April 2014 – PlanetJune by June Gilbank: Blog

Managing Customer Support

April 23, 2014 @ 8:52 am · Filed under: Craft Business Help

Customer support is an area that continually grows as your business expands and you acquire more customers who may need your help. I’ve been running PlanetJune for over 7 years now, and I have many thousands of customers – that’s the potential for a lot of people who may need my support! Sometimes the task […]

pattern re-releases: Plants

April 17, 2014 @ 5:34 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. Time for the next batch of re-releases (and a test run for some improvements to my shop – keep […]

Meerkat Design Report #4

April 14, 2014 @ 11:05 am · Filed under: Crochet, My Craft Business

I’ve been 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 – Part 3: Making The Head Last time, I’d figured […]

finger protector for crocheters (or knitters)

April 9, 2014 @ 9:01 am · Filed under: Crochet, Sewing

When I was writing my new book, I had a lot of project samples to crochet in a short period of time, and that’s pretty hard on the hands. This is how I crochet (and this is my meerkat amigurumi, not a book project!) When I’ve been crocheting for a while, the yarn starts to […]

free pattern: Tiny Eggs (in a Nest)

April 2, 2014 @ 9:04 am · Filed under: Crochet, Patterns

Today I have a new fast and easy donationware pattern for you: Tiny Eggs! Make miniature (1″/2.5cm) crocheted eggs that are still egg-shaped despite their diminutive size. Decorate for Easter with a bowl of calorie-free ‘chocolate’ eggs (just don’t eat them!) or make them as realistic-sized songbird eggs. Tiny Eggs is a free pattern, but […]

April update

April 1, 2014 @ 10:32 am · Filed under: General

I’m still on the giddy high of being my own boss again and having real time to work on my business instead of squeezing PlanetJune things in around book priorities. It feels so satisfying every time I get to cross something off my to-do list; many items have been on there for well over a […]