26 Post Challenge (K)

K is for Knitting. You can't say you didn't see that coming over the hill!

But since I don't have much joy to report on the knitting front (it's coming though...slowly) here is a bit of knitting fun instead. It will make you want to curl up with your sticks and unplug the phone.

Some Favourite Movies that Include Knitting

• Addams Family - (Morticia knits a 3-legged bodysuit!)
• Alex & Emma
• Amelie - The tobacconist is crocheting (I'm letting it in because I just really love this movie!) in her shop/the cafe.
• Babette's Feast
• Bend It Like Beckham
• Breakfast at Tiffany's
• Brokeback Mountain
• Calendar Girls
• Chicago
• Chicken Run
  
• Dancing at Lughnasa
• The Deer Hunter
• Fargo
• The Full Monty
• Gone With The Wind (OK - So this is another crocheting one. But it's yarn and a great movie so who could resist).
• Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets - When the Weasleys & Harry walk into the burrow, they see needles knitting by themselves. I sometimes think us muggles work at things too darn hard.
  
• Heavenly Creatures
• La Vie en Rose
• Lady and the Tramp
  
• Lost in Translation
• Like Water for Chocolate
• Little Women (1995)
• Moll Flanders
• Preparez vos Mouchoirs - (1978 with Gerard Depardieu)
• Rosemary's Baby
• The Shipping News
• Spiderman III
• Wallace & Grommit; The Curse of the WereRabbit
  
• Wild, Wild West
  

Favourite Books with Knitting Characters

• Balzac and the little Chinese Seamstress contains an important knitting character, who knits throughout the book.
• Goodnight Moon (Margaret Wise Brown) "The little old lady whispering hush" is knitting.
• Harry Potter (JK Rowling)
  
• The Sorcerer's Stone (Hagrid knits and Ron Weasley's mother knits a sweater for Harry.
• The Order of the Phoenix Hermione knits hats for house elves
• The Half Blood Prince Professor Dumbledore spends extra time in bathroom, when someone inquires if he has an upset stomach he replies, "No, I was merely reading the muggle magazines, I do love knitting patterns."
  
• Jane Eyre (Charlotte Bronte) Mrs. Fairfax, the housekeeper at Thornfield Hall, knits throughout the book

Knitting Celebrities

• Julia Roberts
• Madonna
• Iman
• Hilary Swank
• Cameron Diaz
• Daryl Hannah
• Goldie Hawn
• Winona Ryder
• Julianne Moore
• Rose McGowan
• Kate Moss
• Vanna White
• Megan Mullaly
• Sarah Jessica Parker
• Bob Mackie