Ways with a Gavroche Final Part 4

Finally I let my imagination run a bit with multiple gavroches - not sure about any of these and I don't think you will see me wearing these looks but Hermes have featured similar looks with 70cm on the knotting cards so taking my lead from Hermes:-

Here I took 5 gavroches, basic fold them all, 

knot each one in the middle and tie all 

5 together to make a big ring leaving 2 

ends free so you can loop around your 

neck and then tie together with another tiny 
single knot.

Here I loosened the scarves out 

to made a 3 row "necklace".

Here I just used 3 gavroches and tied 

in a large knot at the front.

A 3 scarf plait necklace - I love this!

  

To create the plait - take 3 gavroches in basic fold and 

secure one end of each through the twilly ring.

Plait the 3 scarves together and when you reach the end
secure the ends into the twilly ring.  You will need to do
this with the scarf round your neck and the ends at
the front so you can see what you are doing!

It was a bit of a squeeze to get 6 ends 

through the small twilly ring but it 

is neater than knots.

I hope these ideas have given you some inspiratoin to get your gavroches out and give them some wear!

The Gift of Time

On this first day of being back on GMT and having said farewell to a summer we never had here where I live in North West Engalnd I thought it about TIME that I shared with you some the some of the scarves I have bought in 2012...as the Hermes fans amongst you will know, the Hermes theme for 2012 is "The Gift of Time" so here is my souvenir from my trip to Amsterdam:-

What's in the bag??

An orange box!

Something blue....there are lots of cws of this 
design but the one that suited me was the 
blue - again!  Funny how what pleases the eye 
is not necessarily the one that suits you to wear. 
I am wise to this now so it is very important to 
try before you buy!

Ta da!  Laboratoire du Temps!

A fabulous design by Pierre Marie..

Wonderful details related to time are 

encapsulated in various forms in this design -

from an egg timer to .....

......a cuckoo clock!....

...to circles showing events in history...

..there is so much to look for and enjoy in this design!

The scarf is great to wear too...

A Friendship Knot

A Double Twist Knot

Half Ascot Knot

Equestrian with cross over using 

MT moyenne scarf ring to secure.

Equestrian but this time doing a criss cross

using MT moyenne scarf ring

Cossack/Cowboy style - the colours and design
look great worn like this.

Cowboy with the tails over the top

secured with MT moyenne scarf ring - 

I love this way of wearing a scarf.

Playing now - I carried with the cowboy 

and this time I pulled the scarf from by
my neck out and over the ties 
"just because"!  I think it looks OK.

A half bow criss cross using 

MT moyenne scarf ring - it's lovely with

this design.  I hope you'll agree!

Criss cross - using MT moyenne scarf ring.

A bow made using using 

MT grande scarf ring

Here I made a twisted look - I did this by taking 
a basic fold, doing a single knot then wrapping 
the tails around the scarf and tying at the back.

I think it makes a nice scarf necklace, and is 
slightly easier to do if you don't want to do the 
proper scarf necklace which is plaited.

I hope you like the new scarf - if anyone has the correct Hermes colour names for the scarf I would be VERY grateful to know - for my scarf spreadsheet!

Scarf Necklace - How To

Over on TPF I recently wore my Gloria Soli as a necklace which I plaited. 














Since then the lovely ladies on TPF have asked me for instructions on how to do the plait/braid.  It is a bit difficult to show but I hope you get the idea - if you can plait/braid normally then you should be OK with a scarf -you may need to practice it a little bit until it looks right. 

Remember you need 3 tails to plait with so they are made up of the 2 tails of the scarf PLUS the bit of the scarf that goes around the back of your neck so you kind of plait onto that piece as you will see in the pictures.

1. Fold scarf in the "Basic Fold"

2. Then the easiest way to do this is to put the scarf around your neck and make a single knot tight enough that you can then pull the scarf off over your head so you can plait it more easily - if you can manage to do it with the scarf on you then that is even better and you will get a longer length of plait, but you may need to be a contortionist to do that or have a friend plait it for you.  Try to get the tails of equal length.













3. Get your 3 "tails" and start to plait/braid:-

Note how you use the round bit that goes around the neck as the 3rd tail to plait with.

4. Pull the tails tight and carry on plaiting/braiding......

5. Until you run out of tails.

6. Tidy the ends of the tails by tying a tiny knot on what will be the underside of the necklace and tuck any length into the plait folds if you need to.  You can just make out the knot here at the bottom on the left.

7. The finished article - you should now be able to slip this back over your head to make your scarf necklace - unless you are really clever and managed to plait it while the scarf was round your neck!  I have not got that knack yet!!

Hope that helps!  Good Luck dear Scarfies!