Keeping busy
Jul 20th, 2007 by Hil
While my foot is in a cast I’ve picked up an old knitting project, continuing knitting squares for a blanket. I’ve done about 6 new ones, and I’m up to about 42 squares.
I’ve watched a motley collection of DVDs:
Casino Royale - a complete waste of time, apart from the animation at the beginning which was great - loved the way it played with pattern and card imagery.
Happy Feet - good animation, but crap illogical storyline
Cars - hackneyed if worthy themes, but cool and inventive concepts and animation
Robots - hackneyed if worthy themes, but cool and inventive concepts and animation. Loved all the mechanical ideas.
HP: Goblet of Fire - enjoyable, but so much missing
Starskey and Hutch - thoroughly enjoyable crap - loved it, much to my surprise
Jindabyne - an uncomfortable but really good film; sustained creepiness; feminist, though that opinion might seem odd. My haunting image is of the hooked trout, about to become the mens’ trophy, powerless and taking its final slow gasps and flaps.
And motley reading? I’ve just finished re-reading all 6 of the Harry Potter books. And Bryce Courtney’s The Potato Factory which I enjoyed though it’s not great in any sense. And an old Donna Leon. Now I’m on to The Poisonwood Bible. But I expect to go back to Harry when I get my turn with the new one next week.
Sorry to hear you’ve been in the wars Hil.
Excellent use of time. Most admirable.
Ooh, you knitted squares are beautiful!
Thanks Sally, I am just over half way through the cast time and it coming on nicely - I can hobble around fairly effectively now!
Thanks Mimi - I know it sounds silly, but the colours and feel of the squares are so satisfying that it probably won’t ever matter if I make a blanket with them or not!
BTW, Mimi love your printed cloth, can’t wait to see what you do with it. Printing with stamps is somthing I’ve always intended doing, too.