Monday, September 11, 2006

The Greatest Loom Knitting Movies of All Time


Despite the popularity of its "100 Greatest ..." lists (such as "100 Greatest Movies" and "100 Greatest Comedies"), the American Film Institute has been pretty much ignoring that popular movie subgenre devoted to looms and loom knitting (and we're not even going to mention the Academy's snubbing of yarn folk). But recently the AFI decided that with the booming looming population, it might be time to rectify that ommission. In fact, just this afternoon AFI finally announced the ...


Top 14 Loom Knitting Movies of All Time


#14 — Indiana Jones and the Too Many Looms

#13 — Armageddon (More Yarn and You Can't Stop Me!)

#12 — Knitting Hill

#11 — Purl Harder

#10 — The Last Yarn Fighter

#9 — Red Heart

#8 — The "Dare Stitch!" Project

#7 — The Longest Board

#6 — True Plies

#5 — Lara Loft: Loom Raider

#4 — Rakes on a Plane

#3 — The Chronicles of Yarnia: The Lion Brand Stash in the Wardrobe

#2 — A Slub's Life


And the Number 1 Loom Knitting Movie of All Time—


#1 — Scarf Ace


[Loom pictured is a Fine Gauge loom from Loon Looms Wood Rose line.]

2 Comments:

Anonymous Anonymous said...

What about "The One that flew over the loom nest"

8:31 PM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

Hm. I thought "Rakes on a Plane" was about really cheeky, British tourists. Or, no. Maybe not; maybe that's just one of my memories of transatlantic flight.

5:05 PM  

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