{"id":3212,"date":"2010-06-29T11:23:32","date_gmt":"2010-06-29T15:23:32","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.planetjune.com\/blog\/?p=3212"},"modified":"2025-03-16T14:19:32","modified_gmt":"2025-03-16T18:19:32","slug":"summer-crochetalong-alpacas-african-violets","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.planetjune.com\/blog\/summer-crochetalong-alpacas-african-violets\/","title":{"rendered":"Summer Crochetalong: Alpacas &#038; African Violets"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>After the success of the <a href=\"\/blog\/spring-cal-roundup\/\">Spring Crochetalong<\/a> (CAL) in the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ravelry.com\/groups\/planetjune-crochet-designs\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">PlanetJune Crochet Designs<\/a> Ravelry group, people have been asking for another CAL. I put it to the vote, and this is what we came up with:<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"\/blog\/images\/CALsummer.png\" alt=\"PlanetJune Summer Crochetalong: Alpacas and African Violets\" \/><\/p>\n<p>For the Summer CAL, we&#8217;ll be crocheting two of my most popular designs: my Alpaca and\/or African Violets patterns. Hopefully that will give everyone a chance to choose a pattern they like &#8211; or even make both if you&#8217;re feeling ambitious (one per month shouldn&#8217;t be too much of a stretch)&#8230;<\/p>\n<p><em>(To add the official Summer CAL button to your blog, right click on the image above and save it, then upload it to your blog.)<\/em><\/p>\n<h2>Summer CAL Rules<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li>The CAL will run from<strong> July 1st through to August 31st<\/strong>, so hopefully even the busiest people will have a chance to complete one of the patterns<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.ravelry.com\/groups\/planetjune-crochet-designs\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Join my Ravelry group<\/a> to participate in the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ravelry.com\/discuss\/planetjune-crochet-designs\/1197910\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Summer CAL chat thread<\/a>, share your progress, ask questions, etc<\/li>\n<li>A CAL is most fun when lots of people join in, so if you\u2019re participating, please feel free to blog about it, post in other groups, etc<\/li>\n<li>Share, share, share! If you\u2019ve made an Alpaca or African Violet already, add it to the group for inspiration! And remember to add your CAL projects too and post about them in the CAL thread<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2>CAL Discount<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li>If you\u2019re taking part in the CAL, you can buy whichever pattern you\u2019d like to use (or both) for\u00a0<strong>20% off<\/strong> their regular price. To do this, just order the pattern(s) from <a href=\"\/shop\">my shop<\/a> and use the discount coupon code <strong>2010SummerCAL<\/strong> at checkout &#8211; you\u2019ll see the discount automatically applied to those patterns before you pay.<\/li>\n<li>You can also order anything else you want at the same time &#8211; but you\u2019ll only get the 20% discount on the CAL patterns(s) \ud83d\ude42<\/li>\n<li>If you\u2019ve already bought the pattern(s), you can still get your 20% discount, applied as credit towards another pattern purchase. To take advantage of this, order and pay for\u00a0<em>any other pattern(s)<\/em> as usual, and put a note in the comments box saying which pattern(s) you\u2019ve already purchased and will be making for the CAL (if you have them, the order date or order number would be helpful so I can verify it more easily), and I\u2019ll refund you 20% of the cost of the pattern you\u2019ll be using against this new order.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><em>Note: please don&#8217;t abuse my generosity: only take advantage of this discount if you truly intend to participate in the CAL &#8211; thank you \ud83d\ude42<\/em><\/p>\n<h2>The patterns<\/h2>\n<p><em>Click the images to jump straight through to the relevant shop pages:<br \/>\n<\/em><br \/>\n<a href=\"\/shop\/index.php?main_page=product_info&#038;cPath=14&#038;products_id=55\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/blog\/images\/alpaca3.jpg\" alt=\"amigurumi alpaca crochet pattern by planetjune\" \/><\/a><br \/>\nAn adorably realistic Alpaca (or Llama) &#8211; for added realism, use alpaca yarn (although that&#8217;s not required!)<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"\/shop\/index.php?main_page=product_info&#038;cPath=15&#038;products_id=54\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/blog\/images\/africanviolets1.jpg\" alt=\"african violets crochet pattern by planetjune\" \/><\/a><br \/>\nFinally &#8211; a beautiful houseplant that will never die and looks good year-round! The African Violets pattern includes 2 sizes and 2 different flower designs, so you can make the smaller version if you&#8217;re pressed for time, and choose the flowers you like the best.<\/p>\n<p>So, how about it? Will you join the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ravelry.com\/discuss\/planetjune-crochet-designs\/1197910\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Summer Crochetalong<\/a>? Which pattern will you pick?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>After the success of the Spring Crochetalong (CAL) in the PlanetJune Crochet Designs Ravelry group, people have been asking for another CAL. I put it to the vote, and this is what we came up with: For the Summer CAL, we&#8217;ll be crocheting two of my most popular designs: my Alpaca and\/or African Violets patterns. 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