polar knits

[grace_poppy]

I love this post about polar knitting.  In it, the author posts commentary on sweaters etc. that appear in the miniseries The Last Place on Earth.  Say what you like about the series, but it did have some pretty awesome costumes, props, set and all that.

And I like polar knits anyway.  I think my favorite polar knitted items are these:

Comments

[vandee2008]

I'm afraid whenever I think of woollen garments in the Antarctic, my mind zips over to the Horrible Histories skit:

"Let's have a look at some of this good old-fashioned British equipment, shall we?"
"Right-ho, Captain Scott sir!"
"Scratchy woollen jumper that freezes when wet!"
"CHECK!"

(I know, I know, they didn't have "achingly hard leather boots"... But it's worth it for the way the actor delivers that line!!)

(I own that hat!!!)

That ACTUAL hat? Even if you own a replica of that hat, respect!

[grace_poppy]

Haha! Somehow I had never seen that before! :D

When I was watching the Mallory documentary the other day, where the modern climbers were attempting to replicate his climb with his clothing and equipment, it was the boots they were most appalled by.

I own the hat from the movie! :D Not Tom Crean's own hat, but the movie hat. Mark McGann gave it to me. AND I own a replica that a friend knitted.

[vandee2008]

I own the hat from the movie! :D Not Tom Crean's own hat, but the movie hat.

:O

Mark McGann gave it to me.

:O :O :O How kind!! PLEASE, DETAILS! Tell us more! How? Where? What happened? (And how many other SHACKLETON stars have you met? Details!)

AND I own a replica that a friend knitted.

Well of course! You couldn't wear the Actual Relic out of doors :) That's one very cool friend, I must say.

Like I said, please tell us more!

[grace_poppy]

Oh goodness, well it's a little embarrassing for the sheer fangirlishness of it, but for a long while there that hat itself was a celebrity in this comm - I mean the original Tom Crean's hat, and therefore also the movie hat since it was such a great replica (which you can see if you click the "Crean" tag and go back a bit). So, skipping to the good part, Mark McGann popped into another community I run, and, uh, I just lightly asked him "did you get to keep your Crean hat? I just love it. They should sell them," because we all just loved that hat. (My friend was already knitting copies of it for us.) And much to my amazement, he went and found it and mailed it to me. It's here.

So I haven't met any Shackleton actors at all, alas! I live on the wrong side of the pond. Oh, but I did meet Bakewell's daughter (who lives here since he was an American.) That was wonderful.