Intermission

The writer's strike is robbing me of television. In the meantime, I've been catching up on shows that everyone has insisted I should watch, like Heroes, Arrested Development and back-episodes of The Office. Netflix movies can't come fast enough! Heroes was fan-smashtic and I love the soundtrack. Whoever said that TV show theme songs were dead? I rented The Red Violin tonight purely to hear the music. It also may be one of the only movies that Samuel L. Jackson lives through.

I'm still working on resolving my own creative strike, errr lapse, errr hiatus. To fill the gaps, here's a view of what crafty things I was lucky enough to receive over the holidays. It's been hard not to start something new with all this inspiration!

Friends at work gave me a knitting pattern book and the ultimate kitting manual.

Joe's crafty preset for me, in true Joe style.

I've been eyeing this crazy creation

A new crochet book from Adrienne and antique crochet hooks from my mother-in-law Vicky

I like this babydoll dress, but I think I'd shorten it for me

I really like the crochet hooks. I'm not really one for antiques or collecting knick knacks, but I can actually use these. It makes me wonder what someone has made with them. Vicky said the two with the colored ends are from the 70s and the double ended one is much older. I can't wait to test-drive them!

Hopefully this weekend will be a craftier one than last. I'm still recovering from back to work shock. This morning the fridge broke and I'm currently surviving on a diet of salt and MSG, or lime tostitos and ramen. And I'm officially a whiner wah wah wah.