Over the holiday season we received some lovely Dutch sweets and treats from Tim's colleagues in the Netherlands. To celebrate the release of Oni Labs' Conductance, we decided to post something fun back in response - plushie versions of the company logo - Onis!

I invented a little prototype, then crocheted four Onis, one for each of the team.


At the last minute I created a little camp fire to represent their community logo. I was happy to hear that all the Onis made it safely across the skies ^_^

Eee ^_^ Kati sent me these pics of her creations yesterday morning and it really brightened up a stressful day. Scroll down to see all the wonderful little drwho and firefly characters she has made and their cute costumes ^_^
or each project on Ravelry HERE

Jack now has a Ianto for company ^_^
More info coming soon!

As promised, a John Barrowman plushie pattern!
Download Free Pattern
He is wearing his Captain Jack Harkness costume, with his big grey coat, blue shirt, suspenders, and grey pants. He also carries his gun (removable) in a holster at his waist, and his vortex manipulator on his wrist.

This little guy was made for a custom order and so I created that pattern as I went along. He is very similar to my David Tennant but has a longer coat and a few more accessories

View more pattern details on Ravelry

Enjoy!!
Other patterns in the Big and Cuddly series
Matt Smith | David Tennant | Rose | Gareth David-Lloyd

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

New free pattern! David Tennant Big and Cuddly
I really should be in bed - but I wanted to post this up right away!

Hope you like it! Any feedback welcome!
Click on the above image to start the PDF download, or download it from the patterns page

Plushie measures 36cm (14in) tall, with an arm span of 27cm (10.5in), size will vary with different 8ply yarn varieties

Hope you enjoy creating him.
Would love to see pics of anything you create from this pattern!

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!

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 :)

(Giveaway closed - see announcement)

I have decided to release my Doctor Who crochet patterns as PDFs - and to celebrate - a giveaway! read on!

The Doctor Who community (and indeed the whole craft community) is such a sharing world to be involved in that I would like to see many of my Doctors be created through the work I have put into these patterns. My main hope in making these is that people will show me the Doctors they create from these patterns.

So to celebrate the completion of the David Tennant pattern this afternoon - I've decided to hold my first blog giveaway!

The winner of the giveaway will win their own little plushie. The Doctor is 7cm tall and made with crochet/amigurumi techniques.


~~~ How to Enter ~~~

***Giveaway Closed - Winner announced soon!***

1) Leave a comment on this blog post letting me know:

Which Doctor Who or Torchwood character / monster you would best like to see in crochet



Additional Entries

2) Follow my blog (let me know this in your comment = 1 entry)
3) Tell me which of my Doctor Whos you think is the most like the Doctor it was based on (see right of page = 1 entry)
4) Follow me on Twitter (leave your twitter name in your comment = 1 entry)
5-9) Buy something from my (understocked) Etsy shop (=5 entries)

Fine Print
- Giveaway closes on the 2nd of December 8am (AEST)
- Please leave me a way to contact you
- International entries welcome
- Entries can be listed in the same comment
- Winner will be contacted and will need to reply with postage info

Enjoy :)
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(see all posts about my Doctor Who crochet figures)
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Update 2011: all doctor who patterns now available free on my patterns page
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I worked very hard yesterday and finished my first Doctor Who pattern.
I listed on Etsy about midnight and went to sleep, and when I woke up someone had bought it! What a lovely way to wake up!

I will be adding several more Doc patterns as soon as I can get them finished.
This is the one I sold:

Well I've finished the first doctor - William Hartnell

Download free pattern for mini Doctors from the patterns page

I recently bought a group of crochet patterns from the etsy shop crochetpattern. The one I really wanted was the beautiful alien bunny, which I have now made up :) I am very happy with him and am using him as a door stop. He leans against my bedroom door and stops it from closing all the time.





It was a very easy and quick pattern, and the only advice I would have for anyone using any of these patterns, is to note the stitch numbers and not the wording. I think the pattern was originally written in Japanese, and the translation is slightly off.

The wording says: Increase with two single crochet stitches in every 2 stitches of the previous row (24 stitches).

Whereas it actually means: Increase after every 2 stitches of the previous row

By looking at the stitch count you can realise this, but it could cause a bit of confusion. Still, it is a lovely pattern, and I am very fond of my bunny.

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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