May 2013 - PlanetJune by June Gilbank: Blog

May Flowers CAL roundup

May 31, 2013 @ 12:40 pm · Filed under: CAL roundups

The May Flowers CAL included all my botanical patterns: flowers, plants and fruit. As you’ll see below, the clear winner for ‘most popular pattern’ this month was my African Violets – the first potted plant I ever designed! Now, roundup time! (And don’t forget to keep reading to the end for the June CAL details…)

pattern re-releases: AquaAmi

May 20, 2013 @ 10:57 am · Filed under: My Craft Business, Patterns

I’m updating my entire back catalogue of patterns with extra information and tips and a new space-saving layout, and re-releasing them in batches as they are ready. Please see the Pattern Re-Release FAQ for more information. Continuing with my pattern re-release project, all the old-style AquaAmi crochet patterns have been reformatted, and any of these […]

Chains and Slip Stitches in Amigurumi

May 13, 2013 @ 11:27 am · Filed under: Crochet, Tutorials

Link easily to this tutorial in your patterns: www.planetjune.com/tension With all crochet, to keep your stitches even, you keep the yarn under tension, so a controlled amount of yarn forms each stitch and all the resulting stitches will be the same size. This is particularly true for amigurumi; if your stitches aren’t consistently tight, it’s […]

May update

May 9, 2013 @ 6:30 am · Filed under: General

A Personal Note I’ve been trying to put on a brave face, but I’m really struggling at the moment: my life, especially this immigration-related stuff, has got insanely stressful. I’m still doing what I can for PlanetJune, but stress and creativity don’t mix well, and my progress is frustratingly slow. This situation won’t last forever […]

knitted shawl collar pullover

May 3, 2013 @ 9:25 am · Filed under: Knitting

Now I understand how knit and purl stitches look and work, I’ve started examining all the knitted items in my wardrobe to see how the various elements fit together. I decided it’d be interesting to see if I could re-make a store-bought sweater by using it as my ‘pattern’ for my next piece of knitwear […]