{"id":23208,"date":"2023-10-31T12:16:27","date_gmt":"2023-10-31T16:16:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.planetjune.com\/blog\/?p=23208"},"modified":"2023-10-31T13:36:55","modified_gmt":"2023-10-31T17:36:55","slug":"join-the-reindeer-games-2023-crochet-along","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.planetjune.com\/blog\/join-the-reindeer-games-2023-crochet-along\/","title":{"rendered":"join the Reindeer Games 2023 crochet-along!"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>The third annual PlanetJune Reindeer Games CAL begins tomorrow!<\/strong> The Reindeer Games is the annual PlanetJune end-of-year crochet-along and online community event, and you can join by submitting photos of your PJ projects on Discord, Ravelry, social media or by email. Everyone is very welcome, and I can&#8217;t wait to see the gallery of beautiful projects that will emerge as we head toward the end of the year &#8211; I hope you&#8217;ll join us!<\/p>\n<div class=\"halfcenter\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"half\" src=\"https:\/\/www.planetjune.com\/reindeergames\/images\/RG23.png\" alt=\"PlanetJune Reindeer Games 2023 - logo\" \/><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"half\" src=\"https:\/\/www.planetjune.com\/reindeergames\/images\/RG23_village.jpg\" alt=\"PlanetJune Reindeer Games 2023 - Reindeer Village\" \/><\/div>\n<h2>Reindeer Games 2023 CAL<\/h2>\n<p>Crochet <strong>anything<\/strong> PlanetJune as part of the PlanetJune Reindeer Games 2023 (Wednesday, Nov 1 &#8211; Sunday, Dec 31). <\/p>\n<p>The idea of the games is to challenge yourself by starting and finishing crochet project(s) before the end of the year. It&#8217;s just for fun, like a CAL but you get to choose your projects &#8211; <em>anything<\/em> PlanetJune, including projects from my books &#8211; and earn virtual awards! During the Games, we all cheer each other on to complete our chosen projects. You&#8217;ll earn virtual medals for every project you complete, and your projects and awards will be added to the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.planetjune.com\/reindeergames\/\">Reindeer Games gallery<\/a>!<\/p>\n<p>Inspired by the success of the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.planetjune.com\/blog\/announcing-the-2023-temperature-snake-cal\/\">Temperature Snake CAL<\/a> this year, where people are entering via the PJ groups, social media and email, I&#8217;ve expanded the scope of the Reindeer Games so it&#8217;s no longer limited to Ravelry &#8211; you can join <strong>wherever<\/strong> you are online:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Online Groups<\/strong> For the fullest experience, join in the fun in one of the <a href=\"\/community\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">PlanetJune Community groups<\/a>. Look for the <em>Reindeer Games 2023<\/em> thread on <a href=\"\/ravelry\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Ravelry<\/a> or the <em>#reindeer-games-2023<\/em> channel on <a href=\"\/discord\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Discord<\/a>.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Social Media<\/strong> Post your project photo on Instagram or Facebook with your stall\/antler list and tag @PlanetJune (make sure your post is public so I can see it!), or message your photo and list to me directly via my <a href=\"\/instagram\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">IG account<\/a> or <a href=\"\/facebook\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">FB page<\/a>.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Email<\/strong> Send your photo and stall\/antler list directly to <a href=\"mailto:june@planetjune.com?subject=Reindeer%20Games\">june@planetjune.com<\/a> with subject line &#8216;Reindeer Games&#8217;, and also tell me the username you&#8217;d like to use for the Gallery).<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>I&#8217;ve set up a new <a href=\"https:\/\/www.planetjune.com\/reindeergames\/\">Reindeer Games site<\/a> where you can find full instructions, the list of stalls (categories) and antlers (bonus awards) you can win, the games stats, and the project gallery.<\/p>\n<p>I&#8217;m especially excited about the gallery, even though, as I write this, there&#8217;s nothing to see there. But that will all change as soon as there are some completed projects to show &#8211; it&#8217;s pretty fancy! We&#8217;ll all be able to see and admire <strong>all<\/strong> the completed projects (as soon as I&#8217;ve awarded their medals), no matter where they were submitted from. <\/p>\n<p>In this ever-changing online world where there isn&#8217;t one single place where <strong>all<\/strong> PJ fans like to congregate, this seems like a much more sustainable way to run a CAL. Now I can meet you <em>where you are<\/em>, so everyone is included&#8230; as it should be \ud83d\ude42<\/p>\n<h2>Project Ideas<\/h2>\n<p>You can enter the Reindeer Games by making absolutely anything based on a PlanetJune pattern (or something from any of my books), but this year we&#8217;ve added a new antler award called <em>Season&#8217;s Greetings<\/em>, which you can win by making any seasonal holiday-related PJ projects. I thought I&#8217;d whet your appetite with a few examples you might like to try&#8230;<\/p>\n<p>You can&#8217;t have Reindeer Games without reindeer! Try my <a href=\"\/shop\/index.php?main_page=product_info&#038;cPath=17&#038;products_id=388\">Reindeer\/Caribou pattern<\/a> for a realistic reindeer:<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"\/shop\/index.php?main_page=product_info&#038;cPath=17&#038;products_id=388\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/blog\/images\/reindeer_caribou.jpg\" alt=\"Reindeer Caribou crochet pattern by PlanetJune\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Decorate your home with a beautiful wreath &#8211; my <a href=\"\/shop\/index.php?main_page=product_info&#038;cPath=20&#038;products_id=366\">Christmas Decor crochet pattern collection<\/a> includes all the components and an optional crocheted wreath base:<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"\/shop\/index.php?main_page=product_info&#038;cPath=20&#038;products_id=366\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/blog\/images\/decor_wreath.jpg\" alt=\"Christmas Decor Collection crochet patterns by PlanetJune (made into a seasonal wreath) \" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>The cutest life-sized <a href=\"\/shop\/index.php?main_page=advanced_search_result&amp;keyword=gingerbread\">Gingerbread Family<\/a> patterns are a fast and fun project:<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"\/shop\/index.php?main_page=advanced_search_result&amp;keyword=gingerbread\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/blog\/images\/gingerbread_man1.jpg\" alt=\"Gingerbread Man crochet pattern by PlanetJune\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Or fill your windowsill or mantle with my <a href=\"https:\/\/www.planetjune.com\/shop\/index.php?main_page=product_info&#038;cPath=22&#038;products_id=401\">Christmas Trees pattern sets<\/a>:<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.planetjune.com\/shop\/index.php?main_page=product_info&#038;cPath=22&#038;products_id=401\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/blog\/images\/christmastrees_all.jpg\" alt=\"Christmas Trees Sets 1 &amp; 2 crochet pattern by PlanetJune\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>You&#8217;ll find plenty more ideas in the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.planetjune.com\/shop\/index.php?main_page=index&#038;cPath=20\">Holiday &#038; Seasonal Crochet Patterns<\/a> category of my shop. And if these seasonal decorations don&#8217;t appeal to you, remember you can join the Reindeer Games by making <em>any<\/em> PlanetJune patterns &#8211; there are no restrictions!<\/p>\n<h2>Join Us!<\/h2>\n<p>So, will you join us for the Reindeer Games 2023? I do hope so &#8211; it&#8217;s going to be so much fun, and I&#8217;d love to see the project gallery filled to the brim with our beautiful crocheted projects by the end of the year. Whether you&#8217;re crocheting your favourite PlanetJune patterns as Christmas gifts, items to sell at craft fairs or online, toys for charity, or projects for yourself, we&#8217;re ready to encourage you to complete your goals and to celebrate your successes with you!<\/p>\n<p>And, even if you think you may not have time to complete a project, you&#8217;re very welcome to join us online for the community spirit and friendly chat. There&#8217;s something about PlanetJune that attracts the kindest and most supportive people, and, if you enjoy PlanetJune patterns, you&#8217;re already part of our community &#8211; do come over to our <a href=\"https:\/\/www.planetjune.com\/discord\">Discord server<\/a> or <a href=\"https:\/\/www.planetjune.com\/ravelry\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Ravelry group<\/a> and say hello!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The third annual PlanetJune Reindeer Games CAL begins tomorrow! The Reindeer Games is the annual PlanetJune end-of-year crochet-along and online community event, and you can join by submitting photos of your PJ projects on Discord, Ravelry, social media or by email. Everyone is very welcome, and I can&#8217;t wait to see the gallery of beautiful [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":"","jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[33,2],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-23208","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-cal-roundups","category-crochet"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.planetjune.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/23208","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=23208"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.planetjune.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/23208\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":23228,"href":"https:\/\/www.planetjune.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/23208\/revisions\/23228"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.planetjune.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=23208"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.planetjune.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=23208"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.planetjune.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=23208"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}