Can I Get Some Lace With That?

Warning: gratuitous display of bra straps ahead. To anyone who is disturbed by the suggestion of white lingerie and even pastier white skin I apologize heartily. I promise the Keyboard Biologist will be bra strap free tomorrow.

I finished seaming Audrey tonight. Let me just say that I did not really enjoy the process of seaming up a lot of reverse stockinette edges, but with perserverence I was able to bring the main body of Audrey together. I always enjoy watching seams create the structure of a garment, and Audrey was even more rewarding than most, as seaming accentuated her curves.

(As an aside...Before I started seaming I took a look back through the Audrey blog to see how others had done it. That led me back to the blog entry of a certain dancing rabbit and her Flashdance references. For the entire time I was seaming up this garment I had "She's a maniac..." going through my head over and over. (Keyboard Biologist trivia for the day: the first R rated movie I ever went to was Flashdance -- my mother took me, ostensibly so that we could see the dancing. I thought I had a very cool mom). What is it about 80's music that makes the stuff so easy to lodge in ones brain? It's probably a good thing she didn't mention "My Sharona"...)

Normally I wait until the sweater is finished before a try on session. But I just couldn't resist seeing what she felt like on.

Audrey Topless

Wow, is Calmer nice to wear! So incredibly soft and nice to have next to my skin. And so far, I think Audrey fits well, too. John thought at first that the sweater was actually finished. He's apparently so used to unwoven in ends that the ones hanging down didn't phase him at all. He almost looked disappointed when I told him that there would be a lace band around the top.

I wonder how many lace repeats I can get done in the dark while watching John play Far Cry... and humming the theme to Flashdance.