The other day I was chatting with favourite grandson Nate – we were talking about his family going to Edmonton for the March break, next week. I told him the last time I was in Edmonton was like 2003, maybe, and I went there to be on a TV show. I gave him a very quick snippet, said that I was pretty sure it was on YouTube. Before I knew it, he had it dialed up on his screen! He was thought it was pretty cool that his Grama was on YouTube! Wow, a blast from the past! I figured, what the hay, may as well tell you too!
Wa-ay back, we’re talking 1996, pre-Knitwords magazine. I made this gold
and white baseball jacket to go with my pair of high-top sneakers and it made
the cover of Canada’s Fashion Machine. I used Linda MacPhee’s Crazy
Jacket pattern, knit up a pile of fabrics in various stitch patterns using ‘Starlight’,
a gold fingering weight hand knitting yarn and white Yeoman’s Cannelé, cut’n’sewed
them into this jacket and sent it off to CFM, along with my shoes.
A few years later, my friend Vickie sent the magazine to Linda MacPhee
who was doing this TV show about sewing – I think it was airing on PBS at the
time. Anyway, Linda called me and invited me to Edmonton to be on the show. I went,
thinking it was a good opportunity to get some airtime for knitting machines -
she had promised me we could show a machine on the program. Packed up my trunk
show and an LK150 and flew off to Edmonton. Went to the TV studio, had my
make-up done and chatted briefly with Linda. She said we’d do a little run-through,
get the feel of things and then do it for real. I said a couple of things that
sounded totally dumb in my ears, said to myself, no worries, we’re gonna do it
again and next thing I know she’s saying, that’s all the time we have! See ya
later! Knitting machine still in the case! Here’s the link, https://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=linda+macphee+workshop+Mary+Anne+Oger - it was season 1 episode 3 in case you’re interested, my part starts at about 8 minutes in.
as an unadvertised extra…I did get to the mall…
5 comments:
I saw this a couple years back, you were great! Of course the things you showcased were beautiful.
I checked out the YouTube link but it brings up all episodes, and I couldn’t find which you were in, despite going through about 8 of them at the 8 minute mark! 😄 Good news- I never heard of this show before- and it is a treasure trove of ideas that I will some day have time to peruse! Thanks for continuing you regular blog and your sharing your ideas and skills!
sorry, I thought that link would work - it was season 1 Episode 3...
Hey Mary Anne. 😀 I just watched the You Tube with Linda MacPhee, you were wonderful... she would drive me crazy! I wish you weren't being rushed. You had a wealth of information to share, I was hanging on your every word. Beautiful jackets and coats. I'd would have liked to see more information on the cut and sew process.
I enjoy your blog. Keep them coming! :)
Thank you for sharing, fantastic garments.The techniques are still very valid in 2022.
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