PlanetJune by June Gilbank

I just finished testing this turtle pattern for Peggy. I stuck to the pattern and only modified the colours. Lots of detail in this one!

I bought this top because I loved the colour and the print, and the 60% off price tag didn’t hurt either. But when I tried it on, it just looked wrong to me. The dark brown fabric was too prominent and the ribbons that go under the bust and tie at the back just didn’t look good on me.

I figured there had to be a simple way to modify it so it wouldn’t look so strange. A quick bit of refashioning was in order…

After unpicking the seam between the brown neckline piece and the ribbon at each side, I looped the two ribbons over each other at the front for a gathered knot effect and then fed them through the unpicked areas to the wrong side of the top. I re-sewed the seam, sewing through the ribbons as well to keep them in place, then trimmed the excess ribbon from the inside. Finally, I snipped off the belt loop from each side and here’s my finished result:

Not bad for half an hour’s work!

There are some more modifications I considered (shortening the length slightly and/or adding some beading over the brown neck area), but sometimes the hardest part is knowing when to stop, and I like it the way it is now, so I will call this project done.

AmiDogs Set 1 is here! Now you can make your own amigurumi doggies:

• a shiba inu with a cute white nose and white paws
• a yellow labrador, a chocolate labrador or even a black labrador
• call it a wiener dog, weiner dog or sausage dog, it’s still a dachshund

The Shiba Inu, Labrador and Dachshund patterns are available individually, or buy the complete set for a special price.

Order your patterns directly from PlanetJune.com and the pdfs will be e-mailed to you.

To whet your appetite for my upcoming AmiDogs crochet patterns, I’ve just published the latest in my occasion series of crochet tutorials (Missed the earlier one? See my Fuzzy Yarn Tips).

To find out how to make a smooth neat join between pieces when finishing your amigurumi, take a look at my new tutorial: Joining Amigurumi.

Disclaimer: no crafts will be discussed in the following post

Firstly, a quick tech problem: Hotmail decided to ban all incoming e-mails sent to planetjune.com without telling me (and no, they weren’t sent to my Bulk Mail, they just disappeared into the ether and they never got to me). I’ve got it fixed now, but if you e-mailed me between July 8th and 11th and haven’t heard back from me, please e-mail me again!

And now onto the fun stuff…

I found the PersonalDNA site via How About Orange and thought it would be a fun test to try. The following is a representation of myself; mouse over the coloured bars to see my personality traits:

I was initially a bit surprised by some of my results, but when I thought about it, I think it’s actually very accurate. If you’re interested, you can view my full personality report here.

What’s your personality profile? Why not take the test and find out!