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This is a great theme for those of you with busy lives and not much free time to crochet: as the PocketAmi are so small, they work up far more quickly than my other designs. Come join the tiny ami fun at the Pocket-Along thread in the PlanetJune Ravelry group<\/a>!<\/p>\n With a week remaining until Easter, there’s still plenty of time to crochet a set of stylish decorative Easter Eggs<\/a> or the cutest Baby Bunnies<\/a> you’ll ever see! Here’s a sampling of some of the adorable bunnies that have already been made for the CAL, in case you need a little more temptation:<\/p>\n Don’t forget to share your bunnies, eggs, and more in the PlanetJune Ravelry group<\/a> so I can include your pics in the Easter CAL roundup \ud83d\ude42<\/p>\n March’s ‘Review and Win’ winner is Hannah B<\/strong>, with her Detail Stuffing Tool<\/a> review:<\/p>\n Best. Tool. Ever. Don’t know how I stuffed before it. It’s so easy to use and it works incredibly.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n Congrats Hannah – I’ll email you to find out which pattern you’d like as your prize \ud83d\ude42<\/p>\n (By the way, if you haven’t bought your Detail Stuffing Tool yet, remember you can also pick one up as part of my Amigurumi Essentials Kit<\/a>, together with a set of stitch markers for crochet and a selection of safety eyes.)<\/p>\n To be entered into this month’s draw for a free pattern of your choice, just write a review of any product in my shop<\/a> – thank you!<\/strong><\/p>\n My koala, the first design commissioned through the new pledging process<\/a> is now complete, and he’s the most realistic koala I’ve ever seen. (If you follow the PlanetJune Facebook page<\/a> you’ll have already seen a sneak peek photo!) My next task is to finish editing all the photos and complete the pattern. I hope to have the pattern finished and up in the shop in the next couple of days. Thank you to everyone who pledged for this design – making a koala has been on my list for years, but I probably wouldn’t have ever got around to doing it without the commission! <\/p>\n I wonder which design will be fully pledged next..? Platypus and Sea Otter are the current front-runners, but several others are catching up, and I have no idea who’ll end up reaching the finish line first. So far, I think this new commissions model has been a great success; the only animals I’ve put on the list are ones that I know I’ll be happy to design, so it’s fun to watch the race and wonder which animal I’ll be designing next!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" It may be April 1st, but there’s no fooling here – just my usual news update… Pocket-Along CAL The top-voted theme for April’s Crochet-Along was a Pocket-Along! This will include all my pocket-sized patterns (PocketAmi Sets 1-6, Mop Top Mascots, Tiny Whale) or, if you’re feeling adventurous, try miniaturizing any of my regular-sized patterns with […]<\/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":[],"class_list":["post-6643","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-general"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.planetjune.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6643","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=6643"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.planetjune.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6643\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":23937,"href":"https:\/\/www.planetjune.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6643\/revisions\/23937"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.planetjune.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=6643"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.planetjune.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=6643"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.planetjune.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=6643"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}Easter CAL<\/h2>\n
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\nAwwww! I’ll show you full-sized photos of these and more, with credit to the crocheters, in the CAL roundup next Sunday.<\/em><\/p>\n![\"Easter](\"\/blog\/CAL_images\/Easter\/CALEaster.jpg\")
<\/p>\nReview and Win contest<\/h2>\n
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<\/a><\/p>\nNew Designs…<\/h2>\n