So glad you all like the sweater! I would definitely recommend the pattern. Well written and easy to understand. This would be a perfect “first sweater” project. In fact, I think baby sweaters are a great beginners project. There is little, if any, shaping. You typically knit two rectangles and two ummm, what are they called? Trapezoids? Yeah, two sides are parallel, Trapezoid. Love the Google. Sew everything together, stick a neck on and viola! A sweater!!!

Pop Quiz…how many of you know where the nickname “Bookish Girl” came from? Hmmm, not many hands out there. Elisa, you can only raise one hand at a time, both don’t count.Rob started a novel a few years ago. The premise is based on a fictionalized account of his time in Athens, GA. Seeing as this was where we met and the book covers the beginning period of our courtship (seriously, how cool is the term courtship?!) I am a character in the book. Rather than use my real name Rob came up with an ultra-ego for me. The Bookish Girl.

She slowly morphed into my real life ultra ego. A superhero of sorts. Ready to save the world with literacy and nerddom. I love her. A few years later I started the blog and it just seemed like the right name. That was two years ago.
About a year ago Rob was drawing and I asked him to draw his image of the bookish girl.

Here is a scan of his sketchpad…
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How cute is she?!!

I really wanted to use her to her full potential. I made plans to make some crafty labels…for gifts, for garments, etc. On paper, fabric, ribbon, all kinds of stuff. I worked up a few designs but never got around to putting into action. The first step in all of this was to render the graphic in digital form. The scan wouldn’t really serve my purpose as the resolution was limited to the size at which he created it (too small for some stuff). The other night I finally took some time and worked in Corel Draw (a graphics software that I use frequently for work) to create the Digital Bookish Girl. It’s difficult to capture the texture and personality of a freehand drawing but this is what I came up with…

What do you all think? I’m not a big pearl person but I liked the touch…. And the color? Well, I’m not so sure of it either. I think I’ll play with her a bit more and maybe come up with some other versions. In the end, if I ever end up making handmade stuff for gifts (I used to be a maniac soap maker, I don’t know what the hell happened to that hobby) I think she’d make a great little mascot. I also think that I may be able to get my mom to embroider some labels for me (she has one of those cool sewing machines that hooks up to the computer).

Thanks Robby for creating her, you really caught the best part of me.
What do you all think?