August 2015 – PlanetJune by June Gilbank: Blog

September plans

August 27, 2015 @ 9:37 am · Filed under: My Craft Business

This September, Dave and I will be taking a trip to the UK and Europe for a long-overdue visit to see our families – yay! We’ll be packing 5 cities in 3 countries into just over 2 weeks, and travelling by air, sea, and road. (I’m just hoping that my knee will hold up, and […]

Maker Faire Cape Town 2015

August 24, 2015 @ 10:50 am · Filed under: General

Yesterday, I attended the first annual Maker Faire in Cape Town and it was inspiring – there was lots to see and explore. We got to see a variety of 3D printers up close and see new concepts that are being designed and created locally. The Maker Movement is clearly thriving here, with electronics, scrap sculpture and […]

Tip: Feeding Yarn Through Button Holes or Beads

August 22, 2015 @ 7:20 am · Filed under: Crochet, Tutorials

Whether you’ve made a sweater, a phone cosy, or jewellery, sometimes you want to add a button to your yarn project and run into a problem… For a perfect match, it’s nice to use the project’s yarn to attach the button – whether that’s to minimise ends to weave in, or just give a polished look. But, […]

South Africa wildlife VIII: Safari!

August 10, 2015 @ 11:22 am · Filed under: Wildlife & Nature

We’ve lived in South Africa for over 4 years, and still hadn’t been on a safari… Until last week, that is! We planned to go to the Kruger National Park (one of the best places in the world to see wild African wildlife) this year, but my recovery after the knee surgery has taken a […]

Summer of Dinosaurs CAL roundup

August 6, 2015 @ 8:08 am · Filed under: CAL roundups

The Summer of Dinosaurs crochet-along was a huge success, with new dinosaurs joining the herd pretty much every day, until we had an amazing 129 completed projects by the end of July! Here’s an overview of all 129 dinos completed during this CAL so you can admire our epic yarny Jurassic Park (if you’d like […]

August update

August 3, 2015 @ 10:47 am · Filed under: General

Anyone for (Crocheted) Fruit? I was honoured that some of my crocheted fruit patterns were used to create the farmer’s market-themed window of the Lion Brand Yarn Studio store in Manhattan! (All the non-PlanetJune fruit and veg were freestyled by the creators of the window display.) I’d love to see this window in person, wouldn’t […]