14 h. ago CHRISTOPHER STEVENS reviews Game of Wool: Britain's Best Knitter: Stylish Tom Daley is the perfect host for the Great British Knit Off

Have you knitted yourself an emotional support chicken yet? Apparently, in the homespun world of crafting, it's a bit of a craze.

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19 h. ago Game of Wool: Britain’s Best Knitter review – Tom Daley is a twinkling, passionate joy of a presenter

The ex-diver is so fantastic that this needle-based Bake Off wannabe is 80% better every time he’s on screen. He absolutely makes this show‘A new generation of knitters is taking the world by storm,” says Tom Daley, striding towards us in his ankle-length woollen poncho. “With just two needles, they are testing the limits of creativity.”And so it proves, as 10 of “the nation’s finest” amateur wool enthusiasts join the Olympic diver (and recently murdered Celebrity Traitor) “to battle it out, stitch by stitch” for the chance to win the ineffably snuggly eight-part series Game of Wool: Britain’s Best Knitter. Continue reading...

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19 h. ago Game of Wool review – Tom Daley’s new Bake Off for knitting is must

It’s a privilege to watch these talented, tolerant and thin-skinned folk compete

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30 h. ago The Game of Wool cast: full list of contestants and start time for Tom Daley show

The Game of Wool is set to be hosted by Olympic legend Tom Daley

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4 d. ago ‘One contestant makes wool vulvas!’ Tom Daley on his knockout knitting show – and arguing with Traitors producers

As he prepares to host The Game of Wool, the Olympian diver talks about trying to get murdered faithfuls resurrected on Traitors – and the time he knitted himself a woollen chandelierIn The Game of Wool, Channel 4’s quest to find Britain’s best knitter, you can’t take your eyes off Tom Daley’s outfits. One of his goals for the series, he says, is that “what I was wearing would get progressively more interesting”, which is ridiculous because in the very first episode he’s wearing a vivid, asymmetrical shawl that in some places reaches the floor, and he looks like a wizard who might seem chaotic but is actually very powerful.“Sheila [Greenwell, one of two judges, along with Di Gilpin] made that for La Fetiche,” he says, referring to the avant garde house of knitwear. “Later on I wear some stuff by Hope Macaulay, a Northern Irish textiles designer, then Boy Kloves, right out of Central Saint Martins, then towards the end, two archival Stella McCartney looks.” Continue reading...

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6 d. ago Tom Daley admits 'there were tears' filming new Channel 4 reality show

Olympic diver Tom Daley is swapping his Speedos for a pair of knitting needles as he hosts new Channel 4 competition The Game Of Wool - but the show was far from relaxing.

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