Hi everyone!

I've been making a few David Tennants recently
(and a Captain Jack - pattern here!) -> Jack coat variation coming soon (the below one is for david only)

While doing this I came across a difficulty when using slightly thicker wool for the coat. I often choose a nice sturdy yarn for the coat as this is the most huggable part, but it does cause issues when the thicker yarn makes the coat wider than the shoulder-to-shoulder width


So if the wool you are using for your overcoat is thicker than your body wool, you may like to use this version of the overcoat body pattern instead (creates a slight ribbing effect):

Original David Tennant Pattern

Coat Variation
Changes from the original are marked in bold
01) chain24
02) turning ch1, sc
03) turning ch1, sc18, hdc6
04) turning ch1, sc
05) turning ch1, sc15, dc9
06) turning ch1, sc
07) turning ch1, sc18, hdc6
08) turning ch1, sc18 = 18 (to make armhole)
09) turning ch1, sc18
10) turning ch1, sc18
11) turning ch1, sc18
12) turning ch1, sc18, ch6 = 24
13) turning ch1, sc15, dc9
14) turning ch1, sc16, slip8
15) turning ch1, sc18, hdc6
16) turning ch1, sc12, slip12
17) turning ch1, sc15, dc9
18) turning ch1, sc16, slip8
19) turning ch1, sc
20) turning ch1, sc12, slip12
21) turning ch1, sc
(half way point)
22) turning ch1, sc12, slip12
23) turning ch1, sc
24) turning ch1, sc16, slip8
25) turning ch1, sc
26) turning ch2, dc9, sc3, slip12
27) turning ch1, sc
28) turning ch2, hdc6, sc10, slip8
29) turning ch1, sc
30) turning ch2, dc9, sc3, slip12
31) turning ch1, sc
32) turning ch1, sc18 (to make armhole)
33) turning ch1, sc18
34) turning ch1, sc18
35) turning ch1, sc18
36) turning ch2, hdc6, sc12, ch6 = 24
37) turning ch1, sc
38) turning ch2, dc9, sc15
39) turning ch1, sc
40) turning ch2, hdc6, sc18
41) turning ch1, sc
42) turning ch1, sc

I have something exciting today!

Linda has created a pattern add-on for my David Tennant pattern to create an adorable Rose wearing her outfit from The Impossible Planet/The Satan Pit.



Linda also made a David Tennant awwww - I feel like my own David plushie is lonely now

and a John Pertwee! I love the texture of his suit :)

And here they all are together!

eep! and a set (with the Master!) for a friend :) lucky friend!

I have really loved working with you Linda! Any time again :)

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For Ravelry members, view the Rose pattern here

Oh no - I just saw this image and realised my Matt Smith plushie doesn't have suspenders! So now I've added some, and added them to the pattern too

Not quite in time for the new series but close enough! A new pattern for Matt Smith as the Eleventh Doctor! I loved the new episode :) and wanted to have this out to celebrate.

Download the pattern from the Patterns page as part of the Mini Doctor Who's pattern.

I know the shirt colour is wrong, but there weren't many pics out when I first started the plushie so wasn't sure what was to be the final costume. The pattern has the correct pinky-red colour.

I've also just finished listening to BigFinish's UNIT series with David Tennant in the final episode - great stuff!
So here's a pic of Matt taking over the role - awww


Click here for the 'Oh no I forgot his suspenders' update

Squee! He's finished :D

This guy has been a long time in the making - I created the body and coat in late 2009 and started getting stressed about how to create the hair and face.

There are a lot of great other doctor plushies out there such as stuffykin's wonderful patterns and lovely adaptations such as PinkPorcupine's Five. I wanted to create something a bit bigger with a more flowy coat. So this guy ended up measuring 36cm (14in) tall, with an arm span of 27cm (10.5in)

I think he's actually easier to make than my mini plushies because of there being no intricate details. The coat is the design part I am most proud of. I will be writing up the pattern this week - so check back soon if you'd like to make one yourself :D

In order to solve my 'writer's block' with how to do the face, Tim drew me up some options. This way I was able to choose the one that looked best with the hair and features. I like the way he turned out ^_^ hope you like him too!

"You're going to kill me. What a finely tuned response to the situation."

My newest little Doctor - Peter Davison
Wearing his cricket pants, jumper, hat, and jacket (complete with celery).
Grab the pattern from the patterns page

Had made quite a few David Tennant plushies recently, but wanted to have a break and make something different. So here he is:

"Run as if something very nasty were after you, because something very nasty will be after you"



If you can crochet and want to have a go at making your own just download the pattern from the patterns page.

Today I also finished my Talia vest :D The largest pattern I had ever attempted- I am very happy with how it turned out. Will post up some photos soon.

Hi everyone,
Surprised myself this morning by finishing off my 3rd Doctor pattern!



Had a bit of a party last night and went to bed very late, so didn't expect to get much done today. Anyway, the pattern is available for download from the patterns page. as part of the Mini Doctor Whos PDF. Let me know what you think of him!

I got very excited yesterday when I found a ravelry member has started work on a 5th Doctor :) looking forward to seeing photos of the finished product :)

Off to another lunch-time gathering now (sadly it's raining outside), but look forward to collating all the entries for the giveaway when I get home.

Only one week to go if you'd like want to enter my Giveaway for a David Tennant plushie :)

Hi everyone,
My Tom Baker (4th Doctor) pattern is finally available (patterns page as part of the Mini Doctor Whos PDF). It took me a while to write the scarf and curly hair.
Any feedback muchly welcome!

Download this pattern now from the pattern page
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Even though I made this little guy first I only just got around to finishing his pattern instructions the other night.

I have now added the pattern to my Ravelry designer page also.

I think I'll do the patterns for Tom or David next :) Sneak peak of Tom:

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Well I've finished the first doctor - William Hartnell

Download free pattern for mini Doctors from the patterns page

Again I have proof that I have stumbled across the perfect job for me :)

The newest development is that a bunch of the library people have decided to get together every once in a while for a crafting session.

This makes me very happy, because I am a bit of a strange one with my crafts (crocheting and knitting at every available opportunity - including while walking down the street on my lunch breaks, during lectures or seminars, during coffee breaks, on trains etc.) - and I have worried that people might perceive these tendencies as anti-social - thinking perhaps that I am bored with company and need distraction.

So it it lovely to have these worries put to rest by having lots of people around me who like to do the same - and affirming that craft can be a very social activity. I had the flu during the first meeting, but I'm determined to make it to the next one.

We even have a blog! Feel free to take a look!
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Oh, and just for fun, an in-progress image of my amigurumi TARDIS - I will be adding the simple pattern here soonish for those who would like to make their own

Well after posting a note about my 5th Doctor on Crafty_Tardis and Who_Knits I have had a lot of traffic today from around the US *waves to everyone*

So I thought I would post up a couple of in progress pictures that I have taken so far.

William (1st doctor) is pretty much complete - here he is pictured without his jacket. He is looking very handsome I think :)






Here is an image of the 7th doctor's body, complete with his little vest with question marks on it. The tininess of my Whos (about 3 inches tall) meant that I could get extreme detail, but i think it turned out cute nevertheless



The next is the head and tie of the 8th doctor, who is my favourite so far I think. He has some hair now but I haven't taken any photos of that yet.



Thanks for dropping by everyone, I'll be working on the patterns soon to add to my etsy shop. Let me know if you think you'd be interested, or which doctor you would be most interested in - it will make me work faster :)

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Progress with my tiny doctor whos is going well.

I've done the bodies for William (1), Patrick (2), John (3), Tom (5), and Christopher (9) - and I've fully completed Peter (5) because he is my all time favourite doctor :) I think he turned out quite nicely - note the celery in his lapel.

This is my completed 5th Doctor (see 5th doctor on wiki)







And here are some photos of the other work in progress doctors:



If you can do some beginner crochet, the pattern will be available soon (update 2012: grab the pattern from the patterns page as part of the Mini Doctor Whos pattern). I am not quite sure how I will structure the patterns yet, maybe one for the basic doctor body, then provide one specific to each doctor based on this so that people wanting the whole set won't get duplication.

Or maybe that doesn't matter. Let me know if you have any ideas or if you think making up the pattern is a good idea - probably going to be quite a bit of work to put together one for each doctor.

Now i'm off to the opshop to see what i can find. My friend who is going to south africa for a month has let me borrow her sewing machine! and i am very excited!!

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It has been a productive weekend so far.

I wanted to test my hippo pattern so i started making one out of pink wool - but it seems he has turned into a pig! Then I made him a removeable hat to go between his ears :)



And here is his story:
Piggle the Cowboy hails from the Wild West. He is tough and strong and always gets his way. With his daunting blue cowboy hat, and threateningly fuzzy tail, any saloon will go silent at the mere sight of him.



I have just made the pattern available in here if you would like to make one for yourself or for a friend.




ohh and the hat is removable of course :)


Enjoy :)

Well here is my latest creation, Henry the Dugong. I am finally getting around to blogging about him.


Henry is named after Henry Tilney from Austen's Northanger Abbey (there is somewhat of a tradition of naming soft toys after Austen men in our share-house). We currently have Bingley the Sheep and Darcy the heart-shaped-pillow.

Anyway here he is:



And here is his story:
Henry the Dugong has lived a happy life floating on the tides and whiffling the sea grass around his blue home. But lately he has been dreaming of adventure. If only he was as swift and strong as a shark...

Using some splinters of wood found in a sunken ship, Henry quickly knitted up a jumper for himself, attaching a beautifully sculpted fin to the top so that anyone who saw him coming in the murky waters would think he was a shark!"



I will be making the pattern available in my etsy shop  free if anyone is interested in making one for yourself.



Oh, and the fin is removable so that if he gets to scary as a shark you can take it off and he will be a normal dugong again :)



A plushie Henry is available on etsy here :)

This is a project I have been working on for a while. My friend has just finished an Engineering/Science degree and I wanted to make her something special to celebrate the graduation ceremony which is coming up.

I decided to crochet a version of her holding her degree with a gown and hat (which we are not allowed to wear at our university :< ) and her wonderful clown shoes which she was tempted to wear under her graduation shoes. I figured that even if she wasn't allowed a hat and shoes for her real ceremony, her little crocheted avatar could have them :)

So here is how she turned out:



I had a lot of trouble with the hair and the shoes, which I re-did, but I think she turned out pretty nicely in the end :)

Hello,
When I was originally making my Lion for August, my friends told me that a spiky mane would look best. I was unsure and thought I would like to try and loopy mane because the stitching would be more interesting.

I thought my friends were right, but I decided to make another baby lion to test it out. So this is Dandy Lion.



It turned out to be more difficult than the big lion! because I didn't really know what I was doing with the loopy stitches and wasn't sure how to get them to hold (I was on a train at the time)

But it seemed to work ok in the end :)



I am not sure quite sure what I will do with him yet, perhaps put him up for sale in my etsy shop, or perhaps add him as a free gift if I ever get my first purchase :) Many more items needed before that will happen I am sure

My newest project is a 'Dugong pretending to be a shark'. I have so far created two dugongs and am working on the fins to go on top!



I am writing up this one as a pattern as I go, he should be a quick, fun knit. I will probably add it to Etsy when it is done ^.^ (download free PDF). Perhaps I will also have a go at selling the blue dugong on Etsy, once I have got over my fear of postage!

Have finally got myself around to creating a pattern to sell on Etsy. Very excited, and even if it doesn't get sold, it was fun to create a permanent pattern for my creation Fuzzy Hippo on Etsy

Pattern can be purchased downloaded free from the patterns page