I usually have a knitting project in mind when I write it into one of my books, but Laura’s apricot-colored shawl just kind of appeared upon the page as I was writing the first scene of Lady Wynwood’s Spies, volume 4: Betrayer , and it surprised even me. I immediately went to my yarn stash to find a yarn for it, and I searched through my antique knitting books to find some stitch patterns. I made her an elegant wool shawl she could wear at home. The shawl ended up tagging along with Laura into the next book, Lady Wynwood’s Spies, volume 5: Prisoner , where it imparts some comfort to her in her trying circumstances. The two stitch patterns are both from the same book, The Lady’s Assistant, volume 2 by Mrs. Jane Gaugain, published in 1842 . A couple excessively clever and creative knitters might have knit these patterns in the Regency era, but they would have only passed them around by word of mouth or scribbled “recipes” to friends or family, and it wouldn’t have been widely use
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ReplyDeleteWay to go Camy!!!
ReplyDeleteWTG Camy! Congrats!
ReplyDeleteGirl, you rock!
ReplyDeleteYou go girl!!!
ReplyDeleteCamy - I've been enjoying surfing around your blog today - congrats on your novel finishing. I enjoy reading your One Thousand Gifts list as well!
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Woo-hoo! Happy snoozin'!
ReplyDeleteCongrats!!! So is it any good? I bailed on NaNo because I HAVE to edit as I go!!!
ReplyDeleteBet you have tired fingers from pounding that keyboard! And to think you left if for a visit with The Girl from SA! Wow!
ReplyDeleteCongratulations on finishing NaNo. So what lessons did you learn from doing it?
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