{"id":23276,"date":"2023-12-04T14:57:22","date_gmt":"2023-12-04T19:57:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.planetjune.com\/blog\/?p=23276"},"modified":"2023-12-04T14:57:22","modified_gmt":"2023-12-04T19:57:22","slug":"the-essential-guide-to-amigurumi-is-here","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.planetjune.com\/blog\/the-essential-guide-to-amigurumi-is-here\/","title":{"rendered":"The Essential Guide to Amigurumi is here!"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>I can hardly believe I finally get to say this, but, after a year of dedicated work, <strong>The Essential Guide to Amigurumi: Crochet Toy Techniques from Basics to Advanced<\/strong>, the amigurumi reference book that I&#8217;ve been dreaming of and planning for years, is here!<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/blog\/images\/essentialguidetoamigurumi_june.jpg\" alt=\"The Essential Guide to Amigurumi book by June Gilbank, right-handed and left-handed versions being held by the smiling author\" \/><\/p>\n<p>I didn&#8217;t think I could be more proud of a book than I am of my beautiful <em>Everyday Crochet<\/em>, but <em>The Essential Guide to Amigurumi<\/em> is truly unique. This is the book that <strong>only I<\/strong> could write, and I&#8217;m so happy to have brought the vision I had for my legacy book to life.<\/p>\n<h2>About the Book<\/h2>\n<p>I&#8217;ve condensed all my expertise gained from 17 years of amigurumi design and innovation into this high-quality 200-page full-colour reference book. It&#8217;s laid out in a clear, easy-to-read format, and packed full of techniques, tips and patterns that will take you step-by-step from complete basics to becoming a skilled amigurumist.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/blog\/images\/essentialguidetoamigurumi_pages.jpg\" alt=\"The Essential Guide to Amigurumi by June Gilbank\" \/><\/p>\n<p>The book is divided into three colour-coded parts (see more about the contents <a href=\"https:\/\/www.planetjune.com\/blog\/the-essential-guide-to-amigurumi\/\">here<\/a>), and I designed it to be easy to read, with large, clear text throughout, and colour-coded boxes for definitions, tips and bonus information.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/blog\/images\/essentialguidetoamigurumi_cover.jpg\" alt=\"The Essential Guide to Amigurumi by June Gilbank\" \/><\/p>\n<p>And, as you may have already noticed, I&#8217;ve actually written <strong>two<\/strong> books! I&#8217;m thrilled to be able to offer <em>The Essential Guide to Amigurumi<\/em> in right-handed and left-handed versions, so <strong>everyone<\/strong> can see all the step-by-step photos and read the instructions exactly as you need them, with no need to translate or mirror any instructions. (Lefties, you are going to <em>love<\/em> this!)<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<h2>Links to Buy The Essential Guide to Amigurumi<\/h2>\n<p><em>(You can use the &#8216;Read Sample&#8217; feature on Amazon to see the complete table of contents, the first few pages, and the index!)<\/em><\/p>\n<table>\n<tr>\n<td><strong>Paperback<\/strong> (right-handed)<\/td>\n<td><a class=\"cssbutton\" style=\"width: 200px;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.planetjune.com\/amibookrh\">BUY FROM AMAZON<\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td><strong>Paperback<\/strong> (left-handed)<\/td>\n<td><a class=\"cssbutton\" style=\"width: 200px;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.planetjune.com\/amibooklh\">BUY FROM AMAZON<\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td><strong>Ebook<\/strong> (right- or left-handed)<\/td>\n<td><a class=\"cssbutton\" style=\"width: 200px;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.planetjune.com\/shop\/index.php?main_page=product_info&amp;cPath=37&amp;products_id=407\">BUY FROM PLANETJUNE<\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/table>\n<p><\/p>\n<h2>Availability<\/h2>\n<p>My paperback links above will direct you straight through to your local Amazon so you can buy the book. If you live in Australia (where Amazon doesn&#8217;t have the printing facilities to offer it directly), or a country that doesn&#8217;t have its own Amazon website, you can order internationally from <a href=\"https:\/\/amazon.com\" class=\"autohyperlink\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">amazon.com<\/a>. <\/p>\n<p>If that doesn&#8217;t work for you, I&#8217;m still searching for a way to offer wider distribution without compromising the quality of the book &#8211; I&#8217;ll let you know if that works out! In the meantime, the fabulous ebook version is available worldwide with no shipping cost. <em>And you can always upgrade to the bundle deal (see below) later, if you want the paperback too &#8211; I&#8217;m not putting a time limit on that offer.<\/em><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<h2>Special Offers<\/h2>\n<div class=\"halfcenter\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"half\" src=\"\/blog\/images\/bookplate4.jpg\" alt=\"Author-Signed Bookplate: June Gilbank\" width=\"250\" \/><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"half\" src=\"\/blog\/images\/amibook_bundle.jpg\" alt=\"The Essential Guide to Amigurumi by June Gilbank - paperback and ebook\" width=\"210\" \/><\/div>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.planetjune.com\/shop\/index.php?main_page=product_info&amp;cPath=10&amp;products_id=399\">Order an author-signed bookplate<\/a> for your paperback and I&#8217;ll sign it personally to you!<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.planetjune.com\/amiupgrade\">Upgrade your purchase to the bundle<\/a> that includes <strong>both<\/strong> the paperback and ebook versions.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<hr \/>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/blog\/images\/essentialguidetoamigurumi_spine.jpg\" alt=\"The Essential Guide to Amigurumi by June Gilbank\" \/><\/p>\n<p>I&#8217;ve channeled all my passion for developing and improving amigurumi techniques into this book, and I&#8217;m so proud of the result. <em>The Essential Guide to Amigurumi<\/em> is the complete reference for all stages of your amigurumi journey, and I hope you&#8217;ll enjoy using it for many years to come!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I can hardly believe I finally get to say this, but, after a year of dedicated work, The Essential Guide to Amigurumi: Crochet Toy Techniques from Basics to Advanced, the amigurumi reference book that I&#8217;ve been dreaming of and planning for years, is here! I didn&#8217;t think I could be more proud of a book [&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":[2],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-23276","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-crochet"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.planetjune.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/23276","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=23276"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/www.planetjune.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/23276\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":23370,"href":"https:\/\/www.planetjune.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/23276\/revisions\/23370"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.planetjune.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=23276"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.planetjune.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=23276"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.planetjune.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=23276"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}