Just a mini-CAL roundup this month, as the main Accessory-Along is in full swing for the rest of the year, so a few people decided to whip up some Halloweeny amigurumi in the meantime as a bonus October CAL. For November, we’ll be continuing the Accessory-Along, and also having an amazing Dino-Mania CAL! I hope […]
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Archive for October 2012
9 new dinosaur crochet patterns
What could be better than my 9 amigurumi dinosaurs? How about 18 amigurumi dinosaurs?! Click image to enlarge! The 9 new dinos are on the left in this picture, with the original 9 on the right. This project has been a long time in the making; I kept getting requests for more dinosaur designs, but […]
Crochet Pattern Re-releases
When I launched my new PlanetJune logo last March, I took the opportunity to completely redesign my pattern stylesheet at the same time. You may have noticed that all my patterns released since then have a subtly different look from my older designs. My game plan is to convert my entire back catalogue into the […]
PlanetJune at Ralph Lauren!
Today I have an amazing PlanetJune story for you: how my Fruit Bat design ended up in the window display of the Ralph Lauren Children’s Store on Madison Avenue, New York! Here’s the Ralph Lauren window. It’s a beautiful display, combining seasonal elements (autumn leaves, pumpkins) with a handmade crafty theme (stitched details on the […]
review: ruffle yarn
The team at Kollabora thought I might enjoy playing with a crochet kit (and they were right!), so they sent me their tutorial for making One-Skein Finger Crochet Scarves, and 2 skeins of Red Heart Boutique Sashay yarn. I’ve been curious about these new novelty ruffle yarns, so I thought I’d review the yarn for […]
Pine Cone Collection crochet pattern
I’ve had to reshuffle my plans a bit this month, as I polled my Ravelry group and discovered that mid-November (my intended release date for this year’s festive pattern) was far too late, so here we are, a month earlier, and it’s time to announce my Christmas design, complete with a launch week discount… My […]
polymer clay shawl pin
A few weeks ago I was browsing the time-suck known as Pinterest and this caught my eye: Faux wood grain polymer clay tutorial from art-rukodelie I loved the wood-grain effect and it gave me an idea: I had a shawl that needed photographing, and I hadn’t played with my polymer clay for months, so it […]
October update
Earn more with the PlanetJune Affiliate program Did you know you can join the PlanetJune Affiliate program, and make 5% of the total of any orders that come when you refer people to my shop? When I sent out the third-quarter payments to members, I noticed that some affiliates hadn’t reached the $2 minimum for payout, […]
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