{"id":2710,"date":"2017-02-01T13:10:46","date_gmt":"2017-02-01T13:10:46","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.christineguestdesigns.com\/blog\/?page_id=2710"},"modified":"2019-06-21T11:53:50","modified_gmt":"2019-06-21T11:53:50","slug":"motif-challenge","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.christineguestdesigns.com\/blog\/motif-challenge\/","title":{"rendered":"Motif Challenge"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-2450 size-medium\" src=\"https:\/\/www.christineguestdesigns.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/S6300072-e1477426215277-225x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"225\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.christineguestdesigns.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/S6300072-e1477426215277-225x300.jpg 225w, https:\/\/www.christineguestdesigns.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/S6300072-e1477426215277-768x1024.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 225px) 100vw, 225px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>I love realistic motifs. \u00a0When I was a kid, I liked the fairy tale books with illustrations that looked like painted photographs &#8211; I really didn&#8217;t get stylized simplification until much later. \u00a0Even if realism does remind people of 1980&#8217;s knitting.<\/p>\n<p>So, taste aside, how do you develop motifs?<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.christineguestdesigns.com\/blog\/choosing-a-motif-source\/\">Choosing a source<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.christineguestdesigns.com\/blog\/motif-challenge-1-owl-in-twist-stitches\/\">Challenge 1, Twist stitches<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.christineguestdesigns.com\/blog\/motif-challenge-part-3-tweaking-the-first-draft-of-the-owl\/\">Challenge 2, Tweaking<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.christineguestdesigns.com\/blog\/motif-challenge-3-owl-version-2\/\">Challenge 3, More Tweaking<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.christineguestdesigns.com\/blog\/motif-challenge-4-final-twist-owl\/\">Challenge 4, Even More Tweaking<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.christineguestdesigns.com\/blog\/motif-challenge-5-final-twist-owl\/\">Challenge 5, Final-ish Version<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>And this project sat still while I did other things for 2 years.\u00a0 After my hysterectomy in 2018, I needed some boosting to get blogging again.\u00a0 I asked several designers if I could interview them, and hoped it would jump start my own process.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.christineguestdesigns.com\/blog\/interview-with-ina-entwinedloops-on-ravelry\/\">Interview with Ina, Entwintedloops on Ravelry<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.christineguestdesigns.com\/blog\/interview-with-erica-heusser-ericamay-on-ravelry\/\">Interview with Erica Heusser, ericamay on Ravelry<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.christineguestdesigns.com\/blog\/interview-with-rebecca-tsai-shinyfuzzy-on-ravelry\/\">Interview with Rebecca Tsai, shinyfuzzy on ravelry<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.christineguestdesigns.com\/blog\/interview-with-katya\/\">Interview with Katya Gorbacheva, KatyaGKnits on Ravelry<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.christineguestdesigns.com\/blog\/interview-with-sara-huntington-burch-dinosaraknits-on-ravelry\/\">Interview with Sara Huntington Burch, DinosaraKnits on Ravelry<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.christineguestdesigns.com\/blog\/interview-with-sharon-winsauer-ravelrys-crazylacelady\/\">Interview with Sharon Winsauer, Ravelry\u2019s CrazyLaceLady<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.christineguestdesigns.com\/blog\/interview-with-lotta-lundin-knitting-lotta-on-ravelry\/\">Interview with Lotta Lundin, Knitting-Lotta on Ravelry<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.christineguestdesigns.com\/blog\/interview-with-lisa-mcfetridge-lisagmc-on-ravelry\/\">Interview with Lisa McFetridge<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>All these interviews did indeed get my juices flowing!<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.christineguestdesigns.com\/blog\/project-update-intarsia-owl-with-duplicate-stitch-details\/\">Project Update Intarsia Owl with Duplicate Stitch Details<\/a><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-3940\" src=\"https:\/\/www.christineguestdesigns.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/IMG_8402-e1555352795196-225x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"225\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.christineguestdesigns.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/IMG_8402-e1555352795196-225x300.jpg 225w, https:\/\/www.christineguestdesigns.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/IMG_8402-e1555352795196-768x1024.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.christineguestdesigns.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/IMG_8402-e1555352795196.jpg 1944w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 225px) 100vw, 225px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.christineguestdesigns.com\/blog\/stranded-owl\/\">First Stranded Version<\/a><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-3976 size-medium\" src=\"https:\/\/www.christineguestdesigns.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/IMG_8491-e1557257254231-225x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"225\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.christineguestdesigns.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/IMG_8491-e1557257254231-225x300.jpg 225w, https:\/\/www.christineguestdesigns.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/IMG_8491-e1557257254231-768x1024.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.christineguestdesigns.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/IMG_8491-e1557257254231.jpg 1944w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 225px) 100vw, 225px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.christineguestdesigns.com\/blog\/stranded-iteration-2\/\">Second Stranded Version<\/a><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-3997 size-medium\" src=\"https:\/\/www.christineguestdesigns.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/GreenOwlForBlog-225x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"225\" height=\"300\" 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