Phoebe's Muffatees by Camy Tang

Phoebe's Muffatees

Knitting
March 2023
Fingering (14 wpi) ?
2 repeats = 4 inches
in lace pattern
US 1 - 2.25 mm
300 - 421 yards (274 - 385 m)
one size, customizable
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This pattern is available for free.

These are the lace arm-warmers/gauntlets (called muffatees in the Regency time period) worn by the character in my novel, Lady Wynwood’s Spies, volume 4: Betrayer. The lace pattern and even the structure of the muffatees are based off of antique patterns published a few years after the Regency, but were likely in use at the time of Jane Austen, just passed around by word of mouth rather than published in a book or journal.

The muffatees are completely customizable—just repeat the lace pattern until it’s the length you want. You can also add or remove lace repeats to make it a smaller or larger circumference.