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Archive for Category: Crochet

Welcome Simply Crochet readers!

If you’ve just found PlanetJune from the article about my Temperature Snake CAL in the latest issue of Simply Crochet magazine, I’m so glad you’re here! Please take a look around my site and let me know if you have any questions. If you’d like to jump into the crochet-along with us, you can learn […]

How to Fix Uneven Stuffing: The Pinch-and-Push Method

I have a new tutorial for you today that you’ll probably find especially useful if you’re working on a Temperature Snake (although it isn’t just for snakes!) Is your stuffing less smooth and even than you’d like? I can help with that! With my ‘pinch-and-push’ technique, you can manipulate the stuffing of an amigurumi from […]

Temperature Snake CAL starts soon!

The complete Temperature Snake pattern and workbook are now available! Click here for details >> There are just 4 days remaining until the 2023 Temperature Snake CAL begins in earnest on January 1st – have you picked up the Temperature Snake crochet pattern yet? If not, now’s the perfect time: you’ll need a little time […]

Giant Crocheted Christmas Tree

Would you like to see something amazing? Loooook what I made!! My giant crocheted Christmas Tree is 108cm (42.5″) tall! Everything you see here is made from a PlanetJune Christmas-themed crochet pattern – including the tree! – so this truly is a PlanetJune Christmas Tree. There’s quite a story to how I brought this project […]

new Ultimate Stripes for Amigurumi [video tutorial]

No time to read this post? Jump straight to the new Ultimate Stripes for Amigurumi tutorial! >> In 2012, I first presented the two amigurumi ‘Perfect Stripes’ techniques I’d developed (the Invisible Join and No-Cut Join), and they were vastly superior to any of the other techniques that existed at the time. But now, a […]

Announcing the 2023 Temperature Snake CAL

The complete Temperature Snake pattern and workbook are now available! Click here for details >> I’m so excited to reveal the year-long 2023 crochetalong that I’ve been planning for over a year now! Click here to be notified as soon as this CAL is ready for signups… UPDATE: Sign up now! UPDATE: The CAL may […]

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