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Temperature Snake CAL: month 1 roundup

The complete Temperature Snake pattern and workbook are now available! Click here for details >> It’s been a long time since I’ve done CAL roundups on the blog, but I think the Temperature Snake CAL warrants a monthly roundup – even if you aren’t joining in, I think you’ll enjoy seeing all the snakes growing […]

Temperature Snake CAL update!

The complete Temperature Snake pattern and workbook are now available! Click here for details >> With the first week of the Temperature Snake CAL behind us, I’m absolutely thrilled with how well it’s going so far: We have over 500 participants, with more joining every day. Crocheted snakes are being made in at least 26 […]

Reindeer Games 2022 roundup

I’ve realised that I was so busy with the Temperature Snake CAL and starting to write The Essential Guide to Amigurumi at the start of 2023, that I forgot to share the roundup of the 2022 Reindeer Games! I’m rectifying that now, and backdating this post to when I should have posted it so it’ll […]

Reindeer Games 2021 roundup

The first annual PlanetJune Reindeer Games crochet-along has just finished, and it was a huge success! It was a lovely sociable way to end the year, and provided a good escape for everyone from all the usual end-of-year stresses. Over the 2 month CAL, we had a very active time – 48 pages of chat! […]

Join the Reindeer Games crochet-along!

Team PlanetJune had such a blast with the Ravellenic Games last summer, we decided that our Christmas crochet-along this year will be a Team PlanetJune special event! The first annual PlanetJune Reindeer Games begins on Monday November 1st, and I hope you’ll join us 🙂 Crochet anything PlanetJune as part of the PlanetJune Reindeer Games […]

BotaniCAL roundup

The BotaniCAL crochet-along ran from May throughout the summer, and we’ve ended up with so many gorgeous crocheted potted plants, and a few lovely flowers and fruit etc too! My cactus and succulent patterns were by far the most popular options – I’m happy to say that the succulent trend is showing no sign of […]

Summer of Dinosaurs CAL roundup

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 […]

Summer of Dinosaurs CAL: How to Enter

We’re now 2 weeks into the Summer of Dinosaurs crochet-along, and the dinos are starting to overrun the PlanetJune Ravelry group, with 50 projects and 37 finished dinosaurs posted already! With 5 more weeks to go, I thought now would be a good time to help out any of you who’ve been reluctant to join the […]

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