Comments on: The Most Awesomest TARDIS Dishcloth EVAR knitting pattern

By: Laura

Laura — Fri, 09 Dec 2011 07:20:32 +0000

THANK YOU! I’d finished knitting a Darlek dischcloth as a Christmas present for a friend, but felt that one was a little bit stingy. I thought a matching set of Dalek and TARDIS would be all sorts of awesome, and was about to start sketching and experimenting to try and create my own pattern but thought i’d just try and google it first. Your pattern was the first thing that came up and its EXACTLY what I was looking for! :) I’ve only cast on so far (I have an entire library to organise, a weekend away to pack for, and lessons to plan/teach), but as soon as I have it finished I will let you know! :) Thanks again – you have saved me so many hours there’s a chance my library will be organised this side of Christmas! :)

By: cdguyknit

cdguyknit — Fri, 18 Feb 2011 02:23:36 +0000

NOT FOR PULIC: Have first 1/4 of the scarf done, and would like to show it to you, but can’t figure out how to email it, or post it here. Do you have a photo dump site I can send it to you? It’s looking pretty good!

By: Arwyn

Arwyn — Tue, 15 Feb 2011 03:17:02 +0000

cdguyknit — Ohhhh, he would *flip* for that. In the good way! He’s… about 3.5 feet tall, I think? About to turn 4, and loooooong and lean.

I look forward to the pics! Now I’m wanting to make one for me, but also in baby-things-knitting mode. Hmm, maybe a baby sweater with a TARDIS in back…

By: cdguyknit

cdguyknit — Tue, 15 Feb 2011 01:56:10 +0000

I got the beat up “classic” Tardis color. According to the BBC, all the Tardis until the new series all had the same color. The new series is the first to be shot in HD, and the poor old Tardis Blue shot a little “faded.” And rest assured, I shall have to send a picture. Heck, if I get my rear in gear, maybe I can send along a scarf for the boychick. How tall is he?

By: Arwyn

Arwyn — Tue, 15 Feb 2011 00:00:26 +0000

Cdguyknit — You must, you must, you MUST send me pictures when you’re done!

Did you get the Matt-Smith TARDIS color, or the older, more beat-up Eccleston/Tennant era color? ;)

By: Cdguyknit

Cdguyknit — Mon, 14 Feb 2011 23:48:28 +0000

*sigh* If one Tardis is cool, and two Tardis are “Brilliant” (yes, the plural of Tardis is indeed Tardis) I find myself wondering what I have gotten myself into, as I am turning your dishcloth into a scarf. Yep. 16 little Tardis will make a very cool scarf, albeit not as cool as a fez, but that’s just the way it is. (And for the truly OCD out there, I tracked down the paint color of the Tardis thanks to BBCAmerica and have matched it to a yarn color as close as I can afford. I’ll be glad to share either the paint code or the yarn color if you like, Arwyn. Or I can just mail you the paint sample can for Boychick’s door. =) Just kidding.)

By: JohannaMM

JohannaMM — Fri, 04 Feb 2011 17:34:58 +0000

OK. It took Cdguyknit’s question and your answer for me to really look at what’s happening in rows 33-38 and the finished effect. That’s brilliant!

By: Cdguyknit

Cdguyknit — Wed, 02 Feb 2011 16:02:06 +0000

Thank you for the instructions! They were fairly easy to follow, unless you are trying to knit while watching a 5 year old practice his “ninja” moves, which results in you putting the yib when it should be yif, but other than that, no worries. By the time I found my error, it was either rip out rows 33-51, or deal with it. So, I’m going to deal with it. (Creative license, people!)

By: Arwyn

Arwyn — Wed, 02 Feb 2011 06:17:07 +0000

Cdguyknit — so what we’re doing on rows 33-38 is making a reeeeeally long carried stitch. I’d be like reaching down in row 38 and picking up a stitch from row 33, but then it would warp the fabric and all the other stitches in row 33 (and leave a hole!), so! Instead of doing that, we create a NEW stitch — or, if you’d rather think of it this way, just a spare bit of yarn that doesn’t really get treated like a stitch at all. You COULD, in row 33, wrap the yarn around, work the next couple stitches, and then go back (or in the next row) just *drop* that yarn, and leave it in front until row 38. I prefer to carry it up, but that’s just a preference.

Does that make sense, or are you even more confused now? (And welcome! And thank you for the compliment! One day I will get my K-9 pattern up, I swear…)

By: Cdguyknit

Cdguyknit — Tue, 01 Feb 2011 16:12:16 +0000

I admit it, this is the coolest thing since ….well….ok, it’s mega cool. However, i find myself getting my but kicked by rows 33 to 38. It’s the wrapped stitches. Anybody got advice on how exactly to do this?? (Please. Help a fellow knitter, even if I am a guy, out here!) Thank you!