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Handmade flowers are showing up in weddings everywhere! Making them completely from scratch can be time consuming and they can a bit pricey to purchase. A quick and inexpensive alternative is adding handcrafted elements to premade silk flowers from the craft store. Check out this tutorial by Lynn of Sunshowers and Rainshine featured on The Bride’s Cafe and learn how to create your own gorgeous blooms!
There’s been talk recently that a British knitting competition show was in the works, and Tom Daley has announced on Instagram that he’s going to be the host.
With the working title of “The Game of Wool,” the program will be on Channel 4 and is currently looking for contestants.
According to a post on Gathered, the show will feature 10 contestants and each episode will involve two challenges. One will be a team project and one for individual knitters that aims to test their skills and their style.
I have no idea how this will work in the real world, since knitting takes a lot of time and there’s not really any way to speed it up. It’s also not super dramatic when you fail like it is when cooking or baking (or even in fashion design when you cut something wrong and it ends up not fitting).
In any case, the post says the judges will be Di Gilpin and Sheila Greenwell, who have knit for numerous fashion brands and will judge both knitting technique and creative approaches and the knitters are put through their paces on a variety of projects in both type and scale.
I’ll let you know more about it as we hear more about it.
In the meantime, if you happen to be a British knitter with an interest in figuring out what a knitting competition show looks like before the rest of us, you can apply to become one of the contestants at the Game of Wool website. According to the site, participants must be 18 or older and need to be able to commit to filming away from home for eight weeks.
The application states that they are looking for people with a passion for the craft, who are able to both knit and crochet, are honest about their skills and can share photos of their work. The deadline to apply is midnight on January 5, 2025.
If you apply I’d love to hear about it!
[Photo via Instagram]