00:00Look up, look down, look all around. Up in the air or on the ground. Come for a walk, come for a ride. There's so much to see, so come outside.
00:27I've got two arms. There's one. There's two. A hole at the top for your head to go through. A front and a back. And when you go out to play, I'll keep you warm all through the day. What am I? I'm a woolly jumper.
00:57Hello, my dears. I've knitted this jumper for my sister, Edie. She's coming to tea today, so I finished it just in time. I think she'll like it. Blue's her favourite colour.
01:18And I had some wool left over, so I knitted a coat for Pippin. Yes, Pippin, you look very smart. But there was a time I didn't think I'd ever get this jumper finished.
01:34What a to-do that was. Let me tell you the story.
01:43It all started a few days ago. I'd finished one sleeve and almost finished the other.
01:50Oh.
01:59Pippin, we didn't buy enough wool. And I must get this finished before Edie arrives. Pippin, we're going shopping.
02:06I took a piece of the wool with me so I could match the colour.
02:14When I got to the wool shop, I started looking for blue wool.
02:29None of these match. Too light. Too dark.
02:54Pippin. Yes, I know you're clever. But it's not the right colour. Now, put it back.
03:09Now, sit there quietly while I find out about my wool.
03:16Hello.
03:16Hello.
03:17Do you have any wool exactly this colour?
03:20No, I'm afraid I've completely sold out of this colour. I could order it for you.
03:25Oh, dear. I need it today.
03:29Oh, well. Never mind. Thank you. Bye.
03:32Bye-bye.
03:33There had to be a way of getting more blue wool.
03:37I decided to start at the beginning.
03:40Now, where does wool come from?
03:44I know. Pippin, it's time to fly.
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04:45We're getting close.
04:53I can see the hills.
04:56See those little white dots?
04:59They're sheep.
05:15We found the sheep and saw Cal, the sheepdog, hard at work.
05:27Cal understood exactly what Norman, the shepherd, wanted him to do.
05:31They were moving the sheep to want a farm because it was time to have their woolly coats clipped.
05:41Come on to me. Come on.
05:42Come on to me. Come on.
05:44Good dog.
05:46How are we?
05:46Some of the sheep tried to go the wrong way, but Cal soon rounded them up.
05:54What have you got there, Pippin?
06:08It was a piece of wool.
06:10It comes off easily when the sheep's coat gets long.
06:15It didn't look much like my wool, though.
06:17We went to the barn to see how the wool is clipped.
06:29Hello.
06:30The sheep's wool had grown very long and thick.
06:34Too hot for summer, so it needed cutting.
06:37It was just like having a hair cut.
06:44It doesn't hurt, and the wool grows again to keep the sheep warm in winter.
06:55All that wool came from one sheep.
06:58One for the little boy who lives down the lane.
07:23I wanted to see what happens to the wool next.
07:38Hello.
07:38So Jennifer showed me.
07:44This is the fleece you wanted to see.
07:46Oh, yes.
07:47That's just like the one we saw at the farm.
07:50But what happens to it now?
07:51Now I card it.
07:53That's called carding.
08:06It's a bit like brushing hair.
08:21Oh, that looks like a sausage.
08:23It's called a Rolag.
08:25Oh.
08:27Now the wool was ready for spinning.
08:28The spinning wheel twists the wool to make one long thread.
08:45Now that looked more like knitting wool.
08:50But it wasn't blue.
08:56Bye.
09:00So we went to the factory where they colour the wool.
09:03Inside the factory, we found bales of coloured wool ready for spinning.
09:14I saw some blue.
09:15I saw some blue, but it wasn't the right blue.
09:21But it wasn't the right blue.
09:23It was too dark.
09:26Hello?
09:27Do you know where I can find some blue wool like this?
09:32Try over there.
09:33Oh, thank you.
09:34Bye.
09:35There were dozens of machines spinning all sorts of colours.
09:46I saw some more blue wool.
09:47I saw some more blue wool, but it wasn't the right blue.
09:52So on I went.
09:53Then I found the place where they colour the wool.
10:05It's soaked in dye.
10:06And that puts the colour in.
10:07This is it.
10:08But it's still wet.
10:09Where can I find some that's dry?
10:10You can try over there.
10:35What?
10:54Pippin, what have you found?
10:57That's it.
11:02My blue wool! Clever girl. I knew we'd find it in the end.
11:09The sheep grows a fleece, what a lot of wool he's got.
11:17Then along will come the summer and he gets too hot.
11:21Ba-ba-here, ba-ba-there. The sheep have a haircut and there's wool everywhere.
11:32The fleece gets a comb, then it's fun to make a thread.
11:40But we want a different colour, make it blue instead.
11:44Ba-ba-here, ba-ba-there. The sheep have a haircut and there's wool everywhere.
11:52We hurried home with the wool and I knitted as fast as I could.
12:10Ah, finished at last. Two sleeves, the front and the back.
12:21Now, all we have to do is sew them together.
12:34And here it is. Edie's blue jumper.
12:38And now you know all about wool.
12:43Shhh, Pippin. It's all Edie.
12:55Hello. I've come in.
12:58Oh, dear. I'm sorry I'm late.
13:00Do you know, I waited half an hour for a bus and three came at once
13:03and the one I got on only went as far as the library.
13:05Oh, dear, I had to walk the rest of the way.
13:07Sit down, Edie. I'll make us a nice cup of tea.
13:12Now, I'll quickly wrap up Edie's present and...
