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December 2016 2011-2015 2014-2015 July 2011 December 2010 June 2010 January 2010 December 2009 December 2009 April 2009 Feb 2009 August 2008 Every now and then, I give myself the time to make something just for me – a tribute to something I love. It allows me more creative freedom than being constrained by the parameters of what would make a good, easy-to-follow pattern, and also to create my interpretation of licensed characters that I couldn’t sell […]<\/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-7018","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.planetjune.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/7018","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=7018"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/www.planetjune.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/7018\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":26766,"href":"https:\/\/www.planetjune.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/7018\/revisions\/26766"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.planetjune.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=7018"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
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\nPolymer clay sculpture of BB-8 from Star Wars. 5cm (2″) tall. Embedded magnetic joint inside so his head can rotate to any angle.<\/p>\nTetris<\/h2>\n
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\nTribute to my favourite classic game, Tetris (on original Game Boy), reproduced in the original 2-bit ‘pea soup’ colours, in 24,800 cross stitches. <\/p>\nButterflies<\/h2>\n
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\nThese are the first stage of a long term craft project to make a group of different butterflies using Punchneedle embroidery \u2013 all different colours and shapes but all based on my interpretation of real species.<\/p>\nColumbo (& Dog)<\/h2>\n
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\nMy amigurumi tribute to Peter Falk and his best-known character, Columbo. He’s based on the Boy<\/em> pattern from my book, The Complete Idiot’s Guide to Amigurumi<\/a>. Dog uses my AmiDogs Basset Hound<\/a> crochet pattern.<\/p>\nGlobe<\/h2>\n
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\nPunchneedle embroidered 3-D globe. 5.5″ diameter, approximately 60,000 stitches. (Scroll down for orangutan info!)<\/p>\nReepicheep<\/h2>\n
\nwinner of Craftster Fantasy Crochet Challenge<\/em>
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\nMy tribute to Sir Reepicheep the gallant mouse from C.S. Lewis’ Chronicles of Narnia. Reepicheep paddles in his coracle, through a sea of lilies, to the end of the world. Reepicheep and the coracle are entirely improvised. The lilies use my Water Lily crochet pattern<\/a>.<\/p>\nWorms<\/h2>\n
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\nPolymer clay miniature set based on the Worms<\/em> video games series.<\/p>\nR2-D2<\/h2>\n
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\nPolymer clay sculpture of R2-D2 from Star Wars. 8cm (3″) tall. Embedded magnetic joint inside so his head can rotate to any angle.<\/p>\nMusicians of Bremen<\/h2>\n
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\nPunchneedle embroidered commissioned artwork based on the Musicians of Bremen folk tale. 7 3\/4″ x 5 1\/2″ board-backed embroidery using 29 shades of embroidery floss.<\/p>\nBaby Orang Utan<\/h2>\n
\nwinner of the Instructables\/Lion Brand Critter Contest<\/em>
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\nMy crocheted life-sized realistic baby orang utan. 100% freeform crochet, with wire and plastic armatures to make him completely poseable.<\/p>\nLemmings<\/h2>\n
\nwinner of Craftster Best of 2009 crochet award<\/em>
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\nMy tribute to the classic video game. The Lemmings are based on my free Mop Top Mascots pattern<\/a>, with improvised accessories. <\/p>\nDiscworld<\/h2>\n
\nnominated for 3 Ravelry Bobby awards (Geekiest Pattern, Coolest Toy, Best Personal Pattern Project)<\/em>
\nwinner of a personal comment from Sir Terry Pratchett himself! On seeing the photos, he gave a quiet laugh and said ‘Well, if you’re going to crochet Discworld then that’s the way to do it!’<\/em>
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\nMy amigurumi tribute to Terry Pratchett’s wonderful creation, the Discworld. Great A’tuin uses my AquaAmi Sea Turtle<\/a> pattern; the 4 elephants use my AfricAmi Elephant<\/a> pattern, and the Disc was freestyled (see my Amigurumi Discworld page<\/a> for more info).<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"