Call it a scarf. Call it a vest. Call it a shawl. Call it a cowl. Or,
heck, call it a cape. It won’t matter how you refer to Katniss’ (Jennifer Lawrence) knit accessory in Catching Fire, fans of The Hunger Games will totally get you and your obsession with it.
Trish Summerville, who designed the movie’s costumes, told the New York Times
the following about Katniss’ look: “I wanted to bundle her up a bit and
give her something that had a feel of the Capitol, but still with
keeping in those nubby, big natural fibers—something, say, her mom could
have made her.”
Summerville turned to Los Angeles-based knitwear designer Maria Dora
to create the piece, which Dora prefers to call a “shield.” Sadly, Dora
has no immediate plans to offer any similar styles for sale—this, of course, hasn't stopped the internet from exploding with thousands of fans picking up their knitting needles and crochet hooks and improvising their own patterns. In terms of projects, it was a long one....and yarn-hungry too! But the finished project was well worth the occasional frustrations, and while it is nowhere near an exact replica, it turned out rather nifty...and fashionable too!
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