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Feb 14, 2013 · Top Ten Best Movies for Knitters. with suggested knitting projects included! 1. Pride and Prejudice, any version. Perhaps the one with Keira Knightly or the one with Gree r Garson, or if you have a few nights, the BBC Miniseries with Colin Firth who is the best Darcy ever, remember when he walks out of the lake?
Apr 11, 2023 · This blog post explores the iconic knitting scenes in movies, highlighting the versatility of knitting as a craft and its ability to be used in various contexts in film.
Feb 28, 2014 · Julia Louis-Dreyfus (aka. Elaine aka. Veep) knitting a blanket. In honour of the Oscars this Sunday, I bring you not one but two Knitting Movie Moments this week! And boy, is this film rife with them! Enough Said has everything you’d want in a good rom-com.
Sep 17, 2021 · With Anna Hutchison, Simon Arblaster, Olivia Tennet, Annie Whittle. The owner of a quaint New Zealand yarn shop, Sophie Markham, gets her world flipped upside down after learning her top supplier of yarn, King Farms, is stopping production.
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- Comedy, Romance
- Peter Burger
- 2021-09-17
- What Drew You to The subject?
- What Kind of Tension?
- How New Is The Use of Yarn in The Art World?
- Do You Knit?
Millard:I became interested in how more traditional home activities were becoming trendy, and we started talking about it and decided to make a film focused on knitting and crochet. Lorenzen:I was raised with a mother who was the head of the textile department at an art school in Reykjavik, so I grew up around that stuff. I also grew up around a lo...
Lorenzen: Artists like Tinna see yarn as a way to feminize the world. The feminine associations with knitting and crocheting can't be ignored. But Olek struggles with this, and the way her art is labeled as "craft." Toshiko also struggles with this, because her playscapes, which are made for children, are often not seen as art. There is a differenc...
Lorenzen:There have been textile departments in art schools since the 1930s and Bauhaus artist were working with textiles. But in the 1960s it became much more popular around Europe—right around when second wave feminism became more popular. I think those things are linked. Women saw that the things women make can be art, too.
Millard:I'm taking lessons with Tinna right now. But I'm glad I entered the subject as an outsider, because it helped me see the elements in the story that would appeal to a wider audience. Lorenzen: I did in school, but I haven't done it since. So many of my friends do, and I would love to do it. I don't know what is wrong with me.
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Dec 15, 2021 · Queue up your fave holiday movie and get comfy on the couch for a knitting break. Try one of these films with holiday knitting projects!
Mar 10, 2023 · When not at bingo, Ms. Barry is usually knitting. Four of her sweaters appear in the Oscar-nominated film “The Banshees of Inisherin,” which is set on a fictional island in 1923, toward...
