Knitographical: Curating Ravelry: Tribute to the Doctor

You know how special it is to find a TV show that you can sit down and watch with the whole family and all thoroughly enjoy it? Well for our family that has been Doctor Who. The Head of The Household and I are old doctor fans from way back. He grew up with Scarf Doctor and Peter Davison (or Celery Doctor as my kids affectionately refer to him) is the Doctor of my childhood memories. We started watching Dr Who as a family at the beginning of the new reboot with the 9th doctor and it's a must watch family TV date whenever it's on. (Lazy Sundays on the couch in our PJs watching Doctor Who and eating brunch).

Doctor Who has so many iconic images and knitters and crocheters the world over have turned their needles to some amazing tributes. My criteria for this collection were that they had the be free patterns and things I'd love to make. (I think this is just the first of a series of posts on this topic as I found sooo many cool things).

Want a Tardis with that?

Tardis ipad Cover by Ashley Ford

The Dr Who Tardis Afghan by Carrie Fritsche.

by hedoknitstic

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TARDIS Tara's TARDIS Socks by Tara Wheeler

Tardis hat by Randi Sanders

Bigger on the inside shawl by Kate Atherley

model: Kate Atherley

photos: Amy Singer

Bigger on the inside mittens by Ampersand Designs

TARDIS stuffed plush by Penwiper

Daleks are really cute misunderstood creatures

INSULATE! hat by Amy van de Laar

Extermiknit! by Penwiper

Dalek Amigurumi by Lucy Ravenscar

Mummy's Little Dalek Jumper by Allison Bitter

And what's a Doctor without a scarf?

The iconic Doctor Who scarf has so many variations over six seasons. I've just picked one of the most popular here (and in a yarn that is easily acessible in lots of places).

See Tara Wheeler's Site dedicated to knitting the authentic scarf in all its forms; The Witty Little Knitter. Here are patterns in number of different suggested yarns for all the variations.

Doctor Who Scarf - Season Thirteen in Cascade 220 by Tara Wheeler