{"id":2257,"date":"2016-08-05T00:00:53","date_gmt":"2016-08-05T00:00:53","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.christineguestdesigns.com\/blog\/?p=2257"},"modified":"2023-04-22T17:52:20","modified_gmt":"2023-04-22T17:52:20","slug":"motif-challenge-3-owl-version-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.christineguestdesigns.com\/blog\/motif-challenge-3-owl-version-2\/","title":{"rendered":"Motif Challenge part 3: Owl Second Draft"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>I started a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.christineguestdesigns.com\/blog\/choosing-a-motif-source\/\">motif challenge <\/a>with pictorial motifs, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.christineguestdesigns.com\/blog\/motif-challenge-1-owl-in-twist-stitches\/\">chose an illustration<\/a>, and made a<a href=\"https:\/\/www.christineguestdesigns.com\/blog\/motif-challenge-part-3-tweaking-the-first-draft-of-the-owl\/\"> rough draft<\/a> of it.<\/p>\n<p><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-2258 size-large\" src=\"https:\/\/www.christineguestdesigns.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/IMG_4667-768x1024.jpg\" alt=\"IMG_4667\" width=\"530\" height=\"707\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.christineguestdesigns.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/IMG_4667-768x1024.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.christineguestdesigns.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/IMG_4667-225x300.jpg 225w, https:\/\/www.christineguestdesigns.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/IMG_4667.jpg 1944w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 530px) 100vw, 530px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>This was not the best yarn choice I&#8217;ve ever made. Even in person you have to squint at it. Though the lace weight yarn makes an adorable swatch, about the size of my palm.&nbsp; But dark tweedy yarn is not the best for stitch definition!<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>The tail looks long enough now.<\/li>\n<li>The right side of the wings is nearer to a good proportion.<\/li>\n<li>Using fewer diagonal purls for the feathers is going in the right direction.<\/li>\n<li>The garter stitch branch did not work at all on the reverse stockinette ground.<\/li>\n<li>The head is still too short.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Off to work on another iteration!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I started a motif challenge with pictorial motifs, chose an illustration, and made a rough draft of it. This was not the best yarn choice I&#8217;ve ever made. Even in person you have to squint at it. 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