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Alan Dart
Trumptonalia.
Camberwick figures designed by knitting guru Alan Dart.
The pic,below .... shows part of the magazine article where the patterns were launched.
If you're approaching these completely cold for the first time I'd imagine the initial reaction might be mixed.
But don't be too quick to judge.
Just remember how small they are,and that wool isn't exactly the material of choice to capture fine detail
In other words,set your expectations accordingly and I think you'll appreciate them a bit more.
I'm indebted to a couple of contributors who've provided all the information and photos.
Here's what they had to say in the email I received :- "munki" & "nekoglyph" are their www.flickr.com pseudonyms.
Quote " The patterns are from a Woman's Weekly Knitting Special from 2006.
I'm guessing the year,because they mention the 40th anniversary of Camberwick Green.
They are original pages clipped from the mag and I bought them on ebay at great expense !
Alan Dart knitting patterns are highly sought after.
You'll notice Mr Dart has erroneously called them characters 'from the tiny hamlet of Camberwick Green' - tsk!
They were a "b" to knit as they are only 18cm tall for the chaps,17cm for the ladies and 5.5cm for the dogs.
Any inaccuracies,such as the pekes looking more like poodles are from the original pattern.
And of course we had to find suitable colours of balls of wool,copied from the DVDs with varying quality of colour transfer,plus all the trimmings,which is why the Mayor has a rose,not a carnation. " End quote
My thoughts
-The link with the 40th anniversary of the 1st broadcast of Camberwick is undoubtedy correct.
But,as noted,the characters chosen are all from Trumpton.And Camberwick wasn't a "tiny hamlet" either.
Which may seem slightly pedantic to point out.
But people in the licensing and promotional business are paid good money to get these things right.
-I'm a bit confused by the rose vs carnation insight.
As neither version shows the Mayor with his usual floral buttonhole - either a rose or carnation.
Although there are certainly different flower variations in the basket. Cont ...
