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Game of Wool: Britain's Best Knitter - Season 1 Episode 7
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00:00jewelry sets i've got this super tiny crochet needle before their most challenging team knit
00:07yet lace lighting it's not going to be finished lydia secured her second big knitter win it's
00:14the first time i felt something's perfect ailsa fell short there's something missing here
00:23but ultimately simon was the sixth knitter to be cast off
00:27now we've reached the semi-final and only four knitters remain and you're probably wondering
00:35why on earth i look like this well this week it's all about turning rags to riches
00:43welcome to the semi-final of game of war
00:46welcome back game of wool knitters can you believe we've gone from 10 down to just four of you in
00:59the yarn barn well that can mean only one thing it's the semi-final the tension in the yarn barn is like
01:08never before little nit and gag there for you now you might be wondering why you're looking at a
01:12mannequin covered in a bin bag well that's because for this week's group challenge diane sheila would
01:22love for you to refashion old charity shop aaron jumpers into a catwalk worthy dress
01:32we would like you to work in two groups of two to reimagine the iconic aaron sweater
01:45in the repurposing use existing scraps from the haberdashery we want to see something that's ready for
01:53the catwalk we will be looking very carefully at execution and finishing how you put the pieces
02:04together how you seam them how you join them and it has to fit the model perfectly
02:10well as usual diane sheila are going to have to leave the yarn barn because this challenge is judge
02:15blind so teams in team one elsa and isaac in team two holger and lydia you have 10 hours to turn your
02:29jumpers into a catwalk worthy dress let's get knitting it's the semi-final and the knitters are kicking it
02:41off with the team knit the catwalk challenge is all about standing out from the crowd and in a team of
02:47two there will be nowhere to hide semi-finals it's very intense the stakes are very very high when you
02:54think about one person is going to go you want to put your best foot forward this week first knitted over
03:01a hundred years ago off the coast of ireland the aaron jumper has become a modern knitwear hero
03:07celebrated for its complex textured stitch patterns rich in symbolic meaning we've given each team two
03:15hand-knit charity shop aaron jumpers to utterly reinvent from the cozy to the couture there we go
03:26oh god no the haberdashery has been freshly stocked with offcuts and scraps available for them to knit
03:34into their catwalk pieces oh look at that that's perfect this could be interesting you only get
03:41one chance to impress on the runway so the knitters must showcase innovative design skills confident
03:48garment construction and a perfect fit to create a high fashion dress all in just 10 hours 10 hours
03:56isn't a lot of time it's a different one yeah i'm worried refashioned charity jumpers what was the
04:07inspiration behind this challenge waste is a massive issue when somebody has knitted a beautiful aaron
04:13sweater and it's gone maybe a little bit past its date you can actually repurpose and make it something
04:21incredibly fashionable chic even and that wool garment has got another life we really want to see
04:30the aaron as the star of the show one of these knitters is not going to make it to our final
04:36what could go wrong in this challenge design is going to be huge here we want to see
04:43not just how they join pre-knitted pieces together but we want to see what they're adding in
04:50themselves this will take a certain amount of boldness and bravery we have four really great knitters now
04:59i really want to see that everybody has found their voice and been able to put their design ideas into this piece
05:08any first thoughts isaac yeah i i yeah
05:19we could take the sleeves out take the neck off and just do sort of like a halter neck
05:24i think both of us really like this color we could just go down the raglan seams do like
05:28an icord edge in that same color
05:32that was the only thing i had and then everything from down i'm like miss me i have no ideas
05:38what were you thinking of the skirt at the front it could be like a mini skirt long at the back
05:44short at the front like a kind of tinker bell type kind of jaggy shapes
05:49so her legs are out at the front but then she's got this kind of floaty thing going on at the back
05:54okay okay
05:58ailsa and isaac plan to remove the arms from both jumpers using the bodies to create the top and bottom
06:04panels of their dress isaac will tackle the top and plans to knit a new ribbed halter neck and crochet
06:11a lace corset into the back ailsa will focus on the bottom half creating a tinkerbell skirt with
06:18aaron strips of material and over embroidering extra detailing using a yarn winder they will unravel purple
06:25yarn from haberdashery offcuts to create one cohesive color scheme elsa and i have been in
06:31a team together before the ability and the talent is so high but i also think that we're relatively
06:37equally matched so it is really just going to come down to the small details
06:40while isaac and elsa are preserving the original shape of the jumper that is a dress holger is
06:48ripping up the rule book it could theoretically take the front piece and make it into a giant sleeve
06:54yeah i think it would be quite nice if we could have these literally start going all the way down
07:00but we i think also you could this could could be set in like a godet massive skirt like you know
07:05big sleeve or something yeah okay yeah i think fitted is important i don't want it to be like
07:12oversized okay the front and back panels will be transformed into two balloon sleeves and blanket
07:21offcuts from the haberdashery will form the body of their dress the original jumper sleeves will then
07:27become the bottom half of the dress with newly knitted godets inserted triangular panels adding volume and
07:33flair i hope they'll appreciate the creative use of the pieces that we have we're going to divide and
07:40conquer i think it's very clear that holger is a stronger sewer than me and that is totally fine
07:45but i am a faster knitter than holger this looks like a finished dress you've been throwing stuff at
07:52it but whose idea was to put all of these in these places look holger's holger came up with the sleeve
08:00i wanted a fitted item let's not kind of tally who does what here um we're just all doing our
08:06best so what you're trying to say is that it's a collaborative event holger has more of a design
08:11background than me so i'm happy to take more of his lead in terms of initial vision but actually when
08:18it comes to what we finally decide to do i'm not just gonna go yes holger sure holger like it's gonna be
08:24both of what we decide okay do you have a name for your dress yet no i've got a couple of ideas
08:32i was afraid that was gonna come cape blanket oh for god's sake sleeve and fry
08:39oh god have you ever made a dress fit for the catwalk before never made a dress before you've
08:48made anything fit for a catwalk oh that's not true this is the mini skirt part ending here and then
08:56the back will be longer where all our wee bits will be trailing i can see it on there it looks like
09:02some kind of like peacock yeah business in the front part in the back yeah i like that so you're
09:09planning on unwinding that one then is it it's just a really nice yarn having the sort of unity by using
09:15the same color in multiple places across the whole thing is going to make unraveling these worth it
09:21i don't understand why he's taken he's taking these and unravel them it's like why um to secure my
09:29spot and final i've got really pull out all the stops now i think i'm onto a winner with this
09:33strand oh here we go i'll cut let's see some winding okay yes oh this is amazing
09:43how you doing over there plod non how are you just beavering away
10:06lydia is now working on the balloon sleeves carefully picking up live stitches from the original front of the
10:12jumper to create a new tight cuff this piece here was actually the back of the jumper but managing
10:19the stitch pickup matching the tension and ensuring a seamless blend from aaron jumper into new knit
10:25won't be easy you've got this billowy sleeve that's being created by this piece of ribbing here so i've
10:31picked up stitches to pull this in tighter it's gone from that width to this width
10:38it is so close now i really want to get to the final it's like we've come this far i know i've put
10:46my best foot forward i think winning would give me opportunities whether that be with our yarn
10:53business doing more designing or maybe i'm on the trajectory of alison hammond like that would be
10:59fantastic wouldn't it you don't know maybe our maybe tom needs a co-host and maybe it's me
11:12knitters you're halfway through five hours to go
11:19at the halfway point knitters should be starting to reassemble their aaron knits into couture catwalk
11:25pieces she's looking like something you're just looking like something
11:32have you had a look over to the other side really it's very very different oh that's clever what
11:37they've done with the arms yeah that is cool i'm liking that traditional adding
11:41i know thinking it may be better just stitch the strips and the ruffly bits at the back
11:54because this is centered and it would be a shame to lose that yeah i don't know what's your thoughts
12:02i trust your vision yep
12:15it's the semi-final and the knitters are over halfway through the team challenge reinventing
12:21the iconic aaron jumper into a runway ready star holger is carefully sewing the aaron panels
12:28into the blanket body of their dress i am attaching the second sleeve into the armhole
12:34there's still quite a bit of sewing to do while on the other team isaac has knitted a new purple
12:39neckline using the off-cut yarn he created earlier i'm just casting off the ribbed neck which i think
12:45is is looking great which is a halter neck with only four knitters left the judges will be scrutinizing
12:52individual contributions in the team knit more than ever so the halter neck was my idea and the
12:57sort of like skirt and bottom section was elsa's idea we've got a good combination between the
13:03two of us holger is a stronger sewer but i am a faster knitter let's be real if i wasn't part of
13:08the team there probably wouldn't be a finished garment right lydia and holger where are we getting
13:15there so you're making another panel yes and i see you've pulled out the colors like this kind of
13:20mimics yes yes lydia obviously makes up for my slow as knitting by kind of whizzing through with her
13:28clickety clack of needles there behave okay does go day panels flank the main i see okay good so when
13:38you say go day it's very simple a go day is a more or less triangular shaped piece that is insert into
13:45the body of a skirt to create extra width go day go day mate how's it going so i'm just doing like a
14:01little corset lace thing at the back is just an additional feature that we've added on top of the
14:06aaron oh okay how's the party in the back coming along it's a different kind of party a different
14:13kind of party it's a more sophisticated party now yeah yeah we had a bit of a chat about the the
14:19strips and the ruffly bits at the back and thought we need to get it absolutely perfect or not at all
14:25do you think it's quite a big risk to change your plan this late in the game i know
14:30feeling nervous or are you feeling confident feeling confident yeah i'm always nervous
14:41knitters you have one hour to go in the final hour teams must fit their catwalk creations to the
14:49live models yay models to the sleeves i mean it's a dress oh my gosh i think the back looks amazing
14:59can you turn around to show lydia wow no yeah that looks great oh no oh no is it too tight i'm not so
15:10happy with the way that the back piece is sitting thank you i mean we could force it by sewing it on
15:23like that and it'll force it to sort of like stand out a bit you like we could try that or yeah
15:30i'm sewing in the second goday we both need to be sewing right now so okay we've just got to get
15:38these on we're literally speed sewing for our lives right now why does the thread always come
15:44unfreaded when you have no time breathe hold good breathe if we could just have you step back into
15:51it now is it tighter yeah a little a little it's a little sort of cape yeah one minute we got one
16:02minute your hair i'm so sorry knitters needles down the challenge is over it's time to get those
16:14aaron jumpers on the catwalk okay attitude right yeah good good good
16:25isaac and elsa's approach was obviously very different from ours which it makes it unpredictable
16:29i think particularly as the group has gotten smaller your individual contribution in the group
16:35challenge could be the difference between staying and going so yeah it's intense
16:41well done knitters aaron you glad that one's over oh my gosh so let the knit way begin
16:49what do you think of the first one
17:11well we asked for aaron didn't we and we asked for fit and fit
17:15so this is one garment and this isn't from another garment and they've used that shaping really well
17:22round the back using another sample of knitwear the contrast color works particularly in certain places
17:32also this newly created crochet edge gives amazing fit because it can be laced yeah onto the body
17:40great it's really really great that top is really really successful
17:48with this very nice single rib neck cuff
17:55it looks a little bit bulky in a couple of places
18:01the ruches out doesn't it does it's it's coming out because you have too many stitches
18:06yeah i'm less sure about these wings
18:13very obvious stitching you know if you're going to do kind of sewing and adding things in when it gets to
18:21the catwalk level it has to be really really precise this sewing and edge doesn't work
18:27cow walk pieces have to have impact yes you have one chance on the runway to really say something
18:37and i think it just needed to be a little bit more wow well impact impact yeah thank you very much
18:45you ready for the next one
18:59i love this
19:08i think it's really really great the sleeves here i'm imagining might have been the original back and
19:17front taking the sleeves and making them into the body taking the body and making them into the sleeves
19:23is is very clever yeah the sleeves add this huge drama the shape is really good they've had to go from
19:33a huge number of stitches they have to bring them all in to a much much smaller number of stitches
19:40so that this works as a cuff we can see the aaron is amplified by having strong colored godets
19:49for it to be offset with it's a lovely piece of knitting
19:57when the model walks the thing that you see is the aaron sweeping up the catwalk i love the way the
20:03aaron's been used it's making its own repurpose statement which is what we asked for aaron re-purposed
20:18okay die and sheila it's time to make your decision in first place this week is
20:28this dress here can i ask who made it it was me it was us us too so we felt this dress had the
20:37impact for the catwalk who knitted all the go days i knitted most of them but i did one i did one
20:45so ilsa and isaac some of the finishing we felt wasn't what we expect in semi-final week
20:54well let's see what the solo challenge has in store for us
21:00i mean we all know what the game is about when the solution challenge comes with every
21:04every man or woman for themselves it is so close now i really want to get to the final
21:15what a semi-final we've had so far and only our solo knits are standing in the way of the game of
21:21wool final
21:24not winning in the group challenge at this stage in the competition puts you in a really really
21:27precarious situation we'll need to really hit hard with the solos okay knitters it's time for the solo
21:37challenge die and sheila would love for you to make a refashioned bag we want you to make a bag but the
21:48important thing is the material and we want you to repurpose your material to make into a yarn
21:55so the fabric that you have chosen has to work effectively as a yarn no matter what it originally
22:04was so we will still be looking for structure and stitch choices and finally practicality it has to
22:14function as a bag with a place in the final at stake you have 10 hours for this challenge let's get knitting
22:25for the solo challenge the judges are expecting to see exquisite and uniquely handcrafted bags
22:35made from unexpected fabrics i'm using running leggings and gym tights if it can handle people
22:42doing squats with them then they can handle your shopping this challenge will test the knitters yarn
22:49selection stitch precision and structural ingenuity pushing their skills to the limit in the last
22:55chance to secure themselves a place in the final i'm absolutely going to go into this fighting i i
23:01really want to go to the finals
23:05knitters are free to crochet or knit their bags but the first step is to create the yarn by cutting any
23:12material they want into long strips next they should construct the bags by either working in the round
23:18or by assembling individual panels which will be sewn together finally knitters must securely
23:24attach handles or straps to ensure their upcycled bag passes the judge's weight test
23:32refashioned handbags what inspired that challenge the thing that is really challenging about this is
23:38actually the material we really wanted to see what people could do with their own form of yarn we
23:46want them to consider a shape a form i think how they manage their handles is going to be a really big
23:55challenge with the team knit win in the bag holger has now got his sights on a record-breaking third sheet
24:03badge i am cutting up a bunch of t-shirts i've chosen t-shirts because it makes a very clean stitch
24:12definition what we're ending up with in terms of the overlook is something that's a bit more bohemian
24:17kind of festivally holger will be transforming a selection of t-shirts into a festival saddlebag
24:25his construction incorporates a combination of slip stitch single half double and double crochet stitches
24:32to give it a chic scalloped look while maintaining structural integrity he's also planning a shoulder
24:38strap a bespoke crochet button and decorative fringing glastonbury we're coming for you
24:46to be honest i'm not a great festival girl so i don't really know what you need to take
24:50i know look surprised um but whatever you need it will fit in there
24:54Elsa hello it's good to see that you separate your darts and your lights from your laundry
25:01yeah always so what have we got here we've got leg legs yeah these are a mixture me my mum and my
25:10sister's gym leggings okay do you all go to the gym together as a family no no okay so why these well my
25:19design is an active bag for active people made from things that active people wear okay it was
25:26one world or two pattern i seen to make slippers from old stockings or tights so that's what made me
25:32think it's got to be tights Elsa has raided her family's laundry basket for her variety of super
25:40stretchy yarn she will crochet her active bag alternating between double and treble crochet stitches to create
25:47a solid base finally she will add a shoulder strap and a water bottle pocket feel the burn baby
25:55so how are you feeling after the group challenge i'm feeling all right after the group challenge
26:00holger and lydia's design was something special how are you feeling about the possibility of someone
26:06being cast off in this group all i can do is my best and hope that the judges like what they see
26:11so you've decided to crochet yeah yeah i think with this material i've got to be
26:16quite conscious because i don't want it to stretch too much so i've got to take some of the stretch
26:22with me okay as i crochet and i think it's easier for me to adjust my crochet tension than my knitting
26:27tension sure well it's in the hands of diane sheila now isn't it yep the knitting gods
26:35also hoping those knitting gods will be looking down favorably on her is lydia she is upcycling wax
26:41print fabric for her bag a traditional african material known for its bold and vibrant patterns
26:47dresses hats you can make anything in wax print as i'm trying to show you right now with my bag but
26:54using this fabric as yarn is tricky because the stiff cotton has no stretch honestly knitting with
27:00this is a full body workout it is flipping hard work lydia's traditional wax print bag will be knit in the
27:09round using the linen stitch which creates a beautiful woven look but because of its density
27:15it takes longer to knit she will crochet around plastic rings to give her bag handles
27:23because i'm slipping every other stitch in the linen stitch i'm essentially doing each row twice so
27:28it grows really slowly so it's not going to be huge but it's definitely more like a handle top bag
27:33i would like to think i'm in with a chance to win big knitter this week but i don't think i'm the only
27:39one in with a chance so we'll just see which way the judges go
27:47two hours into the challenge and the knitters should be well into the body of their bags
27:52but isaac is still meticulously creating his yarn once i've finished the caps on this t-shirt
27:58it will unravel into one long strip i'm using scissors which may be a little slower going but
28:07achieving precision in the finished product is all in the working isaac what's the plan my bag is
28:16designed to look like a mint humbug i'm calling it a humbag a humbag isaac is using a combination of
28:25black and white t-shirts to create his humbag he will knit the bag in panels of striped stocking
28:30stitch and then crochet around hair curlers for his handles finishing with a zip and after
28:36impressing with last week's lace he is planning to elevate his humbag with a delicate lace crochet for
28:42the wrapper my grandma always used to have a bag of mint humbugs that she would share out with people
28:50i grew up not far from my grandparents you know during the school holidays they used to look after me and
28:55i didn't know this until after she died but she used to crochet um and actually we found a pattern
29:01that she had been working on made of some lace and so the decorative wrappers on my bag are actually
29:06going to be that same lace pattern oh that's really nice i'm kind of at a point in my life where the
29:12world is my oyster so this competition is just something that i can use to grow from i didn't go into
29:19this expecting to get on the show in the first place to get this far to win would just be gravy
29:27but i know my grandma she would have been proud of me regardless of what i produced
29:31yeah i know she's up there looking down on me being like come on get to the final
29:38with a place in the final up for grabs the judges are planning a rigorous weight test
29:43so knitters must consider strength as well as style how is that knitting up is it quite a struggle
29:51it's not the funnest thing to knit with no the goal for my bag sort of was to make it look woven so
29:57i'm doing the linen stitch yes i love linen stitch in weave you have lines going in both directions
30:03they're firm they're firm they do not give this actually gives you lines going in both directions
30:11in the same way and that creates strength yeah it's a really good stitch for bag material
30:23hello hi holger so what are you doing this is where we are at the moment the way this is constructed
30:28you're starting with very small stitches like slip stitches then you do single crochet half double
30:34double crochet you can see that v that forms here this is because the stitches in the center are
30:39taller than the stitches on the outside can i have a feel of course you can thank you
30:44great love the idea of that so when we get something heavy in this it will not do a deck chair
30:50on us no it's not going to do a deck chair this structure will actually help that won't it and
30:56what's going to go there there's gonna be a crochet button oh well i'm very glad to hear that i
31:03said why not give it to you i've commented this to make it as far as i can the main thing for me
31:13is i want to enjoy this whole process i lost my last job just when the pandemic started and then
31:19my dad started to get less well because i wasn't working i decided to move back and look after him
31:26me and my life and everything was completely on hold so i was there for him which is absolutely fine
31:34because he's my he was my dad um but i felt after he passed and i came back to the uk i felt
31:42not only do i need to rebuild my life a little bit but also make this about myself and when i saw the
31:50casting call i thought you know what you can do something that you actually just indulge him
32:01painstakingly cutting his strips of yarn has taken isaac much longer than he anticipated
32:06this is taking so long so he's now at least three hours behind i still need to connect the two of them
32:12and i also need to do the handles and the lace on the side so i have like quite a bit to go isaac's
32:18failure to finish has come under scrutiny before so it's imperative he stays on track with this
32:23challenge yeah i think i think time's probably my biggest enemy
32:30hi ilsa what are you doing i'm making a gym bag from gym leggings oh
32:36in terms of holding the weight you're sure you've done your research you've done your homework as
32:47i'm going i'm trying to take stretch out of it by adjusting my tension to try and keep it even okay
32:58holger do you mind taking wee tom out there please he's got a message for you
33:02hezzy where is it you're halfway through the challenge oh knitters you are halfway through
33:08the bag challenge at the halfway mark knitters should be starting to complete the body of the
33:15bags and working up the straps handles and finishing touches i'm happy with how it's coming together but
33:21my god it is hard work having nightmares about like how to stabilize the bag i was like i might have
33:29to start cutting into my own to get some strength into this thing please don't cut into your trousers
33:36wee sad school boy leaving the barn
33:40this competition is quite tough i feel like the first half i'd been given a few high ranks been given the
33:47first sheep i was feeling quite confident but then from week four kids week i was like hmm every week
33:55since then i've had a bit more doubt over how well i'm doing at this stage in the competition the
34:01pressure is definitely on it is quite daunting
34:10looking for a darning needle that is big enough to put my tights through so that i can get the
34:14pockets on i'm trying not to feel defeated i'm rattled i think that's me i think that's me a goner
34:21it's the semi-final and the knitters are over halfway through their solo challenge upcycling unusual
34:35fabrics into show-stopping bags i think the biggest workout these leggings have seen is this one
34:42it's quite tough to use good job there's a five-time olympian on hand do you think we should do some
34:49hand yoga oh god stretch them out to the side touch your head shoulders knees and tails you got them
35:00all right in the final stages of the challenge knitters should be attaching handles or straps
35:07strong enough to withstand the judge's weight test but while some are reinforcing with structural
35:12elements i'm going to be using these as the handles i need to crochet into the bag around the
35:18handle to secure it in doing the shoulder strap i'm crocheting over a core because this has no
35:23stretch whatsoever there would be nothing worse than diana sheila picking up the bag and the handle
35:27falls off ailsa is hoping the strength of stitches alone will pass the test if i make my tension
35:36really tight i can take the stretch out of it it's a stretchy fabric that seems like such a stupid
35:41decision now i think i'm on a shugly peg a shugly peg just means that my position's not secure
35:53knitters we have one hour to go until we find out whether you have designer bags
35:57or bags for life pressure is on with one hour to go knitters should be moving on to the final
36:05flourishes you're putting on the button the button was the last bit that was crocheted how much more
36:10have you got left to do the fringing and the lining you're lining it i'm trying to
36:17just need to do my handles now it's not looking likely that i'll get any lace on
36:23with less than an hour remaining isaac is sacrificing his humbug wrappers i'm feeling
36:28disappointed that i'm not going to get to do the lace that my grandma had done i've once again
36:32messed up my time this is something that i'm known for i'm just adding my little water bottle slot at
36:41the side just to add another wee bit what am i doing that's a lost cause i don't think there's anything to
36:49lose by trying it and if it looks awful rip it out which it does anyway no that is not that is not what
36:55we're saying right now it's what i'm certainly thinking i'm on my second handle i've hit my peak
37:02with this i just want to stop i'm so close to the end i'm so close to the end but i just want to stop
37:08i'm literally just cringing and it is just strips of fabric that are being pulled through
37:14i don't know where my zip's gone there it is
37:16actually no handles more important sorry it's a bag with secure handles feeling good and i think
37:27that's where we're going to leave this wow hold it up there you go wow that's a bag knitters your time
37:36is up even in its full glory i don't think my bag is super attractive after 10 hours that's four
37:45reef fashion bags in the bag feeling cautiously optimistic i've done everything i can do i really
37:53just ran out of time like that's all it was it doesn't have a closure it doesn't have the features
37:57that i was planning on putting on it it's not clean it's bad it's really bad
38:02well done knitters it's now time for di and sheila to try out your bag so first up we have lydia
38:19ah this is strong amazingly strong fabric you're using a linen stitch which you're probably
38:29regretting at this point but it does give a look of a woven bag which is really nice
38:38and of course everything is built from the base and you've integrated the handles into this for
38:44strength quite a nice fashion accessory i think we're ready for the weight test
38:49can we have some weights tom yes you may so here i have two balls of yarn that weigh one kilo each
38:56so you've got a two kilogram weight test here we go in they go
39:04that's held very well hasn't it did hold well the handles it didn't move
39:10thank you very much lydia thank you next up holger
39:13it's a very lovely bag with a feeling of luxury to it i do really like this shape really interesting
39:26lovely shape and this construction is like a scallop yeah the shell here and here
39:34a bubble a proper bubble button yes very happy to see that yes
39:46so this has given it incredible strength hasn't it which is actually a really good idea to use a woven
39:52fabric inside so you don't get that stretch and i like the tassels a bit of flamboyance and a bit of
40:01fun fun fun and you've lined it yeah it's good to have a lining i think it needs the weight test
40:14that's really not bad thank you very much holger thank you next up we have elsa
40:21so this idea came from the repurposing of tights yeah that's a really nice concept an idea to take
40:39through to a sports bag we very much like the circularity of where it came from and what it
40:48ended up being used for the construction hasn't quite worked it is quite tricky working with the
40:56fabric that you chose and i think all those variations from the different pairs of leggings
41:03has given you quite a trouble in keeping that uniformity are you ready for the weight test
41:09here we go one and two i think it might be better if we pull up it needs that double handle
41:26thank you very much elsa isaac
41:29so it's a great idea the hum bag you were going to create a little lace for some wrappers yeah just
41:43ran out of time didn't make it no also your original idea for the fastening yeah it was it was a zip but
41:52again it was a zip didn't have time not being able to put the zip in yeah and insert the lace has
42:00had an impact on the design definitely we don't get to see the sides coming together it sits open
42:08was it just that it took so long to manipulate just the creating the yarn i think i vastly
42:13underestimated how long it was taking me which is a shame do you think we should try the ultimate test
42:20here we come tom okay let's see here we go
42:27that's pretty good so a shame it didn't get finished yeah
42:34thank you very much isaac thank you
42:38what a knitters you really pulled it out of the bag there and for one of you victory is in the bag it is
42:45now time for me to take di and sheila into the situation room to see who has bagged a place in
42:51the game of wool final i'd flip enough to be the first person to get three badges that would be
42:59amazing i would feel it probably comes down to between lydia and me i can't really call it
43:05i'm definitely at risk of going home i think it'd be foolish to think that i wasn't at risk of going
43:11home there's a huge chance and a huge possibility that it'll be me saying goodbye today
43:19this week has been wild it's really getting close to the wire now who stood out for you
43:24so lydia and holger the long dress with the enormous sleeves it was pretty amazing the design
43:38for that dress was mainly i mean holger and lydia worked on it but holger was very much responsible
43:42for how it all came together but do you think that he was really able to show off his skills in that
43:47challenge i do yeah and they've done really well in the bag challenge yes both of them have done
43:53extremely well very strong so we have two people not performing as well in both challenges ailsa
44:08she seemed to have lost that sparkling design element that she puts into things
44:13she kind of just lost her way isaac his bag was completely unfinished by semi-final week
44:24we really do expect everyone to have finished their projects yeah so hard have you made a decision
44:35yes
44:35well knitters it's now time to find out who has knit big this week and guaranteed themselves
44:49a place in the final the big knitter this week is
44:56and this part gets harder and harder every week so the knitter being cast off this week is
45:26isaac augus isaac augus oh that hurt to say you've done incredibly well i had a bad week this is
45:41not a shock but in the best kind of way like i've just had such a fantastic experience yeah i'm very
45:48lucky this week it feels amazing to be in the final i really need to bring my a game next week me and
45:55i'll go both up there so it was going to be one of us so yeah i'm really excited to be in the final
46:00next week and i'm absolutely going to give it my all it feels like this is the last push now we're
46:04literally there we're on the cusp of the final we're about to kind of battle it out to the death
46:12next time welcome to the final of game of war we've come this far i'm going to throw absolutely
46:20everything i've got food for the stars and then you'll land on the moon britain's best knitter is
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