As there were 2 simultaneous Crochet-Alongs running for the first half of this month, and the Valentine’s CAL was so popular, I wasn’t sure we’d get many entries in the Plant-Along. I’m happy to have been proved wrong! Here’s the spectacular roundup for February’s Plant-Along CAL – and keep reading to the end to find […]
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Archive for February 2012
PlanetJune Stories: Rita Elenius
Today’s PlanetJune Story is from Rita Elenius from Finland. I’ve heard from several people who’ve used my Basic Rose pattern to crochet the flowers for their wedding bouquets and boutonnieres, but Rita chose something a little less traditional for her own wedding… Rita writes: I just wanted to send a small thank you for the […]
amigurumi faces: secure stitching
Link easily to this tutorial in your patterns: www.planetjune.com/amifaces or www.planetjune.com/stitching I have a little trick that I use when I’m embroidering noses etc onto amigurumi faces, to easily hide the starting and ending tails of my thread and to keep my stitches secure. I thought you might like to see it in action in […]
Baby Bunnies crochet pattern
Bunnies are one of the most commonly-designed toys – maybe second only to the ubiquitous teddy bear. I’ve even designed 3 different bunnies myself, previously. But I don’t think I’ve ever seen a realistically-shaped amigurumi rabbit, which is strange when you think about it, because real bunnies (especially babies) are one of the cutest things […]
book review: Simply Crochet
I won the eBook version of this book through its blog tour, so I decided to review it for you. The following, as always, is based on my honest opinions! Overview Simply Crochet: 22 Stylish Designs for Every Day by Robyn Chachula is a crochet project book built around an unusual but useful premise: stash-busting! […]
Cape Town wildlife IX
This is the ninth post in my monthly series on the fascinating nature I encounter here in South Africa. This post should be subtitled What I Did On My Holidays: over the Christmas holiday, we decided to have a stay-cation and explore the area around Cape Town with a few day trips. There’s really no […]
Valentine’s CAL roundup
We had a little bonus crochet-along this month, for V-day. The Valentine’s CAL used my free Love Hearts and Basic Rose patterns: So here are some beautiful crocheted hearts and flowers for you, courtesy of the PlanetJune Ravelry group members! (For speed, I just give credit with participants’ Ravelry usernames.) Veggie & camaharet Lightblue & […]
Pricing Amigurumi
Setting prices for amigurumi can be very tricky. I thought I’d offer some pointers that may help you to set reasonable prices if you want to sell the amigurumi you’ve crocheted. As you may know, I allow people to sell items made from any of my patterns (provided they give me credit as the designer). […]
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