December 2017 – PlanetJune by June Gilbank: Blog

South Africa wildlife XI: last Kruger Safari

December 20, 2017 @ 1:22 pm · Filed under: Wildlife & Nature

Last year we had our first safari trip to Kruger, and it was as amazing as you’d expect. We took two tours with experienced safari guides, and spent a day with friends who had a car. This year, for our second Kruger trip and as a finale to our African experience, we hired a car […]

pink cabled cardigan

December 15, 2017 @ 4:21 pm · Filed under: Knitting

This is sweater #11 of my ‘learn to knit by making a dozen self-designed sweaters’ project. (Here are links to #1, #2, #3, #4, #5, #6, #7 #8, #9, and #10, if you’d like to see my progress.) With only 2 sweaters left to go, I didn’t think I could really claim to have conquered […]

11 Free Last-Minute Christmas Crochet Patterns

December 8, 2017 @ 10:22 am · Filed under: Crochet, Patterns

Still wondering what to give your family, friends and co-workers for Christmas? I have you covered with lots of quick and easy seasonal donationware patterns! From Christmas decorations to stocking stuffer gifts to snuggly scarves and cowls, here are my suggestions of 11 free PlanetJune patterns for you. (You can use the online version of […]

back home in Canada!

December 2, 2017 @ 4:27 pm · Filed under: General

I’ve been back in Canada for just over a week now and I’ve just about finished organising the most critical things, so now I can take a breath and start to enjoy myself! Ahh, this is the beautiful Ontario that I’ve been missing 🙂 Although winter hasn’t set in properly yet here, this is already […]