October 2024 – PlanetJune by June Gilbank: Blog

join the Reindeer Games 2024 crochet-along!

October 31, 2024 @ 4:21 pm · Filed under: CAL roundups, Crochet

The fourth annual PlanetJune Reindeer Games CAL begins tomorrow! The Reindeer Games is the annual PlanetJune end-of-year crochet-along and online community event, and you can join by submitting photos of your PJ projects to the gallery, and chatting with us in the CAL threads on Discord and Ravelry. Everyone is very welcome, and I can’t […]

Ornamental Gourds Collection crochet patterns

October 25, 2024 @ 3:01 pm · Filed under: Crochet, Patterns

Have you seen the weird and wonderful gourds that are sold for decorating at this time of year? Gourds are fascinating – they are in the same family as squashes and pumpkins, but they are grown as ornamentals, not for eating, and they’ve developed into all sorts of unusual shapes and bright colours. And, as […]

pink ribbed cardigan

October 5, 2024 @ 3:21 pm · Filed under: Knitting

I haven’t done much hand knitting since I bought my knitting machine in 2020. But last winter, inspired by the projects being shared in the PJ Discord group, I got the itch to pick up the needles again. Knitting is such a relaxing pastime for me, and I’ve missed it! Crocheting larger things with repetitive […]