Becky's Knitting

Franklin Habit came to visit Austin today as part of his 1,000 Knitters Project.  My goal was to finish Isabella so I could wear it for my picture.  I didn't make it :-( 

I didn't realize that I would have basically no time for knitting once finals were over.  In fact, silly me, I thought just the opposite.  I can't complain because life as a summer associate is pretty swanky with lots of good food, fun events, and nice people, but I am always amazed at how exhausting near-constant social time is. 

As you can see, I did make excellent progress on Isabella.  The back is done, and I am currently doing short-row bust shaping on the front.  I would still like to get it finished this summer as I have a suit this would look excellent underneath, which is what I originally picked the yarn out for.  We'll see how quickly I finish it, though, because I am sooo in the mood to knit some lace and cables now that school is done. 

Franklin's visit was really fun.  Unfortunately I didn't get to stay too long because I had a handbell concert to get to.  The Knitting Nest was pleasantly full with lots of people shopping and knitting while awaiting their turn, but it wasn't overly crowded.  Here's me with Franklin.

Check out how long the scarf that everyone is working on while getting their picture taken is.

Here's my friend Lisa who is my handbell/knitting buddy.

And here's Rita and Lydia from LSSK.

I was also pleasantly surprised to run into Ana who makes Entrelac stitch markers.  I purchased some of these back in April when she had her collection at The Knitting Nest Ravelry get together.  I LOVE THEM!  They are small, so they don't interfere with my knitting when I'm using small needles.  But they're much prettier than the small plastic ones I've been able to find.  I was planning to email her about ordering some, so I was thrilled when she said she had some with her.  I got two different colors of little tiny ones and one slightly larger one that I like for marking the beginning of the row in circular knitting.  I needed some more because all the ones I bought my first time around are in use already.  I highly recommend her products if you tend to knit with smaller needles or just don't like dangly stitch markers, but still want them to be pretty.

I also picked up 2 skeins of Lorna's Laces Shepherd Sock in Pink Blossom.  These are for test knitting socks for another LSSK friend - Birdy.  She's finishing up her heart socks pattern, and I offered to test it out for her.  Should be fun - I'm thinking my sister loves pink and the hearts would be cute girly socks for her.  Of course, I also think they'd be really cute for me. 

And check out these cute tape measures that Stacy just got in and was giving away with purchases.  Glad I bought something

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I turned in my final paper of 2L year last Wednesday.  I had to write at least 25 pages as my portion of a joint research project.  I ended up writing 40 of the 65 pages we turned in (ok b/c I was doing it for more credits), and I easily could have written more.  We'd like to publish the paper, but that would require me going back in and adding the stuff I left out and some major editing, so I don't know if it will happen. 

I also started work last Monday, so the overlap those first few days when I was staying up late to write the paper and getting up early for work was pretty rough.  Now I'm living the life of a summer associate - big lunches and lots of activities paid for by the firm - the hardest part is trying to squeeze in actual work.  I'm really enjoying myself so far, even the work part! 

On the knitting front, the back of Isabella is done and I'm about 4 inches into the front.  I would show a picture, but it really just looks like a purple blob right now.  I got kinda tired of it and did a bunch on the second Crown Mtn sock while finishing my paper, so I'm not as far along as I'd like to be.  I'm going to have to do some major knitting this weekend to get it finished in time for Franklin's visit.  I'm struggling though because now that I'm done with finals, I really want to work on lace and cables and all those awesome projects I didn't get to work on while school was in session.  If I could get a little farther Isabella has lace - I wonder if I can force myself through it or whether I don't care that much.  We'll see.

Also, as a heads up, Season 2 of Vickie Howell's podcast will be starting soon.  I think the episode with the founder of Etsy is the one I am most looking forward to.

I owe you a recap of my yarn crawl through Minneapolis and St. Paul yarn stores.  Lots of goodies were purchased, and I want to take some good pics so look for that soon. 

And because I hate a post without pictures, here's Major helping me write my paper.  These pictures have not been rotated.  He curled up between my legs, and then rotated himself.  So cute!

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