Things have been pretty same-old, same-old, except that I did write that center portion of the Cobblestone Lace Shawl pattern, and I’ve got one repetition knitted, two more to go. I’ve got 12 more pattern repetitions of various patterns left to finish it: 2 of the center portion, 9 of the decrease and 1 of the ending pattern. This is an old picture of it. It’s about five inches longer now than it was then. 
I’m coming along nicely on my cable lace shawl (right). I made a pact with myself that every time I sat down to knit on it, I would knit three repeats of the lace edging pattern, and I am happy to say I’ve now passed the halfway mark. 
I like to change up projects like this, because when you get this far along on a project, you practically have the pattern memorized, and then you start making mistakes — forgetting that Row 15 starts with a (K2tog) x2 instead of K2 like all the other right sided rows do. or that the (yo, K2tog) on row 1 is x3 instead of x2 like the other right sided rows. When that starts happening, I switch to the other shawl and work on it a while, which is what I’m doing now.
It’s been hot. We’ve had a couple weeks now with highs in the 90’s F/32+C. I shudder to think what my electric bills are going to be like. They’ll most likely be higher than giraffes’ ears till well into October. We still haven’t had any rain to speak of. I may have to break down and water my yard.
Right now, I’m in the process of rereading the Steven Brust Vlad Taltos books. Since I first read them in publication order, I am rereading them in chronological order. i’m about 4 books in at the moment.
The Owl Underground 
I took a substantial roll of Mom’s needlepoint canvas over to Park Avenue Yarns here in League City today, and I couldn’t believe the yarn in that place. It’s huge, and full of yarns plain and fancy, including some hand-dyed ones done by the owner and her daughter. I didn’t linger too long, but it was fun to see. You would have loved it.
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