September 2010 – PlanetJune by June Gilbank: Blog

announcing: PlanetJune Accessories!

September 29, 2010 @ 10:38 am · Filed under: Crochet, My Craft Business, Patterns

I’m so excited (and a little bit nervous) to finally reveal my big secret project that I’ve been working on for the past few months. Although I love my amigurumi patterns, I have more to give in the crochet field, so I’ve come up with a new design line: PlanetJune Accessories. Don’t forget to read […]

disastrous prototypes!

September 23, 2010 @ 11:22 am · Filed under: Crochet

I thought I’d share a little more insight into my design process today – just so you know that things don’t always turn out perfectly the first time, even when you’ve been designing for years, and why I think that’s not a bad thing. I challenge myself to come up with new techniques to keep […]

fall seasonal patterns & crochetalong

September 15, 2010 @ 10:23 am · Filed under: Crochet, Patterns

Don’t miss the Fall Crochet-Along info and discount code at the end of this post! Did you know that, as of right now, I have 75 crochet patterns in my shop?! That’s a lot to look through! I thought some of you may be new to the wonderful world of PlanetJune (ha!) or might appreciate […]

designing a kingfisher

September 10, 2010 @ 1:35 pm · Filed under: Crochet, Patterns

Oooh, look what just arrived yesterday: the new issue of Inside Crochet. And, hello, what’s that on p92? Yay, it’s my new Kingfisher design! When Inside Crochet commissioned me to make a colourful design, I knew I wanted to make something British (as it’s a UK magazine, and as a salute to the lovely wildlife […]

Summer CAL roundup

September 7, 2010 @ 10:13 am · Filed under: CAL roundups

First up: the August ‘Review and Win’ winner is… Cora S, with her review of my Dinosaurs Set 1 patterns: I am very happy with this pattern. June has a way of explaining things very clearly. I love they simplicity of the design. I am almost finished the brachiosaurus and look forward to finishing the […]

triple vs treble crochet

September 1, 2010 @ 12:51 pm · Filed under: Crochet

or, Why I Love Twitter… Yesterday I had a thought about the “tr” abbreviation in crochet. I know that some people call it a triple crochet stitch, and others call it a treble crochet stitch, but I haven’t seen any clear differentiation for why or when you should use one or the other. This is […]