- 16 hours ago
Game of Wool Britains Best Knitter Season 1 Episode 1br br GameofWoolbr RealityInsightHub br br Please subscribe to our official channel to watch the full movie for free as soon as possible Reality Insight Hubbr Official Channel httpswwwdailymotioncomTrailerBoltbr THANK YOU
Category
🎥
Short filmTranscript
00:00A new generation of knitters are taking the world by storm.
00:04With just two needles or a hook, they are testing the limits of creativity.
00:10And 10 of the nation's most talented are joining me in Scotland to battle it out, stitch by
00:16stitch, to secure the ultimate crown.
00:19Each week they will face two mind-blowing challenges right here in our magical Yarn Bar.
00:30The solo challenge will test the knitters' individual talent and skill.
00:38I think those are going to look visually very pleasing.
00:41While the team challenge will see them collaborate on a scale never seen before.
00:46Is it straight?
00:47What do I care about straight?
00:49Nothing escapes the forensic gaze of judges Di Gilpin and Sheila Greenwell.
00:55Softly spoken, but with eyes sharp as steel.
00:58I will be looking at the smaller technical details.
01:01I want to see that creativity coming out.
01:04Oh my gosh, Sheila!
01:05I always cry when I see something beautiful.
01:1010 knitters, 8 weeks, 16 spectacular challenges, and one ultimate champion.
01:19I need small sharp scissors.
01:20So as fast as you can.
01:21Oh, I've missed a stitch.
01:23We can do this.
01:25We can, we can, we can.
01:26At the end of the day, this is a competition and someone has to be cast off.
01:33This is knitting like you've never seen it before.
01:36It's a big wooly adventure.
01:38Britain's best knitter, that would be unbelievable.
01:42Welcome to Game of Wool, Britain's best knitter.
01:53It's week one, and 10 talented amateur knitters have arrived in Scotland.
01:58Historic home of all things wool, where the sheep are fluffy, the stakes are high, and our magical yarn barn awaits.
02:06The six.
02:08Wow!
02:09Oh my God!
02:10Doesn't this look fabulous?
02:11Oh wow.
02:11Oh my gosh!
02:12Doesn't this look fabulous?
02:14Oh wow.
02:14Oh my gosh, look!
02:16Doesn't this look fabulous?
02:17Oh wow.
02:17Oh wow.
02:18Christmas!
02:19As our knitters battle it out to claim big knitter of the week, and avoid the dreaded cast-off.
02:22Oh wow!
02:23How does our knitters battle it out to claim big knitter of the week?
02:28battle it out to claim big knitter of the week and avoid the dreaded cast off
02:43welcome knitters i'm tom and over the next eight weeks i'm going to be guiding you through some
02:48incredible challenges where nine of you are sadly going to be cast off but we will be left
02:53with one game of wool champion britain's best knitter and although i am knitting obsessed
03:01i'm not going to be judging you through this competition i have two people next to me who
03:05are true knitting vips we have die gilpin and sheila greenwell who have worked with the likes of
03:11chanel vivian westwood and even his majesty the king himself these queens of couture have built
03:19their career on high fashion hand-knit show-stopping garments and in this competition nothing less than
03:25perfection will do i'll be interrogating all of the technical choices that they have to make
03:33i want to be completely blown away by creativity every stitch counts
03:39these two boss stitches are going to be responsible for setting your challenges each and every week
03:49and speaking of challenges this is your first solo challenge where you will be able to show off your
03:55individual talent and skill to impress our lovely judges for your first solo challenge we'd like you
04:03to reimagine a fair isle we'd like you to make a tank top and we'd like you to make it your story
04:12defining who you are as a person there are a few key elements to include repeating patterns we would
04:21like to see periods or motifs in your tank top don't let the people of fair isle down
04:29oh there you go i mean you've heard di and sheila they would love for you to make a modern twist on
04:36the classic the scottish fair isle but as a tank top you only have 12 hours so let's get knitting
04:47fair isle is a traditional but tricky knitting style which was invented here on fair isle a tiny island in
04:54the shetlands centuries ago fair isle is a visual story told through repeating bands of symmetrical patterns
05:03larger motifs and smaller periods
05:12the yarn barns fully stocked haberdashery is now open this is my idea of heaven and knitters have full
05:19creative freedom to design and knit their own fair isle story all right come on later
05:28to knit their tank tops they will all start from the hem of the garment and work upwards using circular
05:34needles which means they can knit continuously in a loop then they will move on to their fair isle
05:41pieris and motifs which they have meticulously designed beforehand to knit these they will use a
05:48technique called stranded color work which is where they alternate two colored yarns along
05:53each knitted row to create their iconic fair isle pattern once the body of the tank top is done they
05:59switch to straight needles to create the arm and neck holes before finishing and weaving in any loose
06:06ends an average fair isle tank top could take over 40 hours to finish using a fine weight wool our knitters
06:13are using chunkier yarn because they have just 12 hours to complete this first challenge
06:20this is quite a first challenge creating a modern twist of a fair isle but with a tank top we
06:26deliberately set a really tough first challenge we wanted to push them both in creative and
06:33technical terms it's a visual world fair isle we really want them to be telling their own story
06:39talking about themselves through the medium of knit
06:46i've started my tank top at the bottom edge with the ribbing that will then go into the main body
06:51of the tank top originally from germany but now living in london is savile row fashion designer holger
06:58i was always very much interested in the construction of clothes the way they are
07:01made and obviously for men classic men's tailoring several is like the place to be
07:07fair isle is very much what i like doing but not on this yarn and not in this needle so
07:13to tell me that i have to express myself on a super chunky yarn is like asking a vegetarian to
07:21to you know express themselves and with a medium of steak or something
07:26holger has chosen ribbed neck and arm holes for his tank top
07:30on the body he's gone for classic fair isle motifs and peeries in a red yellow and blue gradient
07:37inspired by a previous project
07:42she came into being around the time as everybody seemed to have been knitting emotional support
07:47chickens it does represent me a nonchalant chicken
07:51for my design i've got a repeating pattern throughout of the sierra leonean flag because
07:59my family is from sierra leone cyber security student isaac learned to knit when he was 10 years old
08:05i knit primarily for myself because i don't have to impress too much and it's quite handy i don't need to
08:12stick to any deadlines um i have in the past knit for my mom and my granddad isaac's family inspired
08:20tank top features a gaggle of geese marching across it as his motif and peeries in the colors of the sierra
08:27leonian flag it's finished with a ribbed hem neckline and armholes so isaac what exactly are you up to
08:35it you've gotten through the ribbing and you've done your first motif my main motif is a series of
08:42geese my mum calls me a silly goose my girlfriend calls me a silly goose i'm just a silly goose
08:46in terms of time is it something that you're worried about with this challenge i'm not great at
08:50estimating time so i suppose we'll see
08:56fair isle is largely a lot of what i do when i knit for myself so i sort of feel i know what i'm doing
09:03already familiar with the fair isle technique is cruise ship singer gordon i'm a very traditional
09:10knitter i've never tried anything particularly avant-garde heritage knit enthusiast gordon is
09:17combining his love of shetland with his passion for music by knitting periods of piano keys accompanied
09:23by the oxo motifs used in traditional fair isle designs gordon is the only knitter attempting the risky
09:30traditional fair isle method of sticking which means to cut open the neck and armholes you heard
09:37that right cut into the knitting you can't spell stick without spelling ink it won't ravel out people
09:44think it'll just completely disintegrate but it won't
09:49that's what i want
09:53knitters that's two hours gone you have 10 hours remaining
09:58pile of wool next to me cup of tea on the side
10:01nice that's all sorted
10:04you guys are loving this aren't you time over your lives
10:07the best part of any day is a cup of tea
10:10hoping to impress the judges with a nature-inspired knit is psychotherapist tracy
10:19hello hello i'm a grandmother of eight and i've been knitting as long as i think i've been breathing
10:27do you want to tell us a little bit about the design as i kind of thought about what i'm
10:31going to do with this i saw a picture in a charity shop and it was a picture of trees
10:35so i kind of believe that everyone's born as a little seed and then they grow into a mighty tree
10:40and no one says well it's a factory that's an odd tree it's a weird tree we just love trees the way
10:44they are tracy's fair isle design story is all about the circle of life and incorporates nature
10:52symbols and scissors to represent pruning and shaping your path so are you going to embellish it i might
11:01be you know i've been known to add pieces of chandelier to a shawl so i do like to change
11:07things as i go along this whole thing has been absolutely new to me i've never done federal
11:14before ever in my life library worker dipty knits to unwind but is still getting to grips with some
11:19of the trickier techniques i generally am very amateur i have told my son that i'm going to be in a
11:26a netting competition and he said to me you're not very good so you'll come home soon anyway
11:34dipty hello how are we getting on i am a massive fan of soft toys and so is my little boy
11:41this is a design for the love of his favorite soft toy we love him so much that's his own bedroom
11:49he literally is a member of the family we even celebrate his birthday the first of august wow okay
11:54literally it is adorable dipty's knit has both heart-shaped motifs and her son's favorite
12:02birthday celebrating bunny all incorporated in a blue white and pink design is there anything with
12:09this project and this challenge in particular that you're concerned about for me it's always the fit i'm
12:14not a massive maker of garments and finishing it because i'm quite a slow knitter
12:18i'm back on track i thought i was behind but i'm back on track now i'm so delighted it's really
12:28exciting oh it's making me running it faster oh dearie can't stop there was smoke coming off me
12:35needles soon this giddy knitter is life coach stephanie who first picked up a set of needles 45 years ago
12:43i'm not your average gran i do all sorts of things and now i'm in an extreme knitting competition that
12:50i'm going to win stephanie's fair isle design features motifs of all the things she loves
12:58games at the table with her daughters knitting needles and a cup of tea
13:02but she's hoping to wow the judges with a unique roll neck collar
13:06tell us a little bit about the design i'm going to do a roll collar a collar that's exciting that's
13:17the plan fingers crossed 18 year old fashion student meadow only got into knitting recently
13:24but already loves its creative potential for my motifs i've decided to go with daisy or my granny i
13:31just really like bright colors i'm the youngest knitter in the competition i'm very excited to
13:36show people that i can make meadow's fair isle tank top is a multi-colored love letter to her gran
13:42complete with checkerboard peeries and a giant daisy motif her gran's favorite flower
13:49i have my granny's knitting needles well she taught me how to knit when i was really young so it's always
13:54something we've had a bond over during the first half of the challenge it is essential the knitters
14:03complete the body of their tank tops to allow time for the fiddly neck and arm holes well unless you've
14:10found a cheeky shortcut like me oh stunning that's me finished with my fair isle sweater and we're only
14:17halfway through so knitters you're halfway through six hours to go how you doing gordo um i'm further
14:28behind than i would have liked to have been it's like being in one of these anxiety dreams it isn't
14:33a dream i'm really here and i'm knitting like mad
14:36it's week one here in the game of wool yarn barn and our 10 knitters are over halfway through their
14:50first solo challenge a modern fair isle tank top the plans are still fine i've just messed up this
14:56motif so i'm just trying to fix it at the moment ex-marine turned builder simon has been knitting for
15:01over 10 years generally a knitting on a building site goes down with a bit of shock like what the hell's
15:06this dude doing with a set of knitting needles simon can you tell me about your tank top design
15:10so my motifs are based around my life story really simon's tank top is partly inspired by his time with
15:18actual tanks as it uses the colors of the royal marines he's also adding a trowel motif as a nod to
15:24his new career as a builder and to reflect he and his wife's ibf journey motifs of petri dishes and egg timers
15:32each egg timer should if i can get there go down in time to signify ivf and the amount of time it took
15:40well that's such a great idea because feral usually repeats but there's like subtle differences how far
15:45in are you not as far as i should be also struggling to stay afloat is cruise ship entertainer gordon
15:56i decided to to do what i always do and i'm sticking the armholes
16:03steeking using a chunkier yarn will be tricky because this wall isn't as sticky so it won't
16:08cling together like a shetland wall which is traditionally used in fair isle that's quite a
16:14risky decision gordon so timing timing yes i'm hoping i'll be okay but i don't think i'm going to be
16:22sitting around having a cup of tea with just a few hours remaining the knitters should all have
16:32moved on to the neck and armholes i've done the main body of my best and so now i'm picking up
16:40stitches for the neckline lydia juggles her passion for knitting with a career in the charity sector
16:47whilst also raising three-year-old twins right i don't knit for barely anyone but myself and yes
16:53i have kids and no i don't knit for them well lydia what have we got going on here for your
16:58fair isle vest i'm doing a take on a kente print which is a traditional west african material so i was
17:04inspired by this dress oh wow this is me and my husband at our wedding parties inspired by her
17:12wedding dress lydia's fair isle story explores her ghanaian roots combining traditional symbols
17:17representing love as her motifs and periods within a bright west african color palette
17:23wow that's so special like that the meaning behind it the patterns you're cracking through it i think
17:29i'm about an hour off and she's not the only knitter approaching the finish line it's possible
17:35looking around i might be one of the first to finish but i've also got a couple of design features
17:40further up that take a good bit of time ailsa works for a ferry company and has been knitting for
17:47over 20 years hey also do you want to tell us a little bit about the story my design is based on
17:54a day in my life i live next to the beach with my dog brillo that's who this is oh lovely
18:02ailsa's tank top is inspired by her local beach with a waved peerie accompanied by a motif of her
18:09beloved dog brillo she's pushing the boat out with a few extra flourishes such as a vintage ribbon
18:15inspired necktie and a surprise on the back i'm creating a hole like a porthole oh because i work
18:24for a ferry company i'm bringing that into my design because i'm lucky enough through work to be able to
18:29go to places with some of the best knitting and wool history when i've discovered that there's a history
18:38to knitting and it's such an interesting history i was just down that rabbit hole i have been called
18:44an old soul quite a few times in my life i'm probably perceived as being quite quiet but i'm just soaking
18:52everything up and seeing what i can do to be really loud with my knitting albeit being quiet myself
18:58how are you getting on mate i'm feeling very stressed about time i am whizzing up my front piece
19:08unfortunately the whizzing is not quite as whizzy as it should be do you want me to run across for a
19:13cuddle i'm i'm busy i'm busy knitting i think i'm here to just try and put a smile on holger's face yeah
19:21amazing thank you
19:27so right now i'm adding a duplicate stitch to add the orange bills so instead of being these
19:33these sad little bill-less geese they're nice and happy and they can honk at you
19:38duplicate stitch is a common technique used to embroider over existing knitting to add detail
19:44but isaac is unusually combining this with the ladder back technique a method to neatly hold
19:50strands of yarn on the inside of your garments i've done duplicate stitch before so i'm quite
19:54confident doing it i've never done it uh cashing it on the back using the ladder back but that was
19:59just as easy as doing it on the front but i think timing wise i might be running a little bit behind
20:04still got three to go knitters that's one hour to go is it really no no no no one hour i'm in big
20:14trouble major big trouble i've got about 16 rows still to knit in the final hour our knitters must
20:21complete their garments and cast off their designs which means securing their final row of stitches
20:27before presenting to the judges holger how you doing concerned about time or are you yep
20:34somebody just told me i've only got one hour left to do it and and how are you doing dipty honestly
20:39i haven't got the time sorry while some knitters are finishing up i'm just finishing casting it off
20:48here happy to have finished good to go for others the nick goes on i'm unfortunately gonna have to
20:56sacrifice the finish that i wanted on the neck and arms time-wise it's it's not going to be uh feasible
21:04this thing's not getting finished i might not be able to say the ends in but i should have a
21:09garment that goes on a mannequin knitters you have 10 minutes remaining okay i'm going to cut
21:18these would just stick the arm holes in the neck hole it's not really feasible to do sticking with
21:25such a chunky yarn because the risk of the the steaks coming loose is far far greater
21:30i certainly admire gordon for doing it it takes guts
21:40gordon's sticky
21:45that gives me one arm hole gosh he's cut these sticky and
21:59all done the openings are now made i've just get two big raggy gaping holes where your arms poke out
22:12knitters cast off your stitches this challenge is complete your time is up
22:23i embraced my ends you got them on show yeah beautiful this looks absolutely appalling dear god
22:29birthday bunnies a gaggle of geese and steaking scares that's 10 fair isle tank tops done in just
22:3812 hours i hope the judges see the fact that i've had a bit of fun with it i worked really hard to
22:44create something that i think represents the culture well so i hope i've done the side proud
22:48well done knitters before we get to judging i should let you in on a little secret we're not going to
22:56be trying them on mannequins today we have a special guest coming in to model them for you me
23:09let's get to judging with the first person and that is lydia please
23:19wow i mean i could see somebody going straight down a catwalk wearing that thank you the colorways
23:26that you've chosen are so vibrant beautiful it's a story and fair isle and knitting generally is all
23:35about making stories this has really answered the brief to show us you and your roots and your heritage
23:43well thank you very much lydia stephanie
23:50stitch work is really even and flat and as you would hope for a really nice piece of feral knitting
23:58collar stephanie yeah yeah well done next up we have meadow
24:07great color choices yeah thank you contemporary modern dynamic can i say great piri yes there it's it's
24:25really worked out very well yeah next up we have simon
24:29i think this is just such a lovely design story yes and these i particularly love the egg timers
24:40thank you simon next up can we have gordon please oh the walk of shame
24:46okay so you were sticking yes quite uh an undertaking in the chunky yarn
25:04i think that's what has caused it to be more complicated those are difficult decisions when
25:09you're a sticker can i just say gordon i really like the overall design it tells me a lot about you
25:18piano keys lovely fair isle and it speaks scotland we're very sad that you ran out of time to finish
25:25it because there is so many elements that we really appreciate well thank you gordon thank you so much
25:32be careful oh are you okay i'm all right it's all right there we go we're out yes i'm gonna come
25:39and get yours tracy thank you thank you got tassels tom wow got embellishments it makes you do that
25:52i actually love what you've done here we weren't we weren't expecting the tassels thank you so much
25:57yeah next up we have elsa it is wow yeah really really something else actually yeah i find this
26:12quite emotional sorry because it's just so beautiful oh thank you
26:18there's so much about this which is the balance the wave pattern your little fine detail little tweaks
26:30that can make something completely new and different the neckline the classic v-neck with the tie
26:39you've appreciated that this wool is quite chunky and that actually looks fantastic very much like the
26:48green touches you know the stitch work is is really lovely yeah and oh my gosh i've just spotted
26:55there's a pork hole on the back here tom it's not every day that you see a pork fall in a fair isle tank top
27:02well thank you very much elsa thank you very much thank you next up isaac
27:11the geese that's a stroke of genius really i love it i love the way you've put the feet
27:17one step in the grass almost the green and the thing that really really i love
27:25and we would need to just hold this up the way you did a ladder back for holding your strands
27:32to use it for the for the duplicate stitch it's very clever and quite innovative really i haven't
27:38seen it used very often in fair isle tell me about the neck isaac i have been intending on doing a
27:47ribbed neckline and armbands um but obviously i sort of run short
27:50yeah yeah thank you very much thank you isaac next up we have holger
28:02really lovely color yes and i love the transition so how would you holger have finished off the
28:08armhole well i've finished one of the armholes it's not ideally finished off either ideally i would have
28:13finished the ribbing off with the italian the binders but there was like no time um it's a real shame
28:23about the armholes because that detracts from a really nicely tailored piece well thank you very
28:32well thank you very much holger and last but not least dip tea oh
28:45oh unfortunately not oh we'll hold it up like this we can see it
28:55let's have a wee look well it's a fab design do you think you just had not quite enough time
29:02to plan the neck yes i was rushing quite a lot to actually just get it into a garment yes yeah and then
29:10it was after i'd finished i realized that the neck hole was just far too small yeah thank you very
29:14much thank you very much it wouldn't go around his neck so i was very upset that he couldn't wear it
29:23that really upset me but yeah i mean i spend my whole working life under pressure playing music live
29:31and radio 3 and things and that's pressure but this really got to me somehow and i've disappointed
29:36myself how i sort of cracked under pressure of of knitting that no one was paying me to do
29:50with the tank top solo challenge complete it's time for our first team knit
29:57a surprise challenge on an epic scale and one last opportunity for knitters to impress
30:06this is going to be knitting like you've never seen it before so grab onto those needles and get
30:13ready you're going to be working in two teams to transform a sofa oh
30:25we want you to come up as a team with a fitted sofa cover using a chunky yarn
30:31you can use as much color as you want or you can use as little as you want we're looking for a really
30:39cohesive design concept and we want the best possible practical fit all parts of the sofa must be covered
30:50and it's a sofa that when we walk in we really want to go wow
30:55now for this challenge it is going to be judged blind so now i am sadly going to ask di and sheila
31:02to leave the yarn barn and come back a little bit later on to see your lovely creations
31:08now knitters you are going to be working in two teams of five so team one is going to be isaac
31:15gordon meadow tracy and dipty and in team two we have simon
31:22lydia stephani holger and ailsa so now you know your teams there's no time to make friendly here
31:30it's time to get going and you're not going to have very much time to do it you have 10 hours
31:36to complete this challenge so knitters let's get knitting
31:43our knitters are used to working alone but to beat the other team they must now combine their
31:48technical skills and work together to pull off a cohesive design in just 10 hours
31:56this is quite an ambitious challenge well not very many people have knitted a sofa cover
32:03there's five people working on it yeah and they have to work together to make it cohesive
32:09at this point we know they can knit yes but it's down to those little details they have to have
32:14planned right to the very end including how they're going to put the pieces together
32:25has anybody done anything like this before no okay we need to think about when we're splitting it
32:31out how people get differently so how does that fit into the design concept with his experience of
32:36precise savoureux tailoring holger is the first knitter to pitch a plan as it is a fairly angular
32:42design that lends itself to being um split up into lots of geometric shapes as in like rectangles
32:49the concept could be like let's say it's a gradient you know you could then do various
32:55colors in different textures for example we could have a cable at every join a diamond yeah you know
33:02one person that's solid yellow one person that's yellow orange one person that's orange one and so
33:07on it could literally be any color gradient and then you would join them together roughly some sort
33:12of look like that yeah it would be a relatively simple concept but visually it's quite impactful and
33:20strong holger's idea is for each team member to knit strips in different color combinations
33:28holding two different colored yarns together to create a marl effect these will be accompanied
33:34with strips of a more complex cable stitch to add detail and texture these strips would then be sewn
33:41together creating a gradient or ombre effect okay team each of us are going to do a panel we're going
33:48to knit the length of the panel two meters two meters just under two meters once we've done that we can
33:55allocate who's going to do the cable panels with the solid colors i'm good with chunky whatever you
34:00need me to do chunky okay we'll see we'll see how it goes with chunky the other team haven't been
34:06putting their feet up either student isaac has already hatched a plan i had a thought i'm a fan
34:12of color work we can maybe do some kind of like sunset across the back of the sofa sounds nice how about
34:19holiday scenes so we have beach beach sea sunset maybe the sunset would be the star of the show
34:29the team have struck on an ambitious design built around a picture postcard holiday scene
34:35of rippling waves sandy beaches and even the starry night sky but the centerpiece will be isaac's
34:42sumptuous sunset the team have decided to use a variety of stitches across the entire sofa if you've
34:49got stitched them that would be quite good yeah we'd have the stockinette on the front that's why
34:53i did i'm happy to do anything do we agree that we think it's cohesive enough yeah because that was
35:00yeah i mean it has a story right yeah
35:09with only 10 hours to execute these designs both teams are getting to grips with the sheer scale
35:14of the sofa stitching showstopper i've got a newfound respect for people who consistently knit in really
35:20chunky yarn i physically can't cope with size 20 needles isaac is tackling the centerpiece of his
35:28team's design the sunset i've been quite ambitious with what i'm aiming to do intasia is a different beast
35:37intasia is a color technique used to create blocks of color by using separate lengths of yarn but unlike
35:44fair isle where the yarn is carried along the back of the work with intasia use a separate ball of yarn
35:50for each color change every time you see a color change in a single row you're carrying a new set
35:55of yarn behind it i'm basically switching which color i'm using so i have to like cross them in
36:00the back right here this just sounds like a different language doesn't it room for a little one
36:06wow look at all this it's getting a bit hectic over here i've added in the gradient and it's starting
36:11to take shape so quite an ambitious panel to be making yeah was it your idea yeah it was
36:17if we can get it done it's going to be really fantastic it's going to have that wow factor
36:22yeah because look at that that's even as a knitter that is terrifying
36:28here we go wow so this is the plan it's a gradient okay all with a bit of cabling with a bit of cabling so
36:40we've got these various color combinations going on this is what we've got great who has knit with
36:47wall this chunky before nope never no i love a chunky thing it's just not me not for you i just can't knit
36:54with really chunky yarn and really chunky needles these needles are some chunky they're huge chunky
36:59chunky huge 20 mils yeah they're massive yeah we love it while the chunky yarn is slowing holger down
37:09on the other team meadow is racing through her pieces nearly done the first of the three back
37:15panels whoa that's quick so mid time when did you start knitting well my granny she taught me when i
37:22was really young like as i'm autistic and i was having a really hard time managing some things in
37:29school my mind could be so busy and stressed sometimes so it's just really relaxing to just
37:34sit and focus on a project yeah it's like once it started it was just like whoa yeah i found my thing
37:40it's the thing that i do for myself yes it is it is gordon did you say you did knitting at school oh
37:47yes even as a boy i've always been a boy cruise ship entertainer gordon is knitting the beach using garter
37:55stitch a beginner friendly stitch i don't often knit in a public place especially on board the ship most of
38:03the time i do it in the cabin it's only maybe in the last few years i've been a public knitter
38:11i was once on a cruise knitting and a lady came past she looked at me with great disgust and said
38:15i think a jigsaw puzzle would be a bit more manly oh wow so that was me told i don't know any of this
38:22business of it being like oh you know it's it's not very manly like there are going to be people in
38:27life who don't like you and if the reason that they don't like me is because i'm a bloke who knits then i
38:32i've got more like i've got better things to worry about really
38:47i've got stars i'm noticing that we've got quite different designs
38:54you say it no you say it we tom doesn't want to say it you're halfway through
39:02five hours to go oh my gosh
39:07i think we need to start seeming because if there's a problem then we need more time
39:14the gradient team are now moving on to the critical stage of sewing their strips together
39:19right let's see if we can put this baby together to see how the whole principle that the whole
39:24decides is based on whether this actually works with that many strips it's obviously crucial that
39:29they're going to be nicely aligned as an analogy this team the gradient team are doing a modern twist
39:36on the victoria sponge when executed well lovely is it as ambitious as the other team no but while
39:43they are now racing to turn their strips into one cohesive cover the sunset team are still knitting their
39:50individual panels i'm slightly concerned that they're going to finish in time mainly is it the entire
39:59work and the color work and the stranding that he's doing is very complicated and
40:03he still has a way to go we need to start joining we haven't we've got panels missing haven't we
40:13currently we don't have enough pieces to cover the sofa yet which is slightly panic-inducing
40:22do we think we're on track
40:23debatable it's getting tight it's getting tight isn't it guys yeah yeah i don't think we're on track
40:35the knitters are running out of time in their first team challenge to design and knit a sofa cover
40:41to wow the judges plowing one across this vast expanse of sand while the gradient team are now sewing
40:48those together also from this way that way you so yes somewhere in the middle the sunset team are
40:54still knitting individual panels no sorry is it okay you look in that aspect not fantastic do you think
41:02your time might be better spent joining pieces together if i start joining stuff together there's
41:09going to be a massive hole if i don't start joining stuff together and other people are doing it there's
41:13going to be a smaller hole okay i don't want to say that i've bit enough more than i can chew but i think
41:17it just took me a bit of time to find my flow knitters you have one hour remaining away no no
41:29simon and holger are doing the sewing up and almost finished i'm on one of two of the pink legs
41:34i don't know if it's blind hope or optimism but i think we're going to be all right
41:40right fun knitting well done well done i'm crocheting the back pieces together
41:46do i just cast this off and we have a massive hole yeah yeah let's just get those other two bits on
41:52tip it upside down to put the feet on
41:56feed take a look is it straight what do i care about straight
42:02are we all good i think so yeah
42:07five minutes guys five minutes
42:08should we offer to help yeah guys do you need help pinning up tell us where you want us thank you so
42:17much guys this goes together right four balls of water put around the legs what color anything
42:22good what if you take that onto the back up there that's that you need a new kind of star on there
42:30knitters needles down place your final pins time is up thank you so much guys well done guys welcome have a
42:40good cry yeah right it's just such a hodgepodge we need to do we need to finish on a group hug or
42:49something should we have a team hug i'd rather not say we need a team hug i'm not a massive hugger
42:54okay i'll hug you too then that's fine
43:00in 10 hours both teams have completed their sofa covers
43:04sort of well done knitters it is now time to hear from the judges so
43:10di and sheila would you like to come back into our yarn barn and let us know what you think
43:15starting with the sandy sunset sofa what do you think well
43:30i mean it's a very ambitious design
43:37it saddens me to have to say that it's not properly finished is it it's not finished there's
43:42some car crashes well there's lots actually yeah we've got lots of holes well as the garter stitches
43:49it's stretched yeah there has had to be some intarsia work done here which is commendable
43:59the stocking stitch going to garter there's no cohesion is that no i do think they're an
44:07inventive group i mean the balls of wool for the legs we said covered look
44:14indeed it is really quite fun but it's it's incomplete
44:21diane sheila can i ask you what you think of the gradient sofa
44:27it's the cables that strike me first but you would probably say it's the sweep of the color
44:32color going through it's very cuddly that's because of the raised effect with the wide cable
44:38the diamonds locking diamond that's why this works so much it does have feet the feet the feet are
44:46fabulous have each of these panels actually been knitted separately die that's an incredible amount of
44:53sewing up you end up with an uneven effect it hasn't been neatly finished no at all it's actually do you
45:03know a very simple design and we did want something that is like wow wow wow it's wow but it's not
45:12incredible
45:22diane sheila have you come to a decision ladies tell us one sofa demonstrated
45:30a better design concept and execution overall and that sofa is
45:39the ombre
45:42who's idea was the ombre so far holger yeah congratulations
45:56well knitters those are the challenges complete for this week so it's time to wind up your wall
46:02and let diane sheila decide your fate
46:04the best way to do it
46:08intarsia is a different beast when it comes to a lot of types of knitting i don't know why i said i
46:13would do it i think the bits that i completed were fine if i do go home i'd be disappointed
46:20it was just time and if we had more time it would have been better executed i'm worried
46:25it's now up to diane sheila to decide who will be cast off based on their performance across both
46:30challenges i mean wow what an incredible first two challenges you asked a lot of the knitters we
46:39certainly did so who has done particularly well this week lydia
46:43we found very striking ailsa her attention to detail who are you worried about
46:56isaac
46:57the sunset sofa was a car crash he didn't quite have enough time to finish and then in the fair isle
47:08challenge gordon
47:10i don't love the steeking no dipty didn't quite produce a garment that was fit for purpose so
47:25have you come to a decision we have
47:29it's time to hear who has knit big and whose journey has started to unravel die
47:45so our first big knitter of the competition is
47:52ailsa
47:52and to commemorate the occasion i'd love to present to you the sheep
48:03you're very welcome you deserve it congratulations
48:08but this is a competition and sadly we have to say goodbye to someone
48:15the person being cast off this week is
48:22you're welcome
48:27gordon
48:34go give us a hug
48:36you did so incredibly well i just was so keen to come on and show that
48:41everyone can nowadays without shame or embarrassment
48:44We'll have a group hug. Come on, everyone in.
48:47Oh, Gordon. Thank you, everyone.
48:50Oh, my goodness, I can't believe I'm here next week.
48:53I genuinely thought I was for the chop.
48:55It's literally going to diminish the humour in this room by about 50%.
48:58Yeah. We've only got Simon to listen to.
49:01I know.
49:03I didn't expect to be the first big netter.
49:06It's a good confidence boost going into the next week.
49:10Next time, iconic knits for dogs.
49:16Don't hate me. I'm not a dog person.
49:19She's so beautiful.
49:22And a throwback to the 80s.
49:25We all remember the 80s, right? The shoulder pads, the big hair.
49:28Results in fashion fabulousness.
49:31I love the big puffy sleeve.
49:40And that's I wouldn't.
49:41Before we dream of bored Angopo.
49:42I just wanted to Alsop.
49:44I was just looking for the 70s.
49:45I wouldn't have to wait for when I was just.
49:47The smallestonal penis.
49:48My Grace Williams.
49:49They just left myAME School.
49:50And just out for a half of them.
49:51Theアップ uncle.
49:52Take one bitch.
49:53I'm a stranger.
49:54Have a look it.
49:55I do like that.
49:56Break this up to my next book!
49:57I want to be careful.
49:58No, we wouldn't want to mourn this yet.
49:59Imagine we've somebody else.
50:00I'llдерж every ener tr all over the room.
50:01The Reverendondaji has taken a��p.
50:02The Januaryazione September 17th andBecause
50:04y start up on in France for celebrate.
50:06And everyone knows that it feels easy to be the greatest Santa man
Recommended
6:49
|
Up next
1:21:57
32:19
48:39
46:57
48:52
30:16
1:33:29
1:51:47
1:27:38
1:45:46
10:30
52:00
57:08
Be the first to comment