The World's Most Boring Photo of an Armed Robbery

The first time I drove past Texans Credit Union, I thought there was some kind of a "speed trap sting operation" being carried out since this is a notorious speed trap site anyway and there were several police cars in sight. As I turned the corner, however, I saw more police vehicles and other emergency vehicles. See the concrete pillars in the photo? Behind each pillar was a policeman holding a rifle. I don't know about you, but that was something I don't see everyday. As I drove past, I wished that I had my camera in the car and then I realized that I had one on my cell phone. I made a U-turn and came back by to grab a shot but was hampered by a truck that blocked my line of sight. One more try resulted in only a blur and I decided that I was contributing to the traffic problems surrounding the activity and left without my photo. I didn't get "the money shot" but I did get to see the police escorting a group of women (customers? employees? rather frumpy armed robbers?) out of the bank. This picture was taken a few hours later -- no SWAT teams or hostages but at least there is some crime scene tape (yes, there is too some crime scene tape -- look closer).

Back to knitting

Finished my Forest Canopy Shawl and blocked it this weekend.


Rudy guarded the blocking mat box while I pinned out the shawl.


Here's a closeup of the shawl:

Knit-A-Long Shawl Progress

My Swallowtail Shawl for the Knit-A-Long is progressing nicely. Last night was our knitting group night at Borders and I was really looking forward to seeing everyone's shawls. Unfortunately, several KAL participants were not able to come last night and those who did come didn't bring anything to show. I did take mine, though, so maybe I broke the ice and we'll see some more works-in-progress next week.


My circular needle is no longer long enough to really stretch the shawl out for a photo. This may have to be the last "in progress" shot I post for a while unless I move it to some waste yarn just for a photo shoot. I have 10 reps completed. The pattern calls for 14 but that is going to be a really small shawl so I plan to do at least 20.