My parents came down to Phoenix (they live in the mountains of Arizona) this week to visit and it was perfect timing to give my Mom her hat and scarf. She and my dad take a walk every morning, and now that the weather is changing in the high country, it’s been rather cold (in the 30′s to 40′s). So, I presented her with a new knitted hat and scarf. It was a hit and she just beamed!
I used Rowan’s Tapestry in shade# 174, which is rich browns and greens, the colors are perfect for her and will match nicely with her winter coat. The hat and scarf are my own design. The edge of the hat is a standard ribbing pattern,knit 2 purl 2,for 2″. I used a basket-weave pattern for the entire hat, which turned out really neat as I was completing the crown. The scarf is knitted in a garter stitch with the exception of the last 3″ at each end, which I used the basket-weave pattern. I also created pointed end with an opening to pull the other end through. This way the scarf stays in place around her neck and she can have it as loose or tight as she likes. The finished project was a success and Mom’s happy!
I truly enjoyed using this yarn and it holds it’s shape very nicely. Tapestry is a 70% wool, 30% soy blend and comes in a 50g skeins with 131 yards. The gauge, using a US 6 needle, is 22 sts for 30 rows = 4″. This is a beautiful yarn that comes in many colors and I highly recommend.
Yesterday was a glorious day of knitting and watching the newest version of Anne Bronte’s “Tenant of Wildfell Hall”. 
Before long I had almost a quarter of my reader’s wrap knitted and used one skein of yarn. I was totally relaxed without a care in the world. I just wanted to sit on the couch and knit, nothing else. To me, knitting and enjoying period movies, especially those produced from two of my all time favorite authors, Jane Austen and the Bronte Sisters, is a wonderful way to spend a Saturday while my husband is at work. I have the new BBC version of Sense and Sensibility sitting next to the TV waiting to be watched, but have to wait on my hubby as he likes these movies as much as me. My husband still finds it fascinating that I can knit and watch a movie at the same time. He told me it was impossible to know what was going on if I was concentrating on knitting. Now every knitter out there knows that to be highly untrue – that we can knit and watch a movie at the same time.
