If you are in Canberra, come along next week to the opening of the country show – should be heaps of fun. Poster design by Ampersand Duck.

Or as Pip puts it a “Where the Wild Fingers” puppet. Super sweet. Link to tutorial.

Wild Things Tote by Courtney Russel from Two Straight Lines posted at b:kids – isn’t it just too cute.

So much Halloween stuff going on – here are a few more goodies to get you in the mood – if you celebrate that is.

fun pumpkin penguin – for the kids – and another costume for a pumpkin at dollar store crafts and zakka life.
Halloween Pillow Box – free printable
dreadlock wig for halloween
the yummy mummy’s hand – too funny – great for the kids
glitter candy ornaments
Halloween found object tree
Halloween papercraft invitations – lovely and gothic
Halloween Tombstones and Ghost Gourds
recycled halloween paper bag bowls [see image above]
painted pumpkins [via how about orange]
homemade candy corn
for the kids - make your own spider web [via the crafty crow]
Betz White’s felt jack-o-lantern wall hanging [see image above]
simple crafty pumpkin idea with sweet paul
Robotic rovin pumpkin – love this geek halloween diy
bloody pumpkins [via geek craft]
how to make a fake beard

Sorry for the tardy roundup this week – we have been migrating our server to give it a little more space and it took a wee bit longer than anticipated (and we are still testing). Also I have been collating and with the help of a few others choosing the participants for the 2010 whipup.net calendar – see the results here. Even with all that – whipup has still been super busy … and Happy thanksgiving to Canadians.

1. DID YOU MANAGE TO SEE … our ultimate halloween knitting roundup … and the colour wheel for crafters …
2. BOOKS WE REVIEWED: … blogging e-book …
3. MY FAVE CRAFT THIS WEEK: … I love the neighbourly knitted vest pattern …
4. FOR YOU: … butterfly wristwarmers … seeta fingerless gloves … necklace …
5. FOR THE HOUSE: … fabric baskets … dish towels … fabric flowers ...
6. HALLOWEEN / CHRISTMAS / GIFT GIVING: … Catrina dolls … leather brooch … gift box bow … Halloween crafts roundup …
7. FOR THE KIDS: … fabric belt … red cordial revolution … kids softie … toddler backpack … short sleeved kids sweater … owl softie …

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Where can you purchase?

Get your calendar from Redbubble - for Australians + rest of the world – very reasonable postage to Europe, Asian, South America. RedBubble calendars are satin-coated prints on high quality art paper. They’re A3 size (that’s 297×420mm, or 11.69×16.54″).

Get your calendar from lulu - for US residents (postage to rest of the world is a little expensive – but the calendar is a little less expensive). Lulu standard calendar is 11″ x 17″ (open) on gloss paper.

Thank you to everyone who entered the 2010 whipup calendar comp. You can check out all the entries here.

Thank you also to our fabulous judges:

Nicole of craftapalooza and also regular contributor to whipup
Justine of the wonderful crafty zine: Mixtape zine
Jan from the fabulous design blog: poppytalk
Kate of wildslings and occasional book reviewer at whipup
Lisa Solomon – fabulous artist: Lisa Solomon
Pip author and crafty entrepreneur: meet me at mikes
Sandra from her zen art and whose viking softie was our cover image from last years calendar
Jonathan – brother, IT helper at whipup, the dude behind the new fabulous easy ad system: igloo

Who are the participants:
COVER: Susan Chi (Tada’s Revolution), Grand Theft Auto, 2009. Characters crocheted with yarn.
www.tadasrevolution.com/

JANUARY: Margaret Oomen, Homage to sea sew, 2009. Sea stones & wood slice covered with handmade crocheted lace, vintage thimbles, sea glass, feathers, ferns & moss.
www.resurrectionfern.typepad.com

FEBRUARY: Fiona Lech, Hexagon pincushion, 2009. Machine sewn & hand finished using new & vintage fabrics & buttons.
www.dearfii.com

MARCH: Tania Patritti (Ninon), The Cherrybomb Family, 2009. Made with new & recycled fabric, filled with polyfil.
www.superninon.blogspot.com

APRIL: Shannah Burton, Hare, 2009. Made with wool felt, machine stitched & hand embroidered.
www.daskaninchen.etsy.com

MAY: Amy Bethune, Lola (the pet pouch project), 2009. Made with fabric & velcro, machine sewn. Find the diy project.
www.theb-line.blogspot.com

JUNE: Eva Monleón (Misako Mimoko), Doli Bank Robber, 2009. Made with vintage fabrics, stuffed with polyfill with a hand embroidered face.
www.misakomimoko.com

JULY: Laura Amiss, Little legs, 2009. Made with free hand machine embroidery (cotton, muslin, felt & lace).
www.lauraamiss.etsy.com

AUGUST: Maya Donenfeld, Summer Dreams, 2008. Made with vintage pillow cases & grosgrain ribbon.
www.mayamade.com

SEPTEMBER: Malka Dubrawsky, Big Nate Quilt, 2009. Made with hand dyed & commercial fabric, machine pieced & machine quilted.
www.stitchindye.com

OCTOBER: Ann Wood, Chillingworth, (Owl in progress), 2009. Made from a Victorian mourning bodice.
www.annwood.net/blog + www.annwoodhandmade.com

NOVEMBER: Blair Stocker, Morning Mitts (in progress), 2008. Morning Mitts from ‘The Knitters Book of Yarn’, using Noro Kureyon
www.blairpeter.typepad.com

DECEMBER: Maritza Soto (Soto softies), Love is in the air, 2008. Made with wool felt, fabric, polyfil, plastic safety eyes & embroidery floss.
www.sotosofties.blogspot.com

LOVING these. Link.

This is a little rippa of a project. Link to tutorial, picture totally pinched from One Flew Over.

Link to tutorial.

with Halloween just around the corner you need get your Halloween
knitting projects started and finished quick. Here are some fabulous
knitting projects – some quick – some might take a wee bit longer – from
skulls to pumpkins and everything in between.

Shawls + Scarves + Mitts + Slippers
spider scarf - free ravelry download [see pic]
Spiderman afghan
Skull Illusion Scarf
Yorick skull scarf
skully fingerless mitts
elf slippers

Knitted costumes
Hallowig
Handy Spider Webs (ravelry download)
Knitted eyepatch (ravelry download)
Bokaclava (Bok is a gargoyle/demon from Doctor Who episode ‘The Daemons’)
Jackyll & Hyde mask
knitted ninja mask
Allete knitted wings [see pic]
Little red riding hook cloak
Elvis wig
crochet moustache hat costume
Witch hat
masquerade mask
spiderweb bra
felted crown (lion brand free pattern – need to sign in)
crochet witches hat

Halloween themed hats
Felted baby yoda hat [see pic - project pic from laurenswool]
witch cats hat
Oblio’s cap
candy corn crochet hat
baby pumpkin hat
crochet kitty hat
skull hats

dishcloths
batty, skully and kitty dishcloths [see pic]
Illusion candy corn dishcloth
pacman and ghost dishcloth
‘boo’ baby dishcloth

Pumpkins
knitted felted pumpkins
autumn pumpkins
miniature felted pumpkins
fall pumpkins [see pic]
great pumpkin

Skulls + skeletons
Algormortis teapot cosy
skull knitting chart
skull and crossbones lace
Day of the dead crochet skull
Las Calacas Danzantes Socks [see pic]
jack skeleton doll

for your pets
skull dog coat
candy corn cat sweater [see pic]

Treat bags
candycorn bag (lionbrand pattern – you need to sign in)
pacman bag
catch his eye - bag
skull and crossbones felted bag
Hello yarn skull tote
knit like a pirate bag [see pic - image from jeanniefanihi ravelry user]

TRICKS + TREATS
Knitted toilet paper
knitted eyeballs
giant eyeball from dominknitrix
Amigurumi Spider
Futurama’s Brain Slugs
Psychotic Tomato [pic from SylvChezPlum]
cute candy corn
crochet candy corn at lionbrand
chauncey the softie skull
severed finger
knitted and felted bat (lionbrand)