Some hand warmes with an owl cable stitch I finished recently. I didn’t have much of a pattern, so I hope this post is still allowed.

Basically, I went off this picture for the owl/kable knit pattern and used some pattern for gloves to get the thumbs right.

I was thinking about maybe adding french knot stitches as eyes to make the owls more prominent, but I think I like the plain version better.

  • degen@midwest.socialEnglish
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    12 days ago

    I really like the ring cables and the owl motif. Cabling makes some of the nicest patterns and I don’t do enough of it. I was wondering what made it “owl” at first; My initial impression was a pineapple with the seed(?) stitch in the body 😅 I do like how the beaded eyes pop in the reference, and I’m curious what some color work could do, but the single color does look more elegant I think.

    Going with no pattern and just kind of “doing it” is honestly my favorite. It’s so rewarding to look at something and recreate it intuitively.

    I lied, it’s either that or going “freehand” and sort of designing as you go. Or taking a unique/complex pattern and teasing it apart to adapt it or make variations. Now I can’t decide lol

    • Calming_Pants@feddit.orgOPEnglish
      3·
      12 days ago

      I can see the pineapple impression 😄 You are right, it’s a seed stitch for the body.

      It definetly was fun to just start and see how it works out (although I wished I had made some more comprehensive notes while knitting the first warmer; that would have been helpful in getting the second one to turn out similarly 🙈)