Dunkirk Fair Isle Vest

Ever since I started knitting and especially since I started getting into fair isle, I cannot watch a film without noticing all the knit wears.

Dunkirk has got to be the best film I watched this year in cinemas and I wanted to knit the vest that George was wearing, partly because I liked the pattern and the character and partly because I wanted to recreate and keep a small part of something I admire.

I used this 1952 fair isle vest pattern as the base, and created the chart based on this single still image I could find on the internet. This is the second time I used the vest pattern as a base, and I doubt it'll be my last.

(c) Warner Bros, Syncopy Inc.

I made a minor modification to the fair isle pattern because I assume the vest George was wearing was for a teenager, and I didn't want to have too many pattern repeats. I referred to 200 Fair Isle Motifs book to create the chart. 

I started the vest shortly after watching the film in August and finished on Christmas eve, just in time to give it to Sean (my boyfriend) as a Christmas gift. A nice way to wrap up another knitting year, I have to say. :)

You can see it on my Ravelry as well, for more details on the yarns and such.