Knitographical Cowl - my life in random knitted things

The title of my blog says it all: Knitographical - my life in random knitted things. I've always wanted to translate this statement to a random knitted thing. So when I first ran across Jill McGee's recipe to knit your favorite things into a cowl, it went straight into my queue.

On New Years Eve in a hot and sweaty Australian summer, I cast this one. Here is my story interpreted with sticks and wool. And this is a story cowl - but today I'm just going to tease you with the pretty pictures of the finished cowl. The story is for next time.

This is also a memory of a recent trip to the zoo where we took the photos. Thanks to the boy for the photos and Mel for her modelling skills (though it is me in some of the photos). The great thing about zoos, apart from awesome cute animals, is that no one looks at you funny for taking photos of just about anything.

Pattern: 'My Favorite Things' Infinity Scarf by Jill McGee. Patterns used for individual motifs can be found linked on my Ravelry project page - Knitographical Cowl. All colour-work patterns are from free patterns / charts - mainly from mittens hats and socks. 
Needles: Antique 4 mm (size 8) Aero jumper length dpns
Wool: a variety of 8 ply pure wool and wool blends - lots of Cleckheaton Country and Country naturals.

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

© Ashley Ford

The Dr Who Tardis Afghan by Carrie Fritsche.

by hedoknitstic Flickr

TARDIS Tara's TARDIS Socks by Tara Wheeler

© Tara Wheeler

Tardis hat by Randi Sanders

© Randi Sanders

Bigger on the inside shawl by Kate Atherley

model: Kate Atherley
photos: Amy Singer

Bigger on the inside mittens by Ampersand Designs

© ampersand designs

TARDIS stuffed plush by Penwiper

© pixelbrid

Daleks are really cute misunderstood creatures

INSULATE! hat by Amy van de Laar

© Amy van de Laar

 Extermiknit! by Penwiper

© Penwiper 2007

Dalek Amigurumi by Lucy Ravenscar

© Lucy Collin

Mummy's Little Dalek Jumper by Allison Bitter

© Allison Bitter, 2012

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

Tardis Logo Scarf by Kristen Danley

© Kristen Danley 2012

Police Box Scarf by Penwiper

© Penwiper

And of course a sonic screwdriver?

Knitted Sonic Screwdriver V.2 by R J Daae

by RJDaae

Eleven's Sonic screwdriver by Kristen Danley

© Kristen Danley 2011

D is for Doctor Who

Today I've decided to embrace the inner geek and reveal my love of Dr Who. Dr Who is one of the few shows that we watch together as a family. Even the boy emerges from his cave to join in. This is our household favourite Doctor Who and this photo is especially for the eldest daughter who would happily listen to David Tennant read a shopping list or the Dictionary for hours just for the accent.

This is a tribute to all those creative people out there who use their love of Dr Who as a platform for some truly awesome creative endeavours. We'll start will a gallery of handmade tributes to the Doctor in all his incarnations.

As nesting dolls:

As amigurumi both small and large:

The fourth Doctor - Tom Baker. Cos' knitting geeks everywhere have tried to recreate the scarf. It even has it own webpage: http://www.doctorwhoscarf.com/

This is the Doctor I grew up with - Peter Davidson, the fifth Doctor. In hindsight what was with the celery?

Doctor Who has the scariest bad guys. "Are you my Mummy?" still freaks me out. Someone in my house has downloaded the Dr Who sounds as ring tones to his phone and I keep hearing it. The Boy's all time favourites are the Weeping Angels. I could never walk through an old cemetery without looking over my shoulder to check for angels.

Cos' all scary things should be made into Lego

Daleks make Soufflé. Eggs Stir Mix Bake.

I love the imagination and creativity of some Dr Who fans.
Dr Who vs. Dr Suess. This mash-up by Artist Bill Mudron is called The Cat in the Hat Came Back (eventually)

An ode to the Tardis.
Tardis socks

Knitted Tardis Blanket By Carrie Fritsche.

Tardis Phone Case by my imaginary boyfriend

And a bedroom door by Sew Hooked
Re-doing the Boy's bedroom door is our summer holiday project.

It's nearly Christmas. I think we need to bring a little Dr Who magic into our Christmas.
Dr Who Dalek and Tardis Glass Christmas Ornaments

Crocheted Christmas Tree Tardis Ornament

Tardis Party Lights