Knitting is everywhere, haven't you notice it? I always laugh to myself because when I was pregnant, all those decades ago, it seemed as though every other woman was pregnant when in fact it was a change in my focus. I just noticed pregnant women, that's all. I've now lost or given up that focus and moved my attention to all things knitting. Which brings me to the show "Person of Interest". (The segue isn't my strength, I'm sure you dear reader agree.)
In last night's "Person of Interest" (CityTV for those of you reading in the greater Vancouver area) even Paul caught the knitting reference and suggested I write about it. Oh, so sorry Paul, I think I may be a bad influence on you!
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| Mr Finch |
First, the show focuses on two main characters: Michael Emerson plays
Mr. Finch (I think they indicated last night his first name is Harold). Finch is a very private, geeky billionaire who designed a computer system for the US government to track all people in order to locate possible terrorist activity. The system also locates persons who may be in serious trouble, like the type of thing that almost always has the potential to lead to death.
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| Mr Reese |
Finch hires
John Reese who is played by Jim Caviezel. Reese is an ex-Green Beret who is very skilled at tracking people as well as protecting himself and others. He also seems to have not ended his relationship with the US government well. Reese saves the persons of interest from what I've already said appears to be imminent death. Here's a
promotional video summarizing the premise of the show in one minute. (I hear you saying OK, OK what about knitting?)
So last night's episode,
Number Crunch involved trying to save four people instead of the usual one person, thus the title. Without boring you with the entire plot, the money that had been stolen was hidden in a knitting bag and placed other a mother's hospital bed. This was first verbally introduced and I had a vision in my mind of that bag looking something like this with a wide strap, a zipper on the top and a good size.
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| My type of knitting bag |
Instead when we finally got to the part where the bag was revealed it was in fact a gold lame' retail bag like this:
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| Not a knitting bag |
OK, the bag used in the espisode might have been a bit shorter and wider, but you get the idea. Obviously the props persons do not knit. No self respecting knitter would put their precious yarn project in a bag like this for a few reasons:
- It is ugly
- Needles (or perhaps only my needles and the way I travel) have a tendency to poke right through paper or, plastic for that matter, leaving the potential to lose the tools of your trade
- If the bag topples over, again a real possibility, whatever's in it will fall out and depending on the cleanliness of the floor can mess up your project
- The carrying handles aren't designed for those who need to be able to use their hands for a certain amount of delicate work
- It's ugly~~did I mention that already?
So look here TV people, if you are going to include details about things that some happen to know something about, get the details right. Use the proper tools of the trade. And while you're at it, when you have an actor knitting, get the person knitting lessons; avoid having them use a rowing motion with the needles, it's not correct . There are enough of us around ready to share our skills. If you have the actor spend 15 minutes with an experienced knitter you'll appear to have done all your homework.
Whew -- Glad to get that off my chest. I feel better now, thanks for asking.
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