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review: ergonomic crochet hook

It sounds like many of you are wondering about the ergonomic crochet hooks I bought a few weeks ago, so I’ll give you my opinions so far. Please bear in mind that this is only based on my personal experience with it (the Eleggant Hooks ergonomic crochet hook set). First impressions The wooden egg feels […]

giant sea turtle

I’ve been waiting for days for the clouds to clear so I have decent lighting for my photos, but it looks like that’s not going to happen any time soon – and can you believe we have a few inches of snow already?! Seems like winter has come early this year. My giant sea turtle […]

xmas pocketami designs

It may seem early to some, but I know for a fact that some of you are already preparing for the holiday season. So with that in mind, I’ve created another seasonal set of PocketAmi, with a Christmas theme! This time around, we have a tiny Snowman, a Christmas Elf, and a Reindeer for your […]

pumpkin gallery

Happy Halloween! I thought I’d celebrate by showing off some of the wonderful pumpkins that ravelry and flickr users have made from my free Pumpkin crochet pattern: Aren’t they cute? Credit for these pumpkin pics go to the following ravelers: Yorpy, ines-chan, Calophi, Taya, dr-evi, joliet, Jain, craftygamergrl, ohthatashley, suzette100, Annkari, arpelia, LilGrape, salohlee, leelersinc, […]

crochet basics

I wrote up these basic instructions as a teaching aid for my class last week. I’m sure there are others out there who would like to try crocheting some amigurumi but just don’t know the basic crochet stitches. Well, that’s no longer an obstacle with my clear step by step instructions to guide you through […]

beluga cam!

You probably get the idea by now from all my crochet designs that I’m an animal lover. This post isn’t crochet related, but it’s so lovely I had to share it. A baby beluga whale has been born at the Vancouver Aquarium and the aquarium have installed a webcam pointed at the tank, so you […]

show and class report!

If I met you at the show yesterday, hello again, and welcome to PlanetJune.com! Don’t forget to check out my crochet tutorials if you need some help with techniques. I’ll be posting the Crochet Basics tutorials from my class notes up here in the next few days too. I taught my crochet class yesterday at […]

adventures in cardigan-making

or, Think Carefully Before Modifying a Pattern With the cold Canadian winter approaching, I thought it was about time I tried crocheting another wearable. I thought the Tweedle Dee Jacket (Crochet World magazine, August 2008) would be easy, but I just can’t stop myself from making modifications to anything I make… This is the only […]

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