As part of the blogweek we had to write about a mascot project. I came up with the idea of the Honeybee Cardigan by Laura Chau.
For a long time, this project is in my queue. Since I still have enough fingering weight yarn, I want to knit this project with a yarn I already have. But with what? In order to highlight the pattern, it’s best to use a bright colour.
A few weeks ago I started with the Lilium cowl. I’m usually at the beginning of a knitting project highly motivated. But with this project, the motivation has left me pretty quickly. The pattern is brand new, but it seems not tech edited because it still has one or the other hidden errors in it. And some parts I would knit differently. I’m already in contact with the designer. But somehow I’ve lost my mojo for this project.
Should I knit the cowl despite the lack of enthusiasm, just so it’s done? Will I really wear it? After careful consideration, I had to answer both questions in the negative. Thus, it was clear that I need the yarn for the Honeybee Cardigan now and I have to frog the unfinished cowl.
Thanks to the blog week I’ve pursued with pleasure mainly on day 5 “Something different” the various options to post. So the idea came to create out of the process a stop motion video. Here’s my first video. Enjoy!
What I learned making the video:
- take pictures in artificial light. Since such a project can drag on and the sunlight can change.
- Set the resolution at the beginning of recordings.
17 Responses
Siga
Wow!!! I’m most amazed that you took the needle each time out when knitting the Honeybee. All this effort! Unbelievable.
donnarossa
:-) Well, the Honeybee thing is just the swatch. For the movie I frogged the swatch and play it in the reverse order.
Beth
That was way way cool and your soundtrack was spot on! Thanks for sharing!
donnarossa
Thank you. To produce the video it took me some time though it was fun. I like challenges :-)
Knitwhim
Woah! Your video is very cool!
donnarossa
Thank you so much
Michelle
Ooh this is awesome! Wouldn’t know where to start making something like that myself.
I love the reversed bit at the end, it’s basically like magic :D
donnarossa
It’s actually easier then I thought. But it’s also time consuming, as mentioned before. I’ve used Adobe Premiere Pro, which I had already on my laptop but never used it before.
Luna LaFae
Well color me impressed! I never would have guessed that the Honey Bee swatch was done in reverse; for a first stop motion project, this is really cute and well done!
donnarossa
Thank you. I’ve learned a lot by doing the video. It’s for sure not the last video :-)
Michelle
I love the video you produced! If you had to RIP a project, at least it served a purpose.
donnarossa
You’ve got it. Actually it was my first project I frogged.
Tina
Wow, what a great video ♥♥♥ And your Honeybee Cardigan looks fantastic, specially the colour ♥
donnarossa
Thank you. Yes, it’s such a bright yellow. Perfect for summer time…
Lynn
This is AMAZING! I absolutely LOVE it! You should be proud! Congratulations on a video well done.
donnarossa
Thanky. I’m happy that you like it :-)