busy weekend

This weekend I did several things. I knit two scarves of left over furry yarn, which will be gifts for some 5 year old friends of mine, one grey one white both too short for grownups (which was the plan). I also knit myself a hat...a very special hat. My folks went to Alaska earlier this year, and my mom brought me back some Quivit yarn, from the Oomingmak Cooperative. This yarn is from the fluffy undercoat of a musk ox. You knit it really loose, (a heavy worsted on size 10 needles) so while it looks like the cap wouldn't be that warm it really is. It's blocking now. I'll start wearing it regularly probably tomorrow. Maybe I'll post pictures if I get really excited.

I also saw three movies, two in the theaters one at home. Master and Commander was terrific. Completely engrossing, beautifully filmed. It's in the Water, which I borrowed from a friend, is a cute film about a small town in the south freaking out that drinking the water might make you gay. The final movie of the weekend was Matrix Revolutions, lovely special effects, a good action film. I never quite got the whole searching for religious imagry in the Matrix movies. I strongly suspect that comes from a culture where people my age have very little religion in their lives and are looking for something to believe in. To which I say..."Go to church to find God, not the movies."