She’s one of my best friends and also one of the most spiritual grounded people I know. I don’t know about you, but when I choose books to read, I will often read books by authors whom I respect and like. You would love Dineen. She has a deep, fervent relationship with Jesus Christ, too, and it comes out in her debut novel, Soul Saver, which releases in May. She’s also well known for her nonfiction title, Winning Him Without Words about spiritually unequal marriage, which she talked about on the Focus on the Family broadcast recently.
In Lady Wynwood’s Spies, volume 4: Betrayer , Phoebe wears a pair of lace muffatees, or gauntlets/arm-warmers that hide a rather deadly surprise. :) I actually got the idea of having her wear muffatees because I saw a lace manchette pattern in Miss Watts’ Ladies’ Knitting and Netting Book , published in 1840, page 20. However, after doing some research, I found that they were called muffatees in the Regency era, and the term manchette did not arise until a few years later. They were essentially arm-warmers worn under those long sleeves on day dresses, which were usually made of muslin too thin to be very warm. I decided to knit Phoebe’s muffatees using a Leaf Pattern originally suggested for a purse in Mrs. Gaugain’s book, The Lady’s Assistant, volume 1, 5th edition published in 1842, pages 234-237. I think there was an error and row 36 in the original pattern was duplicated erroneously, so I have adjusted the pattern. The original manchette pattern called for “fine” needles a
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