Knit Madness Day 10: Sweet Sixteen, Part 2

It only took nine days for one of the polls to end in a tie: When the polls closed, The Wheel of Time and While You Were Sleeping had 25 points apiece. No winner in sight.

Granted, if you look at that poll right this second (1:09pm ET), Rand’s sweater is pulling ahead by three points because Bluesky polls technically never end or close. But I use the same metric for every matchup: The tally/percentage at the 24-hour mark is the one that marks. And while I had an idea for a tie-breaker, I fell asleep before implementing or explaining it, so I opted for a rematch instead. With the Elite Eight kicking off tomorrow, it’s no longer an option I’ll have.

So this is the new rule. In the case of a tie after 24 hours, I will allow votes to come in for one more hour. For example, if this rematch ties again, I’ll check back in tomorrow at 2pm ET, and whatever results are in my screenshot¹ will be the winner.

With that said, here’s the rematch!

Recap: Day 9, Sweet Sixteen, Part 1

With that said, the other victors were a little less close. We’re still waiting to see which sweater Only Murders in the Building will face, but the Cables champion will be a lot more contentious: old-school Aran (When Harry Met Sally…) versus new-school Aran (Knives Out).

Cables

• Matchup: (1) Knives Out (65.4%) vs (4) Firefly (34.6%)

• Matchup: (3) When Harry Met Sally… (55.6%) vs (15) Derry Girls (44.4%)

Textured/Miscellaneous

• Matchup: (2) Coraline (45%) vs (3) Only Murders in the Building (55%)

• Matchup: (9) The Wheel of Time (50%) vs (12) While You Were Sleeping (50%)

You can find a detailed rundown of Knit Madness here.

Today’s Matchups

Color Work/Christmas Matchup: (2) Murder, She Wrote season 1 vs (14) What We Do in the Shadows season 1

(2) Murder, She Wrote (1×02, “Deadly Lady”)

The Sweater: A cream-colored zippered cardigan with several fish stitched together in black yarn on the front and sleeves. (Not seen: Even more fish on the back.)

Who Wore It: Jessica Fletcher (Angela Lansbury), who’s perhaps the greatest detective that Cabot Cove has ever seen. Or she should be.

Replica: Yes

Notes: A famous woman with a famous knit who’s already come so far.

Previously Defeated: (15) Finding Mr. Christmas; (7) Bridget Jones’s Diary.

(14) What We Do in the Shadows (1×02, “City Council,” and 1×07, “The Trial”)

The Sweater: A multicolored geometric fair isle sweater that features several rows of birds.

Who Wore It: Vastly overworked and underappreciated familiar (and Van Helsing descendant) Guillermo de la Cruz (Harvey Guillén).

Replica: No, but multiple versions of this Ralph Lauren number are on eBay! (Thanks, Leah!)

Notes: This Cinderella Story has stakes—literally!

Previously Defeated: (3) Gravity Falls’ sweater queen Mabel Pines (Kristen Schaal); (11) Arthur Christmas.

Who has the better sweater?

Color Work/Christmas Matchup: (8) The Killing season 1 vs (12) A Close Shave

(8) The Killing (1×08, “Episode 8,” and every other one of season 1’s 20 episodes)

The Sweater: A white and white Faroe Island vón star sweater.

Who Wore It: Inspector Sarah Lund (Sofie Gråbøl), who’s about to immigrate to Sweden before a season-long murder mystery keeps her right in Denmark.

Replica: Yes

Notes: I know the sweater has transcended time, but I’m more curious about whether this is a show that people still remember (and I mean abroad as well as in Denmark).

Previously Defeated: (9) A Nightmare on Elm Street; (16) Anna and the Apocalypse.

(12) A Close Shave

The Sweater: A white turtleneck sweater with pink stripes made from his own wool.

Who Wore It: Shaun the Sheep, a Wallace and Gromit character cool enough to get his own films.

Replica: No

Notes: I’m very proud of how far this sweater’s come tbh!

Previously Defeated: (5) The Shining in an upset; (4) The O.C. in another upset.

Who has the better sweater?

Cardigan/Neck: (1) Mister Rogers’ Neighborhood (various, all seasons) vs (13) Moonstruck

(1) Mister Rogers’ Neighborhood (various, all seasons)

The Sweater: A green cardigan (likely hand-knitted by his mother) that’s cozy enough to wear at home.

Who Wore It: The singular Fred Rogers, of course. Who’d probably have a lot of thoughts about what’s happening to children’s education right now.

Replica: Yes

Notes: Apropos of nothing, might I suggest watching Fred Rogers’ testimony to the Senate Subcommittee on Education from 1969 when Richard Nixon wanted to cut funding to PBS.

Previously Defeated: (16) The Lake House; (8) The Holiday.

(13) Moonstruck

The Sweater: A ribbed periwinkle cardigan.

Who Wore It: A very disheveled—but still very much a babe—Loretta Castorini (Cher).

Replica: No

Notes: One of the all-time great rom-coms.

Previously Defeated: (4) Dunkirk; (12) Doctor Zhivago.

Who has the better sweater?

Cardigan/Neck: (2) The Big Lebowski vs (6) The Banshees of Inisherin

(2) The Big Lebowski

The Sweater: A tan and brown Westerly zippered cardigan.

Who Wore It: The dudest Dude (Jeff Bridges) to ever dude.

Replica: Yes

Notes: It’s well-known that the Dude’s sweater was actually Jeff Bridges’, but let’s just talk about how he had great taste.

Previously Defeated: (15) Clueless; (7) The Truman Show.

(6) The Banshees of Inisherin

The Sweater: A hand-knitted red collared sweater.

Who Wore It: Pádraic Súilleabháin (Colin Farrell), who’s at the end of an increasingly escalating friendship breakup—and without the ability to subtweet.

Replica: Yes

Notes: I kinda wish the knitted collar was a bigger modification because it just looks cool as hell.

Previously Defeated: (11) Grease; (14) The Lighthouse.

Who has the better sweater?

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