Knitwear at the Movies: Never Let Me Go

Sometimes I use books to subtly test my compatibility with people: do we have similar tastes, and will we be friends?  Never Let Me Go, the novel by Kazuo Ishiguro, was not one of those books.

Is the book well-written? Absolutely.  Is is a good book?  Well...  I'm not enthusiastic about it, but it's for sure not bad; I can't seem to figure out how I feel about it as a whole.  Would I recommend it to you?  Not without the caveats I just mentioned.

I'm similarly ambivalent after watching the movie.  Is is well cast? Definitely.  Well acted? Undoubtedly.  Do I like it? Well... I don't know?  Evidently I like it enough to watch it twice.  But I've also seen Dumb and Dumber more than once, so that's not saying much.

So: you wanna see a bunch of gray sweaters?

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Grrraaaaayyyyyyy.  These poor kids.

The adults in the movie -- teachers and present-day main characters -- get much more interesting knits, thankyouverymuch.

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It's obvious the audience is supposed to identify with Miss Lucy, played by Sally Hawkins, because she has the best sweaters.

Light, bright, alright!  It stands out as airy and comfortable in a world awash with gloom and rigidness.

Kinda Remindy Patterns:

Snowcloud Cardigan [Rav link] by Dorothy Jane; $4.00 USD
Babette [Rav link] by Sarah Hatton; from Rowan's Cocoon Collection

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When Miss Lucy partakes of the gray trend surrounding her, she does so with some fun details, even as she expounds on not-so-fun lectures.

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There's a honeycomb brick pattern on the shoulders? And a herringbone/chevron pattern down each cardigan front?  I'm not very good at description today, sorry.
Killybegs [Rav link] by Carol Feller; in book Contemporary Irish Knits

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I was very nearly dissuaded by the sea of gray, but these cuffs on Kathy's sweater convinced me that this post was possible.

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I hope the colorwork (snowflakes!) and the gull eyelet pattern will distract you from poor Carey Mulligan's horrible haircut.

Did you know that if you're generally looking for a cardigan with stranded colorwork, you will find approximately 800 patterns that include stranding at the yoke and/or all-over fair isle and/or simple striping and/or large intarsia motifs, and approximately 15 patterns patterns with stranded colorwork at the wrists and lower hem only?
True story.  (and then I found twenty dollars.)
Not-Even-Slightly-Remindy-but-Kathy-Might-Like-Them Patterns
free!  116-44 Jacket [Rav link] by DROPS design
free!  61-18 Cardigan in Paris with zipper [Rav link] by DROPS design

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Random Girl at The Cottages (seriously, does her character have a name?) knows that her comfy green sweater is perfect for learning how to laugh at sitcoms.

Hanging out in an English farmhouse with some tea and a rope-cabled mock turtleneck pullover sounds like a perfect weekend plan.
I'll get right on that? --no.  But I can dream.
Cable Cascade Pullover [Rav link] by Jennifer L. Appleby; $5.50 USD

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Awww, Grumpy Guy (character name Keffers, real name David Sterne), you didn't think I'd forget about you, did you?

This quick glimpse of his traditional aran pullover is the best shot I could get; the man likes his outerwear.