I’m in my 20s, I’m married, and I live in Connecticut. I’m in law school, and I knit to stay calm and sane. My mom taught me to knit when I was a kid, and I picked it up again as a sophomore in college.
I’m getting into designing, and I’m loving it.
My Original Designs
Dainty Pinstripes Pullover
Wa na na na na na na na
BAT SHAWL!
Foliage
Tempest Socks
Chevron Bag
Heart Lace SocksKnitting Scouts
20 responses so far ↓
AnonaEsq. // September 15, 2007 at 9:53 pm |
I graduated from law school in 2004. Sometimes knitting was the only think that stopped me from completely loosing my marbles.
Make sure that you and your husband make time to be together and do something fun at least once a week even if that means you have to slack on studying.
I am now in private practice in a small suburb of Columbus, Ohio. I use the basement of my office to hold my ever growing stash.
Good luck in law school and remember when writing your exams, always use IRAC. Law school professors have no appreciation for creativity. My first contracts exam I scored a 10 out of 45 possible points because I didn’t follow the IRAC rule.
Anona Wheeler, Esq.
Kristina // October 16, 2007 at 5:45 am |
Hi Emilee:
thank you so much for your kind comments on my blog about my Tuscany! Your work is impressive and I salute you for getting published in Knitty
I also in particular love your Serrano – it is on my to-do list (after I saw the original in the LYS where the designer works!).
I wonder what it is that inspires so many legal types to take up knitting, or rather so many knitting types to take up law. I practice law to support my yarn habit – I graduated in 1998 and got called to the Bar in 2002 as it took me that long to decide what I wanted to do when I grew up! My area of practice is poverty law with most of my experience in residential tenancies, and I work in the free legal clinic system in my province. Good luck in your studies and non illegitimi carborundum!
michele // November 20, 2007 at 4:36 pm |
Emilee,
Congrats on the law school thing! I’m just in the midst of my third year. I love Kristina’s comment that she practices law to support her yarn habit. That may be my new “away” message.
For good lawyer suits, try Talbot’s. I find their suits flattering for a lot of people’s shapes and sizes, they’re fairly well-made and they’r not overly expensive.
And drop me an e-mail if you need anything!
Michele
michele // November 20, 2007 at 4:37 pm |
PS — I am quite enamored of your designs, but I am very much not at your level of knitting… Maybe someday!
Priscilla // December 12, 2007 at 6:45 pm |
Hello Emilee,
Is there any chance you’ll write up the pattern for your entrelac hat? It is beautiful! the best I’ve found.
Thanks,
Priscilla
Michigan
susan // December 17, 2007 at 1:01 pm |
I just finished Foliage-great pattern. I’m making it for a Christmas gift. I’m going to get a second ball of yarn and make a scarf to match. Thank you so much for the pattern, and I hope your exams went well. Happy knitting!
susan
mitchypoo // December 19, 2007 at 2:15 pm |
I have some possum yarn and I can’t wait to try the Foliage hat pattern!
knitdiva // January 3, 2008 at 12:49 pm |
Thank you for your post! No patterns yet…. but the yarns are so fabulous, it maybe time to start creating my own!!! I hope CT isn’t too harsh for you right now! I spent ten years of my life up there and know what a beast winter can be!!!
Love your designs, especially your Foliage hat!!! Very nice!!!
dbaron // February 21, 2008 at 5:00 pm |
Wow, you are such a talented knitter. I love your hat patterns! They look a little beyond my skill level, but maybe I will try next time I am looking for a pattern.
sarah // March 9, 2008 at 5:04 pm |
Hey! You’ve been added to the Association of Smith Alum blogs! (http://smithalumblogs.wordpress.com) Please let us know if that’s not ok, or if there are other blogs we should add!
Thanks!
Barbara J. Ruhe // September 6, 2008 at 6:31 am |
The thing to do when you are running for the State Senate (Connectict 1st District/Hartford/Wethersfield) is get up at the crack of dawn–5 a.m. Read your e-mail–from 3 different addresses–and start writing folks.
But in my travels I came across your blog and took a minute–cation (?) I too knitted my way through law school to keep calm and continue to knit to stay calm and to keep from hitting people. Trial work in Family and Juvenile (read DCF) is not always a stress free experience.
Loved the bat shawl. I am working on the crochet edging of a shawl I knitted out of crochet cotton in the”fan and feather” pattern. It took a number of years to finish because I kept doing “quick” knit projects in between.
I have found that it is possible to get knitting through court house security if you work on bamboo circular needles.
Ruth // September 30, 2008 at 12:59 am |
My daughter is planning on being a bat ecologist when she grows up. She’s batty about anything to do with bats. I’m going to try to get a friend to knit this for her.
THANK YOU!!!
cheers from Ruth
Debbie // October 12, 2008 at 9:13 pm |
Hi,
I wrote to you on Ravelry, today, trying to find out something about the Bat Shawl. There seems to be errata with the border, and I can’t figure it out. There doesn’t seem to be any way to come up with 355 stitches prior to the beginning of Chart C. I hope you can help me out!! I want to send the shawl to my daughter for Halloween, and I’m totally stuck. If you could, maybe you could take a look and let me know what you think.
Thanks!
Debbie
Evie // November 13, 2008 at 11:25 am |
Thank you for the kind comments about my yellow sweater. Really appreciated.
Leslie // November 17, 2008 at 5:04 pm |
I am totally lost! I cannot finish the wonderful bat shawl I made for my daughter. I think there must be a typo in the border pattern. Has anyone got the corrected border pattern?
I appreciate any help y’all can give.
Liz Liedel // December 14, 2008 at 1:09 am |
Hi Emilee! I was on Knitty this evening (okay, right, so we’re in finals at business school and clearly the logical thing to be doing is PUTTERING ON KNITTY AT 1 IN THE MORNING). In any case, I fell in love with the Foliage hats and lo and behold, I scrolled to the bottom to see who created them – and I was like, “Hey, I know her!” In any case, I share your love of Noro and I hope all is well. Best of luck at school!
Liz
Pamela // January 4, 2009 at 10:59 pm |
Found you through your comments.
I’m from CT originally- W Hartford and I miss it! My mom went to UConn Law many years ago- she was in the first class with women- and her best friend would knit socks through classes. I was always curious about how one can sit through a class knitting! No notes?
Connie // February 2, 2009 at 9:25 am |
You’re off to a wonderful start with the design, Emilee. Your Pinstripe pullover was one (of 2) of my favorites in the winter issue. And congrats on the new camera! Your photos are terrific!
Thanks for stopping by my blog and commenting
sarabclever // April 15, 2009 at 1:51 pm |
Thanks for visiting my/our site! I didn’t realize you are the designer of foliage, I love that hat. I started knitting in law school myself. Good luck with that, how long till you graduate?
Mary // July 26, 2009 at 6:52 am |
Was on Ravelry and came across your adorable Foliage hat. Hope all is going well at law school. Your knitting and creativity is amazing.