Violet's costume is an important part of her character.
When designing her, I make a conscious effort to give her a "wardrobe" of clothes that were believable, functional and understated, over-designed costumes always feel cumbersome and impractical in my opinion, especially when it comes to female characters.
I also kept in mind that Violet was moving in to her new home, and so would be dressed practically, in a warm jumper and scuffed jeans.
A key influence for Violet's outfit is Sarah Lund from The Killing who famously wears a fantastic jumper whilst solving horrible murders in Scandinavia.
The knitted portion of Violet's costume, or rather crocheted, is being produced by the massively talented Brenna Eaves whose site is
www.etsy.com/shop/nutsaboutcrochet13 (Crochet patterns, not fully finished figures)
These are a couple pictures of the Test items Brenna sent me a while ago using measurements I took from the puppet.
Unfortunately, the test jumper Brenna sent me was a tad small for the puppet, the measurements being slightly out. As a result I had to cut a nasty split up the back just to be able to slip it onto the puppet.
I nearly cried whilst doing it.
Violet shall wear a couple variations of the jumper throughout the film to indicate the passing of time. The colours shall be primarily dark rich colours, deep reds and green for instance.
She will also wear the jumpers with the sleeves rolled up, hence the short length of the sleeves in the photos below.
A while ago Brenna mentioned the idea of a simple design on the jumper which I rather liked, or I might have mentioned it to her, it's hazy, but either way, Brenna produced this terribly nice jumper with a wonderfully simple design on it almost reminiscent of Space Invaders.
Above: Turtle-neck unrolled
Above: Turtle-neck rolled
Above: Back-split on the new version of the jumper to allow it to be slipped on like a jacket and sewn up after.
Above: Brenna's basic designs for other jumper graphics which are under consideration, we are erring away from the more "pointy" designs, as we don't want them to point towards a particular area of her anatomy.
Incredibly pleased with the standard of work Brenna has provided and shall bring you more news as things develop.
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