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2021: year in review

Writing my Year in Review post every year helps me to see what I’ve accomplished, think about what I’ve learnt, and decide what I’d like to do differently in the following year. Who’d have thought that this year would be, in many ways, harder than 2020?! This year, I’ve only published 7 new patterns all […]

getting back to the studio

Greetings from the new PlanetJune studio! As you can see, I have a brand new home for all my giant amigurumi – yay! My new studio is still very much a work in progress. My vision is to set up different stations for all the aspects of PlanetJune – business and crafting – as I […]

I’m moving house!

Summary: I’m moving house next week, and I’ll be mostly offline for the rest of the month (apart from answering customer support emails). We closed on our new house in January, but haven’t been able to move in yet due to covid-related manufacture/supply delays in our new appliances (something we weren’t informed of until we’d […]

2020: year in review

Every year, I write a wrap-up to see how far I’ve come over the past year and set a direction for the year ahead. I don’t think anyone in the world can say that 2020 turned out the way they’d planned, and I’m no exception! I’ve been very fortunate to not have been directly impacted by COVID-19, other […]

PlanetJune End-of-Year 2020 Crochet-Along

This year has been a struggle for everyone, so let’s try to end it on a high note, and celebrate our love of crochet together, with prizes for everyone! The annual PlanetJune Christmas Crochet-Along (CAL) is back, but it’s even more inclusive this time around. You can enter the End-of-Year 2020 CAL any time from […]

concussion & customer support

I think I was a bit optimistic in my last health update: post-concussion syndrome can take weeks or months to abate, and I definitely haven’t fully recovered yet. I still get incapacitating headaches on some days, and I sometimes struggle to find the right word when I’m talking. Plus fatigue, sleep problems and a severe […]

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