Watching Doctor Who

I’m going to a Future of Libraries conference on Wednesday, so I was over on the Librarian in Black’s blog today. She will be one of the presenters, and I was curious to see if she had posted any further info. Imagine my delight when I noticed that she had posted a link to a pattern for a knitted Dalek. It would seem that she is a fan of Doctor Who. This is probably a good thing, as I fully plan on wearing my suit and my red converse trainers to the event. It’s in San Francisco, so I figure that I’ll be doing a bit of walking. (My sister has tried to talk me into wearing proper shoes, but it turns out that there are a few advantages to living far away from each other. tee hee.)

Anyway, this knitted Dalek got me to thinking about Doctor Who-related crafts. I own a copy of The Doctor Who Pattern Book which came out in 1984. It offers instructions for all kinds Doctor Who crafts, from Nyssa’s Jacket to basic instructions for several of the Doctors’ costumes. You don’t need a copy of the book to get crafty, though. There are all kinds of helpful sights on the web. My question for you this week is: Have you ever made any Doctor Who-related craft, or are you planning to? Have you made Gingerbread Daleks? How about a K-9 made out of clay, as my friend did in High School? Have you painted a picture of the TARDIS? Come on all you craft folks, tell us about your projects! Haven’t chose a project yet? Well, as per usual, I offer you a list of suggestions just to get the creative juices flowing.

Whovian craftiness:

• Knit a Dalek.
• Make your own working Dalek.
• Knit a 4th Doctor Scarf.
• Make your own TARDIS model.
• Make a TARDIS console.
• Bake a Dalek Cake.
• Make a little Romana out of felt.
• Build a TARDIS of your own.
• Make a Robotic Dalek Pumpkin.
• Knit a TARDIS.

Well, currently I’m almost done with an absurdly long pink scarf. I figure that it’s Romana-esque, even if her scarf was actually white. The rest of her outfit was pink, after all. The one that looked like The Doctor’s outfit, that is. My future crafty plan is to make a proper Doctor Who scarf. So far my problem has been getting a hold of the suggested yarn form the Doctor Who Scarf website. If I had more sewing skill, I’d make myself a Romana costume. I really want that pink coat.

That’s what I’m working on. What about you lot?

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