Hi all, I've finally written a new pattern. It's been great to get back into the creative process. Enjoy!


A big thank you to testers Elizek and Steelelady, who created lovely versions which I will hopefully feature in future posts.

These simple, cosy linen stitch gloves make the perfect gift for winter. Knit from the fingers down, a woven effect is easily created in a cosy and stretchy fabric. Slipped stitches provide a useful recipe for breaking up variegated yarn, while the regular stitch provides an elegant design for both men and women.
Needle size: US 8 - 5.0 mm
Yarn weight: DK / 8 ply
Sizes: Small - 16cm 6.25” | Medium - 20cm 8” | Large - 23cm 9” around knuckles

Giveaway closed - winner announced here
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Hi everyone, here is a mobius mitts giveaway ^_^

I've been working on adding thumbs to mobius mitts. This pair was worked with thinner yarn than my usual mitts then trimmed with handspun yarn from this batt. They are size large, pictured on my size small hand (so they look a bit oversize here).

~~~ Giveaway closed - announced here ~~~


Head over to pixelatedmushroom.etsy.com and let me know in a comment which item you like best.

Bonus entry: Follow this blog and let me know in your comment (no need to comment separately). Already a follower? just let me know.

~~~ Fine print ~~~
- Giveaway closes 31st October 8am (AEST)
- Please leave me a way to contact you
- International entries welcome
- Winner will be contacted and will need to reply to claim prize

~~~Links~~~
See available mobius mitts on etsy
Crochet your own mobius mitts

New pattern at last! Mobius/Moebius Mitts for the knitters!

It's way too late and I'm playing in a netball final tomorrow so need to go to bed - but am so happy to have this finished :D




Needles: 4.5mm needles, and a cable needle (or crochet hook)
Difficulty: 3/10
Stitches needed: knit, purl, dec knitwise, dec purlwise, knit into the back of a stitch, simple cables

If you haven't already you can see the crochet version here

The gloves pictured will be available in my etsy store soon if anyone would like them :)

This is my latest slightly geeky creation - Möbius Mitts


The idea came from the instruction that you see on many crochet patterns: ‘be careful not to twist the chain’ so my thought was… what happens if you do?

The beauty of the möbius loop for knitting and crochet is that you get to work either side of the cast on row/foundation chain, so that you start your work in the middle and go outwards:

This was a bit of a nightmare when trying to write up the pattern for the gloves, but I think it at least provides an interesting creation experience and a nice geeky item of clothing (even if they can be a challenge to work out how to wear).

Any comments or suggests very welcome!

Craft: Crochet
Hook: 5mm
Difficulty: 4/10

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!

(Giveaway Closed - winner announced here)
It's been a while but I thought it was time for another giveaway :)
So I'm giving away these cosy fingerless gloves I've been creating recently.

These are the blue version of my Red Riding Hood gloves and they're crocheted from %100 Australian wool.


They are made for a small woman's hand:
8.5 cm / 3.3 inches wide at the wrist (stretches to 9cm)
8.5 cm / 3.3 inches wide at the knuckles (stretches to 9cm)
13 cm / 5.1 inches long
If you do not fit this size, feel free to enter anyway and we can arrange a custom size to be made for you if you win.


~~~ How to Enter ~~~

1) Visit pixelatedmushroom.etsy.com then leave a comment on this blog post about my shop (eg. what you like, something that could be improved, favourite item)

2) Bonus Entry: Follow this blog & let me know in your comment

3) Bonus Entry: Tweet about this giveaway as below and let me know your twitter name (if it's not already obvious from your post):
Blog Giveaway! Blueberry fingerless gloves from @pixelmushroom : http://bit.ly/cZbMat

Fine Print
- Giveaway closes on the 22nd March 8am (AEST)
- Please leave me a way to contact you
- International entries welcome
- Entries 1-3 can be listed in the same comment
- Winner will be contacted and will need to reply with postage info

Good Luck :)

Hi all, here's a super fast easy pattern for a TARDIS crochet ornament to hang on your xmas tree this year.
The finished TARDIS turns out to be about 8cm tall, is hollow but keeps its shape when hung from a tree.


DOWNLOAD PDF
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Materials:
Dark blue yarn
Scrap of white yarn
Scrap of light blue yarn
3mm or 4mm crochet hook

The Pattern
1) Magic circle 6
2) increase every st = 12
3) increase every 2nd st = 18
4) increase every 3rd st = 24
5) *sc5, (sc, dc, dc, sc) in next st* repeat = 36
6) sc just the inside of each st (to make a raised ridge)
7) *sc5, dec2* repeat = 28
8) sc
9) sc
10) sc
11) sc
12) sc
13) sc
14) sc
15) sc
16) sc

Using light blue yarn, create a loop (I plaited mine) from the top centre point of the TARDIS.

Using white yarn sew some windows and any other features you wish to include.

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This TARDIS is designed to fit my little Doctor plushies inside. Add a few more sc rows if you wish to make a TARDIS that fits a Doctor with a hat inside

See the Patterns Page for my other Doctor Who patterns including big and mini doctor plushies ^_^

Enjoy!

I'm completely delighted to announce the winner of my first giveaway!


** LOUISE **
is the lucky winner of a tiny David Tennant Doctor Who Plushie!


For those of you who didn't win, you can always crochet your own from the pattern.
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I want to say a big thank you to everyone who entered, I loved receiving your comments as they were much more creative than ordinary giveaway responses and I love hearing a bit about each of you and what you like.

For interest I thought I'd provide a little list of people's ideas of what they would most like to see crocheted:

8 votes) Dalek
7 votes) Donna, Ood
5 votes) Rose
4 votes) Jack, Face of Boe, Weeping Angel, Adipose
3 votes) Martha, Cyberman
2 votes) K9, Ianto
1 vote) River Song, Someone from girl in the fireplace, the Master, Reaper,
Cassandra, Krillitanes, Cybermat, Sontaran, Sarah Jane, Slitheen, a jelly baby

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!

(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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Hello all,

It didn't seem right to have a TARDIS without a light on top so I have made a little one to add on to the pattern this morning.

I have also finished my 9th Doctor (Christopher Eccleston) so have photographed the two together :)

This is a very simple, rounded TARDIS for crochet beginners. It is made all in one piece, a lamp added to the top, and representative windows stitched to the outside. It does not contain any instructions for complex embellishments. It would be a good beginner project if you are new to amigurumi, as the sides of the box are simple single crochet stitches

Feel free to ask me if you're having trouble with anything. If you do make your own TARDIS I would love to see how it turns out!

I decided the photography of my mini Doctors would not be complete without a TARDIS, so I am providing a free crochet TARDIS pattern/tutorial for anyone who would like to have their own.