7-21-13: Cast on! Doing a knit a long with my neighbor, but she started awhile ago. I had some WIPs that needed to be finished first.
Modifications: I am doing a M1L and R for the spine. I really dislike the look of YOs on either side of the center stitch.
Completed rows 1-32 today.

8-6-2013: Finished! I am so proud of myself! I didn’t start another project while working on this one. That’s a first.
I added another repeat section to chart A. I wound up buying another skein of yarn. I knit very loosely and didn’t go down 2 needle sizes like I normally do. That combined with adding another repeat section there was no way I was going to make it with only one skein. Thankfully, the yarn arrived the morning we left for vacation. I am a bit peeved about the yarn. The first skein had a knot in it, which is more of a nuisance than anything thing. The problem was that the manufacturer joined the yarn with two different colors of the repeats. I had to take out a big chunk of yarn to get back to the same color. Then at the end of the ball I was trying to match the colors so I wouldn’t waste any and try to start the new ball of yarn without wasting any. It was a very frustrating process.
The pictures are of the shawl unblocked. Will block when I get home.