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Ian McKellan and Björn Ulvaeus knit Abba’s Christmas jumpers together again
By Andy Malt | Published on Monday 5 December 2022
Abba’s Björn Ulvaeus and actor Ian McKellen have shared a video of themselves knitting together. Not for the first time, mind. Although this year they talk too.
The pair last year posted a video of themselves knitting Abba Christmas jumpers in silence, promoting the band’s festive merch offering. This year they’re back, knitting more jumpers. And it’s an altogether chattier video, the conceit being that McKellen has now joined Abba.
In the video, McKellen says that he’s “very, very pleased” to see a new poster for the band’s virtual avatar show ‘Voyage’, which features him standing in the centre of the group.
“You’ve found your place”, says Ulvaeus.
Elsewhere in the video, McKellen muses that “knitting is a solitary activity, but one that you can do in company”.
“I prefer knitting with a friend”, he adds, but insists that Ulvaeus is his only knitting partner. So that’s a whole thing. What can we learn from this, though? Well, tickets for Abba Voyage are available now and there is more Christmas merch on sale too.
Another thing I have learned is that you can watch the video here:
