Link easily to this tutorial in your patterns: www.planetjune.com/finish Continuing with my plan to make video tutorials for every essential amigurumi technique, here’s the latest one: the Ultimate Finish. This is the neatest way to fasten off and close the remaining hole when you’ve finished crocheting a piece of amigurumi. Together with the invisible decrease, […]
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Archive for September 2012
Rippled Lace Rectangular Shawl crochet pattern
With the Accessory-Along crochet-along about to begin on October 1st, this was perfect timing for me to launch my latest PlanetJune Accessories design, the Rippled Lace Rectangular Shawl. Two harmonising shades of yarn undulate together to create a beautiful gossamer-fine shawl with airy lightness and amazing drape. The lace pattern has a 2-row repeat, so […]
creating an outdoor photo studio
I finished my new PlanetJune Accessories shawl design in June. The pattern was ready, the stitch diagrams were ready, the blocked and beautiful sample was ready. Only one thing remained to do before I could publish it: the cover photos. I don’t feel comfortable here walking around by myself in a dress, carrying a (relatively) […]
positioning amigurumi eyes
Link easily to this tutorial in your patterns: www.planetjune.com/eyes Looking for options for eyes and noses? Or online eye sources? If not, read on: Judging the best eye positions for amigurumi is a skill that doesn’t come easily to most people. I know from talking to my customers that it can be very frustrating when […]
AmiDogs Rottweiler crochet pattern
It’s amazing how quickly time flies – it’s been over a year since my last AmiDogs design (the Basset Hound who accompanies my amigurumi Columbo) but, thanks to my Commissions system, it’s time to add to the collection with my 20th dog crochet pattern, AmiDogs Rottweiler. With 19 dog breed designs under my belt, I […]
basic knit raglan cardigan
Look what I made! This was my second ever knitting project, after the wristwarmers I made last year. I lost my knitting momentum as I waited 3 months for the needles I’d ordered to arrive in South Africa, and found it very difficult to pick it back up again, especially as my plan was pretty […]
Commissions Review: 6 months
It’s now been 6 months since I started my crowd-sourced commissions process and I thought this would be a good point to step back and re-evaluate the process. In case you aren’t interested in my review, I should mention first that there are now 12 new design options on the Commissions list, so please click […]
wip project organiser
Sometimes an idea is so simple you can’t believe it never occurred to you before – and this is one of them. I have a system for organising my crochet WIPs (works in progress): each project gets its own zip-lock bag or plastic tub, and the yarn, hook, swatches or prototypes, completed pieces, and any […]
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