Knitting Groups Lash Out at NYC Favorite Sewing School

The buzz in the craft world is that NYC's favorite sewing school, Sew Fast Sew Easy, Inc. has sent a cease and decist letter to a Chicago based snb group. Since the issuance of this decree, the owner Brenda Jarnis, has listed many notifications on the web in an effort to discredit the school. What is really interesting is that the knitters have attempted to get the school to back down on behalf of Ms. Jarnis, who has dissappeared into the background like a shrinking violet.

Who has not come out publicly about this issue is self proclaimed snb queen Debbie Stoller or SFSE owner, Elissa Meyrich. To add to the drama, knitters including blog queen Shannon Okey are trying effortlessly to move on the school to leave knitters alone. Instead of focusing on her book release in September and without knowing the whole story, she fighting fearlessly against this small business.

I have taken classes at Sew Fast Sew Easy, Inc. so I would have to admit that there is a little partialness to the SFSE team who try to make sewing easy and fun. The team at SFSE has not commented on this issue, so we do not have their side of the story yet, however, I am sure that there will be some new updates to this story in the future.
Kevin Margolis 05/12/2005


! Main Points
Protect your intellectual properties before someone else does.
Never cheapen yourself by getting into other's business
Don't say a word when things get heated


In defense of Sew Fast Sew Easy, they did have a trademark and with the trademark they are entitled to rights that include prevention of seemingly similar registrations or use. Knitting and sewing are craft and therefore related.

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