This lovely lady is my other bff. Our amazing makeup artist, Amanie. She's won Emmy's for pete's sake! It was such a treat to get beautified every day by this pro. Plus she made me laugh so much that my eye makeup kept running. But then she would fix it. Really, what more could you ask for?

Amanie also taught me what my hair has been missing all this time: teasing! Who knew? When it's flat and lifeless, tease it a little bit! I've been saying for a while now that hairspray gets a bad rap - and I think I can now say the same for teasing. Why these useful hair tools went out of style, I'll never know. I mean, don't expect to see me rockin' a beehive anytime soon, but if you notice that I seem to have good hair days all the time from here on out, it's the teasing.



Here's another shot of our crew and cameras. They're usually much more intent-looking, but this was actually during a break. Each camera has a teleprompter attached to it - so those screens are actually all cameras. Sneaky!


Here's miss cutie pie Robyn Chachula with our fearless leader, Candi Jensen. What you can't see in this pic is that Candi's left ankle was as big as a grapefruit. She twisted it, but just kept on truckin'. What a trooper.


Here I am with the most popular man in crochet-dom, Drew Emborsky, The Crochet Dude! We couldn't resist a little cheesy sitcom pose, what with all that makeup and bright lighting.



That's Kristin Nicholas, my new knitting hero. Girl lives on a sheep farm, has her own line of luscious yarn, and does the most amazing colorwork ever. She's also a great blogger, and super nice. In fact, check out her blog this week for some great posts about Detroit - she managed to make it to some arty venues, and she's done a great job of reporting on them.



This crazy lady is Maggie Pace, founder of the amazing company Pick Up Sticks. She's a felting maven and I was so inspired by her gorgeous designs.


That's me with the crew, just after we finished 26 episodes. You can't quite tell but they're holding the cue card that says "wrap". Awww.



And then, I collapsed.