A lovely e-mail came in to The Craft Blog the other day. A proud dad shared a link to his daughter's award-winning film. So why are you seeing it here and not, say, on The Life Blog? Because all of the scenes in the film are knitted!
Can you imagine how much time it took to create all those tiny little scenes? The Little Red Plane, by Charlotte Blacker, is made using stop-motion techniques (think Wallace & Gromit, surely one of Blacker's inspirations) and huge piles of knitting created by three generations of women in the director's family. The BBC did a great article on the film, acknowledging the hours of hand-wrecking knitting that went into the film's creation. And that's BEFORE the time-consuming stop-motion animation started.
Turns out, there are some other very cool knits on film. Here are links to a few that kept me spellbound.
- Cephalopods in Love - the inspiring story of a knitted octopus and a knitted nautilus that find sweet interspecies love.
- Walkie Talkie Man - a fabulous knitted music video from Steriogram. Who knew you could knit a whole drum set?
- Belgian natural gas commercial - I'm pretty sure my radiators don't spit out cosy knitted warmth, but it's a lovely idea.
- Knitted Ferrari - a simple 360-degree view of a full-size knitted Ferrari made by an art school student. No one bought it, so maybe this is your chance.
- The Last Knit - a cautionary tale about knitting obsession. And a good argument for carrying large scissors wherever you go.
If you've seen any other great knitting vids, please share!
