Marks and
Spencer was right out of chocolate Brussels sprouts.
It was sort
of depressing – the 6th of November, and a special Christmas item
already gone. The shop may be getting more in, but it is not very often I can
muster the strength to walk up Dublin
Street
They are
chocolates that look like Brussels sprouts. I tried googling, later on in the
day – maybe I could order them from somewhere. No luck. All I found was my own
blog entry, and a number of terrifying references to real Brussels sprouts
coated in chocolate. It is difficult to think of anything more disgusting.
Knitting
…was a
comfort, as always, after all that fruitless walking. I was tired after my
exertions, so I let Rams & Yowes go after the minimum two rounds I require
of myself. I then knit the whole of the sixth piece of the Silly Christmas
Project. Tonight, I must begin to assemble it.
It looks
easy, at first. I must sew three of the six pieces together, and then pick up
stitches from the assembled object and knit another piece. After that, the real
fun begins – decoration, including three more little pieces of knitting, on
fine needles. And embroidery, which I don’t know how to do. Best of all – the
instructions are fairly detailed for decorating the front of the object, but
for the back, I am just told to wing it, using a real-world exemplar as a
model.
This evening I might even finish the underarm increases for Milano/Relax 3 and
proceed to divide for front and back. Tomorrow, surely. It continues to be a mighty end-of-day solace.
Miscellaneous
The little
book from the Shetland
Museum
I managed to get my dad some of the sprouts, thought it would appeal to his sense of humour. Maybe one of us could get some and send them to you? Alternatively this place has some on sale, I think it caters for expats and is the only place I've ever found M&S food selling online (M&S when are you going to start doing online food ordering, if only of your ambient products???) http://www.britstore.co.uk/Marks-and-Spencer-Food-Marks-and-Spencer-Christmas/c1_1662/p39207/Marks-and-Spencer-Net-of-Milk-Chocolate-Sprouts-130g/product_info.html
ReplyDeleteThis is why Christmas turns into such an ordeal! I do hope that you were having better weather than we were in Essex for all this trudging about.
ReplyDeleteJean, I'm so relieved to know that they are not Brussels sprouts covered in chocolate. I read yesterday without being able to ask. I had fantastic roasted Brussels sprouts with bacon and blue cheese right before reading your post, so I guess that's how I was thinking. Good luck finding some. Looks like you've got some help out there.
ReplyDeleteI, too, was thinking they were the vegetable covered with chocolate.
ReplyDeleteKnowing they're all chocolate is much better. Knowing they're all gone is sad.
Mind you they are not actually "chocolate brussels sprouts" but small chocolate balls covered in foil printed to look like like a Brussels sprout. Can send you some if you still want them :-)
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For the first time, I disagree with Franklin. In the Knitty article, he says that Jughead's hat is not a high fashion item. I think that the appeal of the hat is precisely that it does look a bit like Jughead's hat!
ReplyDeleteI saw them advertised in my handmade christmas magazine. I couldn't find them on the marks and spencer website so I called the customer services. Both the customer service assistant and his manager had never heard of them! I looked at britstore to get some but the £7.50 postage as week as an increased price of £3.50 makes them too much for me. If anyone does happen to get some anywhere and would consider selling them to me please contact me at Laura.mulcock@btinternet.com. Thank you & Merry Christmas!
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