miss marie's miscellany

Christmas crochet

After all the excitement of Christmas, I had a day of total leisure on Monday; absolutely nothing to do but sit, relax and enjoy watching Pride and Prejudice and Upstairs Downstairs and crochet. I have been keeping some of this lovely wool, Brown Sheep Worsted, for a rainy day, and I ended up making these wristwarmers for me.

I used a beautiful green, Kiwi, for the hand part. I wanted a bit of texture to these so I plumped for moss stitch.

Then I edged the top and bottom with a deep pink, Fuschsia; at the top I did a row of double crochet stitches and then a row of crab stitch

and at the bottom I made a long strip of rows of double crochet, working each alternate row in the back loops only to give a ribbed effect.

They are very cosy as the wool is lovely and thick; very luxourious.

 They go very well with my new pink coat too! 

 

21st

There are always some old comedy classics on TV over the festive season, some good which stand the test of time and some you wish they really wouldn't show again; even Morecambe and Wise can pale a little after the umpteenth viewing. For me, this is one of the former! I remember laughing at 'Some Mothers Do 'Ave'Em' and being amazed that Michael Crawford did all his own stunts. So enjoy his antics as an inept Angel of the Lord, complete with beret!

via www.youtube.com

Tea with John Shuttleworth

via www.youtube.com

Whoever thought of getting John Shuttleworth to be the face of Yorkshire Tea adverts was inspired. Pure comedy gold. If you aren't familiar with this gent, he is the creation of Graham Fellows, who was Jilted John in the late 1970's; why he isn't more famous is a mystery to me, especially as musical comedians seem to be in the ascent at the moment, as this article in the Guardian affirms.  Ah well, chacun a son gout, as they say, I think he's hilarious! If you visit the Yorkshire Tea website, there are several other ads to view, as well as some 'outtakes', all will bring a smile, I hope. 

Pleasing things

Leaves on the grass. Next door's cherry tree is shedding its red-brown leaves, and I will rake them up and bag them to make leaf mould, a treat for the garden soil next year.

 

Breakfast berries; my favourites, blackberries and blueberries.

The sun shining in through the window, and the shadows cast by the wisteria outside.

And a TV pleasure! Tonight I'll be watching the final of Masterchef: The Professionals. I'm a Masterchef addict, I love it  in all its guises, be it professional cook, ordinary bloke or celebrity; I really enjoy seeing the good (and bad) food made by the contestants, and I love the colourful, flavoursome and sometimes over-the-top comments from the judges. I don't have a favourite to be the winner, I'm just going to settle down and enjoy whatever happens!