Autumn Cape
2016 A long Term Project Part 9
The last time
I blogged about the cape I had reached an unnerving point where I had to alter the
Owl Pattern part way through. The Owl at present to my mind resembled at best a
Pigeon and at worst one of the Gulls that shrieked MINE from Disney’s Finding
Nemo!
Original
Pattern Owl
The picture
above is the Original Pictorial Owl for the back of the Cape.
New Pattern Owl
As you can see I have taken 4 to 5 rows out of the Chart.
In reality of course since I am only counting the knit rows of the Pictorial
Chart it is 8-10 rows.
Pictorial Shortened Owl Cropped Version
Although it is not a particularly good photograph you
should be able to see how it looks fully coloured.
Pictorial Shortened Owl Un-cropped Version
Obviously once I had shortened the Owl on the Pictorial
Chart I also had to shorten the hollow surrounding it. Then after knitting to
point in the photograph above and was now only using one colour (the dark brown)
I simply continued in stocking stitch.
I am not exactly sure how many rows I knitted – as I was
in the Pub at the time. However it was at least 10 rows of stocking stitch. If
you imagine it is from the shoulders to the knees it is about right.
I did not want to make the back too long for several
reasons. Firstly because the Owl is quite near the bottom and since I intended
to wear it in Autumn/Winter I don’t want to ruin it by getting it splashed with
puddles or mud. Secondly I am not sure how much it will drop when being washed
and worn. Last but not least I have not as yet decided whether to add a knitted
decorative edging. That will depend on the amount of wool left.
Finished Cape Back Pre Embroidery
Finished Back Embroidered Owl
Finished Cape Back Post Embroidery
So unless I decided to do some tweaking such as defining
the hollow more and adding an edging that is the Back of the Cape FINISHED : )
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