{"id":2,"date":"2006-06-12T15:59:21","date_gmt":"2006-06-12T22:59:21","guid":{"rendered":""},"modified":"2020-04-29T14:31:19","modified_gmt":"2020-04-29T18:31:19","slug":"about","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.planetjune.com\/blog\/about\/","title":{"rendered":"About"},"content":{"rendered":"

Welcome to PlanetJune! My name is June Gilbank<\/a> and I am a crochet pattern designer, writer, blogger, and multi-crafter.<\/p>\n

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I’ve designed well over 200 crochet patterns since I started my business in 2007, and my specialties are cute and realistic amigurumi-style animals, plants, and seasonal crochet designs. My high-quality designs bring together my loves of crochet, technical writing, nature and cuteness.<\/p>\n

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I have written three published craft books: Paper Chains & Garlands<\/a><\/em> (out-of-print 1st Edition previously available through Barnes & Noble; new self-published 2nd Edition ebook now available), The Complete Idiot’s Guide to Amigurumi<\/a><\/em> (2010, Alpha Books, available from all good bookstores), and my latest book Idiot’s Guide: Crochet<\/a><\/em> (2014, DK, available from all good bookstores). My work has also been featured in several other craft books and magazines.<\/p>\n

I also have a range of accessories patterns (PlanetJune Accessories) designed to showcase the beauty and elegance of crochet, and to teach all the techniques needed to be able to complete them.<\/p>\n

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My favourite crafts include crochet, punchneedle embroidery, polymer clay (FIMO) modelling, knitting and sewing, but I have diverse interests, and I’m always on the lookout for new things to try. You’ll see them all on my blog as I log my crafty pursuits, together with the occasional glimpse into my other passion: the wonders of the natural world.<\/p>\n

I was born in the UK but my husband’s first career as an astronomer has taken us around the world! After several years in South Africa, Dave and I have moved back to Canada. We’re now making our forever home in Waterloo, Ontario, with our cat Maui and our new pup Maggie. <\/p>\n

I hope you enjoy looking around, and I’d love to hear from you<\/a>!<\/p>\n

June<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Welcome to PlanetJune! My name is June Gilbank and I am a crochet pattern designer, writer, blogger, and multi-crafter. I’ve designed well over 200 crochet patterns since I started my business in 2007, and my specialties are cute and realistic amigurumi-style animals, plants, and seasonal crochet designs. My high-quality designs bring together my loves of […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-2","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.planetjune.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/2","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.planetjune.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.planetjune.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.planetjune.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.planetjune.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.planetjune.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/2\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.planetjune.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}