{"id":3839,"date":"2010-11-16T13:14:53","date_gmt":"2010-11-16T18:14:53","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.planetjune.com\/blog\/?p=3839"},"modified":"2025-03-16T14:52:47","modified_gmt":"2025-03-16T18:52:47","slug":"christmas-cal-and-contest","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.planetjune.com\/blog\/christmas-cal-and-contest\/","title":{"rendered":"Christmas CAL and contest!"},"content":{"rendered":"

I’ve run three crochet-alongs (CALs) this year: Spring<\/a>, Summer<\/a> and Fall<\/a>. I’ve been a little disappointed with the outcome: approx 3-4 times<\/strong> as many people used the CAL discount code than actually submitted completed projects to the CAL roundup. Some people contacted me to apologise that they didn’t manage to complete their projects in time, and I can I understand that – life sometimes gets in the way, despite our best intentions – but these numbers are just too high for that to apply to everyone, and it makes me really sad that some people must have been abusing my generosity by using my 20% discount although they had no intention of participating in the CAL \ud83d\ude41<\/p>\n

I’d like to finish the year on a high note, and actually reward the people who do<\/strong> want to participate in the CALs without losing money to the opportunists who just want a cheap pattern, so we’re going to do it differently this time around, and have a crochetalong contest!<\/p>\n

\"Christmas<\/p>\n

The PlanetJune Christmas CAL & Contest<\/h2>\n

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\nTop row: Christmas Trees<\/a>, Christmas Baubles<\/a>
\nMiddle row: Poinsettia<\/a>, PocketAmi Christmas<\/a>
\nBottom row: Christmas Pudding<\/a>, Candy Cane<\/a><\/p>\n

Here’s how it works:<\/h3>\n
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  1. Make one of my Christmas-themed patterns<\/a>.<\/strong> There’s no CAL discount this time, but there are plenty of Donationware patterns in my Christmas line-up, so you can pay whatever you can afford for those, or even just use them for free if cashflow is a bit tight at this time of year.<\/li>\n
  2. Show us what you’ve made!<\/strong> Post it to your blog, or to ravelry, flickr, facebook, or anywhere else you like to show your work.<\/li>\n
  3. Enter the Christmas CAL contest.<\/strong> Read this part carefully:<\/em> to enter the contest, send an email to CAL@planetjune.com<\/a> with a link to where you’ve posted about your project. If you don’t have anywhere that you post to online, you can still enter: just email a photo of your completed project to me.<\/li>\n
  4. Bonus entries.<\/strong> Make more than one of my patterns and you’ll get an entry for each one!<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

    The prizes:<\/h3>\n