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Archive for Category: Crochet

catching up

Uh-oh, I’m behind on posting already… Time to catch up! First up, December’s ‘Review and Win’ contest winner is… Meg P, with her review of my Lacy Bobbles Cowl pattern: I love the ease, the drape and the finished look of this pattern! It crochets up quickly (maybe two evenings), and is easily adaptable to […]

toy shelves

Three years ago (almost exactly! it was Jan 19th 2008) I posted about the glass shelves I’d bought from IKEA for displaying my crocheted animals in my craft room. Here’s how it looked back then: Awww, evidence of a fledgling crochet pattern business! Things have changed just a bit since then! As I have to […]

almost Christmas

Can you believe it’ll be Christmas Eve tomorrow?! I hope you’re more organised than I am this year – I’ve been so busy sorting through all our stuff to find things we can donate or sell before the big move, I haven’t really had a chance to get into the Christmas spirit yet. We only […]

Christmas CAL update

I’m so excited with the response to the PlanetJune Christmas CAL! The Christmas projects are popping up all over the place now, and it makes me happy to think I’ll have played a part in the decorations in so many homes 🙂 I’m including a preview of a couple of projects (randomly selected from the […]

gifts for crocheters

Before I forget, I need to draw the winner of November’s ‘Review and Win’ contest in my shop. And the winner is… Heather H, with her review of my Red Fox pattern : This fox may very well be my favorite pattern from June. I brushed out the yarn for a furry look (as instructed […]

Christmas CAL and contest!

I’ve run three crochet-alongs (CALs) this year: Spring, Summer and Fall. I’ve been a little disappointed with the outcome: approx 3-4 times as many people used the CAL discount code than actually submitted completed projects to the CAL roundup. Some people contacted me to apologise that they didn’t manage to complete their projects in time, […]

Christmas Baubles crochet pattern

I hadn’t planned to do a Christmas pattern this year, as I have so many already and it’s getting more and more difficult each year to think of something original! I’ve had the idea of a set of tree decorations kicking about in the back of my mind for a couple of years now, but […]

AmiDogs Greyhound crochet pattern

A couple of months ago, I had a Greyhound pattern commission request from a lady who works with The Greyhound Supporters Of The National Capital Region (GSNCR), a not-for-profit charity that works towards facilitating adoptions for retired racing greyhounds in the Ottawa, Ontario region. This was probably my most challenging AmiDogs design to date – […]

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