Knitting and Hollywood

This weekend was rather gloomy and I was at our lake cabin stuck indoors with my granddaughter Laura. She is 15 months old and is so close to speaking, and one of her favorite words is doggy, she absolutely adores my destructive dog Rocky (see earlier blogs regarding his escapades) and any other dog no matter what shape or size. Our cabin is in a time warp and we only have a tiny t.v. with no reception and a crazy collection of VHS tapes. We decided to watch Lady and the Tramp and I must say it was so fun to watch this endearing tale involving dogs, babies, crazy cats, and parents that did not give one thought to leaving their infant in the care of an eccentric old maid!

What I loved most about this movie was seeing the mother announcing her impending birth by knitting baby bootees on a set of double pointed needles, I guess Disney thought you may not say the word pregnant.

Other movies that I have noticed with knitting in them are Breakfast at Tiffany's, Holly doesn't know if she is knitting the Pampas or a sweater, Wallace and Gromit, you gotta love a knitting dog, it is a stress reducer for him! A variety of Jane Austen type movies and the most odd one is The Repo Man, in this movie it is a man that is quite a gruff character and he is knitting a scarf with alot of texture to it.

Some of my favorite shows I am currently following have knitting in them as well, in True Blood the main stars Grandmother was a knitter, and in Hung which is a series about a male prostitute (very entertaining because he has the equipment but not the business sense), his pimp is a knitter, I am not sure what she knits but she has the stuff lying around.

To me the knitting is not just a prop but a little glimpse into a person, for example if you look in my knitting bags, you will see such a variety of projects. Sweaters for different family members, a couple of sweaters for myself, a skirt for my Laura, Fair Isle pouches that are possible bridesmaids gifts, and lots of yarn that is waiting to be knit up into all sorts of things.

If Hollywood needs a professional knitter to be the yarn wrangler I am at their service!