read the whole article.

We have been working behind the scenes to bring some new features to whipup. In the side bar is a news section, in this area will be posted the occasional whipup news item as well as craft events and craft related news. I hope you will check out the sidebar often to see what is happening. If you are reading this via a news feed then the side bar items will show up in the feed as usual.

Also we have added a contact us form which makes contacting us much easier. So please send in your thoughts, tips and ideas.

Of course we have the contest pages - whiplash and the design a banner competition, which I am hoping lots of people will enter as there are some really fantastic prizes.

Thank you all for reading

Lea at The Needle in a Haystack is hosting this mystery Crochet Along for a simple graph potholder - each day she will post step by step instructions and at the end of a week, if you have followed along, you will have a cute cotton potholder with a heart motif.

Carrie from thread & thimble sent in a link to this story of bunch of feisty nuns on the run after their knitting business was mired in debt. Apparently most of the debt came from their trips to Paris fashion shows, so they could keep up with the latest fashions when designing their knitted items to sell to the locals.

Poppytalk has a new feature - etsy pick of the day. Great way to get your etsy products noticed. Send your submissions to poppytalkblogATyahoo.ca or check out the past etsy features.

New pledges are starting over on Wardrobe Refashion tomorrow - and the new look is fantastic. Go and pledge now!