{"id":4289,"date":"2026-04-10T22:32:55","date_gmt":"2026-04-10T22:32:55","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/christianregency.com\/blog\/?p=4289"},"modified":"2026-04-10T22:32:55","modified_gmt":"2026-04-10T22:32:55","slug":"gerards-red-and-black-scarf-done","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/vanessariley.com\/blog\/2026\/04\/10\/gerards-red-and-black-scarf-done\/","title":{"rendered":"Gerard’s red and black scarf – done!"},"content":{"rendered":"

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I finally finished Gerard\u2019s scarf! This is the scarf that my hero gives to the heroine in my Regency romance, The Spinster\u2019s Christmas<\/i>, in the Mistletoe Kisses<\/i><\/a> romance anthology.<\/p>

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I chose a knitting pattern book<\/a> originally published in 1837, but the pattern was likely being used during the Regency era because many of these patterns had been handed down by word of mouth long before they were published.<\/p>\n

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The picture doesn\u2019t do it justice because it doesn\u2019t show how soft and squishy it is! Because of the double-knitting and drop stitch, it\u2019s essentially two lofty layers knit back to back.<\/p>\n

Here\u2019s the link to my Revelry project page if you\u2019re interested.<\/a><\/p>\n

\"PreludeCover\"<\/a>I gave away this scarf and 10 copies of Prelude for a Lord<\/i><\/a> on a contest on my blog<\/a> and announced the winners today.<\/p>\n

I so enjoyed knitting this antique pattern! I felt a bit connected to Jane Austen. And she might have been given this pattern and used it to knit her father a scarf, who knows?<\/p>\n

I enjoyed it so much that I\u2019m going to knit another antique pattern from the The Lady’s Assistant for Executing Useful and Fancy Designs in Knitting, Netting, and Crochet Work<\/a> by Jane Gaugain, published in 1840. She is thought to be the first person to use knitting abbreviations, at least in a published book, although they are not the same abbreviations used today (our modern abbreviations were standardized by Weldon\u2019s Practical Needlework<\/i> in 1906). Mrs. Gaugain was a contemporary of Miss Watts, who wrote the knitting book where Gerard\u2019s scarf pattern is from.<\/p>\n

I think I\u2019m going to knit the Pyrenees Knit Scarf in Mrs. Gaugain\u2019s book. It is described as being knit in blue and white, which sounds lovely! I\u2019ll keep you posted on this blog as to my progress.<\/p>\n

Originally posted 2014-12-01 05:00:00. <\/small><\/p>

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