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Dear Jane

Downloadable PDF, English, English
$4.29
Dear Jane
$4.29
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If you previously purchased Dear Jane through The Sanguine Gryphon and would like a copy of this pattern for your Ravelry library, please send a Ravelry message to Jejune and let me know.

It is a truth universally acknowledged that a female knitter must in all likelihood have a weakness for Jane Austen. When contemplating a literary design, Jane Fairfax of Emma sprang to mind. The name Dear Jane refers both to Jane's introduction through her letters to her aunt and to the way she is clearly perceived by her author. The Dear Jane hat is modeled on fashionable Regency turbans, part of a trend in which the far reaches of the British Empire were treated as both exotic and tame. Ladies' turbans were ubiquitous, fashionable, and seemed rather daring to their wearers. What looked like a turban was really a hat, sewn into shape and prêt-à-porter. Dear Jane is similarly easy to wear. The unusual construction results in a hat you can pull on and style in a variety of different ways just b

Craft
Knitting
Designer
Kristen Hanley Cardozo
Format
Downloadable PDF
Language
English
Number of patterns
1
Skill Level
Intermediate
Yarn Weight

DK | Light Worsted