On the "granny or pin-up girl" issue:

Technically, chronologically, I COULD be a grandmother, if I had had a child at 18 or so, and my child had had a child at 18 or so.

That thought scares me a little. Considering how immature I am in some ways.

And to continue the whole "things designers say you don't need to wear" - I also almost always wear a slip under a dress or skirt, unless it is either lined, or is an extremely heavy (like denim) material. But I've read that some designers think you are like 120 years old if you still wear a slip. Whatever. All I can say is that at times, I'm standing with the sun at my back, and I really don't like the x-ray specs effect.

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I said earlier, that although the outlining process (done in backstitch) is kind of time consuming on embroidered things, it's what really makes the picture "come to life." Evidence of that:



The thing begins to look "finished" when you are doing the outlines.

I also added a few more repeats to the feather-and-fan scarf:



Feather and fan is my favorite simple lace pattern. It's so easy to do but it looks so good.

I'm also thinking about lace scarves a little more. I proctor an exam this morning and I'm going to work on the long-stalled Lace Ribbon scarf. It's getting close to done, at least somewhere close.

Also, I decided I HAD to have some of the new "Dream in Color" yarn that comes with silver fibers worked into it. So I ordered a very dark blue shade (the color names are very idiosyncratic so they're not immediately evocative of the exact color). Looking at it, I decided that I felt like the silver fibers (which are not worked in all that tightly) wouldn't last well on socks...so I'm going to do a scarf of it instead. Probably I'm going to do Crest of the Wave, another old old Shetland pattern. I think it will look good in the dark blue yarn with silver flecks.