On a wall hangs her "work in progress board, " covered with yarn samples, color groupings, photos of needlework patterns and printouts diagramming where various yarn patterns should go.

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They seek to find the best balance of yarn weight, stitch patterns, nylon color and at least 10 other variables.

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The slightly artificial quality that comes with this technology -- even wearing the spectacles puts a barrier between the movie and reality -- complements Pi's magical realist yarn, and Claudio Miranda's luminous, glossy, color-saturated cinematography gives the movie a picture book look.

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