Showing posts with label knitimation. Show all posts
Showing posts with label knitimation. Show all posts

Monday 19 May 2014

Moving On



Moving On is a stop-motion video from BAFTA-nominated animator, writer, and director Ainslie Henderson, which she created as a music video for the song of the same name by the British rock band James. In it, Henderson uses yellow yarn to tell a story about the inevitable cycle of life, death, grief, and joy. As Shakespeare put it, "the web of our life is of a mingled yarn, good and ill together." (All's Well that Ends Well, Act IV, scene 3.)

Monday 28 April 2014

Knitter's Guide to the Galaxy



The knitted sequence from the movie The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy, featuring what may be the most innovative use of variegated yarn ever. It almost makes me wish they'd done the whole movie that way, although the presence of Morgan Freeman reconciles me to the live action option.

Wednesday 23 October 2013

Knitting Dreams



A 2010 animated video, "Knitting Dreams", made by Andrea Markart and Julia Laggner, about all the hopes, dreams, and fantasies one works into one's knitting.

Friday 18 October 2013

Knit Face



Knit Face, a short animation by Janet Merewether's Go Girl Productions, which "toys with the idea of the 'portrait' in a pluralist society" and in which a collection of knitted and crocheted toys strike a pose and give good face.

Friday 27 September 2013

Ball of Yarn



Klubok, or Ball of Yarn, made in 1968, is a short animated film based on a Russian folk tale about a poor old woman and the magic ball of yarn she finds one cold winter night. The movie was directed by Nikolai Serebryakov and the music was created by Eduard Artemiev.

Friday 20 September 2013

Pingu and the Knitting Machine



Pingu and the Knitting Machine is a stop animation short about a little penguin and his mother's new knitting machine.

Friday 13 September 2013

"I wish you had taken up stamp collecting."



According to Franklin Habit, if Albert Einstein and Queen Elizabeth were married, they might have had this conversation about Albert's intended Christmas present. Or this conversation about Queen Elizabeth's birthday present.

Saturday 7 September 2013

Why a Knitter Shouldn't Marry Mr. Spock



A little cartoon, entitled I Don't See The Problem, that pits Vulcan logic against knitting logic.

Advantage: knitting.

Friday 6 September 2013

Aleksandr, the Very Last Knitter



Aleksandr, a 2010 animated short created by Rémy Dereux, Maxime Hibon, Juliette Klauser, Raphaëlle Ranson and Louise Seynhaeve, is a fabulous tale of yarn and knitting production in a village in the clouds... until the day a carelessly discarded yarn spool awakens their neighbour down below.

Wednesday 4 September 2013

Learning to Knit



An animated short called Learning to Knit, from Max Alexander. Some people learn to knit faster than others. And some of the slower-paced knitters have a hard time accepting that.

Monday 2 September 2013

The Little Red Plane



The Little Red Plane is a knitted stop motion short about a boy and his cat and the trip they make in a little red plane in order to deliver parcels. This short was made by Charlotte Blacker in her final year of university.

Thursday 29 August 2013

A Ravelry Rivalry



Ravelry is an animated short, written, directed and animated by Kathryn Parker (AKA Evil Crochet Genius), about two crocheted and knitted neighbouring gardens and the rivalry that proves to be their undoing.

Sunday 4 August 2013

Do Ewe Knit While Watching TV?



An animated short by Juraj Kubinec. Apparently even sheep like to watch TV while they knit. It's a shame there wasn't better programming for this sheep's knitting time, but maybe that's why it finished its project so quickly.

Friday 21 June 2013

It's a Cat and Mouse and Knitting game



This animated short, Knitty Kitty, was made by the YouTube user castlefroggy as a student project.



Monday 17 June 2013

The Great Knitted Escape



Check out this recreation of the motorcycle chase scene from the 1963 movie, The Great Escape, in which a woolly-headed Steve McQueen tries to escape to the Swiss border on a crocheted Triumph TR6. This tribute was produced by K1P1.com in association with Baker-bunch to commemorate the 50th anniversary of the release of The Great Escape, which in turn was based on Paul Brickhill's book about the March 24th, 1944 escape of 77 British airmen from the high security Stalag Luft III POW camp.

Tuesday 21 May 2013

It's a Knitted Voodoo Thing



Voodoo, also titled Mini-Me, is a stop animation short created by Wonky Films and featuring two knitted characters named Knit and Purl. Wonky Films has also produced two more films featuring the same knitted characters: Stuffing Up and Tickle. These knitted little guys have won the Bablegum film festival's Jury Runner Up Award and appeared on BBC Big Screens across the U.K. to help promote Children in Need.

Saturday 4 May 2013

Gran Knits



Gran, from the 1983 British stop motion animated series Gran, invents a new kind of central heating.

Friday 26 April 2013

Why a Knitter Shouldn't Marry a Rollerskater



Franklin Habit of The Panopticon brings us an animated drama showing us what would happen if Queen Elizabeth, who is a knitter, were married to a roller-skating Albert Einstein.

Thursday 11 April 2013

The Olympknits



Take a look at this knitted rendering of the Olympics, by Alan Baker and Laura Long. From a Chariots of Fire-esque opening scene to the lofty commentary by "Phil Sportsman" to the streaker, it has all the excitement of the Olympics, if none of the muscle definition.

Friday 29 March 2013

If You're Cold, Put On a Sweater



A Belgian natural gas company wanted a commercial that would convey the warmth and comfort that natural gas will bring to your home. How do you do that? Well, what did your mother always tell you? If you're cold, put on a sweater. The commercial is made by TBWA Brussels, directed by Olivier Babinet, and produced by Lovo Films.






Here's a short film about the making of the commercial above. After a month of preparation, a professional crew of over 40 men spent four days and nights shooting this commercial live and in stopmotion with four different cameras.