March 2014 – PlanetJune by June Gilbank: Blog

Meerkat Design Report #3

March 28, 2014 @ 10:22 am · Filed under: Crochet, My Craft Business

I’ll be sharing my process as I design my amigurumi Meerkat crochet pattern – hope you find this behind-the-scenes journey through what goes into a PlanetJune design interesting! To catch up, see: – Part 1: Research, Shape, Colour and Sketch – Part 2: Construction Decisions Last time, I’d decided how to approach my design, and […]

pattern re-releases: African animals

March 26, 2014 @ 9:25 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. With my Meerkat design in progress, it seemed fitting to select all my other African animal patterns for the […]

Meerkat Design Report #2

March 24, 2014 @ 10:23 am · Filed under: Crochet, My Craft Business

I’ll be sharing my process as I design my amigurumi Meerkat crochet pattern – hope you find this behind-the-scenes journey through what goes into a PlanetJune design interesting! To catch up, see Part 1: Research, Shape, Colour and Sketch Last time, I’d completed my sketch and chosen my yarns, and was ready to start thinking […]

Baby Bunnies 2 pattern

March 20, 2014 @ 10:11 am · Filed under: Crochet, Patterns

Once of my most popular crochet patterns is my Baby Bunnies set – they seem to have really captured my customers’ imaginations, and I’ve seen dozens of people who’ve each made dozens of baby bunnies – they’re multiplying like, um, rabbits! And now you can get even more value from this pattern, by buying my […]

Meerkat Design Report #1

March 14, 2014 @ 9:40 am · Filed under: Crochet, My Craft Business

I’ll be sharing my process as I design my amigurumi Meerkat crochet pattern – hope you find this behind-the-scenes journey through what goes into a PlanetJune design interesting! I originally intended to design my meerkat during the Ravellenic Games, and this (below) is the first and only post I managed to complete before I realised […]

pattern re-releases: Alpaca & Baby Bunnies

March 11, 2014 @ 7:49 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. I finally have time to resume my crochet pattern re-release project! I’m starting back in gently, by re-releasing a […]

Primroses crochet pattern

March 6, 2014 @ 8:55 am · Filed under: Crochet, Patterns

Nothing says Spring quite like the sight of a primrose. One of the earliest-blossoming spring flowers (the name ‘primrose’ is actually from the Latin for ‘first rose’, although it’s not a rose!) you may also know these pretty plants as primulas, and the closely-related and similar-looking polyanthus. But why wait for Spring? Bring a taste […]

crocheted yoga mat strap

March 3, 2014 @ 9:33 am · Filed under: Crochet

A link on Twitter led me to the pattern for this ingenious crocheted yoga mat strap, designed by Sara at My Merry Messy Life. Instead of just saying ‘that’s clever’ and posting it to Pinterest, I decided it could be just what I need for my own yoga mat! Sara designed the strap to go […]