donderdag 25 oktober 2012
vrijdag 19 oktober 2012
“She taught me to knit, which has been a great amusement.” Mrs. Smith in Persuasion.
“She taught me to knit, which has been a great amusement.”
Mrs. Smith in Persuasion.
Jane Austen Knits Fall 2012, a 144-page special publication from the editors of Spin-Off magazine, explores the fashion and traditions of Jane Austen's time and novels, through inspired knitting patterns. This issue offers over 30 knitting patterns for shawls, spencers, socks, hats, mitts, and more.
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Article from Moments with mother culture:
During our road travel in December I spotted “Jane Austen Knits” while browsing a magazine rack at one of our stops. Fond of knitting and fond of Jane Austen its cover caught my eye with the utmost swiftness. Back on the highway I read the interview of Jennie Chancey of the Sense & Sensibility pattern company as a first treat. Another interesting article gives some history of domestic life in Georgian England when “everyone but the very wealthy spun wool yarn and knitted.” All the articles have an intelligent and friendly touch to them. Moments with mother culture
It is a truth universally acknowledged that there is nothing more dangerous than a girl let loose in a craft store with a 40% off coupon. Don't you agree? That's how I ended up treating myself to a copy of Jane Austen Knits, and became inspired to get out the needles and actually finish the project that had languished on them for months (since Christmas, ahem...) and start another!
woensdag 17 oktober 2012
Living In Jane Austen's 'Emma'
donderdag 4 oktober 2012
Carrigglas Manor
Carrigglas Manor
Five kilometers north of Longford Town on the T15 stands stately Carrigglas Manor. A beautifully restored Gothic Revival style Manor house built by Thomas Lefroy in 1837 and which has been the Lefroy family seat ever since.
The romantically castellated and turreted house was designed by the prominent Irish architect Daniel Robertson of Kilkenny. The internationally acclaimed James Gandon designed the magnificent stable-yard; to-day it is the only surviving example of his agricultural work. Chief Justice Thomas Lefroy who built the house was a youthful inamorato of the novelist Jane Austen, it being frequently suggested that the character Darcy in Pride and Prejudice was modelled on him.
Read more on: the-sad-fate-of-carrigglas-manor
woensdag 3 oktober 2012
A Receipt for a Pudding in Verse
Martha Lloyd’s Household book is on display at the Museum throughout this year -The Year of at Home with the Austens- and some of the entries in it are very unusual.
Martha was the sister of Mary Lloyd who married Jane Austen’s eldest brother, James. She lived with Jane Austen, her sister, Cassandra and their mother, Mrs Austen at Chawton.
Read on: janeaustenshousemuseumblog
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