{"id":20964,"date":"2020-11-04T16:19:24","date_gmt":"2020-11-04T21:19:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.planetjune.com\/blog\/?p=20964"},"modified":"2020-11-04T16:19:24","modified_gmt":"2020-11-04T21:19:24","slug":"planetjune-end-of-year-2020-crochet-along","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.planetjune.com\/blog\/planetjune-end-of-year-2020-crochet-along\/","title":{"rendered":"PlanetJune End-of-Year 2020 Crochet-Along"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>This year has been a struggle for everyone, so let&#8217;s try to end it on a high note, and celebrate our love of crochet together, with prizes for everyone!<\/p>\n<p>The annual PlanetJune Christmas Crochet-Along (CAL) is back, but it&#8217;s even more inclusive this time around. You can enter the End-of-Year 2020 CAL any time from now until the end of the year by:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Crocheting any PlanetJune Xmas\/winter-themed patterns you&#8217;re making for your holiday decorating<\/li>\n<li>Crocheting any PlanetJune pattern you&#8217;re giving as a holiday gift or as a donation to a good cause (or selling to someone who&#8217;s buying it as a gift)<\/li>\n<li>Crocheting any PlanetJune pattern you&#8217;re making for yourself &#8211; remember, you deserve treats too!<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Basically, you can make <strong>any<\/strong> PlanetJune patterns you want &#8211; the more the merrier! Share what you&#8217;re making and join our crochet party as we approach 2021.<\/p>\n<p>Come to the <a href=\"\/ravelry\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">PlanetJune group on Ravelry<\/a> and join the fun! Share your crochet plans, post photos of your projects in progress, let everyone else know you like their projects, and (of course) post pics of your finished projects so we can all appreciate them.<\/p>\n<div class=\"infobox\">If you don&#8217;t use Ravelry, or can&#8217;t at the moment due to their accessibility problems, see the &#8216;How to Enter&#8217; section below for how to participate via social media instead.<\/div>\n<h2>Prizes<\/h2>\n<p>Thanks to a generous anonymous benefactor, we have extra prizes this year:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>First prize:<\/strong> $20 PlanetJune Gift Certificate<\/li>\n<li><strong>Second prize<\/strong> <em>(2 winners)<\/em><strong>:<\/strong> $10 PlanetJune Gift Certificate<\/li>\n<li><strong>Participation prize<\/strong> <em>(2 winners)<\/em><strong>:<\/strong> $5 PlanetJune Gift Certificate<\/li>\n<li><strong>Runner-up prize<\/strong> <em>(everyone else!)<\/em><strong>:<\/strong> 10% PlanetJune discount code to spend in 2021<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2>Pattern Options<\/h2>\n<p>While you aren&#8217;t limited to my seasonal patterns with this CAL, I thought I&#8217;d whet your appetite for project ideas with a collage of all my Christmas patterns:<br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/blog\/CAL_images\/CAL_2020.jpg\" alt=\"Christmas crochet patterns by PlanetJune\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Isn&#8217;t that amazing? There are soooo many to choose from! You can find all these patterns at\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.planetjune.com\/xmas\">www.planetjune.com\/xmas<\/a> &#8211; including plenty of free\/donationware options if funds are short \ud83d\ude42<\/p>\n<h2>How to Enter<\/h2>\n<p><strong>Ravelry Users<br \/>\n<\/strong>Post a pic of your PlanetJune projects to the CAL thread in the PlanetJune Ravelry group, and tag your projects with <strong>PJCAL2020<\/strong> in order for them to appear as part of the CAL.<\/p>\n<div class=\"infobox\">New to Ravelry or PlanetJune CALs? See my <a href=\"\/CALfaq\">Crochet-Along FAQ<\/a> for all you need to know!<\/div>\n<div style=\"padding-top:10px;\"><strong>Non-Ravelry option<\/strong><\/div>\n<div>If you are unable to use Ravelry, you can still enter the contest\u00a0by:<\/div>\n<ol>\n<li>Posting a photo of your finished PlanetJune\u00a0project on Facebook, Instagram or Twitter<\/li>\n<li>Tagging me (@PlanetJune) in the post so I&#8217;ll see it<\/li>\n<li>Using the hashtag #PJCAL2020 in the post so I know it&#8217;s an official entry (only use the hashtag once per entry please, even if you post multiple photos or in multiple places!)<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p><em>Example message<\/em> <i>&#8220;Here&#8217;s my entry into the @PlanetJune End-of-Year CAL!\u00a0#PJCAL2020&#8221; (and add your photo, too!)\u00a0<\/i><\/p>\n<h2>Rules<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li>Prizes will be drawn from all eligible entries, starting from first prize and working down the list, with a maximum of one prize per person.<\/li>\n<li>You&#8217;ll receive <strong>one entry per PlanetJune pattern<\/strong> used in a completed project and tagged PJCAL2020 (if you make e.g. a Christmas wreath using 5 different patterns, you&#8217;ll get 5 entries).<\/li>\n<li>Entries will be capped at 8 per person, to give everyone a chance of winning.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Bonus entry<\/strong> option (for the participation and runner-up prizes only): even if you don&#8217;t manage to complete a project, you can still be entered into the contest &#8211; all you need is to have posted <strong>at least 5 posts<\/strong> in the CAL thread. So do join in the conversation &#8211; you&#8217;ll be guaranteed at least a runner-up prize!<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<hr \/>\n<p>I do hope you&#8217;ll join us for this PlanetJune end-of-year crochet party &#8211; I&#8217;m really looking forward to seeing what you&#8217;re making from my patterns, as holiday gifts or for yourself! See you in <a href=\"\/ravelry\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">the ravelry group<\/a> or on social \ud83d\ude42<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>This year has been a struggle for everyone, so let&#8217;s try to end it on a high note, and celebrate our love of crochet together, with prizes for everyone! The annual PlanetJune Christmas Crochet-Along (CAL) is back, but it&#8217;s even more inclusive this time around. 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