I have been challenging myself to enter the whiplash contest on whipup\u00a0every month:<\/p>\n
Every month I take the theme and then figure out something I can do with it to challenge myself and to create something I like.\u00a0I’m\u00a0sure if I made different things I would have a better chance of winning, but that’s not the reason why I enter.<\/p>\n
But here is November’s brief:<\/p>\n
“NOVEMBER is officially ALT CRAFT month – Non-traditional crafts with an edge
\nUse of alternative materials with traditional techniques or traditional materials with original patterns”<\/em><\/p><\/blockquote>\nI have been thinking it over for 2 weeks and I cannot think of anything I could make that would fit into this category. And then it came to me: I am not alternative<\/em>. And maybe that’s okay\u00a0– I make up my own designs and patterns, so\u00a0my work is\u00a0not entirely traditional or derivative. I’ve seen some\u00a0amazing alt-craft\u00a0projects on craftster<\/a>\u00a0etc, but\u00a0I admire them without wanting to do something similar. I like the things I make, and I don’t want to put time and effort into making something that doesn’t “fit” with me.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n
Maybe I’m not alone in this… There are suspiciously few entries this month (only 5 at the time of writing)\u00a0– a lot less than usual. Maybe everyone is too busy, or leaving it to the last minute, but maybe there are others who feel the same as me.<\/p>\n
Kudos to the folks at whipup for creating whiplash and the amount of crafty brilliance it generates each month. I’m not criticizing their choice of theme. I just wonder: is\u00a0‘alternative’\u00a0now the only way to be cool?\u00a0Have I just\u00a0pigeonholed myself into\u00a0the ‘unhip’ corner? I am proud of my work the way it is and I don’t want to feel pressurized to change my style (even though the pressure is probably all in my head).<\/p>\n
And that’s why I’m not going to enter whiplash this month.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
I have been challenging myself to enter the whiplash contest on whipup\u00a0every month: I\u00a0crocheted a bag in July (bags) I refashioned a skirt into a dress in August (wardrobe surgery) I crocheted a hat in September (hats) I made a bracelet in October (accessories) Every month I take the theme and then figure out something […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":"","jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-32","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-general"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.planetjune.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/32","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.planetjune.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.planetjune.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.planetjune.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.planetjune.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=32"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.planetjune.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/32\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.planetjune.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=32"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.planetjune.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=32"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.planetjune.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=32"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}