February 2017 – PlanetJune by June Gilbank: Blog

Trend Watch: Crocheted Plants

February 24, 2017 @ 6:20 am · Filed under: Crochet, My Craft Business

Ever since I designed my African Violet pattern in 2009, I’ve been steadily building my collection of crocheted plants in crocheted pots. I love how they look realistic, but not in a tacky plastic-faux-plant way – they’re obviously handcrafted. Whenever I give a crocheted plant as a gift, it’s always really well received. And they’re […]

Mini Mammals crochet pattern

February 15, 2017 @ 8:15 am · Filed under: Crochet, Patterns

Today I’m excited to present a new pattern collection featuring some of the world’s cutest little mouse-like animals: Mini Mammals! Although you may not have heard of all of them before, you won’t be able to resist their big-eyed cuteness… L-R: a long-nosed Sengi, a jumping Jerboa, and an adorable pet Mouse And when I […]

canvas prints of my wildlife photos

February 10, 2017 @ 9:49 am · Filed under: Art

2016 was a year of amazing travel experiences for me. Within two months, we had two completely different and equally wondrous wildlife experiences on literally opposite sides of the world, and I wanted to commemorate our adventures, so I chose one of my favourite photos from each trip, and had them professionally printed onto canvas. […]