duckbunny ([info]woolly_socks) wrote in [info]crafty_tardis,
2008-12-17 18:11:00
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Knitted plushy TARDIS, and fingerless gloves

Hello! I'm a long-time lurker, but finally got together my photos to post.

I knitted a TARDIS from [info]penwiper337's excellent pattern, and then modfied it to make some fingerless gloves as a gift for a friend.

It was a birthday gift or [info]morebliss. It took me so long I missed her birthday by about a month, but she loved it!



I put it on a cardboard box that I made and stuffed, leaving the top open so the fabric would stretch into a kind of peak. I made the box too big so the fabric distorted. I wasn't happy with it but [info]morebliss told me to shut up, and that it was perfect. *g*



Close-up:


While I was halfway through sewing the pieces together, my friend decided to try it on:


OK, the fingerless gloves. Basically I adapted the plushy TARDIS pattern on the fly, so I don't have it all written down. If there's any interest I'll put something together to post, but if you're a reasonably confident knitter it's not hard at all. You just knit however much you want for the cuff in K1 P1, and then switch to regular stitch and put in dark blue panels as in the original pattern. Make them as long as you can fit, depending on the size of the hands you're making them for. Leaving enough room for the 'Police Box' text.

The hands I was making them for are small, so for average sized hands you might just put some more plain blue stitches around the design.

(ETA: these were also a gift. Maybe I'll make some for myself next. *g*)

The pieces before I stitched them up:




And finished:






I cast off a little too loosely, so instead of sitting snugly the ends near the fingers curled a bit. I stitched through a piece of blue yarn and pulled it tight to combat this, but if you cast off reasonably firmly you shouldn't have that problem.
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[info]smercy

December 17 2008, 05:49:44 UTC 3 years ago

heeeeeeeey there, beautiful.
you knit some pretty stuff.

[info]woolly_socks

December 17 2008, 06:09:18 UTC 3 years ago

Thank you my darlink!

[info]trystbat

December 17 2008, 05:50:27 UTC 3 years ago

OMG, I wish someone would knit me fingerless gloves like that. Those are super-duper cool. You should wear them with a Tam of Rassilon ;-)

[info]woolly_socks

December 17 2008, 06:08:58 UTC 3 years ago

Thank you!

Actually they were a gift as well. But I do kind of want some for myself! Maybe next winter. It's summer here now.

[info]rani23

December 17 2008, 05:52:12 UTC 3 years ago

*squee*

Love them both but LOVE THE GLOVES the best!!!

[info]woolly_socks

December 17 2008, 06:07:58 UTC 3 years ago

Aw, thank you! The recipient loved them too.

[info]kimberweeme

December 17 2008, 05:54:49 UTC 3 years ago

I love the gloves so much!

So I knitted one side of the TARDIS plushy and was aghast at how gigantic it was. I was going for small, like in the pictures. I'm turning it into a scarf (with just the blue panels in the middle and one complete TARDIS at each end) and getting thinner yarn and smaller needles to do the plushy. Now that I see the one you made, though...

[info]woolly_socks

December 17 2008, 06:06:24 UTC 3 years ago

Oooh I was thinking about making a scarf! I put it on the back burner though - by the time I'd finished the plushy and the gloves I was sick to death of blue yarn!

[info]kimberweeme

3 years ago

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[info]woolly_socks

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[info]eireinn

December 17 2008, 06:04:00 UTC 3 years ago

Those are so fabulous!

[info]woolly_socks

December 17 2008, 06:06:48 UTC 3 years ago

Thank you!

[info]cardiff_3

December 17 2008, 06:06:02 UTC 3 years ago

The TARDIS is next on my list and I am so adding those gloves to them. I Love those!

[info]woolly_socks

December 17 2008, 06:07:19 UTC 3 years ago

Thank you!

I love the icon.

[info]failte_aoife

December 17 2008, 06:45:16 UTC 3 years ago

Simply wow! The plush-tardis is super-cute and the gloves are so amazing!

[info]woolly_socks

December 17 2008, 06:47:43 UTC 3 years ago

Awww, thank you!

[info]lisa_marli

December 17 2008, 07:27:21 UTC 3 years ago

That is Fantastic!
I like the gloves. Longer arm warmers would be fun too.
Properly modified the Plushy Tardis would make a good lapghan as well.

[info]woolly_socks

December 18 2008, 00:16:31 UTC 3 years ago

Thank you. :-)

It would make a great lapghan, but man would it take forever! I don't have the patience for big projects like that.

[info]cinnamingirl

December 17 2008, 08:05:42 UTC 3 years ago

Oh wow, I love fingerless gloves, and I was already thinking of making the TARDIS ipod thingy. I already have one set of gloves/scarf that match tho, so i'm wondering if having those AND the ipod cozy would be a lil much...

These are so beautiful! I'm definitely going to try it when i finish the other things I have to knit for people...

[info]woolly_socks

December 18 2008, 00:19:42 UTC 3 years ago

Thank you!

And yeah, the temptation to make TARDIS everything is strong, I know!

[info]penguin_ford

December 17 2008, 08:08:00 UTC 3 years ago

OH MY GOD!! I WANT NEED THEM BOTH!!!

[info]kataclysmic1

December 17 2008, 08:39:05 UTC 3 years ago

My thoughts exactly! Especially the gloves - I'm just dying over them, they're so awesome.

[info]woolly_socks

3 years ago

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[info]penwiper337

December 17 2008, 12:23:35 UTC 3 years ago

Those are all beautiful! Wow - that's some lovely knitting.

I seriously had no idea how big that TARDIS would be when knitted up. It appears to be to-scale with EXTERMIKNIT!, though, which amuses me far more than it should.

I WANT the hand-warmers. So cool!

[info]woolly_socks

December 18 2008, 00:23:49 UTC 3 years ago

Thanks so much! And thanks for the awesome pattern!

Yeah I was pretty surprised when I saw how big it was going to be too.

EXTERMIKNIT?

[info]therru

December 17 2008, 13:00:55 UTC 3 years ago

Oh, those fingerless gloves are really cool! Me like.

[info]woolly_socks

December 18 2008, 00:24:12 UTC 3 years ago

Thanks! :-)

[info]gigs_83

December 17 2008, 14:37:40 UTC 3 years ago

Aww I want a cuddly TARDIS!!

And the gloves are awesome!

[info]woolly_socks

December 18 2008, 00:24:36 UTC 3 years ago

Thank you! :-)

[info]gorengal

December 17 2008, 14:54:37 UTC 3 years ago

Gorgeous work...those fingerless gloves are inspired!

[info]woolly_socks

December 18 2008, 00:26:14 UTC 3 years ago

Thanks!

[info]dozmuffinxc

December 17 2008, 16:12:52 UTC 3 years ago

Fingerless gloves of brilliance!! They're fabulous, and now I have glove envy. :)

[info]woolly_socks

December 18 2008, 00:26:41 UTC 3 years ago

:-)

I do a bit now too! I have to make some for myself now.

[info]dixon_ticon

December 17 2008, 17:04:29 UTC 3 years ago

Those fingerless gloves are OUTSTANDING!

[info]woolly_socks

December 18 2008, 00:27:04 UTC 3 years ago

Thank you!

[info]starrydance

December 17 2008, 19:33:47 UTC 3 years ago

I have never lusted after a pair of fingerless gloves like I am lusting for those right now.

I have SERIOUS glove envy tooooo.

[info]woolly_socks

December 18 2008, 00:27:45 UTC 3 years ago

They're pretty easy to make! And thank you. :-)

[info]starrydance

3 years ago

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[info]green_wing

December 17 2008, 22:59:00 UTC 3 years ago Edited:  December 17 2008, 23:02:25 UTC

I would love some instructions for the gloves, I'm not a knitter but my mum is (I'm sure I could convince her to make them for me) :D

And I'm definitely going to beg her to knit me a TARDIS *wheeee* :P

p.s. hi from a fellow kiwi ;)

[info]woolly_socks

December 18 2008, 07:09:42 UTC 3 years ago

Hi, fellow kiwi!

I'll see what I can do about writing a pattern. I've never done it before so I'm unsure of the format.

Are you still living in NZ? Cos that would give me some time until it's cold enough to wear gloves again!

[info]green_wing

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[info]morebliss

December 18 2008, 00:32:17 UTC 3 years ago

told me to shut up, and that it was perfect

That's cause it IS PERFECT! I get comments on it once a week or so from people wandering in and seeing it at my desk. (And I still cuddle it when no-one is looking!)

[info]woolly_socks

December 18 2008, 07:10:23 UTC 3 years ago

*giggles*

I love that you cuddle it! It's what it's for!!!

[info]elvish_kitty

December 18 2008, 01:14:04 UTC 3 years ago

Ooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo!!!!!

[info]woolly_socks

December 18 2008, 07:10:56 UTC 3 years ago

*g* That's a good reaction!

[info]redheadedali

December 18 2008, 02:50:09 UTC 3 years ago

Love the gloves :).

[info]woolly_socks

December 18 2008, 07:11:18 UTC 3 years ago

Thanks! :-)

[info]fyrdrakken

December 18 2008, 17:22:54 UTC 3 years ago

Ack, the gloves! Wonderful! Must make!

[info]woolly_socks

December 18 2008, 21:34:45 UTC 3 years ago

:-) thanks!

[info]chocoholic47

December 20 2008, 22:11:52 UTC 3 years ago

How nifty! The gloves are especially awesome.

[info]woolly_socks

December 20 2008, 23:01:39 UTC 3 years ago

Thanks! :-)

[info]laughingrat

July 18 2009, 01:15:26 UTC 2 years ago

OMG TARDIS ON HED

[info]woolly_socks

July 19 2009, 01:10:08 UTC 2 years ago

*g* yeah I thought it was pretty funny!

[info]starsprinkles

January 8 2010, 20:33:45 UTC 2 years ago

I LOVE those gloves! I featured them in my weekly column on Fandomania:

Fandomestic: 10 Fandom-Inspired Fingerless Gloves & Mittens

=)

[info]woolly_socks

January 11 2010, 07:18:44 UTC 2 years ago

Cool! I'm glad you like them.
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