Dimensionally transcendent . . . and cuddly!

[lilyofshalott]

Squee!!

I've actually been looking for this for a while and someone finally posted it! (The Dalek referenced to is pretty awesome too).

I need yarn. Road trip?

~Michelle


(ETA: Yes, there is a Doctor Who crafting community on LJ. With Dalek sweets, nonetheless. FTW.)

Comments

[seffisk.livejournal.com]

I totally want a TARDIS!!!!!!!!!

This is worthy of major squee-age

[lilyofshalott]

There have also been a few Daleks posted--no patterns on those, though.

And anyway, TARDIS >>> Daleks. ^_^

[lowc.livejournal.com]

Hee. I saw this linked to on who_daily and immediately thought of you!

I just wish I could do a road trip up to see you and go yarn shopping. Alas, I have no car and also spent a ridiculously large amount of money on yarn only yesterday. *is ashamed*

(P.S. - They knittinghelp.com videos were how I taught myself to do stranding. That site is very helpful for any new technique. Good luck!)

[lilyofshalott]

I now have TARDIS yarn! It's Caron Simply Soft in Dark Country Blue. I think I might need to exchange it, though, because now that I look at it, it seems too dark--it's nearly navy.

If you ever do get the chance, there's a fantastic yarn/knitting store/showroom in downtown Lewisburg that just opened called "Mad About Ewes." I went with a few friends to-day and we were all drooling over the yarn and suchlike. They actually had a yarn that I think was exactly TARDIS-coloured, but it was 100% wool and I want my TARDIS to be cuddly. It also was around $6 or $7 per skein, and since it isn't dimensionally transcendent, I'd have to get several.

I found a gorgeous blue-grey yarn (the same type as the TARDIS-coloured one) that I think I'm going to pick up eventually to make a bag I saw in my KnitPicks catalog. It looks like it might be a good learn-to-cable project. Although, it calls for chunky yarn and I think the blue-grey yarn is only worsted.

I did check the knittinghelp.com videos about stranding. Do you actually do it the way she suggests and knit Continental-y with one hand and English-y with the other? Because I tried teaching myself Continental and it didn't work so well. I think I'm using the other technique penwiper337 suggested, i.e. making the panels with texture instead of a different colour.