Sunday 18 September 2016

Red Admiral Butterfly Giveaway



Photographing some real butterflies on my holiday got me to looking at my two butterfly patterns: Red Admiral Butterfly and Monarch Butterfly. I am thinking about designing a new butterfly, but in the meanwhile I decided to knit and rephotograph the Red Admiral. This was one of my first patterns, and photos were taken before I got my present camera. The camera helps, but I also think I have learned a few tricks about getting the lighting and setting right.
 

This Red Admiral was much easier to photograph than those on Dartmoor. I have also retyped and published the pattern, as I have changed my method of writing colourcharts.  


While looking at real and photographs of Red Admiral Butterflies, I also realized that a they have a brown underside on their lower wings, so in my aim to be really, really accurate have added instructions to make the butterfly this way. In the original pattern I knitted them with coloured wings underneath, and if you were making it for a mobile, where it would be viewed from below, you might still like to do it this way.




I have had a number of trips to my local park to photograph the new butterflies, and as the summer flowers start to fade have felt under a bit of time pressure.

If you want to enter my Giveaway you need to tell me what is wrong with the Red Admiral Butterfly in the first three photos. I would love to say that I had made some deliberate errors, but alas I just didn't look at pattern carefully enough. There are two mistakes, which you might notice I put right in the butterflies further down the page! Could you also tell me your favourite species of butterfly, or if you are a knitter the one you would most like to make? The winners will be drawn at random from all the correct entries

There will be two prizes, my knitted butterflies, so let me know if you have a preference for the one with brown underwings or the other. Winners will be contacted on 2nd October. There are no restrictions on where you live. You can enter either in the comment section of this blog, or by leaving a comment on my Ginx Craft facebook page. Also there are no conditions about following my blog or Ginx Craft on facebook, but of course I would love it if you did. 

Don't you hate those quizes where the answer is really obvious! I do, although I am not going to be too strict about the knitting errors question, so why not have a go? I especially would like to know your favourites butterflies. To make the competition a little bit harder I will not publish any comments with answers to the question until the result is announced. 

18 comments:

  1. I am actually stumped! I don't know much about butterflies, but love this knitted one! The dots on the bottom of the wings are a dark in the newer version but even putting the pics side by side, I can't find another error! I love to garden so appreciate butterflies in that environment but I don't think I have a favorite. You don't have to enter me in for the giveaway but eventually I would like to know what I missed :)

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  2. A knitted butterfly! What a cute idea! You did a nice job. Knitting errors.. I would say that in one butterfly the spots on the lower wings are white and the v shapes are to the outside, while in the other butterfly those spots are black and the v shapes are to the inside. I like Monarch butterflies and Zebra swallowtails.

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  3. The butterfly is so pretty! Thank you for sharing at The Really Crafty Link Party this week!

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  4. I really find it extraordinary how you do this. The Monarch looks great too.

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  5. Gorgeous creations! Thanks for sharing, and enjoy. Here's MY SATURDAY SNAPSHOT POST

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  6. I love how you take knitting to a whole new level. Simply beautiful!

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  7. Very clever! I can knit but prefer crochet! I think I can see you have white spots instead of black on the first butterflies!

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  8. I always love seeing your creations and these butterflies are just beautiful

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  9. Oh, It's like playing spot the difference! white spots at the bottom of the lower wings, that's all I can see. To be honest I'm no butterfly expert, they just look lovely to me!

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  10. Well, that's one way to always get your butterfly shots--make your own! Nicely done. I like the other projects on your page, too!

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  11. These are really quite lovely. I am impressed with your knitting ability. OOpsy on the white on the right wing. I get so frustrated with those knitting mistakes. You could be unravelling forever. Thank you for visiting.

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  12. All so pretty and the idea of a mobile is a good one

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  13. that is so cute!! can make a whole batch of them and make into a bunting :P love how you photographed them :) x

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  14. Great job! pretty butterflies! Kisses!

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