{"id":6515,"date":"2016-07-21T02:30:33","date_gmt":"2016-07-21T07:30:33","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.spritewrites.net\/?p=6515"},"modified":"2016-07-21T04:46:08","modified_gmt":"2016-07-21T09:46:08","slug":"mid-july-yarning-along","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.spritewrites.net\/?p=6515","title":{"rendered":"mid-july yarning along"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><center><a href=\"https:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/spriteshoots\/28448193955\/in\/dateposted\/\" title=\"Mid-July Yarning Along\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/c4.staticflickr.com\/8\/7631\/28448193955_2dba3f3d02.jpg\" width=\"375\" height=\"500\" alt=\"Mid-July Yarning Along\"><\/a><\/center><\/p>\n<p>I know this looks a lot like the photo I posted <a href=\"https:\/\/www.spritewrites.net\/?p=6497\">two weeks ago<\/a>, and you&#8217;d be right. I&#8217;ve made slow progress in <em>Modern Lovers<\/em>, in part because the border of the shawl required too much attention to work from a print book as I went, so I&#8217;ve been listening to audiobooks instead. I finished Louise Penny&#8217;s <em>Still Life<\/em>, which I enjoyed well enough, and have moved on to <em>The Heist<\/em>, a romantic caper by Stephanie Evanovich and Lee Goldberg. Modern Lovers is about a third done and nearly a week overdue, so hopefully I&#8217;ll get it finished up this weekend in time for a trip to the library.<\/p>\n<p>The expanded border is completely done, as is the first ball of yarn, nearly. The stripy section begins next, as do mindless knitting, the final two balls of yarn, and regular decreases. I&#8217;m looking forward to all of it (although carrying three balls worth of yarn in my courier bag is definitely going to be a little more tricky than just toting around the one. The Tour de France ends on Sunday, and while it&#8217;s possible that I might finish in time, it&#8217;s not looking overly optimistic unless I find the stripes far faster than I expect to. That said, I&#8217;d guess that it&#8217;ll be done before the end of the month, which will let me get back to my purse-friendly Hitchhiker as I figure out my knitting project for the Ravellenic Games to be knit during the Olympics. Will it be the traditional August finishing of the socks? Or will finishing new projects be so addictive I need to start something else? Things to consider\u00e2\u20ac\u00a6<\/p>\n<hr>\n<p>Yarning along with Ginny at <a href=\"http:\/\/www.gsheller.com\/2016\/07\/yarn-along-289.html\">Small Things<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I know this looks a lot like the photo I posted two weeks ago, and you&#8217;d be right. 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