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
Oh yeah, I share your frustrations.
ReplyDeleteThat's why I don't have TV.
ReplyDeleteLike, at all. I have A TV, but we don't get any stations at our house, and we don't have cable, so we literally NEVER watch TV.
We have shelves packed with our favorite DVDs, and the kids have their videos, so I unfortunately can't say that we're a boob-tube-free family, but we at least don't have to deal with the commercials.
By the way, have I mentioned how adorable I think it is that you knit?!?!?
ReplyDeleteI crochet- at least a couple of my christmas gifts are going to be croched this year.
But if we ever meet in person, you'll have to teach me to knit, ok? :)