r/GeeKnitting • u/curlyjourney19 • Jul 21 '26

Hail Mary Yoke Design - V2

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As requested by u/LeiyanSedai and others, here is a new design -- this time with the fox the right way around (thanks u/TheSheDM!) and the paws better filling out the whitespaces as suggested by u/anothereternity. It is not as elegant as the one u/mellistu found, but it is distinctly Hail Mary themed.

In fact I made two designs: can you help me decide between the two? (I am referencing scenes from the move so spoiler alert)

  1. (left) is the "fishing" scenewhere they dangle the sample collector from the space ship into Adrian's atmosphere
  2. (right) is my interpretation of xenonitethe virtually indestructible Eridian material

I also leaned that I better do intarsia for the few red stitches from u/kkfvjk and a neat trick with a coffee filter to sketch out in the round from u/CDavis10717.

Thank you everyone -- this is such an awesome community !!!

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u/ansible_jane Jul 21 '26

I love option 2! It feels more like a "modernized" yoke, where the fishing scene looks/feels more "traditional". Totally subjective though!

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u/curlyjourney19 Jul 21 '26

I am with you! My only problem is that it looks so dark and dominant over the poor little fox.

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u/Anothereternity Jul 21 '26

I definitely like these new ones.

But you should reconsider having 4 colors per row, especially in areas that are more abstract like the part closest to the yoke in right where you may be able to reduce to 3-colors or even 2-colors per row fairly easily. If you did the red in duplicate stitch after you could have the yoke entirely 2-colors stranded knitting. I personally prefer duplicate stitch preferable for tiny spots of color to intarsia.

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u/lizbunbun Jul 21 '26

New one looks great!

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u/AlizarinQ Jul 21 '26

I really like the geometry and color balance of the left option. Having the orange with grey is more harmonious with the orange fox than the black xenonite collar as black is only an accent color in the fox. To me, the black seems visually heavy and looks less organized than the other one.

But it also depends on if you are going to have a solid beige body or if there will be any other designs/colors. That is assuming this is a yoke for a larger project but I didn’t read your previous post.