{"id":1149,"date":"2009-03-26T10:27:30","date_gmt":"2009-03-26T14:27:30","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.planetjune.com\/blog\/?p=1149"},"modified":"2025-06-07T16:34:41","modified_gmt":"2025-06-07T20:34:41","slug":"catching-up","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.planetjune.com\/blog\/catching-up\/","title":{"rendered":"catching up"},"content":{"rendered":"

Hi guys, I’m back from the UK – did you miss me? If you want to keep up with more of my day-to-day life (both crafty and more personal), you can follow me on Twitter<\/a>. Send me a direct message if you do, so I know who you are and can follow you back!<\/p>\n

Now I’m back home, I can show you the little presents I made for my parents. For Mum (a pianist) a music-inspired needlebook with blue (her favourite colour) felt pages:<\/p>\n

\"needlebook\"<\/p>\n

And for Dad (always hard to buy for), a set of marble magnets featuring pics of his dog (they look better in person; the glass was tricky to photograph without reflections):<\/p>\n

\"doggy<\/p>\n

While I was sorting through all my old stuff at my Dad’s house, I found a bag containing 4 skeins of beautifully soft kid mohair yarn, in this pretty purple shade. I’m absolutely at a loss as to how I acquired this – I didn’t even crochet while I lived in the UK! Anyway, I’m not complaining – free yarn is always a good thing, especially when it’s quality yarn like this:<\/p>\n

\"purple<\/p>\n

I whiled away my hours on the plane by crocheting fuzzy orange tubes to be the legs for my orang utan<\/a>. Just the body and feet to go now…<\/p>\n

I managed to bring back my mammoth Animal reference book in my carry-on backpack (and I have a bruise on my tailbone to prove it – the book is seriously large and weighs over 5kg!) – no worries that I will run out of animal inspiration now I have over 600 beautifully-photographed pages to pore through! <\/p>\n

\"Animal:
\n\"Animal:<\/p>\n

I also brought back some gardening books, as inspiration for some new plant designs. I have a lovely idea for a new plant-themed series of patterns, but I don’t want to jinx it by revealing it just yet… <\/p>\n

And I’m expecting to see the initial layouts for my papercraft book<\/a> this week – so exciting! I’ll post some pics when it’s all been finalised.<\/p>\n

Now, time to get back to work! I’ll post again when I have something new to show you, and in the meantime you can see me on Twitter, or check out my latest tweets in the little widget in the right sidebar –><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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