While Miz Kittling Knits: Endeavour

 

Yes, Phoenix has been the hottest place in the country for the past month-- we had thirty-one straight days of temperatures well over 110°F-- but thanks to Willis Carrier, the Father of Air Conditioning, I'm still knitting away every evening in front of the television.

Moreover, I'm still knitting lap blankets for donation to the Arizona Chapter of the Paralyzed Veterans of America. When I finished the one I'm showing you today, I draped it over my recliner before going to bed so it would be ready to be photographed when I came back out in the morning. I was so pleased the next morning because it absolutely glowed in the morning light-- so much so that I was tempted to keep it. Let me show you a couple of photos.

Unfortunately, the colors don't glow in the photos like they did in real life. The pattern is called "Where the Sidewalk Ends" and is from an Etsy shop called the FiftyFourTen Studio. I used US size 13 circular needles and three strands of 100% acrylic yarn-- two of Cascade Yarns Cartwheel in a colorway called "Sioux City" and one strand of Red Heart Super Saver yarn in "Coral". I am really pleased with how this turned out. I look forward to it going to a good home.

What was I watching while my knitting needles were clicking away?

 

I wonder if Colin Dexter had any idea of what he was starting when he agreed to have his Inspector Morse mysteries adapted for television? Between Inspector Morse, Inspector Lewis, and Endeavour, Dexter has given us many years of quality television, and I almost feel as if I've actually walked the streets of Oxford, England. (I haven't, but I have walked the streets of rival Cambridge.) From the scripts to the acting to the photography to the music, these series have been first-rate all the way. 

Endeavour: "Set from 1965 into the 1970s, the show follows Endeavour Morse in his early years as a police constable. Working alongside his senior partner DI Fred Thursday, Morse engages in a number of investigations around Oxford."

 

I enjoyed each and every season, and I absolutely loved the final scene of the last episode. It's hard to believe that there will be no more Morse, but at least I have these three series to watch whenever the mood strikes.