Jane Bennet by Annie Schwier

Jane Bennet

Knitting
September 2013
Light Fingering ?
24 stitches and 28 rows = 4 inches
in Stockinette Stitch
US 6 - 4.0 mm
730 - 920 yards (668 - 841 m)
English
This pattern is available for $8.00.

Jane Bennet strikes me as elegant in a quiet sort of way, soft-spoken yet not without desires and opinions. I like to think of her after becoming Mrs. Bingley, wondering if wealth would change her or if she would continue in her quiet manner. I think she would, but I believe her elegance would be more noticed by others.

As she walked the halls of Netherfield, I can picture her wrapped in a light, lacy shawl that is tasteful, not overdone: a plain stockinette stitch body with a wide lace border which brings out the loveliness of her personality. The square shape and the picot edging lend it a classic feel, one that brings to mind the ageless tales of Ms. Austen.