I'm ashamed, I really am.  I've neglected this sweet, sweet blog for too long.  Well, I'm back!  And I'm screwed.  I just found out that my sister scheduled her bridal shower for August 2.  Sure, a fine date and all, besides the fact that it's about A MONTH earlier than I expected!  This does not bode well for the heirloom lace beaded silk wrap that I'm *trying* to knit for her.  Yeah, yeah, I know the wedding isn't until September.  But I waaaant to give it to her at the shooooower!  (Sure, I'd love a little cheese with my whine.  Thanks for asking!  You're a gem.)
Here's the progress so far:

Actually I'm a few inches further along than when I took this picture last week.  I'm somewhere between 40% and 50% done.  It's taken me about three months to do the first half.  Three weeks to finish the rest sounds reasonable.  Oh, did I mention I'm helping throw the shower, too?  My day job is really going to get in the way of my side projects.