December 2015 – PlanetJune by June Gilbank: Blog

classic Tetris in cross stitch

December 29, 2015 @ 7:10 am · Filed under: Other Crafts

I like to have a relaxing craft project to work on over the holidays, to give me a complete break from work and designing. In December 2011, I’d hoped to do some knitting, but you have to learn to keep plans flexible when you live in Africa: the knitting needles I ordered from my local […]

Punchneedle Butterfly 3: Rajah Brooke’s Birdwing

December 15, 2015 @ 11:46 am · Filed under: Punchneedle

I’ve started an ongoing long term craft project to make a group of different butterflies using Punchneedle embroidery – all different colours and shapes but all based on my interpretation of real species – and mount each one individually on a wall so they all ‘fly’ together in a colourful cloud. It took me the […]

Origami Poinsettia papercraft tutorial

December 10, 2015 @ 2:43 am · Filed under: Paper Crafts, Tutorials

In celebration of my new PlanetJune Papercraft ebook and donationware tutorials, I decided to design a papercraft poinsettia to add to my collection… The ‘petals’ of this Poinsettia are made with origami techniques, and the ‘flower’ is assembled with wire (with an option for sewing thread) – that can also be used to create a […]

basic knitted v-neck pullover

December 2, 2015 @ 8:20 am · Filed under: Knitting

This is sweater #8 of my ‘learn to knit by making a dozen self-designed sweaters’ project. (Here are links to #1, #2, #3, #4, #5, #6 and #7, if you’d like to see my progress.) After the fine yarn and lace of my last cardigan, I wanted a more relaxing knit for my next project. […]