{"id":4244,"date":"2011-02-07T12:48:40","date_gmt":"2011-02-07T17:48:40","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.planetjune.com\/blog\/?p=4244"},"modified":"2023-04-04T16:24:56","modified_gmt":"2023-04-04T20:24:56","slug":"adopt-a-planetjune-ferret","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.planetjune.com\/blog\/adopt-a-planetjune-ferret\/","title":{"rendered":"adopt a PlanetJune Ferret!"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Drumroll, please&#8230;. Today I have a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity for a PlanetJune fan or a ferret fan to own a <a href=\"https:\/\/cgi.ebay.com\/ws\/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&#038;item=300523723911\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">PlanetJune original<\/a>! It&#8217;s very rare that I sell finished pieces &#8211; I occasionally accept a commission for a crocheted animal, but I spend almost all my time designing and writing, and prefer to save my hands for crocheting up new designs. But when I came to pack up my toy shelves:<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/planetjune\/5324154458\/sizes\/o\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/blog\/images\/toyshelves2.jpg\" alt=\"planetjune toy shelves\" \/><br \/>\n<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&#8230;there was one little baby who stayed behind&#8230;<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/blog\/images\/toyshelves_empty.jpg\" alt=\"planetjune empty toy shelves\" \/><\/p>\n<p>&#8230;<a href=\"https:\/\/cgi.ebay.com\/ws\/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&#038;item=300523723911\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">One little ferret<\/a> who decided he&#8217;d like to be adopted into a new loving home instead of moving to South Africa with me.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/blog\/images\/ferret1_sml.jpg\" alt=\"OOAK art plush crocheted ferret by June Gilbank (PlanetJune)\" \/><br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/blog\/images\/ferret2_sml.jpg\" alt=\"OOAK art plush crocheted ferret by June Gilbank (PlanetJune)\" \/><\/p>\n<p>This sweet and realistic ferret is a totally <strong>one-of-a-kind PlanetJune original<\/strong>. His markings are different to those in my ferret pattern, so you can&#8217;t make one like this, even with my pattern!<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/blog\/images\/ferret3_sml.jpg\" alt=\"OOAK art plush crocheted ferret by June Gilbank (PlanetJune)\" \/><br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/blog\/images\/ferret4_sml.jpg\" alt=\"OOAK art plush crocheted ferret by June Gilbank (PlanetJune)\" \/><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>He measures 14&#8243; (36cm) long, from the tip of his cute little pink nose to the end of his furry ferret tail.<\/li>\n<li>He&#8217;s crocheted from mohair blend yarns, which makes him fuzzy and fluffy and soft and cuddly.<\/li>\n<li>Black safety eyes complete his realistic look, so he&#8217;s not suitable for children under 3 years old.<\/li>\n<li>Complete with a signed certificate of authenticity that he was handmade with love by me, June Gilbank!<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/blog\/images\/ferret5_sml.jpg\" alt=\"OOAK art plush crocheted ferret by June Gilbank (PlanetJune)\" \/><br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/blog\/images\/ferret6_sml.jpg\" alt=\"OOAK art plush crocheted ferret by June Gilbank (PlanetJune)\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Would you like to adopt this little sweetie? He&#8217;s all ready to go to his new home, and I&#8217;ve <a href=\"https:\/\/cgi.ebay.com\/ws\/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&#038;item=300523723911\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">put him up for auction on eBay<\/a> with a ridiculously low starting price &#8211; far lower than my commissioned rates &#8211; so you may end up with a real bargain as well as a one-of-a-kind original!<\/p>\n<p>All proceeds will go to a very good cause: buying a stash of yarn that I can take to South Africa with me so I can continue to create new amigurumi patterns for you in the yarns that you&#8217;re familiar with (there&#8217;ll be no soft worsted weight acrylics over there: no Bernat, Lion Brand, Red Heart, Patons, Caron&#8230; how will I survive?!)<\/p>\n<p>I hope you like my sweet ferret. If you don&#8217;t want to place a bid yourself, please pass the link (<a href=\"https:\/\/cgi.ebay.com\/ws\/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&#038;item=300523723911\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">PlanetJune Ferret auction link<\/a>) on to anyone else who may be interested in this opportunity.<\/p>\n<p>Or, bid on my ferret right here: <a href=\"https:\/\/cgi.ebay.com\/ws\/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&#038;item=300523723911\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">PlanetJune Ferret auction<\/a> \ud83d\ude42<\/p>\n<p>Thank you!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Drumroll, please&#8230;. Today I have a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity for a PlanetJune fan or a ferret fan to own a PlanetJune original! It&#8217;s very rare that I sell finished pieces &#8211; I occasionally accept a commission for a crocheted animal, but I spend almost all my time designing and writing, and prefer to save my hands [&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":[1],"tags":[38],"class_list":["post-4244","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-general","tag-archive"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.planetjune.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4244","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=4244"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.planetjune.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4244\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":22993,"href":"https:\/\/www.planetjune.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4244\/revisions\/22993"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.planetjune.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4244"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.planetjune.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4244"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.planetjune.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4244"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}