So Exciting!

Still not quite done with the scarf; I have about half a ball left. I am going to try and finish that up today. I have just been perusing Ravelry and have found two new projects I want to do!

The first is actually the way to get out of a dilemma. I was making Reverie, a beautiful hat out of the Spring issue of Knitty. Unfortunately, I was using the beautiful Manos de Uruguay Silk Merino blend I bought over a year ago, picture here. The colors were working out beautifully, the Reverie was off to a great start, so pretty, so easy!

So what do I mean by "unfortunately"? Dilemma? What the hell am I talking about?

Well, do you see that tiny tiny ball of yarn that is being used? THATS IT. That's all I bought. I haven't even made it to the decrease on this hat. And I bought it a year ago, so when I went back to Yarn Mart, my lys, they didn't even have that colorway anymore, let alone the same dyelot.

So instead, I will make this. I found it on Ravelry when looking at what some local girls have been making lately. It is a facsimile of a hat that Emma Watson as Hermione Granger was wearing in a movie teaser photo last summer. The designer, Jackie, calls it Hermione's Cable and Eyelet hat. I think its great and hopefully there is enought of the Manos to make it. If not, it looks like I will be cast back into the pit of depression. It just goes to show you, this is what I get for not paying enough attention to the amount of yarn I have and the amount of yarn it takes to make something. Oh well.

The other wonderful thing I found was a sweater...I am finally going to try and make a sweater. I feel that as a knitter I need to make a sweater, sort of as a "thesis" or something. Of course I am pretty weird. I decided on the Cabled Cardigan by Margaret O'Leary, it was in the Fall 2006 issue of Vogue Knitting. I am not going to cast on for this until after this summer, as it will require more yarn and I won't buy anymore until my stash is whittled down. But it is very nice to have something to look forward to. And there are so many great variations on the Ravelry page, I can't wait to make it!

In other news, I watched the new Star Trek movie last night. I have been a fan of TNG since I was 9 or 10, and a fan of TOS for 5 or 6 years. I think that I am mostly a "trekkie". And I can tell you, they did a GREAT job with this movie. The actors they cast were great. The only possible improvements were that Anton Yelchin as Chekov didn't look the same, but his acting was pretty much great. Also, the story line of Spock and Uhura wasn't my favorite, but it's not a big deal. It was awesome, I cannot recommend it enough, for Trekkies and non-Trekkies alike. It was a great action movie either way. After I watched it, I just wanted to sit and watch it again. I told my friend that after watching it I felt like we needed to yell "Alright!" and do a chest-bump. She said she wanted to clap and cheer at the end. And as for the guy playing Dr. Leonard "Bones" McCoy, Karl Urban, he must have studied footage of DeForest Kelley for literally hours. He just walks into a room like Kelley, talks like Kelley, moves like Kelley. Awesome.

What are you doing? Go watch Star Trek.