Oh, lordy, yes. And it's good research, too: a lot of soldiers and sailors took up knitting and fancy knitting: it provided necessary gear and the occasional salable goods, and was easily portable.

Tarvek is a *gentleman* rather than a *gentleman adventurer.* He's also written very clearly as a gentle man. A point I melted over. Even when ready to lynch his father, and coping with far too much new information, he's gentle cleaning off Agatha's face from the torte, among other instances...

A gentle person, when possible. His gentleness with Tinka also melted me.