I haven't been doing a whole lot of crochet recently ... I've mostly been playing with altered card art ... but I have completed one small project:
Meet Murray!
Isn't he adorable? The original pattern Skull Pincushion is by DIY Geekess, though I used buttons for eyes and crocheted the bottom closed. I have also crocheted a smaller one, called Murray Junior for my son - I'll post a pic once he has eyes.
This fortnight I have continued my book consumption. I partook in the last few hours of Book Depository's flash sale, gathering three new books - A Portrait of Dorian Grey by Oscar Wilde, How to Draw Cartoons and Caricatures by Mark Linley, and Wallace and Gromit's Grand Adventures.
The latter I have perused with The Chook, to great satisfaction! I adore Wallace and Gromit! How to Draw Cartoons and Caricatures isn't all that exciting, though I have only flicked through it so far.
I have also purchased five more books on Thursday, four from Bookworld, the fifth from Book Depository (once again). From Book Depository I purchased Making Handmade Books: 100+ Bindings, Structures and Forms by Alisa Golden. From Bookworld I purchased The Imaginary World of... by Keri Smith, Subversive Cross Stitch 50 Designs for Your Sassy Side by Julie Jackson, Snail Mail: Celebrating the Art of Handwritten Correspondence by Michelle Mackintosh, and The Greatest Show on Earth: The Evidence for Evolution by Richard Dawkins.
It's crazy how quickly books from the UK (Book Depository) have been arriving! Usually when I order books from the UK it takes between two to three weeks to arrive - but the books I mentioned in my last post arrived in 9 working days, the books I mention in the second paragraph of this post took 6 working days - I wonder how long it will take for Making Handmade Books to arrive.
In my previous post I mentioned I was reading God is not Great By Christopher Hitchens. I enjoyed the read, though it was very different to Richard Dawkins The God Delusion. The God Delusion was about proving the claims for the existence of god(s) wrong, whereas God is not Great is about showing how belief in god(s) does not make people better or make the world a better place to live, but in fact makes it worse.
Well, enough about books ... how about movies? I purchased a few new movies, because Target has all Blu-rays half price. I picked up The Hobbit: The Battle of Five Armies (3D), X-Men: Days of Future Past (3D), and The Imitation Game.
I don't own the equipment for 3D movies, but I figured they come with a 2D version, so why not buy the 3D versions - since the half price deal made The Hobbit $2 more and X-Men 50 cents more than the 2D versions.
The only one of these movies I have thus far watched is The Imitation Game. It's the story of Alan Turing, the father of the computers. I had heard of him and this movie didn't present me with many facts that I was unaware of, but it was a compelling and emotional ride. Normally I don't go in for drama - I'm an Action Sci-Fi kind of girl - But it was a film about an important historical figure I really enjoyed learning about ... and having Benedict Cumberbatch playing the lead role didn't hurt! I highly recommend this film to everyone.
TL:DR - I love books and I have purchased lots recently. The film The Imitation Game is amazing!
PsychoScissors out.
