Knit Lizzy, Purl Darcy
Get out your workbags, Janeites! We heard from Stephanie, one of the admins of Knit the Classics, a blog community that chooses to read a different classic novel each month and knit, crochet, sew, or otherwise create a project inspired by that novel. May’s novel is Pride and Prejudice, so get knitting (and reading)!
We think this might be a good time to revisit some links we posted previously: the Pemberley and Elizabeth Bennet shawl patterns.
The Editrix cross-stitched a bookmark a few years back (hmm…it’s dated ms ‘98, so more than a few we guess) with the legend, “…and to all this she must yet add something more substantial, in the improvement of her mind by extensive reading.” It has a handmade crocheted edging…goodness, we’re clever when we put our mind to it.
May 2nd, 2006 at 12:43 am
That is a terrific idea!
May 2nd, 2006 at 4:41 am
She also wrote to us, since Wuthering Heights will be read on June apparently. And I also thought it was a wonderful project
These things make want to know how to knit. But my poor mum has tried to teach me countless times with little succes. The knots end up in my own fingers, not in the wool
May 2nd, 2006 at 1:24 pm
Thanks so much for the mention of Knit the Classics.
Amanda (creator of KTC)
May 3rd, 2006 at 3:29 am
These sound like sweet projects. Alas they’re not very period appropiate for actual shawls (yes, that’s ALL I think about
) but they do look nice!