The Blue Table Runner Project

My sister gave me the book Knit 2 Together: Patterns and Stories for Serious Knitting Fun by Tracey Ullman and Mel Clark. In it are lots of interesting patterns that they created. They have patterns for a herringbone purse and a skirt suit that I want to try but I figured that I should start with something simple. So I decided to make the South Seas Table Runner. This is what I've got so far:
I have to admit that I've been a multi tasking knitter, but recently my multi tasking is going quite well. This project is small enough to fit in my handbag and the row pattern was easy to memorize. I know that the instructions say to put the beads on at the end, but I was actually at Wildfiber and got the shell beads to I put some on to see how they looked and they really make the table runner come together.