{"id":192,"date":"2018-01-29T22:51:04","date_gmt":"2018-01-29T22:51:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.knightsofknit.com\/blog\/?p=192"},"modified":"2018-01-30T11:42:50","modified_gmt":"2018-01-30T11:42:50","slug":"helical-bear","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.knightsofknit.com\/blog\/2018\/01\/29\/helical-bear\/","title":{"rendered":"Helical Bear"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.knightsofknit.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/20180124_104429897977971-1.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-191\" src=\"https:\/\/www.knightsofknit.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/20180124_104429897977971-1-225x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"600\" height=\"800\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.knightsofknit.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/20180124_104429897977971-1-225x300.jpg 225w, https:\/\/www.knightsofknit.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/20180124_104429897977971-1-768x1024.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.knightsofknit.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/20180124_104429897977971-1-1200x1600.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 709px) 85vw, (max-width: 909px) 67vw, (max-width: 984px) 61vw, (max-width: 1362px) 45vw, 600px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">This bear is on it&#8217;s way to surprise a friend.\u00a0 I had to make sure I did not give it a name or it wouldn&#8217;t be going anywhere (ahem&#8230; See Luncheonmeat in the previous post&#8230;)!<\/p>\n<p>My third knit of MadManKnitting&#8217;s bear pattern, I wanted to experiment and see if <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=yMvRafcvTvM\">helical knitting<\/a> would work with the pattern.<\/p>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<p>Hell yeah it did!<\/p>\n<p>Some wonderfully loud yarn bought in Austria in 2017 (MotoGP trip&#8230; remember that Dovi\/Marquez battle?! Wow!) really makes it a zingy bear.<\/p>\n<p>Head and body in the round on dpns per the pattern, but also did the arms and legs in the round rather than flat. Ears are the only pieces done flat.<\/p>\n<p>Took about twice as long as doing single colour.<\/p>\n<p>I&#8217;ve written up the pattern modifications and tips <a href=\"https:\/\/www.knightsofknit.com\/blog\/helical-bear-modifications-from-original-pattern\/\">here<\/a>.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_185\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-185\" style=\"width: 300px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.knightsofknit.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/WP_20180115_11_41_42_Pro.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-185 size-medium\" src=\"https:\/\/www.knightsofknit.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/WP_20180115_11_41_42_Pro-300x169.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"169\" data-temp-aztec-id=\"02ad0fa1-6ef9-4e4b-a4a4-a35cf93e4df9\" data-wpid=\"2\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.knightsofknit.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/WP_20180115_11_41_42_Pro-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.knightsofknit.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/WP_20180115_11_41_42_Pro-768x432.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.knightsofknit.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/WP_20180115_11_41_42_Pro-1024x576.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.knightsofknit.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/WP_20180115_11_41_42_Pro-1200x675.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 85vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-185\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Passes time on the bus<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_188\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-188\" style=\"width: 225px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.knightsofknit.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/20180122_2047061860708596-1.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-188 size-medium\" src=\"https:\/\/www.knightsofknit.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/20180122_2047061860708596-1-225x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"225\" height=\"300\" data-wpid=\"4\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.knightsofknit.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/20180122_2047061860708596-1-225x300.jpg 225w, https:\/\/www.knightsofknit.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/20180122_2047061860708596-1-768x1024.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.knightsofknit.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/20180122_2047061860708596-1-1200x1600.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 225px) 85vw, 225px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-188\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Port and starboard&#8230;<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_189\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-189\" style=\"width: 300px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.knightsofknit.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/20180123_140641.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-189 size-medium\" src=\"https:\/\/www.knightsofknit.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/20180123_140641-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" data-wpid=\"5\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.knightsofknit.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/20180123_140641-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.knightsofknit.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/20180123_140641-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.knightsofknit.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/20180123_140641-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.knightsofknit.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/20180123_140641-1200x900.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 85vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-189\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Waiting in the Knitsac for the train home<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_194\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-194\" style=\"width: 768px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.knightsofknit.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/IMG_20180127_112902-2.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-194 size-large\" src=\"https:\/\/www.knightsofknit.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/IMG_20180127_112902-2-768x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"768\" height=\"1024\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.knightsofknit.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/IMG_20180127_112902-2-768x1024.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.knightsofknit.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/IMG_20180127_112902-2-225x300.jpg 225w, https:\/\/www.knightsofknit.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/IMG_20180127_112902-2-1200x1600.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 709px) 85vw, (max-width: 909px) 67vw, (max-width: 984px) 61vw, (max-width: 1362px) 45vw, 600px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-194\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Oh, hai, new owner!<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>This bear is on it&#8217;s way to surprise a friend.\u00a0 I had to make sure I did not give it a name or it wouldn&#8217;t be going anywhere (ahem&#8230; See Luncheonmeat in the previous post&#8230;)! My third knit of MadManKnitting&#8217;s bear pattern, I wanted to experiment and see if helical knitting would work with the &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.knightsofknit.com\/blog\/2018\/01\/29\/helical-bear\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;Helical Bear&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[5,7],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-192","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-project","category-toy"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p9EHPs-36","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.knightsofknit.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/192","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.knightsofknit.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.knightsofknit.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.knightsofknit.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.knightsofknit.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=192"}],"version-history":[{"count":10,"href":"https:\/\/www.knightsofknit.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/192\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":216,"href":"https:\/\/www.knightsofknit.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/192\/revisions\/216"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.knightsofknit.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=192"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.knightsofknit.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=192"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.knightsofknit.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=192"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}