Happy New Year in 2025 dear scarf lovers!
As you may know, the 2024 thread is now closed, please carry on here, and enjoy the thread
2025 SCARF OF THE DAY CALENDAR
JANUARY
05 Jan - A Fresh Start: Scarves you bought in 2024 that are new to you in some way
12 Jan - Clever Hands: Find handcrafted items in the designs
19 Jan - Hems, Borders, Fringes: Beautiful Edges
26 Jan - Festive Hues: Bright Colours for the Lunar New Year, especially red
FEBRUARY
02 Feb - Snake Charmer: Serpents & reptiles, charms & music, or tie a scarf on a real or mock croc purse (Lunar New Year of the Snake 29 Jan)
09 Feb - Roses are … Wear a scarf in the colour of a rose. Bonus points for exotic roses.
16 Feb - This or That: How you choose your SOTD
23 Feb - Rarity: Rare scarves, unusual fabrics, themes & formats
MARCH
02 Mar - Zen: Calming neutrals in black, grey and white
09 Mar - Knotty Thoughts: Show us your favourite knots or ways to wear your scarf
16 Mar - Spring has Sprung: Floral scarves (Spring Equinox 20 Mar)
23 Mar - Close-up & Side Views: Scarves with a surprising POV
30 Mar - Your Fave Scarves in Your Fave Colours
APRIL
06 Apr - Critters: find the small animals roaming our scarves
13 Apr - Making an Impression: power scarves which grab attention
20 Apr - (Easter Sunday) Rainbow Connection: 7 days, 7 colours or wear your most colourful scarves
27 Apr - Take a Break: Do you have rules for buying scarves? Do you break your rules?
MAY
04 May - Discworld, MiddleEarth, Tatooine: Scarves which remind you of fictional universes
11 May - (b)Ring It On: Creativity with Scarf Rings
20 May - From Aqua to Raisin: Blue shading into Purple
25 May - Deep Dive: From oceans to swimming pools
JUNE
01 Jun - Diamonds & Pearls: Jewelry, diamond and round shapes on scarves, bonus points for losanges and wearing matching bling!
08 Jun - The Straight & The Narrow: Bias fold, ties, twillies, mufflers and stoles
15 Jun - Equestrian Elegance: history as seen through H scarves (17 June: Ascot)
22 Jun - Contrast & Complement: Wear two scarves or a scarf & an outfit in contrasting or complementary colours
29 Jun - Flights of Fantasy: Birds and feathers, cottons and moussies
JULY
06 Jul - Star of the Show: Find stars in designs or show us the star of your collex
13 Jul - Sunshiny Days: Yellow scarves and scarves depicting summer activities
20 Jul - 90-70-45: Your preferred format and why
27 Jul - Busy Backgrounds: Designs with a lot going on
AUGUST
03 Aug - Let’s start with Hugo!
10 Aug - Amazed by Annie, Alice And Aline
17 Aug - Creations by Christiane Vauzelles and Christine Henry
24 Aug - Delighted by Henri d’Origny & Pierre Marie
31 Aug - Dimitri Rybaltchenko Rules OK
SEPTEMBER
07 Sep - Fossil Record: Scarves with fossils or living fossils or the evolution of your collex
14 Sep - New/Pre-loved, Style/Substance: Factors in choosing a scarf
21 Sep - (22 to 24 Rosh Hashanah) Blue Highlights: designs with blue accents
28 Sep - The Glory of Fall: Scarves in autumnal hues (Autumn Equinox 23 Sep)
OCTOBER
05 Oct - Extreme Scarf Sports: the pattern on pattern challenge!
12 Oct - Pink Panther: Pink scarves and scarves with big cats. Bonus points if your big cat scarf is pink!
19 Oct - The Art of the Scarf: Explore artistic styles and other works by scarf designers
26 Oct - The Great Pumpkin: Colours & designs with a Halloween connection
NOVEMBER
02 Nov - Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep: Futuristic designs, designs with numbers or farm animals
09 Nov - It’s Not Easy Being Green: Show us how you rock green, or do you find green difficult?
16 Nov - A-Muse us: Did someone or something inspire you to buy a scarf?
23 Nov - Heritage, Hearth & Home: Scarves which celebrate a culture, or your home city or country
30 Nov - Hide & Seek: Hide or showcase portions of your scarf
DECEMBER
07 Dec - Wrapped in Warmth: cashmeres and 140s, or layered scarves
14 Dec - Fairy Tales: Designs that remind you of Once Upon a Time
21 Dec - White Christmas: White, cream and pale colours
28 Dec - Pay Per Wear: Versatile old or new designs which were in heavy rotation this year
Weekly Themes list courtesy of @bunnycat
Meanwhile carry on 'till Sunday '29 Dec 2024 The Oscarfs 2024: Drumroll please! Your fave awards show!'