Dickensian Fashion

These past few evenings my family and I have been partaking together in the Andrew Davies adaptation of Charles Dickens Little Dorrit. We all equally adore a good British drama (though my fourteen-year-old sister is reluctant to admit so,) and as Mom, Elizabeth, and I watch Dickens' tapestry of a tale play out, we adore and envy the fashions of that bygone era. I long for a knitted shawl and a long flowing cape. And so I've decided to make those craved garments.

I learned to knit from a dear friend a few years ago, and though I shall have to wait until a later date for my cape (as a knitted cape is not quite what I have in mind) I can still knit plenty of shawls, glovelets, and hooded capelets for my pleasure.

An abundance of patterns. 

My quickly growing collection of knitting needles.

Yarn and other necessary supplies.

A head scarf in process for my Mom.

  I don't consider myself a crafty person, I usually much prefer picking up a book or journal to that sort of creativity. But I do love to knit, and I plan to spend many hours in the near future producing some Dickensian accessories.

Everything I need to make a knitted capelet.