"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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

Circular vs. Straights

Skacel Collection, Inc., has decided to show us how much faster a knitter can knit on an Addi Turbo Circular needle compared to straight needles. Speeds may appear faster in the video than they really are, especially given that neither contestant seems to actually have any idea how to knit.

Knitting Makes Strange Cellmates

In the 2010 movie Cop Out, knitting provides a moment of connection between two inmates. Please be warned that this video contains coarse language.

"Manky wool is no good to us because we've got really high standards."

Check out Pringle of Scotland's cheeky 2010 animated short on the process of making their jumpers from collecting wool ("We like to take the wool from the belly of the goats because the rest of it gets really manky. Manky wool is no good to us because we've got really high standards"), to producing the yarn and designing and producing the sweaters ("Things that aren't designed look all ramshackle"), and the process of promoting their products ("We always get good write-ups in the magazines because they all know how good we are and how rubbish everyone else is").

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.

Knitting -101

Dan Bergstein may not know how to knit, but he can make a how-to-knit video because he has a videocam and a YouTube account and it's a free country and all that. Check out Knitting 101 for instructions on how to make a scarf the Dan Bergstein way, and for Dan's words of wisdom, which include, "It's okay to pull real hard, cause it's yarn. Yarn can't feel pain," and, "We're not making mistakes; we're making experiences."

So You Think You Can Knit....

Who will win the giant needle, and who will go home in despair and start crocheting? Check out the drama, the joy, and the heartbreak that is the finale of So You Think You Can Knit.

Coming up: Look for the review of the October 2013 issue of Knit n' Style tomorrow morning!

Knitter Profiling

Papillon, which stars Kevin McDonald (The Kids in the Hall alumnus), is a comedy sketch series about an ultra low budget airline. In their very first episode, a passenger takes out knitting needles, and all hell breaks loose.

Sh*t Knitters Say

Today, I bring you a video called Sh*t Knitters Say.






Followed by a second video, also named Sh*t Knitters Say.






Followed by a third video, this time named Sh*t Vegan Knitters Say. I don't know if there's a video called Sh*t Knitting Bloggers Say, and given that I already recognize too many of my own words in the first two videos, I'm afraid to look, in case I find out my blog really is just like the all those thousands of knitting blogs out there. I mean, I bet the people who put those first two videos together thought they were being original too.

Coming up: Look for the Knitscene Fall 2013 issue review tomorrow morning!

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.

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.

Thug Knitt

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Funny or Die brings us a video in which the supremacy of a knitting gang leader is challenged by an unlikely outsider and an epic one-on-one fight ensues. Respect, yo.

Goodknittas

Funny or Die brings us a tale starring actors Robert Costanzo and John Capodice, who are vetting a new kid for their organization. Is he ready for the big time? Did he bring the right goods to the table?

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.

Gran Knits

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