Monday, 06-03-23

Morning, everyone.  It's cold, the clouds are high, we might get some sun later - pretty much the same as it has been all week really.  :-)

As hoped, yesterday was very quiet and easy.  I got all the ironing done and put away and that was about the limit of the housework apart from the daily stuff.

I finished the little red and black 'Dennis the Menace' give-away jumper I was working on.  It's really quite cute!

It reminded me of when Beth and Dave were little.  They were both addicted to the Beano and Dennis the Menace in particular.  Unbeknown to me, Beth wrote off to Timmy Mallet and WAC to say they had written a Dennis the Menace song (not that I would call it a song, more a shout) entitled 'I Wanna Be A Menace' and would like to be on Talent on the Telly (anyone remember that).  Someone from the show phoned - which was the first I knew about it - listed to them performing it down the phone and invited them to take part.  They got time off school, the head got them to perform in assembly, they performed wearing their matching black and red sweatshirts (I think they were from Clothkits) and we spent a day and a half in London.  I still have the clip of their performance on video somewhere.
For me, the funniest bit is after their slot and after the adverts during which time Timmy got Beth to draw a DtM picture on the board. After the break, he went OTT praising it before ushering her off screen while Beth muttered in slightly disgusted tone of voice 'It's not THAT good!', loud enough for the sound to pick it up and broadcast it out.  It was a live show, of course.
Happy memories.

Anyway . . .

I thought I might go back to the four ply crochet but then I remembered that I had found four balls of dishcloth cotton when I was sorting through the bag of stuff I got from Mum's stash so I decided to knit some dishcloths instead.  I often use sponge scourers for washing up but they do go smelly after a while and then you have to chuck them.  Proper dishcloths go on and on for ever and, being pure cotton, wash like a dream.

I did a corner to corner approach, increasing at the start of every row to sixty stitches and then decreasing back to one.  Knitted dishcloths go out of shape very easily but maybe this will hold its shape better that a straight up style.  Time will tell.
Anyway, I finished one (to be put to use today) and started another.  I think I will get two from each ball.

And that really was about it for yesterday.

Today, there's circuit class and I think I will change the bedding today too.  Then I guess it is more shed - if it isn't too cold - or, maybe, the dumping ground, aka the box room.  There's enough to keep me busy, for sure.
Have a lovely day, whatever you have planned and stay warm during this cold snap.  xx