In my last two Saturday Snapshots, I shared photos of celebrity sightings at the Wizard World Convention. No more celebrities this week, but I have been promising a picture of my completed Doctor Who scarf being worn…and since I wore it all day at Comic Con (and never tripped!–so proud), it was a perfect photo opportunity too.
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My last big knitting project was to attempt the Doctor’s Scarf–that ridiculously long scarf that Tom Baker wears in old episodes of Doctor Who. I got a pattern off of wittylittleknitter.com, chose some pastel variations on the Doctor’s colors, and happily knitted away from Thanksgiving to Valentine’s Day. And the result is…
Oddly enough, I think the lighting made the colors look less pastel, and more like Tom Baker’s! Believe it or not, I can actually wear this scarf…I just have to loop it several times! I’ll have to get someone to take a picture of that for a future post. 🙂
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A few weeks ago I shared a recent knitting project and alluded to my next one…a very large project involving seven colors of yarn. As some of you guessed, I am in the midst of knitting the Doctor’s Scarf!
For the non-Doctor Who fans, the 4th Doctor, Tom Baker, is probably best-known as “the one with the really long scarf.” I started watching some old Who, got psyched up on the 50th Anniversary Special just as I was finishing my last knitting project, and decided to attempt the Doctor’s Scarf. Here’s the work in progress:
Oh, but that’s probably not quite what you wanted to see, is it? 🙂 Here’s the unrolled work in progress…
The scarf is currently about eleven feet long. See that red stripe with blue stripes on either side, on the righthand pillow? That’s roughly the midpoint, so I figure the complete scarf will be around 20 feet. There will be much looping when it is worn.
You may wonder about the design…there are certain websites where people take the Doctor’s Scarf very seriously. I’m using a pattern from wittylittleknitter.com, a site I highly recommend if you plan to attempt this yourself. I’m doing some variations on the pattern–I changed a few stripes due to complicated reasons involving what yarn I have, and mine isn’t as wide as the pattern recommends. More significantly, while I’m following the color pattern, I chose my own shades of green, red, etc., because I don’t actually like the Doctor’s colors! So I’m doing a pastel version of the Doctor’s Scarf–or as one friend suggested, it’s a Romana Scarf.
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I’ve mentioned knitting projects a few times before, and they always make a good thing to share for Saturday Snapshot… I finished my most recent project on Thanksgiving, which was perfect timing for wearing it to family gatherings–and for a sudden cold snap we’ve had this week!
This isn’t the most accurate of pictures, as it’s more purple in life, and not so sparkly–but I thought it was a cool shot anyway. My next scarf will probably take until next winter, as the plan involves seven different colors and will be 14 feet long…perhaps something to share another Saturday? 🙂
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I don’t plan to share every knitting project, but this one is particularly fun visually… Now that I’m better at knitting and purling, I’m working on cables. Most recently, I’ve tried knitting cable bracelets.
I can still only knit rectangles, and it’s amazing what you can do with rectangles! I watched this video for the pattern. This is a pretty quick project, more complicated than a scarf but not TOO tough. I have to actually keep track of rows and count a few stitches for this one, so it’s not as relaxing–but it keeps me from getting bored too!
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