Centenary Stitches - patterns from WW1 recreated for the film 'Tell Them of Us'

By Elizabeth Lovick

Most war films are told from the soldiers' point of view. 'Tell Them of Us' tells the story of one family's war through the women left behind. Grace Crowder had two bothers who went to fight: Robert was killed and William, though taken prisoner, survived. The film concentrates on Grace, her mother and William's girlfriend.
As Grace and her mother were known to be knitters, the call went out via Twitter to find knitters prepared to knit for the film, and for an exhibition of the costumes and other knits from that era. From this came the book Centenary Stitches, with 74 patterns written for modern knitters and yarns. Unlike patterns of the day, these come in a wide range of sizes.
The book also contains chapters on knitting in WW1, costuming a period film and adapting vintage patterns, as well as extracts from William's diaries.

For more information see http://www.northernlacepress.co.uk/ or contact Elizabeth Lovick - nlp@northernlace.co.uk