Audrey A-Long

Photos

Ok, I think I got a hang of it now. I'll start with a photo of my nice little Calmer yarn pile

Here's a photo of the finished back, unblocked

And here's a detail of the sleeve decrease

Left side decreases

Left side increases

40 Finished Audreys!

I have to start out by saying that I appreciate everyone's patience. You folks all have to be the most understanding guests, since lately I have not been the world's most fabulous hostess when it comes to handing out the party favors in a reasonable time. The holidays have given me a little chance to get caught up, add new people to the knit a long, and get labels sent out to our most recent finishers.

There are now 40 (how impressive!) finishers. And the maps now look like this:

Here's an updated the map for the US:

create your own personalized map of the USA

And finally, here's the whole world of Audrey:

create your own visited country map

A big congratulations to Nancy (Virginia), Kate (Missouri), Elizabeth (Texas), and Heathre (New Zealand) Your labels will get into the mail next week. Here's the overall tally:

Alabama 1
California 5
Colorado 1
Connecticut 2
Florida 1
Illinois 1
Kentucky 1
Maryland 2
Massachusetts 1
Missouri 1
New Jersey 2
New York 1
Ohio 2
Oregon 1
Texas 3
Utah 1
Virginia 2

Canada 2
England 3
Finland 1
France 1
Germany 2
Japan 1
New Zealand 1

Better Late than Never

Yesterday I got my act together and made sure that everyone I have a record of finishing in the last month or so got a label posted to them. I know this took me a long time. It wasn't intended that way, and I hope that Felicia, Karen, Johnanne (your label is coming from Becky), Christine, Andrea, Martha and Ann don't think that I've intentionally slighted them. Anyone who knows me (and my family) understands that I have a genetic pre-disposition to avoid post offices. I'm still in therapy for it and getting better, but I appreciate everyone's patience.

Here's an update the map (someday I should calculate the electoral college score for Audrey) for the US:

create your own personalized map of the USA

And now they have a map for Canada!

create your own personalized map of Canada

And a better one for Europe:

create your personalized map of europe

And finally, here's the whole world of Audrey:

create your own visited country map

A big congratulations to Felicia (British Columbia), Karen (Ontario), Johanne (England), Christine (New Jersey), Andrea (Maryland), Martha (Florida), and Ann (Connecticut) Your labels hit the open road yesterday. Here's the overall tally:

Alabama 1
California 5
Colorado 1
Connecticut 2
Florida 1
Illinois 1
Kentucky 1
Maryland 2
Massachusetts 1
New Jersey 2
New York 1
Ohio 2
Oregon 1
Texas 2
Utah 1
Virginia 1

Canada 2
England 3
Finland 1
France 1
Germany 2
Japan 1

That's a total of 36 Audreys that are gracing the world. How cool is that?

And for anyone who wonders what is up with my sweater... well, I need to rip that collar off, remove one of the repeats and sew it back on again. With all the new winter projects I want to start, Audrey has taken a bit of a backburner to other things. Once I get most of my Christimas knitting out of the way, she'll probably make it back into the rotation. Especially since I'll probably be inspired by the new folks who have joined up lately!

Three Cheers for Our Latest Finishers!

I'm moving this entry so that I can include our newest victory dancers, Anne and Ann!

Just thought I'd update the map since we've had a few new victories to report.

create your own personalized map of the USA

A big congratulations to Shelley (Ohio), Lauren (Connecticut), Rachel (Alabama) and Sarah (Texas), Anne (Oregon) and Ann (DC) Your labels should hit the mailbox this week. Here's the overall tally:

Alabama 1
California 5
Colorado 1
Connecticut 1
Illinois 1
Kentucky 1
Maryland 1
Massachusetts 1
New Jersey 1
New York 1
Ohio 2
Oregon 1
Texas 2
Utah 1
Virginia 1

England 2
Finland 1
France 1
Germany 2
Japan 1

That's a total of 29 Audreys that are gracing the world. How cool is that?

P.S. Check this out... it's an official Audrey Hepburn stamp issued by the US Postal Service. I think I am going to need to get some of these to send out labels to the Audrey finishers!