Women’s day magazines are circulated everywhere and women’s day events are organized.

Young and old pay homage to their mothers by giving mothers day gifts, cards and flowers.  You can be creative and unconventional this year and gift your mother a hand painted ladies silk scarf.  And if you want a little something extra you can add tying scarf accessories such as pins and brooch.

Happy mothers day!

This year UK Mothers Day 2010 falls under the International Women’s Week.  Women as mothers play a key role in our lives.

Women’s day magazines are circulated everywhere and women’s day events are organized.

Young and old pay homage to their mothers by giving mothers day gifts, cards and flowers.  You can be creative and unconventional this year and gift your mother a hand painted ladies silk scarf.  And if you want a little something extra you can add tying scarf accessories such as pins and brooch.

Happy mothers day!

Scarves

Shawl

Neckwear

Scarf accessories

Wraps

Pashmina

Shawls

Silk scarf

Women’s scarf

Scarfs

No doubt, scarves are mostly shawl wraps of different knitting pattern used as head or neckwear to stay warm in the cold or light weight silk scarf to accessorize and outfit during the summers.

However, new and contemporary ways of utilizing the scarf include wearing it as a skirt and as a poncho.

A scarf simply wrapped around the lower body can work as an excellent skirt.  Likewise, scarves draped around the shoulders and pinned at the center can take the form of a poncho.

There garments are easy to craft and can be made with scarves of different size and material.

Square and rectangular scarves make good skirts and sarongs.  Whereas, longer and oblong once are more suitable for ponchos.

All types of material including cashmere, pashmina, cotton chiffon, woolen and silk scarves work equally well  for this style.  Be it tartan, paisley or mission all styles seem admirable when a scarf of either is worn as a skirt or a poncho.

A cotton, light weight linen or pure silk scarf would be one’s summer accomplice.  On the contrary, woolen knitted shawls and those with a higher percentage of cashmere or pashmina would make good winter scarf accessories.

A cashmere silk scarf is quite a unique add on as slightly playing around with the blend can make it adjustable for either weather.  The standard ration is 70% cashmere to 30% silk.  This blend makes the scarfs quite warm.  Altering the ratio by adding more cashmere would make it warmer with 100% pashmina being the warmest.  On the other hand, reversing the blend by adding more silk and lesser cashmere would make it lighter and more suitable for cooler climates.

The main purpose of a scarf is protection.  In cooler climates wool and knitted scarves are used to stay warm.  In moderated climates, lighter materials such as a silk scarf are used as fashion scarves.

As compared to the past, today men’s scarf are becoming as popular as women scarves.

Designer scarves are available in a variety of crochet and knitting patterns.  Cashmere and pashmina shawls available in a wide variety of patterns add color to a simple outfit white providing protection against the cold.  May it be a black scarf, a red scarf, green scarf, a white silk scarf or any other color it is sure to add style and serve as an expression of personal taste.

Scarves used as uniforms help identify civil authority figures and different groups.

Ladies scarves and wraps worn as head scarves promote religious dress codes such as Judism and Islam.

Thus, a scarf originally known as a “sudarium” and used as a sweat cloth has many great uses today.

These fashion scarves can be knit from wool, made from a simple silk scarf or any other material such as cashmere, pashmina, velvet etc… You can attach accessories such as furs and fringes or even pompoms to make them into a luxury item.

This winter accessory can be of any length ranging from three feet and going up till six feet depending on how many times you want to wrap it around your neck, head and ears.  The general trend is to have very long snoods, wrapped around several times for extra protection and added style.

The color of a snood scarf or snood shawl can vary from a black scarf to a white scarf and anything else in-between such as a red scarf.  But the most hip color of the season is a purple scarf.

Buy lots of shawls and scarfs this season and enjoy wearing them as a snood scarf!

The Dutch Crown

The Bun Scarf

Rossette Scarf

A Kelly Wraps

Braid Style

A Snood Shawls

The Butterfly Scarfs

Rapunzel Shawls

Jerusalem Twist Scarf

Ponytail Scarves

Ribbon Style Scarfs

Gypsy Wraps

The Crown Scarves

Eid is supposed to be the most wonderful time of the year as all friends and family get together and join in festivity.  Everyone anxiously waits to know when is eid so they can exchange gifts and greetings.

Scarves and shawls have become a popular eid gift item as eid this year happens to be during the winter season.  Demand for wool, pashmina and silk scarf of all sorts is on a high trend.  People enjoy giving and receiving gifts according to the weather and scarfs make a wonderful present as it is suitable for the young, elderly, men, women and all.

But most of all I’ve always been attracted to scarf shops and stalls and enjoy using them as gift wrappers.  Scarves are cost effective and eco friendly as compared to conventional paper wrapping as they can be reused.  They make amazing wrap sheets and can be used to pack gifts of all size and shapes.

I use all sorts of scarves and wraps including cotton, pashmina, wool, lace, fur, jute, linen, silks and chiffons for my wrappings depending on the object to be wrapped.

My generally preference is a plain color silk scarf for small and delicate objects as silk adds royalty even to the oddest of things.  For bigger presents I use larger wraps and shawls so they provide a good covering as well as stand the weight of the stuff inside.

Having a keen eye for scarves I always end up buying inexpensive yet interesting scarf colors and patterns.  For example a light blue flannel scarf with small white polka dots would be an ideal wrap for a baby boy’s birthday gift.  At times I just wrap my gifts in simple pieces of packing scarf and at times I ornate them with additional accessories like ribbons, lace and pins.  Another example would be wrapping  Christmas gifts in a Santa print scarf and adding small bells on it.

So next time you want to wrap a present try to pick the wrapper from your wardrobe and give your gift an additional value!

The Christmas tree becomes the main attraction of every private as well as public place.  Everyone enjoys decorating it and wants their tree to look the best.  Bells, balls and light hang everywhere lighting up the gloomy winter atmosphere.  Christmas carols are heard everywhere and jingle bells makes you feel like jingling too.

Once the initial phase of selecting and decoration a tree are done the focus shifts to making massive gifts and placing them beneath the tree. Shortly after presents of all shapes and sizes start appearing and filling the base till the big day approaches and the mountain of gifts are opened.

The entire family takes part in this fun gift opening activity and admire each other’s gifts no matter if it is as big as a diamond ring or as little as a silk scarf.  The main objective is to exchange love and enjoy the warmth of Christmas.