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00:00Knitters tackled fancy dress fashion in Kids Week.
00:03Hopefully they will look like a crayon.
00:05Before teaming up to make interactive children's wall hangings.
00:09Is it good? It's matching up, yeah.
00:12Isaac's spike stitch caught the judge's eye.
00:15His Explorer jacket was one of the best things I've seen.
00:19Simon came under scrutiny.
00:21There is more that you could have done, I'm sure.
00:24But it was all over for Dipti as she became the fourth knitter to be cast off.
00:33Now, it's week five and for our six remaining knitters it's all about something Scotland is famous for.
00:39It's dramatic landscapes, it's rugged terrain and whatever that was.
00:45Yes, it's texture week. Welcome to Game of War.
00:48It's week five and with only six knitters remaining, the pressure is on.
00:58Which is why this week I've come wearing a few little props to give the knitters a helping hand.
01:04This week's theme is texture.
01:07This week's solo challenge is amigurumi.
01:10Now, amigurumi is a trend where people make food, creatures, objects.
01:16So Dai and Sheila would love for you to make your favourite dish.
01:22We would like you to make the food look so real that we want to eat it straight away.
01:30This is amigurumi without a smiley face.
01:34So this is serious amigurumi and it's a real challenge.
01:39We'll be looking at choice of stitches to create as much realism as possible.
01:48Consider carefully the proportion of your plate.
01:55Okay knitters, you heard the ladies.
01:57You have 12 hours for this challenge.
01:59Don't forget to wash your hands before you start.
02:01Let's get knitting.
02:02This week's solo challenge is to knit or crochet amigurumi food.
02:12But the judges have asked for absolute realism rather than cute little faces.
02:17Knitting and crocheting plate of food.
02:20Not my thing.
02:21Knitters must consider a variety of different textured stitches to replicate the organic and
02:28irregular look of food.
02:30Alongside subtle colour choices and painstaking shaping for accurate proportion and scale.
02:36The pressure is definitely on now that I have this sheep badge.
02:39You need to keep knitting to the stand that I have because competition is fierce.
02:43First, knitters should start with the hero element of their plate.
02:51Be it a pie or a pork chop.
02:53Selecting the correct stitches to evoke realistic textures.
02:58Next, they should move on to the sides.
03:00Considering accurate size and shaping to create balance across the dish.
03:05Finally, they can embellish with embroidery or duplicate stitch to create texturally accurate
03:11and realistic food.
03:12Good enough for our ravenous judges to eat.
03:17Making food, these are really small objects in pretty obscure shapes, which takes a lot of
03:24working out on how you're going to actually create that, right?
03:26When you use stitches in a really overt way, you're creating something sculptural, 3D, in the fabric.
03:35They need to make sure that the stitches are chosen really carefully.
03:40I'm hoping that there will be variety.
03:44Well, it's not last orders yet.
03:46The kitchen is still open, so it's still all to play for.
03:49Absolutely.
03:50Knife and fork.
03:53Fresh from last week's Big Knitter win, the pressure is on for Isaac to maintain his own high standards.
04:01He's getting started with his hero ingredient.
04:03I'm making a bacon, egg and cheese on everything bagel.
04:06For his favorite dish, Isaac will knit the bagel using short row shaping, an advanced technique
04:14where you knit part rows before turning back to create the perfect curve.
04:19He's using a combination of knit and crochet to create the bacon, egg and cheese elements
04:24for the inside, and will over-embroider seasoning across the top.
04:29Each half of the bagel hides a tiny magnet, so the two pieces cleverly pull apart and snap together.
04:36Isaac!
04:37Hi, Tom!
04:38All the maths that you've had to do with the short rows and the increasing and the magnets,
04:42I mean, it's all very scientific.
04:44A lot of engineering gone into this.
04:45Yeah.
04:46I'm hoping to have all of my bagel pieces knitted by, like, the four-hour mark.
04:52Because the bagel is, like, the biggest part of it, I want to make sure that it's, like, really, really good.
04:56You know, you've only got 12 hours.
04:58Make sure you finish your bagel.
04:59Also working on the main element of her dish is perfectionist Ailsa, and she's gone full carvery.
05:09I'm making Sunday roast.
05:11It's my favourite dinner.
05:13I'm planning on doing most of it in crochet, but I'm going to do my roast potatoes knitted
05:18because that gives a bit of a smoother finish.
05:23For her Sunday roast, Ailsa has opted for roast beef, crocheted with a colour gradient effect.
05:30It's served with all the trimmings, including carrots, Yorkshire puddings and roast potatoes.
05:35To top it all off, she's planning a classic blue and white gravy jug
05:39because you can't have a roast without gravy.
05:42Ailsa.
05:43Hello.
05:43This is a very detailed challenge.
05:46Like, details are really important to you.
05:48I do pay attention to detail.
05:50If there's a wee mistake, it's all I can look at.
05:54How often would you say you would cook a roast dinner?
05:56Never. I would never.
05:57I never cook anything.
05:59Really?
06:00So what do you eat at home?
06:01Cereal.
06:02Cereal.
06:07I'm noodling along here.
06:09It's a foundation chain and a slip stitch back.
06:12Trying to do something a little bit more substantial here.
06:14The judges will be scrutinizing proportion and texture in every dish.
06:28And with this many different elements, this will be a tricky balancing act for Holger.
06:45So how will this all be placed?
06:47We have the bowl.
06:49In the bowl will sit a base that brings the level up.
06:53So this is knit?
06:54This is knit, yes.
06:55Knit fabric.
06:55And then the noodles will be applied.
06:57I've got three different colors for the noodles because I want to create a little bit more depth.
07:01So you're considering how they're going to look.
07:04And I'm planning to come out a little bit more, build 3D, but I'm not exactly telling you what I'm, because I'm A, surprised, and B, it might not happen.
07:13I hope to be surprised.
07:17Yeah, I want to make it a little bit more sculptural.
07:26Tracy, what have we got going on?
07:29Let me have a little look.
07:31Oh, what is that?
07:33Oyster mussels.
07:35It's a cockle.
07:35Are you making some kind of chowder?
07:37Yes, no, it's seafood pasta.
07:39Seafood pasta.
07:40Experienced crocheter Tracy has gone for the standard double crochet technique to create every element of her dish.
07:50Accompanying her bowtie pasta shapes will be a tomato sauce base, basil leaves, lobsters, prawns, cockles, and mussels.
08:00What's the story behind this being your favorite food?
08:02I used to pick winkles out of shells when I was a kid with my granddad.
08:05Winkles?
08:06Yes, they were like a little black shellfish.
08:08Never heard of them in my life.
08:09Really?
08:09Yeah.
08:09It was a real family occasion, and now I do that with my children.
08:13How many children and grandchildren do you have?
08:15I've got three children and eight grandchildren.
08:17Eight?
08:18They all eat jelly deals, they all eat prawns, they all eat shellfish.
08:21Okay, that's great.
08:22Have you made food before?
08:24Not food, but I crochet a lot.
08:26Trying to make it look as real as possible is quite a challenge, right?
08:29Yeah.
08:30Okay, well, I'll leave you to your seafood pasta.
08:33Made me quite hungry, that, actually.
08:37A few hours into the challenge,
08:39and knitters should all now be well into the main element of their dish.
08:42I'm moving on to the sides.
08:44I'm making pie and mash for East London.
08:48Pie and mash.
08:49Let's just be real.
08:50And just to add a pop more colour, I'm going to make individual peas.
08:54From jelly deals to pie and mash.
08:57God, blimey, governor.
08:59For her East End staple, Lydia is crocheting her two pies and three scoops of mash.
09:04The pies will sit on a knitted base of liquor sauce,
09:08and to round it all off, a rather fiddly portion of individually crocheted peas.
09:12I mean, mash is actually quite a tricky proposition, isn't it?
09:20Yeah.
09:21Are these finished?
09:22At the moment, yes.
09:25But they need to be brushed.
09:26To try and make it look more like potato.
09:29I just, I think, I felt this was the best way I could create realism.
09:34Yes.
09:34For this, for the mash.
09:36Having used a basic crochet stitch for her mash,
09:40Lydia now needs to brush out the strands of yarn to try and evoke a fluffy texture.
09:45Good luck.
09:49Simon is one of the only knitters in the barn
09:51who has not yet claimed one of those elusive sheep badges.
09:55So this week, he's going all out with a true British classic.
10:01That badge you got on there,
10:02and that would make a nice bit of roast lamb for my fry-up.
10:07Would you like it?
10:09Would you like to badge?
10:12Simon is starting the day the right way, with a full English.
10:16He's engineering structured shapes for his hash browns, tomatoes and sausages.
10:21But for his eggs, mushrooms, bacon and beans,
10:25he is planning to use free-form crochet,
10:27a bold technique that combines stitches spontaneously
10:30without sticking to a rigid pattern.
10:33In previous challenges,
10:35Simon's lack of planning has left the judges unimpressed.
10:38But this week,
10:39he is determined to prove them wrong with his crochet skills.
10:44Can I ask about making the bacon?
10:46Yeah.
10:46So you've used a lot of free-form.
10:48I've done the magic circle.
10:50Yeah.
10:50And I've added extra depth in stitches.
10:52Yeah.
10:53So I've used doubles, trebles.
10:54I've embroidered the fat in there.
10:56It'll be very easy just to crochet a flat piece of bacon.
10:59And we all know when you cook bacon,
11:01it rises up and twists and turns.
11:03The terms of winging it,
11:05like, feel a little bit sometimes derogatory
11:07when it comes to crafting.
11:08Yes.
11:09So in this instance,
11:10unlike some other elements of, like, the competition,
11:13I believe that, for me personally,
11:15free-form's been the way to go
11:16because it really adds difference.
11:20These are really beautifully done,
11:23I have to say.
11:34Knitters, you are halfway through this challenge.
11:39Six hours, so it's time to plate up.
11:43At the halfway point,
11:44knitters should have completed their hero ingredient
11:47and be considering sides
11:48to create the perfect scale and proportion across the plate.
11:53I finished my egg.
11:55Did you know that Simon is also making an egg?
11:58I did know that Simon was also making an egg, yeah.
12:01Is yours going to be egg-stra-special?
12:03Mine has a magnet in it.
12:04I don't know if that makes it egg-stra-special.
12:07I mean, I've never eaten an egg with magnets in it.
12:09He's not making an egg with magnets, though.
12:11He's making a bagel with magnets.
12:13But he's making his egg with magnets as well.
12:14Is he?
12:15But Isaac isn't the only one
12:17attempting a feat of engineering.
12:19With a place in the quarter-final up for grabs,
12:22Holger has got a Michelin star secret trick planned.
12:26I had told Di and Sheila
12:27that I'm trying to add something extra,
12:29something like three-dimensional,
12:31like an optical illusion.
12:32It is a bit risky
12:34because I haven't really tried it before.
12:36The knitters are over halfway through
12:47their Texture Week solo challenge
12:48to stitch up a menu realistic enough
12:51to tempt Di and Sheila's taste buds.
12:54I absolutely love my food.
12:58Yeah, but you can all see that.
12:59I mean, the stuff you crochet in here.
13:01How are you feeling for time?
13:05Um, strapped.
13:08Yeah.
13:10In the final few hours,
13:11the knitters should be considering
13:12what extra details will give their knits
13:15that realistic texture the judges are expecting.
13:18To make these as realistic as possible,
13:21I'm taking threads from yarns
13:23to try and blend the colour up.
13:24I just want to make it
13:26just a tiny bit more fluffy,
13:28but not too fluffy.
13:30But Tracy is methodically crocheting
13:33more ingredients for her seafood pasta
13:35rather than adding textured detail
13:37to what's already in the bowl.
13:39Hi, Tracy.
13:41Hiya.
13:41You've got lots of elements in here.
13:44And it's all crochet?
13:46Yeah, it's all crochet.
13:47I thought so.
13:48Double crochet is a basic stitch
13:51which creates a consistent texture.
13:52Do you have plans
13:54to use other crochet edges
13:56and things like that
13:57and embellishments?
13:58Shells, they often have a sheen,
14:00a shine to them.
14:02Yeah.
14:03I'm doing that
14:04and I'm going to put that on toe.
14:05OK.
14:07Have you scaled everything?
14:09Yes.
14:10To actual size?
14:12Yeah.
14:14So this is the size
14:16of a piece of pasta?
14:17It might be slightly bigger,
14:23but I don't think it's a lot bigger.
14:25Still a lot of work to go.
14:26Still a lot of work to go.
14:27Yeah.
14:31Knitters, time to reveal
14:33today's special.
14:35Mmm.
14:37Oh!
14:38One hour to go.
14:40In the last hour,
14:43knitters must finish
14:44their lifelike details
14:45and plate up each ingredient.
14:47What I'm going to do
14:47in the last hour
14:48is crochet as many beans as I can.
14:50Just go nuts for beans.
14:53I'm currently sewing
14:54as much of everything
14:56as I can onto my bagel.
15:02You're making your beans!
15:03Beans?
15:04You've got your hash browns,
15:05your eggs, your mushrooms,
15:06your bacon, your tomato
15:07and the, um, sausage.
15:13No, it does look like a sausage.
15:15It does look like a sausage.
15:19I don't touch it now.
15:22Holger.
15:23Tron.
15:24I think I know
15:24what your plan is with that.
15:26Houdini.
15:27Holger Dini.
15:29Tracy.
15:30Are we getting on?
15:31I've added detail
15:32to quite a few of them.
15:33I've put little beards on
15:34so I hope that that's enough.
15:36Yeah.
15:36Lovely.
15:37Lydia.
15:38You're actually stuffing
15:39those little peas?
15:40Yeah.
15:41In terms of finishing,
15:42you just have to stuff the mash
15:44and then just make peas
15:45till you drop.
15:46Yeah, I'm not stuffing the mash
15:47because the bottom's open.
15:50So I'm just leaving them as is.
15:53Right.
15:54Ailsa.
15:55A gravy pot.
15:57And then there'll be
15:57a wee icord handle.
15:59I like that.
16:00I've seen you've got everything
16:01on the bagel now.
16:02Yeah.
16:03Well, on that side.
16:04I think there's only so much
16:09one can do.
16:10I can't do any more.
16:14Knitters, your time is up.
16:16Time to plate up your food.
16:18It's dinner time.
16:19Oh.
16:25After 12 hours
16:27knitting up a storm,
16:28six stitched up suppers
16:30are ready to be served.
16:32Really, really happy.
16:35I feel really amazed
16:35the way it went,
16:36the whole challenge.
16:38Obviously, it didn't quite
16:39go to plan.
16:40Just ran out of time
16:41at the end there
16:41to put my seasonings on.
16:42But overall,
16:43I'm really happy
16:43with the look of my bagel.
16:49Ready for the first dish?
16:51Let's get to it.
16:54Isaac,
16:55if you'd like to come
16:56and present your dish.
17:05Oh.
17:06That is
17:08really amazing.
17:12And the construction,
17:13Isaac,
17:14is
17:14really clever.
17:18And I think you've
17:19engineered it
17:19really nicely.
17:21Short row shaping,
17:22it shows
17:23real skill.
17:25I suspect
17:26that a lot of maths
17:26has gone into that.
17:27Yeah, yeah, definitely.
17:29We have some bacon
17:30in here.
17:33So, Isaac,
17:34I'm not sure
17:35about the bacon.
17:35It doesn't feel
17:39as if it's
17:40the right colour
17:40and the shape
17:42doesn't feel
17:43quite right.
17:46And
17:46surface decoration,
17:49yes.
17:49There's quite a bit
17:51missing from the top
17:52here.
17:53It was just
17:53a timing thing.
17:58But it's fun.
17:59Overall,
18:00it's fun.
18:03Well, thank you
18:03very much,
18:04Isaac.
18:06Are you ready
18:06for dish number
18:07two?
18:09Lydia,
18:10if you'd like
18:10to come up.
18:17The structure's
18:18really good.
18:18You've given it
18:19that pie crust
18:20feeling.
18:23The peas
18:24work incredibly
18:25well.
18:25They're a really
18:26vibrant pea
18:27colour.
18:28You have
18:32slightly fluffed
18:34up your mash.
18:34Yes.
18:35Could maybe
18:36have done
18:37with a little
18:37bit more.
18:38Okay.
18:39So, a few
18:41textural issues.
18:42It could have
18:43been knit.
18:44Mm-hmm.
18:45So, it had
18:46a smoother
18:47surface.
18:48Yes.
18:49Of the mash
18:50potato coming
18:50out.
18:51Yeah.
18:52Plop onto
18:52the plate.
18:53Yeah.
18:54And I think
18:55it did need
18:56a bottom
18:57and a little
18:57bit more
18:58weight to it.
18:59We wanted
19:00texture,
19:01so we wanted
19:01the potato
19:02to look
19:03like that
19:03smooth
19:04Maris
19:06Piper
19:07mashed potato.
19:11Thank you
19:12very much,
19:12Lydia.
19:15There it is.
19:16Whoa.
19:17Simon,
19:18if you'd like
19:18to come
19:18up,
19:19please.
19:25Immediately,
19:26what I love
19:26about this
19:27is the
19:28bacon.
19:28It's
19:29impressive.
19:34Even down
19:35to the little
19:36bit of crisp
19:36on the bottom
19:37there and
19:38the veins
19:39of fat
19:39running through
19:40different
19:41textures
19:41in the
19:42bacon,
19:43I think
19:43it's a really
19:44exciting
19:45piece of
19:45food.
19:47The thing
19:48I particularly
19:49like about
19:50this is
19:50the combination
19:51of free
19:52form
19:52and planning.
19:55We were also
19:56asking for
19:56proportion.
19:59Everything
19:59does
20:00sit
20:01in proportion.
20:03Thank you
20:03very much,
20:04Simon.
20:05Ready for
20:05another one?
20:08Tracy!
20:14I really
20:15do like
20:16the shape
20:17of these.
20:18Muscle
20:19shells
20:19are so
20:20decorative.
20:21They have
20:22so many
20:22colours
20:23running
20:24through
20:25them.
20:26He could
20:26have worked
20:27more
20:28at creating
20:29that colour.
20:31The pasta's
20:32a little bit
20:33too big
20:33for me.
20:34It doesn't
20:34seem in
20:35proportion.
20:36You've
20:37used
20:37mainly a
20:38double
20:39crochet
20:39throughout?
20:41We were
20:46looking for
20:46you to
20:46showcase
20:47your
20:48crochet
20:48skills
20:49in
20:51different
20:51stitches.
20:52I think
20:53that's
20:53where the
20:54problem lies
20:55for me.
20:55There's not
20:56enough
20:56variation.
20:57I'd like to
20:58see more
20:58types of
20:59stitches
20:59to give
21:00the texture
21:01that this
21:02challenge
21:02is very
21:03much
21:03about.
21:05Thank you
21:05very
21:06much
21:06Tracey.
21:08Ailsa,
21:09if you'd
21:09like to
21:09come up
21:09please.
21:15As always
21:16you're so
21:17neat and
21:17precise in
21:18your stitch
21:19work.
21:20Grading
21:21from one
21:21colour
21:22into another
21:23and then
21:24back again.
21:26Yep.
21:29They're
21:30gorgeous
21:30but they
21:31do look
21:31like two
21:32little
21:32bowls.
21:34During
21:35every
21:35challenge
21:36Ailsa
21:37we've
21:38seen
21:38how
21:39neatly
21:41and
21:42carefully
21:42you
21:44work.
21:45It's
21:45beautiful
21:46but it's
21:47not quite
21:48real.
21:50It is
21:51very
21:51perfect
21:51but it
21:53needs a
21:53little bit
21:53more
21:54abstraction
21:54to give
21:55it that
21:56realism
21:58if it's
21:59too
21:59neat.
22:02Thank
22:02you very
22:03much
22:03Ailsa.
22:03there we go.
22:07Are you
22:08ready?
22:09Final course.
22:14Holger,
22:15if you'd
22:15like to
22:16come up.
22:16I love
22:25the
22:26construction.
22:26I think
22:27it's
22:27really
22:27fab.
22:28You've
22:29achieved
22:29your
22:29special
22:29effect.
22:30Yes,
22:31I didn't
22:31want to
22:31say what
22:31it was
22:32because I
22:32didn't
22:32know
22:32whether
22:32it
22:33would
22:33work.
22:33Well,
22:34it has.
22:34It's
22:34worked
22:35very well.
22:35What's
22:37holding it
22:37up?
22:38Well,
22:38two of
22:38the
22:38noodles
22:39are wire
22:40that has
22:41been
22:41crocheted
22:41around.
22:42You
22:42actually
22:43created a
22:45surface for
22:45this and
22:46sat it
22:46into the
22:47bowl to
22:48raise it
22:48up so
22:49you didn't
22:49have to
22:49fill it
22:50full of
22:50noodles.
22:50No.
22:54The
22:54texture in
22:55here is
22:55really good
22:55because it
22:57does
22:57actually look
22:58like a
22:59prawn that
22:59has just
23:00been pulled
23:00out of
23:01its shell.
23:02The
23:02colour is
23:02very good
23:03as well
23:03particularly
23:04like the
23:05balance,
23:05the
23:05variety.
23:08I think
23:08it has
23:09absolutely
23:10achieved
23:10that
23:11realism
23:11that we
23:12were
23:12looking
23:13for.
23:14Well,
23:14thank you
23:14very much
23:15Holger.
23:15Thank you
23:16Holger.
23:19I want
23:20to say
23:20the gloves
23:20are off
23:21maybe now
23:22if we
23:22kind of
23:23reach the
23:23business
23:23end of
23:24the
23:24competition.
23:25The
23:26judges
23:26did say
23:27exactly
23:27what I
23:27had been
23:28thinking
23:28the whole
23:28time
23:29that
23:29I was
23:30just
23:30being
23:30a bit
23:30too
23:31precise.
23:31I need
23:32to step
23:32up my
23:32game.
23:34The judges
23:34comments
23:34were fair
23:35but a
23:36seafood
23:36pasta
23:37does
23:37look
23:37like
23:37a
23:37bowl
23:38of
23:38mess.
23:45After
23:46knitting up
23:46a feast
23:47for the
23:47solo,
23:48it's now
23:48time for
23:49the
23:49team
23:49challenge.
23:52Hello
23:52knitters
23:53and welcome
23:53back.
23:54For your
23:55group
23:55challenge
23:56this week
23:56you'll be
23:57split into
23:57three teams
23:58to create
23:59three
24:00slouchy
24:02cardigans.
24:03This is a
24:06chance to
24:06make something
24:07which has
24:07got lots
24:08and lots
24:08and lots
24:09of stitches
24:10really
24:10create
24:11something
24:11dynamic.
24:12We are
24:14asking you
24:14to adapt
24:15a basic
24:16cardigan
24:17pattern.
24:17We want
24:18you to
24:19use a
24:19minimum
24:20of three
24:21stitch
24:22techniques.
24:24We will
24:24be looking
24:25for clear
24:26clean
24:27stitch
24:28definition
24:29absolute
24:30precision
24:31no
24:32mistakes.
24:34This
24:35challenge
24:35is
24:36judged
24:36blind
24:37so
24:37I'm
24:37going to
24:38have to
24:38ask
24:38Dian
24:38Sheila
24:38to
24:39leave
24:39the
24:39barn.
24:40Knitters
24:41you will
24:41be
24:42working
24:42in
24:42pairs
24:43so
24:44for
24:44Cardi
24:45A
24:45Tracy
24:46and
24:47Isaac
24:47for
24:49Cardi
24:49B
24:50we
24:51have
24:51Holger
24:53and
24:54Ailsa
24:55and
24:56for
24:56Cardi
24:57C
24:57Lydia
24:58and
24:59Simon.
25:01Now
25:01you have
25:0210 hours
25:03for this
25:04challenge
25:04so
25:05your time
25:06starts now
25:06let's
25:07get
25:07knitting.
25:12For
25:13this
25:13challenge
25:13the
25:14duos
25:14will
25:14be
25:14using
25:15super
25:15chunky
25:16wool
25:16in
25:16one
25:17colour
25:17only.
25:18I
25:18do
25:18actually
25:19like
25:19this
25:19kind
25:19of
25:19mossy
25:20green
25:20yellow
25:21yellow
25:21yellow
25:21I
25:22like
25:22red
25:22red
25:23yeah
25:23let's
25:23go
25:23red
25:23okay
25:24they've
25:26been
25:26given
25:26a
25:27basic
25:27cardigan
25:28shape
25:28to
25:28create
25:29but
25:29must
25:30figure
25:30out
25:30the
25:30construction
25:31and
25:31stitches
25:32themselves
25:32with
25:35literally
25:36hundreds
25:36of
25:37options
25:37available
25:38from
25:38the
25:38playful
25:39bubble
25:39stitch
25:40to
25:40the
25:40traditional
25:41honeycomb
25:41the
25:42knitters
25:42will
25:42need
25:43to
25:43judiciously
25:43select
25:44which
25:44stitches
25:45will
25:45create
25:45impact
25:46and
25:46texture
25:47within
25:47a
25:47slouchy
25:48cardigan
25:48we
25:49do
25:49it
25:49like
25:50that
25:50but
25:50we
25:50bring
25:50it
25:50right
25:51in
25:51so
25:51it
25:51ends
25:52up
25:52one
25:52of
25:52those
25:52sleeves
25:52that's
25:53really
25:53tight
25:53and
25:53goes
25:54like
25:54that
25:54and
25:54that
25:54would
25:54be
25:54really
25:55textured
25:55I
25:55know
25:55what
25:56you
25:56mean
25:56but
25:57I
25:57think
25:57we
25:57also
25:57need
25:57to
25:57consider
25:58time
25:58because
25:58we
25:58only
25:59have
25:5910
25:59hours
26:00with the
26:01clock
26:02ticking
26:02our
26:02duos
26:03need
26:03to
26:03stitch
26:04shake
26:04and slay
26:05their
26:05way
26:05to
26:06cardigan
26:06victory
26:07at
26:11at
26:11at
26:11this
26:11stage
26:11in
26:12competition
26:12i
26:13really
26:13would
26:13hope
26:14that
26:15they
26:15are
26:15going
26:15to
26:16push
26:16themselves
26:16we
26:16want
26:17to
26:17see
26:17them
26:17taking
26:17a
26:18few
26:18risks
26:18and
26:19pulling
26:19it
26:19off
26:19and
26:20showing
26:20us
26:20something
26:21really
26:22different
26:23and
26:23original
26:23what
26:24are
26:24some
26:24of
26:25the
26:25techniques
26:26and
26:26stitches
26:26that
26:27you'd
26:27be
26:28excited
26:28to
26:28see
26:28today
26:29i
26:29would
26:29like
26:30to
26:30see
26:30the
26:31reverse
26:31fabric
26:32something
26:32like
26:33this
26:33the
26:33bubble
26:34you can
26:35also
26:35reverse
26:35it
26:36and
26:37use
26:37the
26:37bubble
26:38stitch
26:38on
26:39the
26:39wrong
26:39side
26:40we
26:41really
26:41do
26:41need
26:42to
26:42see
26:42them
26:42pushing
26:43themselves
26:43out
26:44of
26:44their
26:45comfort
26:45zone
26:45isaac
26:49is first
26:49to come
26:50up
26:50with a
26:50quirky
26:50idea
26:51i don't
26:51know if
26:52you've
26:52ever
26:52seen
26:52where
26:53you're
26:53knitting
26:53a
26:54stockinette
26:54and
26:54then
26:54you
26:54do
26:55reverse
26:55stockinette
26:56on
26:56some
26:56stitches
26:57kind
26:57of
26:57like
26:57a
26:57tarsher
26:58and
26:58it
26:58basically
26:58paints
26:58a
26:59picture
26:59yeah
26:59i
27:00think
27:00we
27:00could
27:00do
27:00that
27:00with
27:00a
27:00massive
27:01smiley
27:01face
27:01and
27:01then
27:01the
27:02rest
27:02of
27:02it
27:02could
27:02just
27:02be
27:02texture
27:03city
27:03oh
27:04okay
27:04right
27:05isaac
27:07plans
27:07to knit
27:08a smiley
27:08face
27:09motif
27:09into
27:09the
27:10back
27:10panel
27:10of
27:10the
27:11cardigan
27:11using
27:12reverse
27:12stocking
27:12stitch
27:13to
27:13outline
27:13the
27:14image
27:14they'll
27:15use
27:15bubble
27:16stitch
27:16for
27:16the
27:16sleeves
27:17a
27:17tricky
27:18stitch
27:18which
27:18creates
27:19a
27:19raised
27:193D
27:20texture
27:20that
27:21looks
27:21like
27:21bubbles
27:22popping
27:22out
27:23the
27:23fabric
27:23isaac
27:25will
27:25knit
27:30the
27:30other
27:30sleeve
27:30while
27:35isaac
27:36charts
27:36out
27:36his
27:37smiley
27:37face
27:37lydia
27:38and
27:38simon
27:39are
27:39keeping
27:39it
27:39classic
27:40with
27:40their
27:40stitch
27:41selection
27:41the
27:42back
27:42and
27:43the
27:43fronts
27:43will
27:43be
27:43done
27:44in
27:44an
27:44all
27:45over
27:45kind
27:45of
27:45cabled
27:46pattern
27:46that
27:46looks
27:47like
27:47this
27:48simon
27:51and
27:51lydia
27:51will
27:52knit
27:52the
27:52front
27:52and
27:53back
27:53panels
27:53of
27:53their
27:54cardigan
27:54in
27:54a
27:55rippling
27:55cable
27:55stitch
27:56which
27:56creates
27:57a
27:57gentle
27:57raised
27:58pattern
27:58across
27:59the
27:59fabric
27:59for
28:00the
28:00arms
28:00they
28:01will
28:01use
28:01a
28:02honeycomb
28:02stitch
28:02creating
28:03a
28:03tighter
28:04hexagonal
28:05beehive
28:05pattern
28:05lydia
28:06will
28:06work
28:07on
28:07the
28:07body
28:07while
28:08simon
28:08will
28:09knit
28:09both
28:09sleeves
28:10too big
28:11is it
28:12too big
28:13that's
28:14quite
28:14slouchy
28:14isn't it
28:15i think
28:17we're
28:17good
28:17ailsa
28:20and holger
28:20are leaving
28:21no stitch
28:22behind
28:22with
28:22their
28:23cardi
28:23i'll
28:23take
28:24waffle
28:24for
28:24one
28:24i'm
28:25thinking
28:25there's
28:26going to
28:26be
28:26a
28:26cable
28:27running
28:27up
28:27the
28:27middle
28:27there's
28:28a
28:28wealth
28:28of
28:29gansey
28:29patterns
28:30they are
28:31also
28:31the only
28:32team
28:32who are
28:32unusually
28:33constructing
28:34their
28:34cardigan
28:34in two
28:35pieces
28:36rather than
28:36five
28:37you could
28:37transform
28:38those five
28:40pieces
28:40into just
28:41two
28:41by splitting
28:42them
28:42and having
28:43this kind
28:43of t-shape
28:44it would join
28:45together in
28:45the center
28:46i really like
28:49that i don't think
28:49anyone would think
28:50to do it
28:51that way
28:51that way
28:51well
28:52they should
28:52probably have
28:53to talk
28:53a little
28:54bit
28:54squire
28:54down
28:55yeah
28:56ailsa and holger
29:01will knit one half
29:03of the cardigan
29:03each meaning the
29:04stitches will run
29:05horizontally across
29:06the garment
29:07rather than
29:08vertically
29:08ailsa plans to use
29:10a waffle stitch
29:11to create little
29:12raised squares
29:13and a scottish fleet
29:14stitch which uses
29:15columns and diamond
29:16motifs to create
29:17a wealth of texture
29:18across the fabric
29:19holger's half
29:21of the cardigan
29:22will use a seersucker
29:23stitch to create
29:24a bumpy dimpled
29:25surface
29:25and a diamond
29:27gansey stitch
29:27which creates
29:28beautiful diamond
29:29motifs
29:30both will use
29:32cables to create
29:33a raised line
29:34across the middle
29:34of their halves
29:35of the cardigan
29:36they will then
29:37join their two
29:37pieces together
29:38and add a tassel
29:40if you want
29:41texture you can't
29:42really get a lot
29:43more texture than
29:43that
29:43shall we get
29:44going then
29:45yeah all that's
29:45left is to
29:46actually make it
29:47the knitters are
29:53a few hours into
29:54their textured
29:55cardigan challenge
29:56in about five rows
30:00time I'm going to
30:01start on the
30:03smiley face decal
30:04so far so good
30:05I'm working on
30:08the sleeve
30:08you can see we've
30:09got the cuff
30:10at the bottom
30:10this is what I've
30:12done so far
30:13it's a two by two
30:14twisted rim
30:15so team cardi b
30:21hello
30:22quite a thing to
30:23construct to people
30:24at home if you
30:25were to go and get
30:26a knit out from
30:27your cupboard the
30:28knits itch they
30:28always go down
30:30whereas this is
30:31going to be going
30:32sideways which
30:33creates texture in
30:34itself I mean
30:35you have to go for
30:36the win right
30:37yeah go for gold
30:38although I sometimes
30:40feel like silver
30:41looks nicer
30:42I'm more of a
30:42silver person
30:43sorry I've got
30:45one of each
30:47while Holger and
30:52Elsa work their
30:53way through over
30:54eight different
30:55stitches Lydia and
30:56Simon are on their
30:57honeycomb stitch
30:58which has resulted
30:59in a beautiful
31:00texture but a
31:01tight fabric
31:02so you've done a
31:03bit of shaping
31:04here to make it
31:06come in at the
31:07sleeve
31:08yeah
31:08yeah look at that
31:13have you had a
31:14chance to look at
31:15what anyone else is
31:15doing yet
31:16yeah I definitely
31:17have I mean it's
31:18easy just to take a
31:19little sneak peek at
31:19other people's work
31:20but what I have found
31:22is that whenever I do
31:23that I catastrophize
31:24and start to doubt
31:26my own decisions
31:26Tracy and Isaac
31:31how's it going over
31:32here
31:32I've just finished
31:33the back panel
31:34it's got a wee
31:35smiley face on it
31:36do you think that
31:38um the smiley face
31:41is going to have
31:42enough texture to it
31:44for the judges
31:44um I think that
31:47because the smiley
31:48face itself like the
31:50details of it are in
31:52texture I might be
31:53able to get away with
31:53it I never said that
31:54we had to cover the
31:55whole thing in texture
31:56knitters five hours
32:03have gone that's
32:04halfway through the
32:05challenge you have
32:05five hours remaining
32:08more than enough time
32:09yeah I think we'll be
32:10fine with half the
32:11challenge left teams
32:12should be making good
32:13progress on their
32:14individual sections
32:15it's starting to take
32:17shape the idea that we
32:18had and then we'll
32:19join together once
32:20there's two of them
32:21Tracy has tentatively
32:25moved on to her
32:26bubble stitch sleeve
32:27her simple double
32:29crochet stitch in the
32:30solo left the judges
32:31unimpressed she needs
32:33to wow them with their
32:34stitches in the team
32:35challenge I've never
32:36done a bubble stitch
32:37before no the bubble
32:38stitch is created by
32:40intentionally dropping a
32:41stitch and then picking
32:42it back up multiple rows
32:44below to create a bold 3d
32:46bubbly texture but it's not
32:48an easy stitch to master
32:49there's always the worry
32:50when you've dropped the
32:51next stitch that you won't
32:52be able to pick it up
32:53anywhere so I'm really out of
32:54my depth with this one
32:55what are you doing here
33:08there's a good texture in there
33:13mate it's looking really good
33:16what are you guys up to we were
33:23knitting until you kind of
33:24plonked your fat ass onto my
33:26wall
33:27give me the crack
33:32there's lots of texture
33:34right now if I'm being
33:38completely honest
33:39I don't know whether it's
33:43just there's just too much of
33:45the same
33:45it's texture week in the yarn
33:54barn and the knitters are into
33:56the final stages of their slouchy
33:58cardigan challenge
33:59there you go beautiful
34:00well how far away are you from
34:03getting that done
34:03I've got another four rows
34:05okay
34:05Lydia and Simon are adding a
34:08lace edging to the hem of their
34:10cardi
34:10I'm just seeing the eyelets now
34:12in garter stitch
34:13and Simon's sewing up
34:15I think actually that little
34:16lace eyelet will look really nice
34:18yeah
34:18I actually think
34:19it's going to be a lot of
34:21texture
34:21yeah yeah
34:22I'm happier now
34:24well done mate
34:25knitters
34:27you have one hour to go
34:30in the final hour of the
34:34challenge the teams should be
34:35seaming their individual
34:36sections together
34:37I'm currently sewing this
34:39cardigan to Lydia's leg
34:40you buy a cardigan
34:41get a free Lydia
34:42we will now join our two pieces
34:46Elsa and Holger are using a
34:49kitchener stitch
34:49a clever technique to graft two
34:51sets of live stitches together
34:53and create a seamless join in the
34:55fabric
34:55this is literally not something you
34:58want to do under extreme pressure
34:59Isaac and Tracy are attaching the
35:03sleeves to the body of their
35:04cardigan
35:05that's your sleeve that's my sleeve
35:06but Isaac has spotted an error
35:09Tracy hasn't picked up her dropped
35:11stitches meaning the whole thing
35:13could unravel
35:14you slip the wrong one
35:15it's because you've gone in between
35:18the stitches
35:19thought it meant to go in between
35:20no it's supposed to go in this one
35:22down here
35:22and then you slip it and it hides
35:24oh right okay right
35:25I went in between
35:26it's all right
35:27it's done now
35:28and Holger's also spotted a problem
35:35with their cardi
35:36hold on hold on hold on
35:40please don't tell me that the kitchen
35:42stitch was wrong
35:43well something has gone wrong I think
35:45this is inside out
35:47this is outside in
35:48oh yeah
35:52yeah
35:54Holger has incorrectly sewn his section to Ailsa's section
35:58inside out
36:00one side is inside out and one side's outside in
36:05do we want to try and redo it or do we leave that and chance
36:11doesn't necessarily need to be catching her to redo it does it
36:14that is true
36:15do not
36:16do not tempt me while I have the scissors at hand at the moment
36:19we're done
36:22we're done
36:22knitters finish casting off needles down and get those cardigans on the mannequins
36:32that's three slouchy cardigans complete in just 10 hours
36:41having a garment that is half inside out and half outside in is still better than having two pieces
36:46I know that the sleeves are not exactly even and I think that's something that they're going to pick up on
36:52well done knitters now it's time for the judging
36:59so let's bring Diane Sheila back into the armband
37:02we are going to start with the green cardigan
37:05well
37:10there is some super cable fabric here
37:15and it's very well executed
37:16beautiful
37:17oh and some open work
37:19an eyelet edge
37:21very very firm
37:22really nice edging
37:24okay so I have a problem with this bit at the back
37:29you can see this eyelet pattern has actually pushed and distorted the fabric
37:37because the cable fabric pulls it all in above it and it's just made a slightly strange shape
37:46it's made it balloon out at the bottom
37:48I don't feel that this sleeve is wide enough the honeycomb cabling has has pulled them in considerably
38:00too dense not slouchy enough not slouchy enough there is much more give in this wave fabric
38:09apart from that I absolutely love the fluidity of this garment
38:16I think it's a really beautiful textured jacket
38:20well thank you very much
38:23and now what do you think of the yellow cardigan
38:25we have a smiley face
38:36so for me the smiley face
38:41doesn't give enough impact
38:43it doesn't give enough texture
38:46it's pictorial rather than textural
38:48I would have liked to have seen more texture
38:52I absolutely love these sleeves
38:56some very effective increasing
38:57so that they can balloon out
38:59and this sleeve works really really well
39:01so Sheila
39:06there is a big problem with this sleeve
39:09oh yes
39:10there are dropped stitches
39:11here
39:13yeah
39:15lots of them
39:16this would
39:19unravel very quickly
39:21it's unstable
39:22I'm
39:26really really sad
39:30to see this
39:31because
39:31it's not really a viable
39:33functional sleeve
39:35thank you very much
39:39and now
39:40the red cardigan
39:41what I'm seeing
39:50is a very different construction
39:54each knitter
39:56has cast on here
39:58and knitted up and over
40:01the texture in this
40:06is fantastic
40:07I have an inside out cable
40:18that's really really playful
40:24do you think it's intentional
40:26what if this is actually
40:29a mistake
40:31shall we turn it inside out
40:45yes
40:46because it may be
40:48that it's meant to be reversible
40:50and it's playful
40:51whatever has happened
40:55this is intriguing
40:57and
40:58it's a
40:59bit of an enigma
41:00some stitches
41:01work
41:03both ways
41:04this is
41:04all about texture
41:06and
41:06it does work
41:07yes
41:08Sheila and I
41:15have come to a decision
41:17so
41:19in third place
41:20we have
41:23the yellow
41:24cardigan
41:25can we ask who
41:29made the yellow
41:29cardigan
41:30the dropped stitches
41:31it was me
41:32I'd never done
41:33the stitch before
41:34and what about
41:35the smiley face
41:36there we go
41:38might have guessed
41:39there we go
41:40in second place
41:42and this has been
41:44a really difficult
41:46decision
41:46is the green
41:49who did the green
41:52so
41:54the winner
41:56the winner is
41:56the red cardigan
41:57the texture
42:00was
42:02exceptionally good
42:04so
42:04please
42:06put us out of our misery
42:07what happened
42:08it was a mistake
42:10in the joining
42:10when I
42:11seemed to rest up
42:12I had the outside
42:13on the outside
42:13and that's why
42:14it ended up like this
42:15whether it was meant to be
42:17or not
42:17it does still
42:19work
42:19well
42:21constitulations
42:23Holger and Elsa
42:24would I have agreed
42:29with the ranking
42:29no
42:30I don't
42:31I stand by
42:35our work
42:36we did fill it
42:37with texture
42:38which is what
42:38we were supposed
42:40to do in the brief
42:41I did something
42:42I didn't know
42:42I took a risk
42:43and
42:44didn't pay off
42:45it's now up to
42:47Di and Sheila
42:47to decide
42:48who has performed
42:49the best
42:50across both
42:51challenges
42:51and who
42:52will be cast off
42:54so who's in line
42:56for that lovely
42:57sheep badge
42:58this week
42:59Holger
43:00with his
43:02amazing bowl
43:03of noodles
43:04and he was in
43:05the winning
43:05cardigan team
43:06they've created
43:07a fully reversible
43:09jacket
43:10full of texture
43:11so Simon
43:13Simon
43:16really has
43:16shone this week
43:18I think he's
43:18really showing
43:19far more skill
43:21than I think
43:21he even knew
43:22he had
43:23just like his egg
43:24it's coming out
43:25of his shell
43:25oh bless
43:28yes
43:29and on the flip
43:30side of that
43:31who's in danger
43:32this week
43:33Trace is in danger
43:34I was
43:37quite disappointed
43:38with Trace's
43:40bowl of food
43:41it was
43:41just one stitch
43:43effectively
43:44throughout
43:45I honestly
43:46nearly burst into tears
43:47when I saw
43:48in the sleeve
43:48those drop stitches
43:50it was just
43:51such
43:51a terrible moment
43:53we have to talk
43:54about Isaac
43:55although he did
43:58create a ragel
43:59with amazing
44:00shaping
44:01yet again
44:02he didn't
44:02finish it
44:03Isaac
44:04often doesn't
44:05manage to
44:06finish
44:07and his
44:08performance
44:09on the cardigan
44:10the back
44:11really let down
44:12the design
44:13getting tougher
44:14and tougher
44:14each week
44:15to say goodbye
44:15to someone
44:16but
44:16that decision
44:18has to be made
44:18well done
44:25knitters
44:26what a week
44:27texture week
44:28has been
44:29we've had ups
44:30downs
44:31inside outs
44:32but as you know
44:36each week
44:36that goes by
44:37it gets harder
44:38and harder
44:38to choose
44:39who is going
44:39to be
44:40the big knitter
44:41and even
44:42harder
44:43to decide
44:44who is being
44:45cast off
44:46our big knitter
44:48this week
44:50is
44:52Holger
44:55well done
44:57very well done
44:59Holger
45:00here is your
45:00sheep badge
45:01thank you very
45:02much
45:03there you go
45:04congratulations
45:05thank you very
45:06much
45:06but sadly
45:08we do have
45:09to lose
45:09someone
45:10each week
45:11so the person
45:13that is being
45:14cast off
45:15this week
45:16is
45:17Tracy
45:25thank you
45:26come on
45:28come up
45:29give us a hug
45:30we love you
45:33I've met some
45:34incredible people
45:35and I've had the
45:36greatest adventure
45:37and I feel
45:38you know
45:39internally
45:39grateful for that
45:40thank you
45:42thank you
45:42it's really been
45:43wonderful
45:44Tracy
45:44Holger just
45:45has to
45:45steal my thunder
45:47right at the end
45:48which is fine
45:49because it's Holger
45:49and he's amazing
45:50who knows
45:52if I hadn't
45:52put a massive turd
45:53on my plate
45:54then I might
45:55have even come
45:56first
45:56yeah feels
45:57great to be the
45:58big knitter
45:59for the week
45:59feels
46:01flocking good
46:02next time
46:04knitted jewelry
46:06sparkles
46:07I'm doing some
46:08Viking knitting
46:08Viking knitting
46:09this one is going to
46:10be won and lost
46:11on detail
46:12and our final five
46:13tackle the ultimate
46:15test
46:15lace
46:17this challenge
46:18is the most
46:19difficult we've set
46:20so far
46:20it's that point
46:21in the program
46:22because we're looking
46:23for the best
46:24it's nowhere to hide
46:25it does get tougher
46:26every week
46:27it does get tougher
46:28every week
46:29it does get tougher
46:30every week
46:30it does get tougher
46:31every week
46:31it does get tougher
46:32every week
46:33it does get tougher
46:33every week
46:34it does get tougher
46:34every week
46:35it does get tougher
46:35every week
46:36it does get tougher
46:36every week
46:37it does get tougher
46:37every week
46:38it does get tougher
46:38every week
46:39it does get tougher
46:39every week
46:40it does get tougher
46:40every week
46:41it does get tougher
46:41every week
46:42it does get tougher
46:42every week
46:43it does get tougher
46:43every week
46:44it does get tougher
46:44every week
46:45it does get tougher
46:45every week
46:46it does get tougher
46:46every week
46:48it does get tougher
46:49every week
46:50it does get tougher
46:51every week
46:52it does get tougher
46:53it does get tougher
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