Thank You all for the Birthday wishes. I had a lovely day & am now left with more baked goods than I can possibly eat (although the crepes & cheesecake are so good I'll sure try to finish those off!)
Waiting for dinner tonight I finished the first of a project that's kinda special for me. One of my favorite tv shows over the last few years has been Dr. Who. Now I'm too young to remember any of the original versions of this show, but I really just love a little campy sci-fi each week.
Now, the season finale really left off with a heart wrenching cliff hanger. I've never been so anxious for a season premiere before. During the particularly sad scene at the end Rose was wearing these really beautiful wristwarmers.
Some really wonderful blogger went out & translated a pattern for these from the screen shots. I'm knitting them as my life line to the next season...
Even if your not a Dr Who fanatic these wristwarmers are a fantastic pattern & really fun to knit. Other than changing the color I only made one change to the pattern. The palm in the pattern is knit in stockinette, for me they were quite loose fitting. I did find a simple solution to make them fit that didn't require reknitting the whole thing.
I dropped every other stitch down in the stockinette section & worked them up with a crochet hook. In the photo your seeing the inside of the wrist warmer because it's easier to work a knit stitch back up than a purl. I only had to drop down a total of 6 stitches & it took me less than a hour to make my wristwarmers fit really well.
Be still my beating heart. The Doctor & Rose will be reunited...
Comments (10)
Those are beautiful! Nice trick.
Posted by Nicole Tinch | February 8, 2007 6:31 AM
Posted on February 8, 2007 06:31
Good save. I love that move, I've fixed socks for Brian and Altu that way before. It makes me feel smart every time, though it's not hard. You go, grrrl.
Posted by LynnH | February 8, 2007 11:11 AM
Posted on February 8, 2007 11:11
All I can say is "WOW" those are beautiful!
Posted by Alicia | February 8, 2007 12:44 PM
Posted on February 8, 2007 12:44
HI SP - looking forward to not one, but TWO parcels - how spoled am I?!
Those wristwarmers look great - but what do you mean about the crochet? I can see what you've done but don't see how it made them smaller - was it a bigger hook???
India
Posted by India | February 8, 2007 2:25 PM
Posted on February 8, 2007 14:25
Oh my gosh, I just heard about this technique from an elderly knitter in my S&B. She knits sweters in the round and uses dropped stitches to create waist shaping. Wow...and then to read about it in the same day. Calling Dr. Who...
Posted by Patricia | February 8, 2007 5:31 PM
Posted on February 8, 2007 17:31
Must. Knit. These. In fact, I cast on for them immediately after seeing yours. Love 'em.
I love TV romances!
Posted by Lara | February 8, 2007 6:20 PM
Posted on February 8, 2007 18:20
Happy Blated Birthday!
Love those arm warmers
Posted by Shannon | February 8, 2007 11:34 PM
Posted on February 8, 2007 23:34
If you are loving this season of Doctor Who be sure the check out Torchwood, which is the spin off that aired this past fall. I haven't found anyone who's carrying here in the States, but all of the episodes are avaliable online through google video. Torchwood follows Captain Jack, who was introduced in the last series of Doctor Who. It's rather good!
Posted by Theresa | February 9, 2007 4:12 AM
Posted on February 9, 2007 04:12
I like those wrist warmers. My sister-in-law is a Dr. Who fan. She mentioned it on her blog yesterday and until that point I didn't even realize that there was a Dr. Who show now. I probably need to learn how to take control of the remote so we don't see so much sports!
Posted by Rebecca | February 9, 2007 10:10 AM
Posted on February 9, 2007 10:10
Lovely wrist warmers--now I just need to find out if the scarf Rose wore in Boom Town (Season 1) was knit from Colinette--it looks like it may be, and Colinette *is* Welsh, after all.
It looks from your posting like you used the original yarn from the pattern. Do you stock it in your store? If not, where did you find it? I tried substituting Tree Frog Alpaca, but it didn't have the definition to show off the pattern, and I have had a hard time finding the Silk/Merino/Alpaca blend from the pattern. Failing that, do you have a suggestion for a substitute?
Posted by Kate | February 20, 2007 1:00 PM
Posted on February 20, 2007 13:00