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Game of Wool Britains Best Knitter S01E05
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00:03Previously, our remaining knitters tackled fancy dress fashion in Kids Week.
00:08Hopefully they will look like a crayon.
00:10Before teaming up to make interactive children's wall hangings.
00:14Is it good? It's matching up, yeah.
00:17Isaac's spike stitch caught the judge's eye.
00:20His Explorer jacket was one of the best things I've seen.
00:24Simon came under scrutiny.
00:26There is more that you could have done, I'm sure.
00:31But it was all over for Dipti, as she became the fourth knitter to be cast off.
00:38Now, it's week five and for our six remaining knitters,
00:42it's all about something Scotland is famous for.
00:44It's dramatic landscapes, it's rugged terrain and whatever that was.
00:50Yes, it's texture week. Welcome to Game of War.
00:58It's week five and with only six knitters remaining, the pressure is on.
01:03Which is why this week, I've come wearing a few little props to give the knitters a helping hand.
01:08This week's theme is texture.
01:12This week's solo challenge is amigurumi.
01:15Now, amigurumi is a trend where people make food, creatures, objects.
01:20So Dai and Sheila would love for you to make your favourite dish.
01:27We would like you to make the food look so real that we want to eat it straight away.
01:34This is amigurumi without a smiley face.
01:39So this is serious amigurumi and it's a real challenge.
01:45We'll be looking at choice of stitches to create as much realism as possible.
01:53Consider carefully the proportion of your plate.
02:00OK, knitters, you heard the ladies. You have 12 hours for this challenge.
02:04Don't forget to wash your hands before you start.
02:06Let's get knitting.
02:12This week's solo challenge is to knit or crochet amigurumi food.
02:17But the judges have asked for absolute realism rather than cute little faces.
02:22Knitting and crocheting, plate of food.
02:24Not my thing.
02:27Knitters must consider a variety of different textured stitches
02:31to replicate the organic and irregular look of food.
02:34Alongside subtle colour choices and painstaking shaping
02:38for accurate proportion and scale.
02:41The pressure is definitely on now that I have this sheep badge.
02:44You need to keep knitting to the stand that I have
02:46because competition is fierce.
02:52First, knitters should start with the hero element of their plate.
02:56Be it a pie or a pork chop.
02:58Selecting the correct stitches to evoke realistic textures.
03:02Next, they should move on to the sides.
03:05Considering accurate size and shaping to create balance across the dish.
03:09Finally, they can embellish with embroidery or duplicate stitch to create texturally accurate and realistic food.
03:17Good enough for our ravenous judges to eat.
03:22Making food, these are really small objects in pretty obscure shapes, which takes a lot of working out on how
03:29you're going to actually create that, right?
03:31When you use stitches in a really overt way, you're creating something sculptural, 3D, in the fabric.
03:41They need to make sure that the stitches are chosen really carefully.
03:45I'm hoping that there will be variety.
03:49Well, it's not last orders yet. The kitchen is still open, so it's still all to play for.
03:53Absolutely, knife and fork.
03:58Fresh from last week's Big Knitter win, the pressure is on for Isaac to maintain his own high standards.
04:05He's getting started with his hero ingredient.
04:08I'm making a bacon, egg and cheese on everything bagel.
04:12For his favourite dish, Isaac will knit the bagel using short row shaping.
04:17An advanced technique where you knit part rows before turning back to create the perfect curve.
04:24He's using a combination of knit and crochet to create the bacon, egg and cheese elements for the inside,
04:30and will over-embroider seasoning across the top.
04:34Each half of the bagel hides a tiny magnet, so the two pieces cleverly pull apart and snap together.
04:41Isaac!
04:42Hi, Tom.
04:43All the maths that you've had to do with the short rows and the increasing and the magnets,
04:47I mean, it's all very scientific. A lot of engineering gone into this.
04:50Yeah.
04:51I'm hoping to have all of my bagel pieces knitted by, like, the four-hour mark.
04:57Because the bagel is, like, the biggest part of it, I want to make sure that it's, like, really, really
05:00good.
05:01You know, you've only got 12 hours. Make sure you finish your bagel.
05:07Also working on the main element of her dish is perfectionist Ailsa, and she's gone full carvery.
05:14I'm making Sunday roast. It's my favourite dinner.
05:18I'm planning on doing most of it in crochet, but I'm going to do my roast potatoes knitted, because that
05:24gives a bit of a smoother finish.
05:28For her Sunday roast, Ailsa has opted for roast beef, crocheted with a colour gradient effect.
05:34It's served with all the trimmings, including carrots, Yorkshire puddings and roast potatoes.
05:40To top it all off, she's planning a classic blue and white gravy jug, because you can't have a roast
05:45without gravy.
05:47Ailsa. Hello.
05:48This is a very detailed challenge. Like, details something that are really important to you.
05:53I do pay attention to detail. If there's a wee mistake, it's all I can look at.
05:58How often would you say you would cook a roast dinner?
06:01Never. I would never. Never? I never cook anything.
06:04Really? So what do you eat at home?
06:06Cereal. Cereal!
06:12I'm noodling along here.
06:14It's a foundation chain and a slip stitch back.
06:17Trying to do something a little bit more substantial here.
06:22Holger is going east with a seafood ramen.
06:25He will be knitting a base of broth for his main event, Udon Noodles, to sit on.
06:30Using a mix of knit and crochet, he will attempt to create shrimp, seaweed, carrot flowers, fish cakes and even
06:37a boiled egg with tiny black beads of sesame seeds.
06:41The judges will be scrutinising proportion and texture in every dish. And with this many different elements, this will be
06:48a tricky balancing act for Holger.
06:51So how will this all be placed?
06:52We have the bowl. In the bowl will sit a base that brings the level up.
06:57So this is knit?
06:59This is knit, yes.
07:00Knit fabric.
07:00And then the noodles will be applied.
07:02I've got three different colours for the noodles because I want to create a little bit more depth.
07:06So you're considering how they're going to look?
07:09And I'm planning to come out a little bit more, build 3D, but I'm not exactly telling you what I'm...
07:14No.
07:15Because I'm A, surprised, and B, it might not happen.
07:20I hope to be surprised.
07:22Yeah, I want to make it a little bit more sculptural.
07:31Tracey, what have we got going on? Let me have a little look.
07:35Oh, what is that? Oyster, mussels.
07:39It's a cockle.
07:40Are you making some kind of chowder?
07:42Yes, no, it's seafood pasta.
07:44Seafood pasta!
07:47Experienced crocheter Tracey has gone for the standard double crochet technique to create every element of her dish.
07:54Accompanying her bowtie pasta shapes will be a tomato sauce base, basil leaves, lobsters, prawns, cockles and mussels.
08:04What's the story behind this being your favourite food?
08:07I used to pick winkles out of shells when I was a kid with my granddad.
08:10Winkles?
08:11Because they were like a little black shellfish.
08:13Never heard of them in my life.
08:14Really?
08:14Yeah.
08:14It was a real family occasion, and now I do that with my children.
08:18How many children and grandchildren do you have?
08:20I've got three children and eight grandchildren.
08:23They all eat jelly deals, they all eat prawns, they all eat shellfish.
08:26Okay, that's great.
08:27Have you made food before?
08:29Not food, but I crochet a lot.
08:31Trying to make it look as real as possible is quite a challenge, right?
08:34Yeah.
08:35Okay, well, I'll leave you to your seafood pasta.
08:38Made me quite hungry, that, actually.
08:42A few hours into the challenge, and knitters should all now be well into the main element
08:47of their dish, and moving on to the sides.
08:49I'm making pie and mash for East London.
08:52Pie and mash.
08:53Let's just be real.
08:55And just to add a pop more colour, I'm going to make individual peas.
09:00From jelly deals to pie and mash.
09:03God, blimey, governor.
09:04For her East End staple, Lydia is crocheting her two pies and three scoops of mash.
09:09The pies will sit on a knitted base of liquor sauce, and to round it all off, a rather fiddly
09:14portion of individually crocheted peas.
09:20I mean, mash is actually quite a tricky proposition.
09:24Yes.
09:25Isn't it?
09:25Yeah.
09:26Are these finished?
09:27At the moment, yes.
09:30But they need to be brushed.
09:31To try and make it look more like potato.
09:33I just, I think, I felt this was the best way I could create realism.
09:39Yes.
09:39For this, for the mash.
09:41Having used a basic crochet stitch for her mash, Lydia now needs to brush out the strands
09:47of yarn to try and evoke a fluffy texture.
09:49Good luck.
09:53Simon is one of the only knitters in the barn who has not yet claimed one of those elusive
09:58sheep badges.
09:59So this week, he's going all out with a true British classic.
10:06That badge you got on there, that would make a nice bit of roast lamb for my fryer.
10:12Would you like it?
10:13Would you like the badge?
10:17Simon is starting the day the right way, with a full English.
10:21He's engineering structured shapes for his hash browns, tomatoes and sausages.
10:26But for his eggs, mushrooms, bacon and beans, he is planning to use free form crochet.
10:32A bold technique that combines stitches spontaneously without sticking to a rigid pattern.
10:38In previous challenges, Simon's lack of planning has left the judges unimpressed.
10:43But this week, he is determined to prove them wrong with his crochet skills.
10:48Can I ask about making the bacon?
10:51Yeah.
10:51So you've used a lot of free form?
10:53Mmm.
10:54I've done the magic circle and I've added extra depth in stitches.
10:57Yeah.
10:58I've used doubles, trebles.
10:59I've embroidered the fat in there.
11:01It'll be very easy just to crochet a flat piece of bacon.
11:04And we all know when you cook bacon, it rises up and twists and turns.
11:08The terms winging it, like, feel a little bit sometimes derogatory when it comes to crafting.
11:13Yes.
11:13So in this instance, unlike some other elements of, like, the competition,
11:18I believe that, for me personally, free form has been the way to go.
11:22Because it really adds difference.
11:25These are really beautifully done, I have to say.
11:39Knitters, you are halfway through this challenge.
11:43Six hours till it's time to plate up.
11:48At the halfway point, knitters should have completed their hero ingredient
11:52and be considering sides to create the perfect scale and proportion across the plate.
11:58I finished my egg.
12:00Did you know that Simon is also making an egg?
12:03I did know that Simon was also making an egg, yeah.
12:06Is yours going to be egg-stra special?
12:08Mine has a magnet in it. I don't know if that makes it egg-stra special.
12:11I mean, I've never eaten an egg with magnets in it.
12:14He's not making an egg with magnets, though.
12:16He's making the bagel with magnets.
12:17But he's making his egg with magnets as well.
12:19Is he?
12:20But Isaac isn't the only one attempting a feat of engineering.
12:24With a place in the quarter-final up for grabs,
12:27Holger has got a Michelin star secret trick planned.
12:30I had told Di and Sheila that I'm trying to add something extra,
12:34something like three-dimensional, like an optical illusion.
12:37It is a bit risky because I haven't really tried it before.
12:49The knitters are over halfway through their Texture Week solo challenge
12:53to stitch up a menu realistic enough to tempt Di and Sheila's taste buds.
13:00I absolutely love my food.
13:02Yeah, but you can all see that. I mean, the stuff you're crocheting here.
13:08How are you feeling for time?
13:11Um, strapped.
13:12Yeah.
13:14In the final few hours, the knitters should be considering what extra details
13:19will give their knits that realistic texture the judges are expecting.
13:22To make these as realistic as possible, I'm taking threads from yarns
13:28to try and blend the colour up.
13:30I just want to make it just a tiny bit more fluffy, but not too fluffy.
13:35But Tracey is methodically crocheting more ingredients for her seafood pasta
13:40rather than adding texture detail to what's already in the bowl.
13:44Hi Tracey. Hiya.
13:46You've got lots of elements in here.
13:49And it's all crochet?
13:50Yeah, it's all crochet.
13:52I thought so.
13:53Double crochet is a basic stitch which creates a consistent texture.
13:58Do you have plans to use other crochet edges and things like that and embellishments?
14:03Shells, they often have a sheen, a shine to them.
14:07Yeah.
14:08I'm doing that and I'm going to put that on too.
14:10OK.
14:12Have you scaled everything?
14:14Yes.
14:15To actual size?
14:17Yeah.
14:19So this is the size of a piece of pasta?
14:25It might be slightly bigger, but I don't think it's a lot bigger.
14:29OK.
14:30Still a lot of work to go.
14:31Still a lot of work to go.
14:32Yeah.
14:35Knitters, time to reveal today's special.
14:40Mmm.
14:42Oh!
14:43One hour to go.
14:46In the last hour, knitters must finish their lifelike details and plate up each ingredient.
14:51What I'm going to do in the last hour is crochet as many beans as I can.
14:55Just go nuts for beans.
14:58I'm currently sewing as much of everything as I can onto my bagel.
15:07You're making your beans!
15:08Beans?
15:09You've got your hash browns, your eggs, your mushrooms, your bacon, your tomato.
15:13And the...
15:16Sausage.
15:18No, it does look like a sausage.
15:20It does look like a sausage.
15:24I don't touch it now.
15:27Holger.
15:28I think I know what your plan is with that.
15:31Houdini.
15:32Holger Dini.
15:34Tracy.
15:35Are we getting on?
15:36I've added detail to quite a few of them.
15:38I've put little beards on, so I hope that that's enough.
15:41Yeah.
15:41Lovely.
15:42Lydia.
15:43You're actually stuffing those little peas?
15:45Yeah.
15:46In terms of finishing, you just have to stuff the mash and then just make peas till you drop.
15:51Yeah, I'm not stuffing the mash.
15:53Because the bottom's open.
15:55So I'm just leaving them as is.
15:58Right.
15:59Ailsa.
16:00A gravy pot.
16:01And then there'll be a wee icord handle.
16:03I like that.
16:05I've seen you've got everything on the bagel now.
16:07Yeah.
16:08Well, on that side.
16:12I think there's only so much one can do.
16:15I can't do any more.
16:19Knitters, your time is up.
16:21Time to plate up your food.
16:23It's dinner time.
16:25Ooh.
16:30After 12 hours knitting up a storm, six stitched up suppers are ready to be served.
16:37Really, really happy.
16:39I feel really amazed the way it went, the whole challenge.
16:43Obviously it didn't quite go to plan, just ran out of time at the end there to put my seasonings
16:47on.
16:47But overall I'm really happy with the look of my bagel.
16:54Ready for the first dish?
16:56Let's get to it.
16:59Isaac, if you would like to come and present your dish.
17:09Oh, that is really amazing.
17:16The construction, Isaac, is really clever.
17:22And I think you've engineered it really nicely.
17:26Short row shaping, it shows real skill.
17:29I suspect a lot of maths has gone into that.
17:32Yeah, yeah, definitely.
17:34We have some bacon in here.
17:38So, Isaac, I'm not sure about the bacon.
17:42It doesn't feel as if it's the right colour.
17:46And the shape doesn't feel quite right.
17:51And surface decoration.
17:53Yes.
17:54There's quite a bit missing from the top here.
17:57It was just a timing thing.
18:03But it's fun.
18:04Overall, it's fun.
18:07Well, thank you very much, Isaac.
18:10Are you ready for dish number two?
18:14Lydia, if you'd like to come up.
18:21The structure's really good.
18:23You've given it that pie crust feeling.
18:27The peas work incredibly well.
18:30They're a really vibrant pea colour.
18:36You have slightly fluffed up your mash.
18:39Yes.
18:40Could maybe have done with a little bit more.
18:43OK.
18:44So, a few textural issues.
18:47It could have been knit.
18:49Mm-hm.
18:49So, it had a smoother surface.
18:53Yes.
18:53Of the mashed potato coming out.
18:56Yeah.
18:56Plop onto the plate.
18:58Yeah.
18:59And I think it did need a bottom and a little bit more weight to it.
19:04Mm-hm.
19:04We wanted texture.
19:05So, we wanted the potato to look like that smooth.
19:09Yeah.
19:11Maris Piper.
19:13Mashed potato.
19:16Thank you very much, Lydia.
19:20There it is.
19:21Whoa.
19:22Simon, if you'd like to come up, please.
19:30Immediately, what I love about this is the bacon.
19:33It's impressive.
19:39Even down to the little bit of crisp on the bottom there.
19:43And the veins of fat running through different textures in the bacon.
19:48I think it's a really exciting piece of food.
19:52The thing I particularly like about this is the combination of free form and planning.
20:00So, we were also asking for proportion.
20:04Everything does sit in proportion.
20:07Thank you very much, Simon.
20:10You ready for another one?
20:12Tracy!
20:19I really do like the shape of these.
20:23The mussel shells are so decorative.
20:26They have so many colours running through them.
20:30You could have worked more at creating that colour.
20:36The pasta's a little bit too big for me.
20:39It doesn't seem in proportion.
20:41You've used mainly a double crochet?
20:44Yeah.
20:45Throughout?
20:46Yeah.
20:50We were looking for you to showcase your crochet skills in different stitches.
20:57Yeah.
20:57I think that's where the problem lies for me.
21:00There's not enough variation.
21:02I would like to see more types of stitches to give the texture that this challenge is very much about.
21:10Thank you very much, Tracy.
21:13Elsa, if you'd like to come up, please.
21:20As always, you're so neat and precise in your stitch work, grading from one colour into another and then back
21:29again.
21:31Yep.
21:34They're gorgeous, but they do look like two little bowls.
21:39During every challenge, Elsa, we've seen how neatly and carefully you work.
21:49It's beautiful, but it's not quite real.
21:55It is very perfect, but it needs a little bit more abstraction to give it that realism if it's too
22:04neat.
22:07Thank you very much, Elsa.
22:09Here we go.
22:12Are you ready?
22:14Final course.
22:19Holger, if you'd like to come up.
22:29I love the construction. I think it's really fab.
22:33You've achieved your special effect.
22:35Yes, I didn't want to say what it was because I didn't know whether it would work, but...
22:38Well, it has.
22:39It's worked very well.
22:40It has worked.
22:41What's holding it up?
22:42Well, two of the noodles are wire that has been crocheted around.
22:46You actually created a surface for this and sat it into the bowl to raise it up, so you didn't
22:54have to fill it full of noodles.
22:58The texture in here is really good because it does actually look like a prawn that has just been pulled
23:05out of its shell.
23:06The colour is very good as well, particularly like the balance, the variety.
23:12I think it has absolutely achieved that realism that we were looking for.
23:19Well, thank you very much, Holger.
23:20Thank you, Holger.
23:24I want to say the gloves are off.
23:26Maybe now we've kind of reached the business end of the competition.
23:30The judges did say exactly what I had been thinking the whole time, that I was just being a bit
23:35too precise.
23:36I need to step up my game.
23:38The judges' comments were fair, but a seafood pasta does look like a bowl of mess.
23:50After knitting up a feast for the solo, it's now time for the team challenge.
23:56Hello, knitters, and welcome back.
23:59For your group challenge this week, you'll be split into three teams to create three slouchy cardigans.
24:09This is a chance to make something which has got lots and lots and lots of stitches.
24:15It really creates something dynamic.
24:18We are asking you to adapt a basic cardigan pattern.
24:22We want you to use a minimum of three stitch techniques.
24:28We will be looking for clear, clean stitch definition.
24:34Absolute precision.
24:36No mistakes.
24:39This challenge is judged blind, so I'm going to have to ask Di and Sheila to leave the barn.
24:45Knitters, you will be working in pairs.
24:48So, for Cardi A, Tracy and Isaac.
24:53For Cardi B, we have...
24:56Holger and Ailsa.
25:00And for Cardi C, Lydia and Simon.
25:06Now, you have ten hours for this challenge.
25:10So, your time starts now.
25:11Let's get knitting.
25:17For this challenge, the duos will be using super chunky wool in one colour only.
25:23I do actually like this kind of mossy green.
25:25Yellow, yellow, yellow.
25:27I like red.
25:28Yeah, let's go red.
25:28Okay.
25:31They've been given a basic cardigan shape to create, but must figure out the construction and stitches themselves.
25:39With literally hundreds of options available, from the playful bubble stitch to the traditional honeycomb, the knitters will need to
25:48judiciously select which stitches will create impact and texture within a slouchy cardigan.
25:54We do it like that, but we bring it right in, so it ends up one of those sleeves that's
25:58really tight and goes like that and that would be really textured.
26:00I know what you mean, but I think we also need to consider time because we only have ten hours.
26:06With the clock ticking, our duos need to stitch, shape and slay their way to cardigan victory.
26:15At this stage in the competition, I really would hope that they are going to push themselves.
26:21We want to see them taking a few risks and pulling it off and showing us something really different and
26:28original.
26:28What are some of the techniques and stitches that you'd be excited to see today?
26:34I would like to see the reverse fabric, something like this, the bubble.
26:39You can also reverse it and use the bubble stitch on the wrong side.
26:45We really do need to see them pushing themselves out of their comfort zone.
26:53Isaac is first to come up with a quirky idea.
26:56I don't know if you've ever seen where you're knitting a stockinette and then you do reverse stockinette on some
27:01stitches.
27:02Kind of like a taster and it basically paints a picture.
27:04Yeah.
27:04I was thinking we could do that with like a massive smiley face and then the rest of it could
27:07just be texture city.
27:09Oh, okay. Right.
27:11Isaac plans to knit a smiley face motif into the back panel of the cardigan using reverse stocking stitch to
27:18outline the image.
27:19They'll use bubble stitch for the sleeves, a tricky stitch which creates a raised 3D texture that looks like bubbles
27:27popping out the fabric.
27:29Isaac will knit the back and one sleeve, leaving Tracy to knit the front two panels and the other sleeve.
27:35Do you see that? Do you see what I mean?
27:37Lovely.
27:40While Isaac charts out his smiley face, Lydia and Simon are keeping it classic with their stitch selection.
27:47The back and the front will be done in an all over kind of cabled pattern that looks like this.
27:55Simon and Lydia will knit the front and back panels of their cardigan in a rippling cable stitch which creates
28:02a gentle raised pattern across the fabric.
28:04For the arms, they will use a honeycomb stitch creating a tighter hexagonal beehive pattern.
28:11Lydia will work on the body while Simon will knit both sleeves.
28:15Too big. Is it too big?
28:18That's quite slouchy isn't it?
28:21I think we're good.
28:24Elsa and Holger are leaving no stitch behind with their cardi.
28:28I'll take waffle for one.
28:30There's going to be a cable running up the middle.
28:32There's a wealth of Gansey patterns.
28:35They are also the only team who are unusually constructing their cardigan in two pieces rather than five.
28:42You could transform those five pieces into just two by splitting them and having this kind of T-shape.
28:49It would join together in the centre.
28:53I really like that. I don't think anyone would think to do it that way.
28:56Well, they should probably have to talk a little bit squi-iter.
29:05Ailsa and Holger will knit one half of the cardigan each, meaning the stitches will run horizontally across the garment
29:12rather than vertically.
29:14Ailsa plans to use a waffle stitch to create little raised squares and a Scottish fleet stitch which uses columns
29:20and diamond motifs to create a wealth of texture across the fabric.
29:25Holger's half of the cardigan will use a seersucker stitch to create a bumpy dimpled surface and a diamond Gansey
29:32stitch which creates beautiful diamond motifs.
29:35Both will use cables to create a raised line across the middle of their halves of the cardigan.
29:41They will then join their two pieces together and add a tassel.
29:45If you want texture, you can't really get a lot more texture than that.
29:48Shall we get going then?
29:50Yeah, all that's left is to actually make it.
29:57The knitters are a few hours into their textured cardigan challenge.
30:02In about five rows time, I'm going to start on the smiley face decal. So far, so good.
30:11I'm working on the sleeve. You can see we've got the cuff at the bottom.
30:16This is what I've done so far. It's a two by two twisted rim.
30:25So, team Cardi B. Hello.
30:27Quite a thing to construct to people at home.
30:30If you were to go and get a knit out from your cupboard, the knits itch, they always go down.
30:35Whereas this is going to be going sideways, which creates texture in itself.
30:40I mean, you have to go for the win, right?
30:42Yeah, go for gold.
30:44Although I sometimes feel like silver looks nicer.
30:47I'm more of a silver person.
30:48I'm sure of her.
30:49Sorry, I've got one of each.
30:55While Holger and Elsa work their way through over eight different stitches, Lydia and Simon are on their honeycomb stitch,
31:03which has resulted in a beautiful texture, but a tight fabric.
31:07So, you've done a bit of shaping here to make it come in at the sleeve?
31:13Yeah.
31:14Quite the thick arms.
31:14See what I've done on mine?
31:15Yeah.
31:17Yeah, look at that.
31:18Have you had a chance to look at what anyone else is doing yet?
31:21Yeah, I definitely have.
31:22I mean, it's easy just to take a little sneak peek at other people's work.
31:25But what I have found is that whenever I do that, I catastrophize and start to doubt my own decisions.
31:34Tracy and Isaac, how's it going over here?
31:37I've just finished the back panel.
31:39It's got a wee smiley face on it.
31:41Do you think that the smiley face is going to have enough texture to it for the judges?
31:51Um, I think that because the smiley face itself, like, the details of it are in texture, I might be
31:58able to get away with it.
31:59They never said that we had to cover the whole thing in texture.
32:06Knitters!
32:07Five hours have gone.
32:09That's halfway through the challenge.
32:10You have five hours remaining.
32:13More than enough time?
32:14Yeah.
32:14I think I'll be fine.
32:15With half the challenge left, teams should be making good progress on their individual sections.
32:20It's starting to take shape, the idea that we had, and then we'll join together once there's two of them.
32:28Tracy has tentatively moved on to her bubble stitch sleeve.
32:32Her simple double crochet stitch in the solo left the judges unimpressed.
32:37She needs to wow them with their stitches in the team challenge.
32:40I've never done a bubble stitch before, no.
32:42The bubble stitch is created by intentionally dropping a stitch and then picking it back up multiple rows below to
32:49create a bold 3D bubbly texture.
32:52But it's not an easy stitch to master.
32:54There's always the worry when you've dropped the next stitch that you won't be able to pick it up anywhere.
32:58So I'm really out of my depth with this one.
33:12What are you doing here?
33:17It's got a bit of texture in there, mate.
33:20It's looking really good.
33:23What?
33:26What are you guys up to?
33:28We were knitting until you kind of plonked your fat ass onto my wall.
33:36Give me the crack.
33:37There's lots of texture.
33:41Right now, if I'm being completely honest, I don't know whether it's just too much of the same.
33:57It's texture week in the yarn barn and the knitters are into the final stages of their slouchy cardigan challenge.
34:04There you go, beautiful.
34:06Well, how far away are you from getting that done?
34:08I've got another four rows.
34:10OK.
34:11Lydia and Simon are adding a lace edging to the hem of their cardi.
34:16I'm just seeing the eyelets now in garter stitch and Simon's sewing up.
34:20I think actually that little lace eyelet will look really nice.
34:23Yeah.
34:23I actually think it's going to be a lot of texture.
34:27Yeah, yeah.
34:27I'm happier now.
34:29I don't think.
34:32Knitters!
34:33You have one hour to go.
34:37In the final hour of the challenge, the teams should be seaming their individual sections together.
34:42I'm currently sewing this cardigan to Lydia's leg.
34:45You buy a cardigan, get a free Lydia.
34:48We will now join our two pieces.
34:52Elsa and Holger are using a Kitchener stitch, a clever technique to graft two sets of live stitches together
34:58and create a seamless join in the fabric.
35:01This is literally not something you want to do under extreme pressure.
35:06Isaac and Tracy are attaching the sleeves to the body of their cardigan.
35:10That's your sleeve, that's my sleeve.
35:12But Isaac has spotted an error.
35:14Tracy hasn't picked up her dropped stitches, meaning the whole thing could unravel.
35:19You slipped the wrong one.
35:22It's because you've gone in between the stitches.
35:24I thought it was meant to go in between.
35:25No, it's supposed to go in this one down here and then you slip it and it hides.
35:29Oh, right. OK, right. I went in between.
35:31It's all right. It's done now.
35:38And Holger's also spotted a problem with their cardi.
35:44Hold on, hold on, hold on.
35:46Please don't tell me that the kitchen stitch was wrong.
35:48Well, something has gone wrong, I think.
35:51This is inside out, this is outside in.
35:56Oh, yeah.
35:58Yeah.
36:00Holger has incorrectly sewn his section to Elsa's section inside out.
36:05One side is inside out and one side's outside in.
36:12Do we want to try and redo it or do we leave that and chance?
36:16It doesn't necessarily need to be catching her to redo it, does it?
36:19That is true.
36:20Do not, do not tempt me while I have the scissors at hand at the moment.
36:26We're done, we're done.
36:31Knitters, finish casting off needles down and get those cardigans on the mannequins.
36:42That's three slouchy cardigans complete in just ten hours.
36:46Having a garment that is half inside out and half outside in is still better than having two pieces.
36:51I know that the sleeves are not exactly even and I think that's something that they're going to pick up
36:56on.
37:00Well done, knitters.
37:02Now it's time for the judging.
37:04So let's bring Diane Sheila back into the armbarn.
37:07We are going to start with the green cardigan.
37:14Well, there is some super cable fabric here.
37:19And it's very well executed.
37:21Beautiful.
37:23Oh, and some open work.
37:24An eyelet edge, very, very firm, really nice edging.
37:30Okay, so I have a problem with this bit at the back.
37:35You can see this eyelet pattern has actually pushed and distorted the fabric.
37:44Because the cable fabric pulls it all in above it and it's just made a slightly strange shape.
37:51It's made it balloon out at the bottom.
37:54I don't feel that this sleeve is wide enough.
38:00The honeycomb cabling has pulled them in considerably.
38:06Too dense.
38:07Not slouchy enough?
38:08Not slouchy enough.
38:10There is much more give in this wave fabric.
38:15Apart from that, I absolutely love the fluidity of this garment.
38:21I think it's a really beautiful, textured jacket.
38:26Well, thank you very much.
38:28And now, what do you think of the yellow cardigan?
38:39We have a smiley face.
38:43So, for me, the smiley face doesn't give enough impact.
38:49It doesn't give enough texture.
38:51It's pictorial rather than textural.
38:54I would have liked to have seen more texture.
38:58I absolutely love these sleeves.
39:01Some very effective increasing so that they can balloon out.
39:04And this sleeve works really, really well.
39:09Hmm.
39:10So, Sheila, there is a big problem with this sleeve.
39:14Oh, yes.
39:15There are dropped stitches.
39:17Here.
39:20Yeah.
39:21Lots of them.
39:22This would unravel very quickly.
39:26It's unstable.
39:31I'm really, really sad to see this because it's not really a viable, functional sleeve.
39:42Thank you very much.
39:44And now, the red cardigan.
39:52What I'm seeing is a very different construction.
40:00Each knitter has cast on here and knitted up and over.
40:08The texture in this is fantastic.
40:20I have an inside-out cable.
40:23I have an inside-out cable.
40:26That's really, really playful.
40:29Do you think it's intentional?
40:32What if this is actually a mistake?
40:48Shall we turn it inside-out?
40:50Yes.
40:52Because it may be that it's meant to be reversible and it's playful.
40:58Whatever has happened.
41:00This is intriguing and...
41:03It's a bit of an enigma.
41:05Some stitches work both ways.
41:09This is all about texture.
41:11And it does work.
41:12Yes.
41:19Sheila and I have come to a decision.
41:23So, in third place...
41:27..we have the yellow cardigan.
41:32Can we ask who made the yellow cardigan?
41:35The dropped stitches.
41:37It was me. I'd never done the stitch before.
41:39And what about the smiley face?
41:42There we go.
41:43Might have guessed.
41:44There we go.
41:46In second place, and this has been a really difficult decision...
41:53..is the green.
41:56Who did the green?
42:00So, the winner is the red cardigan.
42:04The texture was exceptionally good.
42:09So, please put us out of our misery.
42:12What happened?
42:14It was a mistake in the joining.
42:16When I seemed dressed up, I had the outside on the outside,
42:18and that's why it ended up like this.
42:20Whether it was meant to be or not, it does still work.
42:26Well, constitulations, Holger and Elsa.
42:32Would I have agreed with the ranking?
42:34No.
42:35I don't.
42:38I stand by our work.
42:41We did fill it with texture,
42:43which is what we were supposed to do in the brief.
42:46I did something I didn't know.
42:47I took a risk and it didn't pay off.
42:51It's now up to Di and Sheila to decide
42:53who has performed the best across both challenges
42:57and who will be cast off.
43:00So, who's in line for that lovely sheep badge this week?
43:04Holger.
43:06With his amazing bowl of noodles.
43:09And he was in the winning cardigan team.
43:11They've created a fully reversible jacket full of texture.
43:16So, Simon.
43:20Simon really has shone this week.
43:23I think he's really showing far more skill
43:26than I think he even knew he had.
43:28Just like his egg, it's coming out of his shell.
43:31Oh, bless.
43:33Yes.
43:34And on the flip side of that, who's in danger this week?
43:38Trace is in danger.
43:41I was quite disappointed with Trace's bowl of food.
43:46It was just one stitch, effectively, throughout.
43:50I honestly nearly burst into tears
43:52when I saw in the sleeve those drop stitches.
43:54It was just such a terrible moment.
43:58We have to talk about Isaac.
44:02Although he did create a bagel with amazing shaping,
44:06yet again, he didn't finish it.
44:09Isaac often doesn't manage to finish,
44:12and his performance on the cardigan,
44:15the back really let down the design.
44:18Getting tougher and tougher each week
44:20to say goodbye to someone,
44:21but that decision has to be made.
44:29Well done, knitters.
44:31What a week Texture Week has been.
44:33We've had ups, downs, inside-outs.
44:38LAUGHTER
44:39But as you know, each week that goes by,
44:42it gets harder and harder to choose
44:44who is going to be the big knitter,
44:46and even harder to decide who is being cast off.
44:52Our big knitter this week
44:57is...
45:00Holger.
45:01Well done.
45:02Very well done.
45:04Holger, here is your sheep badge.
45:06Thank you very much.
45:08There you go.
45:09Congratulations.
45:10Thank you very much.
45:11But sadly, we do have to lose someone each week.
45:16So the person that is being cast off this week is...
45:29..Tracy.
45:32Come on.
45:33Come on.
45:34Give us a hug.
45:36Oh, Tracy.
45:37We love you.
45:38I've met some incredible people,
45:40and I've had the greatest adventure,
45:42and I feel, you know, internally grateful for that.
45:47You've really been wonderful, Tracy.
45:49Holger just has to steal my thunder right at the end,
45:53which is fine cos it's Holger and he's amazing.
45:56Who knows, if I hadn't have put a massive turn on my plate,
45:59then I might have even come first.
46:01Yeah, it feels great to be the big knitter for the week.
46:05It feels, uh, flocking good.
46:08Next time, knitted jewellery sparkles.
46:12I'm doing some Viking knitting.
46:13Viking knitting.
46:14This one is gonna be won and lost on detail.
46:17And our final five tackle the ultimate test.
46:21Lace.
46:22This challenge is the most difficult we've set so far.
46:25It's that point in the programme,
46:27because we're looking for the best.
46:29There's nowhere to hide.
46:30It does get tougher every week.
46:46It's not better than we're looking for the best.
46:49It's not the best.
46:51It looks so weird.
46:53It's not the best.
46:54And it doesn't look so weird.
46:55It's not that the best.
46:58It looks like you're looking for the best.
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