December 2012 – PlanetJune by June Gilbank: Blog

Accessory-Along CAL roundup

December 31, 2012 @ 8:56 am · Filed under: CAL roundups

Time for the final CAL roundup of the year! The Accessory-Along was started in October, but we decided to extend it until now, so CALers could make lots of Christmas presents. I designed 2 new donationware patterns for this CAL: the Frosty Windows Scarf and Chunky Moebius Cowl – you’ll see lots of both of […]

Christmas CAL 2012 roundup

December 25, 2012 @ 4:34 am · Filed under: CAL roundups

Happy Christmas! Let’s celebrate with a look at the results of the 2012 PlanetJune Christmas Crochet-Along. Thank you to everyone who joined in; as always it’s so much fun to see what you’ve made. My contribution to this CAL was a thread crocheted poinsettia: And now get ready to have your day brightened with an […]

Dino-Mania CAL roundup

December 16, 2012 @ 11:50 am · Filed under: CAL roundups

This extended 6-week CAL theme was Dino-Mania including my 9 original dinosaur patterns and the 9 new expansion pack patterns: Those are my 18 dinos; now take a look at the Dino-Mania CAL roundup – it’s an explosion of colour! I hope you’ll love seeing all these dinosaurs together as much as I do…

thread crochet poinsettia

December 12, 2012 @ 9:51 am · Filed under: Crochet, Other Crafts

If you’ve been following my blog for a while, you may remember that I have a tradition of crafting a new poinsettia every year, to mark the holidays. Here’s the collection to date: Top (L-R): 2006 kanzashi poinsettia; 2007 crocheted poinsettia Middle (L-R) 2008 polymer clay poinsettia; 2009 punchneedle poinsettia Bottom (L-R) 2010 felt poinsettia; […]

free pattern: Chunky Moebius Cowl

December 7, 2012 @ 8:57 am · Filed under: Crochet, Patterns

Dear Readers, this is my Christmas present to you: a super-fast free crochet pattern that might just be the solution to all the last-minute gifts still remaining on your list! Just look at all the variety you can create using this one simple pattern: Based on a Möbius strip, the Chunky Moebius Cowl is worked […]

December update

December 5, 2012 @ 10:01 am · Filed under: General

Christmas CAL and Contest I can’t believe it’s that time again already! I hope you’ll take part in this year’s PlanetJune Christmas CAL; it’s turned into an annual tradition. I now have 9 seasonal patterns to choose from (several of which are free/donationware), there’ll be prizes for all participants, and you can browse through the lovely […]