Link easily to this tutorial in your patterns: www.planetjune.com/tinyeyes If you’ve ever struggled to find the perfect eyes for your smaller amigurumi, you’ll love my technique for making tiny yarn eyes. In this video, I’ll show you my foolproof method for making a pair of perfectly matched tiny child-safe yarn eyes with a lifelike sparkle. […]

I’m so excited to have a new design to share with you today! I was a little worried that my amigurumi design mojo would be gone forever after pouring everything I had into The Essential Guide to Amigurumi, but, after a little time off after Christmas, it all came flooding back and I’m so happy […]

Introducing my flagship crochet books, Everyday Crochet and The Essential Guide to Amigurumi – two comprehensive volumes designed to guide you through the wonderful world of crochet, from the foundational stitches to the intricate art of amigurumi. These books are the culmination of years of crafting, teaching, and sharing my passion for crochet, offering everything […]

Throughout 2023, over 800 people from all over the world crocheted along with me to create vibrantly striped Temperature Snakes, with one round of the body crocheted per day in a colour that represented the day’s temperature wherever they live. We’ve waited and watched all year long as the snakes grew in length and became […]

The third annual PlanetJune Reindeer Games crochet-along has just wrapped up, and it was a huge success! (The Reindeer Games is a relaxed end-of-year CAL where you can participate by crocheting projects from any PlanetJune patterns or any of my books.) For 2023, I changed the way the CAL runs so it’s not limited to […]

Writing my Year in Review post every year helps me to see what I’ve accomplished, think about what I’ve learnt, and decide what I’d like to do differently in the following year. 2023 has been a unique year for me. I usually start these reports with a summary of all the new crochet patterns, tutorials […]

After an amazing year-long CAL, with colourful snakes being crocheted all over the world, I’m delighted to announce that the Temperature Snake instructions are now available as a stand-alone crochet pattern and workbook. Pick up the pattern now, and crochet your own Temperature Snake in 2024! Temperature Snake is an amigurumi-style riff on the temperature […]

I can hardly believe I finally get to say this, but, after a year of dedicated work, The Essential Guide to Amigurumi: Crochet Toy Techniques from Basics to Advanced, the amigurumi reference book that I’ve been dreaming of and planning for years, is here! I didn’t think I could be more proud of a book […]