Page 5 – Knitting & Crochet Guild

Title slide from Jane Crowfoot's video "The comfort of blankets"

KCG2501 – The comfort of blankets – Jane Crowfoot

Jane Crowfoot shows examples of her work and talk about her design process, as well as her mission to highlight the differences between home-made and handmade, the importance of recognising yarn crafts as a stage for creativity, and the validation of traditional skills.

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Jane Crowfoot shows examples of her work and talk about her design process, as well as her mission to highlight the differences between home-made and handmade, the importance of recognising yarn crafts as a stage for creativity, and the validation of traditional skills.

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Photo of Game of Wool finalisuts (Ailsa, Lydia, Holger) waiting for the final result to be announced.

Photo credit: Channel 4 / Hello Halo TV

Game of Wool – episode 8 – 21 December

Finals week at the Game of Wool and we learn who has won the “big needles and thick wool” trophy.

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Front of Patons leaflet 182 (3d) "to fit 35 inch bust". Lady wearing half-lentgth sleeve jumper with horizontal zig-zag design.

Patons C 182 (3d)

Patons leaflet C 182 (3d) for lady’s sweater with short sleeves and a zig-zag pattern. Ailsa wore her version of this in the final of the first series of the Game of Wool.

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Tom and Lydia discussing Lydia's bag for the week 7 individual challenge.

Image credit: Channel 4 and Hello Halo TV

Game of Wool – episode 7 – 14 Dec

Week 7 – semi-finals with a theme of upcycling – “Rags to riches.”

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Holger and Isaac knitting their lace panels for the Episode 6 team challenge.

Image credit: Channel 4 / Hello Halo TV

Game of Wool – episode 6 – 7 Dec

Week 6 was Statement Week. The remaining five contestants were individually challenged to make knit or crochet jewellery and as a team to make a knitted lace lampshade.

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Knitted lace being blocked, pinned out to dry.

Lace knitting for beginners – workshop

Photo of Steve Foreman — Photo: Steve Foreman

Tutor: Steve Foreman

Craft: Hand knitting
Experience: Confident beginner
Description:
By the end of the workshop attendees will be able to knit simple published openwork (lace) patterns, either charted or written. You will knit a bookmark with the traditional Shetland “Field of flowers” motif.

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Tutor: Steve Foreman

Craft: Hand knitting
Experience: Confident beginner
Description:
By the end of the workshop attendees will be able to knit simple published openwork (lace) patterns, either charted or written. You will knit a bookmark with the traditional Shetland “Field of flowers” motif.

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Tutor: Steve Foreman

Craft: Hand knitting
Experience: Confident beginner
Description:
By the end of the workshop attendees will be able to knit simple published openwork (lace) patterns, either charted or written. You will knit a bookmark with the traditional Shetland “Field of flowers” motif.

(more…)