OK, so I lied.

Or at least, I didn't follow through. No pics of my WIPs. Sorry about that! I am still making progress on Gail, though once again I had to rip back to a lifeline. When you bollocks it up when double YOs are involved, it can get complicated to fix. Anyway, I am now on my last repeat of the regular pattern before starting the edging chart. Hope I have enough yarn! I haven't done much work on the Beekeeper's Quilt in a while. That's fine--I'll bring it to Stones Rising (big Pagan festival I attend every year) at the end of the summer, and get some hexipuffs made then. That's a long car ride, after all. On Sunday morning, finding myself with a little extra time on my hands, I decided to reblock my Aeolian shawlette. It had been looking super-scrunched, and I was a little frustrated with the fact that I only had one shawl and one stole that I could easily wear as such, instead of just as scarves. (Shipwreck is just a bit too big to wear anywhere but around the house, though I still love it, so shut up with your "I told you so's.") I am SO THRILLED with the results. It's even bigger than it was when I first blocked it, and it looks lovely. I'm wearing it today. Here's a picture of what it looked like before, as in, after I first blocked it:

Keep in mind it shrunk back somewhat after that. Now, here it is after its reblocking, from the back:

If it's a little askew, blame the fact that I had to click the shutter button and then hurriedly position myself. :) What a difference, though, huh? I love my shawl so much! By the way, I bought goodies. :) I had a Groupon to the Fabric Place Basement in Natick, and used it to snag a ball of rainbow-colored Jawoll Magic Dégradé (think of Mini Mochi and Zauberball's cousin) and a skein of Done Roving sock yarn in a pretty blue-and-white colorway called Summer Skies. I'll use the former to make a Wingspan, and the latter to make a Haruni, I think! In other news, I was pleased today when I signed on to Ravelry and found a message from a fellow Raveler. She'd been having issues with the Bleeding Hearts pattern portion of Shipwreck, and wanted to thank me for the blog post I'd written about my own issues and how I figured out what to do. Apparently, it helped her get her mind around it. That makes me feel so good! I'm always happy when other people besides me can learn from my mistakes. :)