{"id":3971,"date":"2019-05-10T04:02:32","date_gmt":"2019-05-10T04:02:32","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.christineguestdesigns.com\/blog\/?p=3971"},"modified":"2023-04-22T17:55:51","modified_gmt":"2023-04-22T17:55:51","slug":"stranded-owl","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.christineguestdesigns.com\/blog\/stranded-owl\/","title":{"rendered":"Stranded Owl"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Encouraged by <a href=\"https:\/\/www.christineguestdesigns.com\/blog\/motif-challenge\/\">the recent interviews<\/a>, I turned the intarsia owl pattern into a stranded colorwork one.<br \/>\n<img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-3976 size-large\" src=\"https:\/\/www.christineguestdesigns.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/IMG_8491-e1557257254231-768x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"530\" height=\"707\" srcset=\"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-e1557257254231-225x300.jpg 225w, https:\/\/www.christineguestdesigns.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/IMG_8491-e1557257254231.jpg 1944w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 530px) 100vw, 530px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>I picked the brightest, happiest colors I could, because I&#8217;m going for color cred with my boys.&nbsp; Also, these swatches are going to wind up in a scrap blanket, and I might as well include happy colors that they like.&nbsp; As always, that foot on the perch is a problem, and getting the face right (I&#8217;m not sure I did, but oh well).&nbsp; I found it tricky to balance the realism of the outline with the abstract patterns that are easier to knit.<\/p>\n<p>The Stitchmastery notations feature was helpful for seeing where my floats were getting too large.&nbsp; Maybe in a few years Cathy will add layers so I can indicate which sections are which pattern and adjust them all at the same time.<\/p>\n<p>So, if I were actually going to publish this version of the owl, I&#8217;d do another iteration.&nbsp; If you want to adapt it for your own pattern, go ahead!&nbsp; In fact, if you want the Stitchmastery file, give me and e-mail and I&#8217;ll send it to you.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-3981 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/www.christineguestdesigns.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/StrandedOwlForWeb.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"1713\" height=\"2849\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.christineguestdesigns.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/StrandedOwlForWeb.png 1713w, https:\/\/www.christineguestdesigns.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/StrandedOwlForWeb-180x300.png 180w, https:\/\/www.christineguestdesigns.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/StrandedOwlForWeb-768x1277.png 768w, https:\/\/www.christineguestdesigns.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/StrandedOwlForWeb-616x1024.png 616w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1713px) 100vw, 1713px\" \/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Encouraged by the recent interviews, I turned the intarsia owl pattern into a stranded colorwork one. 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