{"id":20477,"date":"2020-03-14T12:21:21","date_gmt":"2020-03-14T16:21:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.planetjune.com\/blog\/?p=20477"},"modified":"2020-03-15T17:45:58","modified_gmt":"2020-03-15T21:45:58","slug":"pika-crochet-pattern","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.planetjune.com\/blog\/pika-crochet-pattern\/","title":{"rendered":"Pika crochet pattern"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Pika pika! No, it&#8217;s not a Pokemon, but an adorable real-life animal&#8230;<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/blog\/images\/pika.jpg\" alt=\"Pika crochet pattern (Baby Bunnies Expansion Pack) by PlanetJune\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Have you ever heard of a pika before today? Pikas are super-cute and special little creatures &#8211; let me tell you a bit about them so you can judge for yourself:<\/p>\n<h2>Pika Fun Facts<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li>It may look a little like a giant hamster, but the <strong>pika<\/strong> is the smallest member of the rabbit family (lagomorphs) that also includes rabbits and hares.\n<\/li>\n<li>Pikas are about 6-8&#8243; (15-20cm) long, and live in rocky alpine areas in the west of North America and in Central Asia.<\/li>\n<li>They are nicknamed <em>conies<\/em>, <em>rock rabbits<\/em>, <em>boulder bunnies<\/em>, or <em>whistling hares<\/em> (for their high-pitched alarm calls).<\/li>\n<li>Pikas do not hibernate, so they need to stockpile food for the winter. Every summer, each pika collects and dries out a huge haystack made from grasses and plant stems. The haystack is many times larger than the pika, but it transports the whole thing into its den before the winter comes, a mouthful at a time.<\/li>\n<li>Their name should apparently be pronounced PYE-ka, but I&#8217;ve heard it said both ways in wildlife documentaries, and PEE-ka is so much cuter, so I&#8217;m going with that pronunciation!<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/blog\/images\/pika2.jpg\" alt=\"Pika crochet pattern (Baby Bunnies Expansion Pack) by PlanetJune\" \/><\/p>\n<p>As pikas are related to rabbits, I realised I could design an expansion pack for the Baby Bunnies pattern, so you can turn it into an adorable Pika without having to buy another complete pattern!<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/blog\/images\/pika3.jpg\" alt=\"Pika crochet pattern (Baby Bunnies Expansion Pack) by PlanetJune\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" style=\"border: thin solid #000;\" src=\"\/blog\/images\/pika_pattern.jpg\" alt=\"Pika crochet pattern by PlanetJune\" width=\"250px\" \/><\/p>\n<h2>What is an Expansion Pack?<\/h2>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" style=\"float: right; padding-left: 10px;\" src=\"\/shop\/images\/expansion.jpg\" alt=\"Expansion Packs by PlanetJune\" \/><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>An Expansion Pack is an add-on to an existing PlanetJune pattern.<\/li>\n<li>The Expansion Pack lets you <em>modify<\/em> or <em>add to<\/em> the original pattern to create something else.<\/li>\n<li>You <strong>cannot<\/strong> use the Expansion Pack alone &#8211; you <strong>must also purchase the original pattern<\/strong> in order to be able to complete the pictured items in the Expansion Pack pattern.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2>Purchase Options<\/h2>\n<p>Okay, you have several bundle options here, so I&#8217;ll go through them all for you:<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/blog\/images\/pika4.jpg\" alt=\"Pika crochet pattern (Baby Bunnies Expansion Pack) by PlanetJune - purchase options\" \/><\/p>\n<ol type=\"A\">\n<li>If you already have Baby Bunnies, you can buy the <a href=\"\/shop\/index.php?main_page=product_info&#038;cPath=33&#038;products_id=368\">Pika\u00a0Expansion Pack<\/a> for only $3 individually from the shop.<\/li>\n<li>If you haven&#8217;t yet bought Baby Bunnies, you can buy the <a href=\"\/shop\/index.php?main_page=product_info&#038;cPath=22&#038;products_id=369\">multipack of Baby Bunnies &#038; Pika<\/a>, and save 50c on the pair!<\/li>\n<li>Or, you can buy the <a href=\"\/shop\/index.php?main_page=product_info&#038;cPath=22&#038;products_id=370\">triple pack of Baby Bunnies 1, Baby Bunnies 2 &#038; Pika<\/a>, and save $1.50 on the individual prices!<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p>Has that confused you? Don&#8217;t worry! Check out all these options, together with their prices, <a href=\"\/shop\/index.php?main_page=advanced_search_result&#038;search_in_description=1&#038;keyword=pika\">right here<\/a> \ud83d\ude42 <\/p>\n<h2>Launch Discount<\/h2>\n<p>Now, if you&#8217;ve already bought Baby Bunnies (or Baby Bunnies 1 &#038; 2), you won&#8217;t be able to save that 50c (or $1.50). But, <strong>for 7 days only<\/strong>, add the <a href=\"\/shop\/index.php?main_page=product_info&#038;cPath=33&#038;products_id=368\">Pika\u00a0Expansion Pack pattern<\/a> to your shopping cart, together with <strong>anything<\/strong> else (totalling $5 or more), then use the code <strong>PIKAPIKA<\/strong>\u00a0at checkout and you&#8217;ll still get your discount! (Valid until next Friday: 20th March\u00a02020.)<\/p>\n<p><em>Note: If you don&#8217;t need anything else right now, this also applies to Gift Certificate purchases, so you can pick up a $5 gift certificate now, get your discount, and have $5 in your PlanetJune account ready for your next purchase, or to send to a crocheting friend!<\/em><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p>If you&#8217;re not ready to make your Pika\u00a0just yet, don&#8217;t forget to heart and queue it on Ravelry so you don&#8217;t forget about it:<\/p>\n<p><strong>Pika<\/strong>:\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.ravelry.com\/badges\/redirect?p=pika-expansion-pack\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/api.ravelry.com\/badges\/projects?p=pika-expansion-pack&amp;t=.svg\" style=\"border: none;\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Baby Bunnies<\/strong>: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ravelry.com\/badges\/redirect?p=baby-bunnies-3\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/api.ravelry.com\/badges\/projects?p=baby-bunnies-3&amp;t=.svg\" style=\"border: none;\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Baby Bunnies 2<\/strong>: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ravelry.com\/badges\/redirect?p=baby-bunnies-2-expansion-pack\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/api.ravelry.com\/badges\/projects?p=baby-bunnies-2-expansion-pack&amp;t=.svg\" style=\"border: none;\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>What do you think? Don&#8217;t you need to add a cute little pika or two to your life?!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Pika pika! No, it&#8217;s not a Pokemon, but an adorable real-life animal&#8230; Have you ever heard of a pika before today? Pikas are super-cute and special little creatures &#8211; let me tell you a bit about them so you can judge for yourself: Pika Fun Facts It may look a little like a giant hamster, [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[2,15],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-20477","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-crochet","category-patterns"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.planetjune.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/20477","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.planetjune.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.planetjune.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"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=20477"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.planetjune.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/20477\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.planetjune.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=20477"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.planetjune.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=20477"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.planetjune.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=20477"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}