
Unless you live in the middle of a remote, isolated deep dark forest, the popularity of the Twilight series can barely have escaped your notice. You see the black book covers with red apples, ribbon, tulip petal and chess pieces in prominent positions in every bookshop, airport and newsagents throughout the land. In the end, I gave in and read it and actually enjoyed it. Twilight by Stephenie Meyer was the inspiration for January’s Queen’s Reading Room club.
Bella in the Blush option
Black and red were too obvious, so for the semi-solid option, I plumped for a Vampish plum – with a wink to purple prose. The main colours that are repeated throughout novel are the black and golden amber eyes of Edward Cullen which reflect his mood – black reflects when he’s dark and dangerous; golden amber when he’s more calm and human-like. So for the variegated option, I used the Vampish plum and mixed it with a dark charcoal grey and golden yellow to give an overall magical Twilight-ish look. The colours will knit up randomly.

For the Film Club in January, the inspiration was Miss Potter starring Renee Zellweger and for the Exquisite option, I took inspiration from Benjamin Bunny’s hat and opted for sky blue, pale teal, green and Peter Rabbit blue.

For the Desire option, it was the turn of Peter Rabbit himself. I wanted to achieve a watercolour look to the yarn and opted for Peter Rabbit blue, fawn, sage green with a touch of robin redbreast red. The colours will knit up randomly. For those who chose the two toning skeins option, they received one Peter Rabbit and one Benjamin Bunny.

So, did you have a favourite Beatrix Potter book as a child? Mine was The Tale of Ginger and Pickles.
I know some of you have already knitted this up and I hope you enjoyed working with it.
The novel for March is The Kite Runner by Khaled Hosseini and the film is Little Miss Sunshine and the February club parcels were posted out over the weekend – and I’m working hard on getting ready for the Unravel show this weekend. Lots of Glister, Opulent, Blissful, Grandiose, Cute Little Mini Squeens and much, much more besides.