Help please.

I think you should all stop worrying and just wait for winter!
I've got loads of scarves but I couldn't wear them, even the light, floaty ones, in the summer. Come winter, I've got a different one for every mood and they make a real difference to how warm you feel.

A use for the scarf around head for pirate's costume?

I'm a year round scarf wearer (but maybe that's because up North we don't get the hot weather). I usually twist the scarf -no of times depends on how thick/big it is- then drape it around my neck, making sure it isn't tight. (Good guideline is if you have a scoop necked top on the scarf should just lay along it) I don't tie the ends just let them hang.
I also sometimes fold a floaty scarf and put it in my bag. They are so useful for all sorts of things. A wrap around your shoulders when it is cooler, something to sit on when you want to perch on a wall, even something to lay on on the beach and wrap round you over your cossie. If you really don't want yours I can give it a good home!

For me a new scarf is like a new lippy, an instant boost to the morale , then languishes in the drawer along with all the other instant boosts I wear a fraction of what I have been tempted by.

Another link here:

aun66-1.diply.com/auntyacid/15-ways-transform-your-scarf-in-under-7-minutes/85647

I do wear them. The easiest way by far is to tie one corner of the scarf to the opposite corner at the other end, in a small knot. Place that behind your neck. Then pick up the long bit in front of you, cross it over and place that too behind your neck so that the knot is covered. You now have an infinity scarf that will stay in place and not catch on anything, with no floaty bits.

Bib, hider of awkward necklines, sunburnt chest preventer and even a snood if needed - very handy.

Ash Tree brilliant video!! Lots of ideas to try.

That was a good link AshTree , thanks.

Anya - have you tried wikihow? I don't think there is much on there they won't show you how to do. Just pop wikihowtowearascarf into Google.

I have just caught up with this thread, and would suggest the same as * Janerowena*.

The scarves sound lovely.

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I will keep trying and yes, the scarves are lovely. It's not them, it's me, I just look silly in them

Have you got a helpful friend?
I rush to the most stylish ones for their help. They are more than happy to show me.
That way they can work with your body shape.

I'm a short necked person with eczema so any scarf that isn't cotton brings my eczema up like mad.

I love all the floaty scarfs that are in fashion just now but what with the short neck and the eczema I just admire other people.

Also in the hot weather scarfs can make you even hotter.

Great little video. My current favourite way is the effortless classic way , but I agree, the summer is no time to wear one.
Strange how you were bought 2 scarves so similar when you don't usually wear one Anya.
I always feel once a gift is given it's completely up to the recipient what they do with it. I have no qualms about re gifting !

My thoughts exactly Treebee.

But...I have developed a style that might work. You drape it, fully opened, over your shoulders like a wrap, then let the two ends drape down your arms. Now tie a knot at the end of each arm, and then slide the resulting sleeve up to just under the elbow. It's a sort of cross between a wrap and a floaty bolero top.

Might wear it / them like this in the garden to start with.

You tie a knot in your arms?

You can see I'm not very good at following instructions

Nor i at writing them it seems

I was given really little helpful book on tying scarfs. RHS publication. Maybe an ideal gift idea for some of you ladies who have friends struggling about £10? Good Luck!

I too struggled with long chiffon type scarves until I hit on the idea of joining the ends.This makes a circle or snood which can be wrapped (draped!!) around the neck.You can have one level shorter or both the same length and it fits snuggly under a jacket .
p.s I thinkthis only works with long rectangles not square scarves

I love my chiffon scarves. But remember you only need to wear the relevant scarf once or twice in front of the donor to let yourself off the hook if you really can't get on with them. There's another video here Pick one and just go for it! (And post a photo, I bet you look better in it than you think) (smile)

Rats, I meant

If it is floaty enough, how about folding it as narrow as possible and tying it round a wide brimmed sun hat like a hat band, just let the ends float down your back.
Get a nice photo on a sunny day and forward it to the relevant parties.

I love scarves and have loads of them. It makes such a difference to the appearance of old outfits and they keep my neck warm. I mainly use the cowl neck and the simple loop as in the video link. When I got a bit too warm the other week, I just unravelled my scarf and left it hanging down either side of my long cardi, which still looked quite good.

Thank you very much for the two links - really opened my eyes.

Fold it in two, put the double thickness round the neck, pull the ends through. Voila!