A crocheted African Violet never needs watering, never dies, and is always in bloom. It’s the perfect thing to brighten up your office desk, or to give as an unusual and thoughtful gift. Everyone appreciates a bit of colour, especially in the middle of winter!

This is a very special pattern: it includes full instructions to mix and match your own lifesize crocheted African Violet. With two plant sizes, two pot sizes, and two flower patterns (single-colour and two-tone), you can create your own custom violets in your favourite shades.

You can pick up the African Violets pattern today from the PlanetJune shop!

I also have a question for you – what would you like me to design next?? Would you like to see more flowers, more dogs, more wild animals, more PocketAmi sets, or something completely different? Please send me your suggestions (either as a comment here or by e-mail) – and remember, if I use your suggestion I’ll give you a discount on the pattern! I hope you’ll come up with some fun ideas for me…

For my last design in 2008, I wanted one more small dog to complete my ‘mini’ set; a breed with a distinctive look to complete my trio…

The Miniature Pinscher is adorably also known as the ‘Min Pin’ – how cute is that?! My Min Pin is just over 6″ long and worked in worsted weight yarn and an E (3.5mm) hook. You could also make a one-colour Min Pin by just omitting the colour changes.

And here’s the complete AmiDogs Set 4 (Chihuahua, Miniature Pinscher, and Pug):

The Set 4 patterns are available individually for $4.50 each, or $11.25 for the set of 3 – all available from the store right now!

My little chihuahua has made a new friend!

I’ve been getting requests for a pug pattern for months, so I thought it was about time I did something about that. Sorry, people who have requested other breeds – I’m still working down my list! I let my ideas percolate in the back of my mind for a while, and then when I can see the design clearly in my head, I start to make it. I definitely have a few more AmiDogs in mind for the coming months, so don’t worry if I haven’t got around to your breed yet.

Anyway, back to the Pug:

Aww, isn’t he a cute little puppy? I hope you think so too.

The pattern comes with fully-illustrated instructions to make the fawn and black pug, and a slightly simplified design (it’s a bit easier to make with no colour changes) to make an all-black version.

If you’d like to make the little pup, the Pug pattern is available right now in the PlanetJune shop! And if you haven’t picked up the Chihuahua pattern yet either, there’s no time like the present…

Can you believe it’s almost December already? I’m sure time is moving more quickly this year, don’t you think? The snow has arrived already here in Ontario, so it seems like a good time to start thinking about Christmas preparations.

To get you in the mood, I’ve designed a crocheted candy cane tree decoration. This crochet pattern is so fast and simple, it’ll take no time to whip up enough to decorate your Christmas tree!

It’s beginning to look a lot like Christmas…

If you’d like to find out how to crochet some candy canes (and I promise they are sooo simple you won’t believe it!) click through to the free pattern 🙂

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 crocheting pleasure. As with all the PocketAmi patterns, they are all under 3″ tall and super quick to crochet. The added bonus of this set is that, by adding a loop of yarn to the back of their heads, you have instant cute tree decorations!

PocketAmi Set 4: Christmas is now available in the PlanetJune shop for the bargain price of $5, and includes the patterns for all 3 seasonal ami.

I’ve decided to convert my free patterns to an easy-to-print PDF format. I hope you’ll find this a convenient option – I know it can be a pain to print directly from a blog. I’m going to send the PDF version to anyone who sends me a donation (of any size) for the pattern, as a thank you.

     

(Don’t worry if you already donated for a pattern – I have kept records, so I’ll also be sending out the PDF version to everyone who has ever donated for each pattern.)

So far, I have only prepared the Pumpkin and Poinsettia patterns. If you’ve sent me a donation for either of these, look out for the PDF in your inbox shortly! It’ll take me a while to convert all the other patterns – I’ll be sending the rest out as soon as they are ready.

If you’d like a copy of any of my free patterns, just click through to that pattern and send me a donation for as much as you feel is appropriate, and I’ll e-mail the PDF to you!

Can you believe it’s the end of September already? And you know what that means… time to get crafting for Halloween. So I thought I’d help you out with a bumper crop of brand new Halloween-themed crochet patterns.

First up, we have a new set of PocketAmi, especially for the spookiest time of year. PocketAmi Set 3: Halloween includes patterns to make a ghost, black cat, and witch. They are all under 3″ tall and work up in no time. An excellent choice if you don’t have much time!

The ghost and cat, like all the other PocketAmi patterns, are really simple to make. The witch is slightly more complicated, because of her curly witchy hair, but I’ve included step by step photos in the pattern, so even if you’ve never made doll hair before, it’ll still be easy-peasy with my directions.

PocketAmi Set 3: Halloween is now available in the PlanetJune shop for the bargain price of $5, and includes the patterns for all 3 spooky cute ami.

And that’s not all! I want to say thank you to everyone who has supported PlanetJune in the past, so I’m giving back to you all with a new FREE pattern: the multiple-personality amigurumi Pumpkin! The pattern is pretty simple, and makes a nice squishy hand-sized pumpkin. And with a few embellishments, you can create a realistic pumpkin for your Fall table:

…a cute amigurumi-style pumpkin for the kids:

…or a spooooooooooooooky pumpkin for Halloween:

Click through for the FREE pumpkin pattern! As usual with my free patterns, I’ve included a donation button on the pattern page. If you like the pattern, please feel free to send me a token of your appreciation – all donations are very gratefully received, and help me to create more free patterns for you all…

Happy crocheting, and happy halloween!

Chihuahua lovers, take note. This cute little chi puppy has just joined the AmiDogs range. He’s a bit smaller than the other AmiDogs, at just under 5″ long, and he has biiig chihuahua eyes.

To get your copy of the AmiDogs Chihuahua pattern, head on over the PlanetJune shop. And while you’re there, why not see if there’s anything else that takes your liking – I have 32 patterns in the shop now, and more to come soon! As always, your patterns will be available for you to download as soon as your payment has been received; if you pay by PayPal (except for Paypal eChecks) you can receive your pattern within seconds!

Yap yap! This chi is guaranteed to be the best-behaved chihuahua you will ever see!