So, you want to become the next Heavy Metal Knitting World Champion and show your skills?

GREAT! You’ll just need to wait fo another year, since the application period for 2022 has ended!

Application period for 2022 is over!

The official rules for the Heavy Metal Knitting World Championship can be viewed here.

CHOOSE YOUR DESTINY

I mean your heavy metal knitting song

The official song for 2022 qualification round is from an aspiring metal band Palesloth. Download and listen the song. And start knitting.

PaleslothDistorted

Download

FILM YOUR DESTINY

Err, make a video of you knitting to the tunes of the song “Distorted” by Palesloth

Find your ghettoblaster, play the song, press rec and knit like there’s no tomorrow. Or build a storyline and edit the song in afterwards. We don’t care. Anything goes as long as you put on a good show.

A few rules though:

• Maximum video length is 1 minute
• You need to use the song we’ve picked (any part of the song is okay)
• You must do knitting on the video.
• You yourself must perform on the video (extras and other actors are allowed too).
• The video must be uploaded to YouTube, so that you can provide us with a link to it.
• Age limit for the competition is 18.

UPLOAD YOUR DESTINY

We want to see it. We really do.

Upload the video into YouTube. Send a link to us via application form for viewing your newborn piece of art.

FULFILL YOUR DESTINY

(You’ll have to wait for fulfillment until 2023, since the application period is over for this year!

WAIT FOR YOUR DESTINY

Cross your fingers

Once the application period is over, a well-versed Heavy Metal Knitting jury will review all of the videos.

The semifinal jury rates the videos and chooses 12 contestants that deserve a place in the grand finals. The grand final will be held on July 8th 2022 in Joensuu, Finland.

YOUR DESTINY IS IN HEAVY METAL KNITTING.

It really is.

Got in the finals? Great! Be prepared to light the stage on fire on 8th of July, 2022

Didn’t get in to the finals? Bummer, but still: make sure to follow our channels and see the most awesome competition of the year 2022! The final event will also be streamed live

The first ever Heavy Metal Knitting World Championship was held in summer 2019 in Joensuu, Finland. The 2020 championship was postponed due to global pandemic and in summer 2021 the competition was held 100% online. In 2022 the event is finally to be held live again!

The Heavy Metal Knitting World Championship finals are held in Joensuu, Finland on the 8th of July, 2022.