Common’s Drape is my new shawl launched to mark the 175th anniversary of the birth of Thomas Hardy at Higher Bockhampton, Dorset.   The name comes from the poem, ‘On a Heath’, I could hear a gown-skirt rustling         Before I could see her shape, Rustling through the heather         That wove the common’s drape, On that evening of dark weather         When I hearkened, lips agape. And the town-shine in the distance         Did … More Common’s Drape: A new shawl design