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September 12, 2007

Competition

A colleague at work sent me a couple of puns on song titles which might be in a chart for knitters:

Knits in White Satin
A Hard Day's Knit

I challenge you dear reader to come up with your own. Scummie and I will decide who has made us chortle most and award a 1st prize and a runner up prize.

Get your thinking cap on - music only please, no books, films or other artform. We will compile a Top Ten (if we get enough entries).

Off you go...... leave ideas here by commenting on this post. Entries on other fora will not be eligible unless they are here too.

Edited to add: Someone asked about prizes - well that depends on you and how inventive you are. A mere snort on our part may attract only a used gummi bear, whereas guffaws of earthshattering hilarity might ensure deliciousness beyond imagination.....

CLOSING DATE 21 September 2007, Midnight British Summer Time. See here for what that means if you are outside of the UK.

Posted by glittrgirl at September 12, 2007 11:06 AM

Comments

Okay - taking inspiration from The Smiths - I have for your enjoyment

I know knits over
You just haven't earned knit yet baby
These Knits take time - and of course
Hand in Glove LOL

Posted by: Charlotte brett at September 12, 2007 11:36 AM

Since I'm a long time Queen fan, it has to be "Bohemian Ripsody"!

Oh, and that Prince song of course: "Diamonds and purls".

This was fun. I might be back with more.

Posted by: Jenny at September 12, 2007 12:04 PM

Bella Knitte (from Lady and the Tramp)


Saturday Knit Fever


Good Knit My Someone (The Music Man)


I Felt With You


Heel Over (Look at KT Tunstall)


I am the Wool-rus (By the Beatles)


All you Knit is Love (also by The Beatles)

Posted by: mickey at September 12, 2007 02:12 PM

Oh, I have another one!

"It's in his knits (The Sheep Sheep Song)"

Posted by: Jenny at September 12, 2007 02:27 PM

Annie Knits (Ben Folds)
Glitter and Funfur (Biffy Clyro)
The Internet is for Yarn (Avenue Q) (Alternatively, it could remain The Internet is for Porn!)
The Wool on the Sheep (The Beatles)


If I went through my entire playlist picking out the ones that would be fun with knitting references... this list would be really long. So I'll stop now. This is fun!

Posted by: Diane at September 12, 2007 02:30 PM

Are You Knitting with me, Jesus by Mojo Nixon, Country Dick Montana, Peter & Louise Berryman

Knit Knit Boogie

I Don't Know Whether To Kill Myself Or Go Knit by Thom Sharpe

I Spent My Last Ten Dollars on Yarn and Beer by 2 Nice Girls

Wanna Be A Blue Light Special In The LYS Of Your Heart

Posted by: LizzieK8 at September 12, 2007 02:49 PM

Ha! This is great...delurking to add...

Hungry like the knit (duran duran)
Is there something I should Knit? (duran duran)
Rudie Can't Felt (clash)

Posted by: heather at September 12, 2007 03:46 PM

Knit Fever (Bee Gees)

Saturday Night's Allright for Knitting (Elton John)

GoodKnit, Sweetheart

ToKnit, ToKnit (West Side Story)

Knit Train (many artists, James Brown is one)

How Can You Mend a Broken Needle? (Bee Gees)

Land of 1000 Stitches (Wilson Pickett)

Mrs. Brown, you've got a lovely yarn shop (Herman's Hermits)

Music of the Knit (Phantom)

O Holy Knit (for Xmas knitting, or lace)

Since I Don't Have Yarn (Skyliners)

Knittin' in the Boys Room (Brownsville Station)

Still Knitting After All These Years (Paul Simon)

Superfrog (Rick James)

Thank the Lord for the Knit Time (Neil Diamond)

That's enough for now!


Posted by: Jan b. at September 12, 2007 04:34 PM

Dontcha Wish Your Girlfriend Could Knit Like Me?

Posted by: Holly at September 12, 2007 04:56 PM

Rip it up and start again - Orange Juice

Posted by: maryannlucy at September 12, 2007 08:32 PM

You Oughta Knit (Alanis Morrisette)
To knit, To knit, to knit (Phil Collins)
Knit Fears (Indigo Girls)
FutureSocks/LoveSkein (Justin Timberlake)
Dancing in the Steeks (Martha Reeves)
I'd Knit Anything for Love (but I won't knit THAT) Meat Loaf

Posted by: Tasha at September 12, 2007 08:52 PM

To Knit, To Knit, To Knit (Phil Collins)
FutureSocks/LoveSkein (Justin Timberlake)
I've got ewe under my skein
Super stitchin' (Stevie Wonder)
You Oughta Knit (Alanis Morissette)

Posted by: Tasha at September 12, 2007 09:07 PM

'Two Hot Purls (On a Hot Summer Knit)' a la Carly Simon

'My Favorite Misteek' a la Sheryl Crow

'You Spin Me Round (Like a Spindle)' a la Dead or Alive

Posted by: Rhi at September 12, 2007 09:08 PM

To Knit, To Knit, To Knit (Phil Collins)
FutureSocks/LoveSkein (Justin Timberlake)
I've got ewe under my skein
Super stitchin' (Stevie Wonder)
You Oughta Knit (Alanis Morissette)

Posted by: Tasha at September 12, 2007 09:08 PM

So wrong, but...

Rat in the Kitchner (UB40)

Because the Knit (Patty Smith)

Posted by: knitmonkey at September 12, 2007 09:22 PM

The Frog Song - Paul McCartney

Sorted for yarn and sticks - Pulp

(t)Ripping - Robbie Williams (silent 'T')!!

Another knot in the wool - Pink Floyd

Posted by: Tam at September 12, 2007 10:37 PM

"Ain't Even Done With the Knit" by John Cougar Mellencamp

"If Knitting You Is Wrong, Then I Don't Want To Be Right"

"Purlple Skein" by Prince

Posted by: Allison Kaushagen at September 13, 2007 12:56 AM

Knit is a Four Letter Word
Friend is a Four Letter Word (Cake)

Posted by: Dianne at September 13, 2007 03:46 AM

Knit me a river

Born to Knit

You've lost that Knittin' Feelin

Knitting in the Rain

Posted by: Charlotte brett at September 13, 2007 09:43 AM

I want to hold your Hank - The Beatles

A Hard Day's Knit - The Beatles

Loves me like a Sock - Paul Simon

Steeked, sewn, pressed I'm yours - Stevie Wonder

Posted by: Kozmic at September 13, 2007 09:51 AM

How about a bit of knitting and dressmaking "purls a singer"

Posted by: Lawrie at September 13, 2007 09:59 AM

I like this idea - it's fun! What about:

Cashmere – Led Zeppellin
When the knit goes down – Cypress Hill
Knitcessary Evil – Ice T and Stitch Count
Felter Sandman – Metallica
Knitting else matters – Metallica
Won’t get Fulled again – The Who
Wherever I May Rowan – Metallica
Purls just wanna have fun – Cyndi Lauper
Fleece of my heart – Erma Franklin

Posted by: Linzi at September 13, 2007 10:38 AM

Purl-purl Haze by Jimi Hendrix

Posted by: Bobbi at September 13, 2007 01:44 PM

the knitting / dressmaker nexus Purls a singer

Posted by: Lawrie at September 13, 2007 04:12 PM

Endless Summer Knits (Richard Marx)
Knittin' on the Dock of the Bay (Otis Redding)
I Want Your Sox (George Michael)
Janie's Got a DPN (Aerosmith)
You Can't Hurry Lace (Phil Collins, etc.)
Get This S&B Started (Pink)
A Sweater Like This (Kelly Clarkson)
All Out of Yarn (Air Supply)
Everything I Knit, I Knit It For You (Bryan Adams, Brandy)
I Left My Chart in San Fransisco (Tony Bennett)
I'm Getting Used to Acrylic (Selena)
I Need to Knit (Mark Anthony)

Have You Ever Really Loved A Pattern? (Bryan Adams)
Quit Playing Games With My Chart (Backstreet Boys)
Saving All My Yarn For You (Whitney Houston)
Knitting in Your Sleep (Crystal Gayle)
Where Do Broken Needles Go? (Whitey Houston)
Wool Beneath My Wings (Bette Midler)
Your Yarn Store Is A Wonderland (John Mayer)
Can You Feel The Wool Tonight? (Elton John)
Deep In My Stash (Britney Spears)

Posted by: Jan B. at September 13, 2007 05:01 PM

Mrs. Bobbinson (simon & garfunkel)
Shut Up and Knit (rihanna)
Knitting on the Ceiling (Lionel Richie)
You wear it well! (Rod Stewart)

Posted by: Dod at September 13, 2007 05:12 PM

Shut Up and Knit (Rhianna)

123knit (Feist)

Skein on the Train Track (Ben Kweller)

Yarn Eater (Nelly Furtado)

ha ha ha this is too much fun!

Posted by: Karen at September 13, 2007 05:24 PM

This is so much fun to read! How about...

Three Times A Knitter (Lionel Richie);
I Can't Get No Knitting Action (Rolling Stones);
A Pocketful Of Markers (David Gilmour);
A Case Of Wool (Diana Krall);

.....and my proudest moment of inspiration....

French Knitting In The USA (Debbie Harry)!

Posted by: The Artful Adorner at September 13, 2007 06:32 PM

Here Comes the Skein (The Beatles)
Lost in Stash (Aimee Mann/David Bowie)
Turn a Heel (The Shins)
Knits of the Round Table (Spamalot)
One Knit is Not Enough (Snow Patrol)

And if you want a couple that don't need to be changed at all:
New Lace Sleeves (Elvis Costello)
Wind It Up (Barenaked Ladies)

Posted by: Alexis at September 13, 2007 11:08 PM

Sam The Sham And The Pharaohs

WOOLY BULLY

Uno, dos, one, two, tres, quatro
Matty told Hatty about a thing she saw.
Had two big horns and a wooly jaw.
Wooly bully, wooly bully.
Wooly bully, wooly bully, wooly bully.
Hatty told Matty, "Let's don't take no chance.
Let's not be L-seven, come and learn to dance."
Wooly bully, wooly bully
Wooly bully, wooly bully, wooly bully.
Matty told Hatty, "That's the thing to do.
Get you someone really to pull the wool with you."
Wooly bully, wooly bully.
Wooly bully, wooly bully, wooly bully.

Posted by: Denise at September 14, 2007 09:27 AM

ok - a few more I couldn't resist....

Hello (Lionel Stitchie)
the Wool on the Hill (Beatles)
Things can only get Sweater (D.Ream)
Knitting on the Dock of the Bay (Otis Threading)

Posted by: Dod at September 14, 2007 10:32 AM

I don't believe that anybody feels the way I do about you now....

coz after all,
you're my wonderwool

(oasis)

Posted by: just call me ruby at September 14, 2007 04:50 PM

Here's a few:

Steve Tyrell (classics)
*Give me the knitted life
*knits to build a dream on
*i've got the world on a string (fits, original title!)
*I'll be knitting you
*the way you knit tonight
*for all we knit
*i've got my yarn to keep me warm

megadeth: the knitting road

Caesars: I'm gonna knit you out

DropKickMurphies: Knittyheads on the MBTA

LessThanJake: SSK Sucks

Weezer: Knit Together

Christmas:
*have yourself a merry little knitfest
*i saw mommy knitting santa claus


Posted by: CBear at September 14, 2007 04:50 PM

Dropstitch me Knitty Through the Cast-off of Life

Posted by: sylviatx at September 16, 2007 04:25 PM

"No, it's English Style, not Co-ontinental" (They Might be Giants, and others)

"Don't F*ck With My Chart" (Black Eyed Peas)

"Someone to Swatch All for Me" (Ella Fitzgerald and others)

(And for the record, "I left my chart in San Francisco" above rated a spit-take from me!!!)

Posted by: etcgirl at September 16, 2007 07:58 PM

Just Like a Knitter (just like a woman)
Gotta Swatch Sometimes (Gotta serve somebody)
Tangled up in Koigu
Knit in Peace (Rest in Peace, Buffy: once more with feeling)
Knitter Creek (the eagles)
Steek me (jewel)

Posted by: string at September 16, 2007 08:22 PM

Rip It! a-la whip it! by Devo, I believe.

I actually SING that when I'm ripping out stitches.

Posted by: Zanne at September 16, 2007 08:29 PM

everybody wants to knit a clap (aristocats)

Posted by: string at September 16, 2007 08:34 PM

To All the Purls I've Loved Before

Purple (Kid Silk) Haze

You've Lost that Felting Feeling

Tangled Up in Blue (yarn)

I'm pants at this...will try to think of more later...

Posted by: Yorkie at September 16, 2007 08:34 PM

Oh! Here's another one...

Kureyon My Wayward Son

Posted by: Yorkie at September 16, 2007 08:36 PM

(Ready or Knit) Omaha Nebraska (from Bowling for Skeins)
It's Knit Over (Daughtry)
The Joker and the Knit (Wolfmother)
Fall Into Steeks (Mudvayne)
Frog It To Remember (Mudvayne)
Pulling the Yarn (Mudvayne)
Frog My Frankenstein (Alice Cooper)
Dust in the Wind [that's pronounced Wine-d, not Win-d] (Kansas)
Ballroom Knitz (Sweet)
It Ends ToKnit (All-American Rejects)
BitterSteek Symphony (The Verve)
Poisoning Pigeons in the Purl (Tom Lehrer)
Crazy Stitch (Buck Cherry)
Hakuna Maknita (Lion King)
Suddenly I Steek (KT Tunstall)
November Skein (Gauge n Roses)
...Baby One More Skein
Sunskein of your Love (Cream)
Pattern of Confusion (Genesis)
Love RollerKoigu (Red Hot Chili Peppers)
Higher Round (Stevie Wonder)
Desert Rows (Sting)
Ten Thousand Knits (Disturbed)
Stormy Heather (take your pick...it's been covered so much)

Posted by: Mickey at September 16, 2007 08:44 PM

Night Purler (AC/DC)
Poor Twisted Stitch (metallica)
What can you knit for me (Utah Saints)
Skein um Skein (Rammskein)
This is the new Knit (Marylin Manson)
Holding on for a handdyed (bonie tyler)
A knitter named Sue (Johnny Cash)

Posted by: fee at September 16, 2007 08:52 PM

Wind It Up (Gwen Stefani) - don't even have to change it:)
Straight to the Hank (50 Cent)
Live Before I Dye (Ashley Parker Angel)
Ewe Have Milled Me (Morrissey) - bad pun hah:)
First Of The Hank To Dye (Morrissey)
I Like Ewe (Morrissey)
No knots for ewe

Posted by: Katy at September 17, 2007 01:58 PM

So the ultimate knitters band must be Felt?????

Posted by: charlotte brett at September 17, 2007 02:29 PM

Duke of Purl (Gene Chandler)
Gettin' Knitty Wit It (Will Smith)
I Believe I Can Knit (R. Kelly)
Knittin' Up in My Room (Brandy)
Livin' on A Prayer Shawl (Bon Jovi)
Knitwitu (Pussycat Dolls)
Funky Cold Merino (Ton Loc)
Once Knitted Twice Shy (Great White)
Knitter Boi (Avril Lavigne)

Posted by: Jan b. at September 17, 2007 03:37 PM

"Knit So Good" by John Couger Mellancamp

"Summer Knits" (from Grease)

"30,000 Pounds of Acrylic" by Harry Chapin

"Every Little Thing She Knits is Magic" by The Police

"Gonna Make You (A) Sweat(er)" by C&C Music Factory

"All About Gauge" Billy Joel

"The Beast and the Yarn Harlot" by Avenged Sevenfold

"Everyone Else Has Had More SEX" by TISM (okay okay...I admit that's the actual title just without the extra capital letters.)

"I'll Have To Say I Love You With A Scarf" - Jim Croce

"Cleveland Socks" - Theme from "The Drew Carey Show"

Posted by: Kit15 at September 21, 2007 10:30 AM

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