I don’t quite know where that last post came from, it wasn’t what I sat down to write about at all! However, pms probably contributed, and the fact that it is assignment-writing time.  I spent the whole weekend working on the damn thing, so I feel entitled to be grumpy about being stuck in front of a computer when everyone else is lazing around.  I’ve also discovered that assignments and diets don’t work so well together.  Weigh-in time again tomorrow with yet another new set of scales as the last new pair turned out to be totally inaccuraate.  I just hope that i’m still 5kg down, that will be enough of a victory at the moment!

The SO and i went to see Indiana Jones IV last week.  I gather it has had some mixed reviews.  I think the key is not to have huge expectations – just go along to enjoy seeing Indy again and you’ll have a great time.  There is no doubt the plot is all over the place, and I thought Cate Blanchett over-acted horribly, but hey, its Dr Jones in a new adventure and there’s a lot of humour.  I suspect i will have to go see it again on the big screen.  We went on opening night, and on one side of us was “I can’t possibly go half an hour without texting somebody, so I’m just going to keep my phone flipped open so the screen glare can get in your eyes” woman, and on the other was “I’m slightly mad and will talk to myself all the way through the movie and laugh at not-funny things that no-one else is laughing at” lady.  Which is the sort of thing that explains why i don’t go to the movies very often any more.

This weekend is a long weekend for us, for some reason we still celebrate the Queen of England’s birthday which isn’t even in June, go figure, but a holiday is always good, so Happy Birthday your Majesty.  HOPEFULLY I will not have to spend all of it studying…I accidentally bought a book of animal crochet patterns by Amy Gaines from Spotlight (accidentally because it wasn’t what i went in for), and i’m dying to get started on Chaos the Cat and also the Pirate panda. 

Here’s my last completed project, done with a 1.5 mm hook and DMC embroidery cotton.  I bought the pattern online and am reasonably pleased with the result, especially the Fimo nose which is something I haven’t tried before.  However I did find that the decrease stitches ended up creating holes in the fabric, which is not what you want for an item that has to be stuffed.  no doubt I need to refine my technique, and maybe try using an even smaller hook for the decreases, but if anyone has any tips about this please do share!

Anyhow, this is BonBon.  I think hes is quite cute but he does look like he would rather be an elephant, and I can see just how to alter the pattern, so look out for an elephant sometime soon.  I wonder…if i take someone’s pattern for a bear and turn it into a pattern for an elephant, will i have changed it sufficiently for it to be considered an original that i can sell?  You’d think as a librarian i would know everything there is to know about copyright.  Sigh.

 

The bear who wants to be an elephant