While Miz Kittling Knits: Mr. Bates vs. The Post Office

 

 

It's been quite some time since I shared any of my knitting with you. I've had posts about going to the Desert Botanical Garden and the Phoenix Zoo and visiting with Daisy and Suzanne that took center stage instead. The lack of crafty posts doesn't mean that I've stopped knitting in the evenings-- heavens, no! I have a backlog of projects to show you, so I'd better get started!

This time I want to share a completed baby blanket.

 

I'm so used to knitting multi-strand, big-needled-- US sizes 13, 15, 17-- adult-sized afghans that this single-strand, US size 8 needled baby blanket took some getting used to! Knitting it made me realize that a lot of the pain I was experiencing in my thumbs and other finger joints was due to the weight of the all-in-one-piece adult-sized afghans I've been making, so it looks as though I might be concentrating on smaller items from now on. We shall see.

I found the pattern ("Look for Happiness") on Etsy, and used Red Heart's With Love 100% acrylic yarn in a lovely blue-ish purple called "Iris." I've purchased yarn to make more baby blankets that I will be donating to the hospital that's across the street from the clinic where I go every Friday.

 

(By the way, the yellow afghan underneath the baby blanket now resides in the UK.)

 

What was I watching while my needles were clacking away?

 

 

 

Firstly, here's a brief synopsis: "One of the greatest miscarriages of justice in British legal history where hundreds of innocent sub-postmasters and postmistresses were wrongly accused of theft, fraud and false accounting due to a defective IT system."

Lately, I've been in the mood for films representing "the Little Guy versus The Man." I want to see justice prevail. I don't want to see car crashes, gory violence, or hormones gone berserk. I want to see films about ordinary people prevailing against great odds. 

Let me tell you, did Mr. Bates ever fill the bill! If you haven't watched this, I highly recommend it. If you don't find yourself talking (or even shouting) at the television screen, I'll be surprised. If you visit IMDb's page for Mr. Bates, you'll find more information and some good reviews of it. It's available on Amazon Prime, YouTube, Google Play, and PBS Masterpiece.

It is unbelievable what the British government put these poor people through, and one of my friends in the UK told me that no one had really been aware of what was going on until this film was released. Now there is a tremendous hue and cry-- as well there should be.

Okay, now that my blood pressure has been elevated just by typing this, I'd better go sit down and do some knitting. It's been a long time since I've been so worked up over something I've watched on television, and I think I like it. I'm hoping all of you will watch it, too.