Wedding Dress!

I had the first fitting of my wedding dress last Friday. I know it's not knitting, but there isn't much to show on my shawl progress, so here's my dress!! (Esther Garcia is the amazing designer and seamstress -- she did this from watching the movie a few times!!)

First we have front, side, and back views.
















Then there are two pictures of the trim pinned on with pins in the front where Esther is going to take the dress in a bit. The final fitting will be in June!

R's Sweater and Banana Scarf!

Here are two pictures of my banana yarn scarf, which I finished while watching lecture online last quarter...













Siena is a very good model.













And here are some pictures of Randall's sweater. I decided to construct it like the FLAK sweater, so it has saddles and I'm almost done with the back to the armhole. It's a bit squished at the top (which is actually the bottom) on the needles, but it stretches out straight.

Finals...

I really should be working on a take-home final or studying for a final tonight right now, but I just thought I'd update quickly since I haven't posted in a while. I have only worked on my shawl 1 of the last 11 days, although I did knit 2,672 stitches that day (I was on an airplane). However, I did start a sweater for Randall, which was going to be a surprise, kind of (he knew I bought the yarn but didn't know I started), but then I showed it to him because I wanted to make sure he likes it before I get too far... anyway, finals will be over tomorrow and then I will go on a knitting binge, so expect lots of posts next week!

Midterms are Over!

Well, I'm about 2,055 stitches behind now... after catching up the past few days. You can see that midterms and the aftermath have prevented me from knitting recently. Since I'm going on a business trip over the next week (the week before finals) I'm hoping to catch up on some knitting in airports and on planes. Then finals will hit, but then I'll go visit my parents for spring break and knit all day long for a week! I have high hopes for Spring Break...

School is kicking my butt

As you can see here, I knit 2 rows on Monday and 2 rows on Saturday and none in between. What a sad knitting week. I'm now officially behind schedule. Hopefully this week will be better. I have 3 problem sets, but no midterms, and one of my classes was cancelled one day. So, I vow to go to Thursday night Bobaknit this week. Last week I didn't get to go, but 3 of my knitting friends did (who wouldn't have been there without my having convinced them it's awesome and they should go). So, that makes me feel better.