Has it only been 7 days?

About this time last week I put my computer away (OK, I chucked it in the cupboard) in total frustration. Then I began to have severe blogging-withdrawal symptoms, so I got it out again this evening, on the off-chance, and Eureka! (or at least so far so good...) I do advocate the 'treat them mean' method of repairing electrical goods, my washing machine and hoover have responded well to a hefty kick in the past, and I've whacked a malfunctioning microwave or hairdryer with great success.

Anyway, I was really disappointed to not be able to post last Sunday because I saw two wonderful films at Cinema City. You have to see Little Miss Sunshine, and if my recommendation isn't enough (and why should it be?), it received a round of applause and a good few cheers and everyone left the cinema beaming. The same evening (and this is after a fairly barren few months of cinema going), I saw the Neil Young 'Heart of Gold' film. Now, music films can be a bit hit and miss and even though I was looking forward to it, I was a little apprehensive, but it was fabulous. It was the closest, I'm sure, I'll ever come to seeing him live and it really felt like being at a concert, but it was even better than that in some ways because the camera man/woman zoomed in really close at some points so it seemed really intimate. And it was strangely calming. Although I love listening to music I never sit down and do nothing else but listen (can any crafters do that?), so I became totally absorbed in the music. It really was a wonderful experience, I hope I get the chance to see it at a cinema again because the setting made all the difference.

I started the above owl in the two hour gap between the two films, it has nothing to do with either but I hate to post without pictures. For the same reason, here is a picture of the back of the quilted birds. I do like to see the back of work, sometimes I think it's more interesting than the front because you can trace the routes the crafter has travelled along and see her touch more definitely. My mum always taught me that the back should be as neat as the front, so Look Away Now Mum!

So you would think I have lots of complete crafted items to photograph and blog about.. Well it's not that I haven't been making (honest, miss!), just that the projects I have on the go are all long haul jobs (apart from the owl but I'm refusing to start him until the quilted birds are done). The blanket is going to take an age, so I've adopted crocheting as my new favourite pastime. It's so much quicker than knitting and, as I'm learning, practising the new skills is keeping me interested. So my blanket may turn into a bit of a crochet sampler, and will be all the better for it!