July 2008 – PlanetJune by June Gilbank: Blog

AfricAmi: Elephant, Hippo, Rhino

July 30, 2008 @ 9:53 am · Filed under: Patterns

The first set of AfricAmi crochet patterns are now available to purchase from the brand new PlanetJune store! Buy yourself an elephant, hippopotamus or rhinoceros pattern, or treat yourself to all three and save 🙂 All three animals are about 6″ long when worked in bulky weight yarn with a G/4.5mm hook, or you can […]

10% discount and new mailing list

July 27, 2008 @ 7:27 pm · Filed under: General

Exciting changes are afoot at PlanetJune… New Shop As of next week, there will be an all-new PlanetJune crochet pattern store. It will be fully automated, so as soon as your PayPal payment has been completed, you’ll be able to log into your PlanetJune account and download all your patterns. That means no more waiting […]

light tent for better product photography

July 25, 2008 @ 4:07 pm · Filed under: Sewing

One of the biggest frustrations with craft blogging can be to take decent photographs, as photography is so light-dependent. Using the camera flash is too harsh, and using your interior room lighting will give you dimly-lit, orange-tinted photos. The best solution is good natural light (out of direct sunlight, otherwise you will see dark shadows […]

paper models

July 21, 2008 @ 8:22 am · Filed under: Paper Crafts

This weekend, I made these paper models. They are made from PDF files that you print, cut, fold and glue together. The models are very well designed; cutting out all the parts is time-consuming, but it’s amazing that you can make something so realistic from a couple of sheets of paper! You can now see […]

an elephant tale

July 14, 2008 @ 1:48 pm · Filed under: Art, Crochet

Baby Elephant was bored. He wanted to play with his family, but he didn’t know where they were. He walked through the jungle until he spotted someone. “Aha! Here’s one of my family!” he thought… But it wasn’t an elephant at all! “I’ll help you find your family,” said Hippo, and they walked on through […]

displaying finished work

July 13, 2008 @ 1:44 pm · Filed under: Craft Room, Sewing

Do you ever have the problem of figuring out what to do with things after you make them? Unless a handmade item is a gift or something wearable, I usually don’t know what to do with it, and it ends up buried in a pile of ‘stuff’ or hidden in a box and very rarely […]

AquaAmi Polar Bear is here

July 12, 2008 @ 1:37 pm · Filed under: Patterns

Just a quick post to notify you that the AquaAmi Polar Bear crochet pattern is now available for purchase in the PlanetJune shop. Go on, treat yourself and make your own amigurumi polar bear!

simple a-line skirt

July 11, 2008 @ 6:35 pm · Filed under: Sewing

I’ve been very busy crafting this week, but most of it isn’t quite ready to show off yet. But I’m feeling proud of myself, because I made a new skirt from scratch in an evening, and without a pattern: It was really easy – I just traced around an existing skirt, added seam allowance, cut […]