Seventh Doctor scarf pattern from Chicago TARDIS
I'm posting the info about this Doctor Who scarf a few years after originally doing so. My old post is lacking in detail/photos, and the subject has come up again.
I was just at Chicago TARDIS, where I gave Sylvester McCoy (Seventh Doctor) and Sophie Aldred (Ace) each a Seventh Doctor scarf. I went there with that plan in mind, and I was lucky enough to run into Sylvester in the hotel lobby in the afternoon of Thursday, Nov. 23. I saw Sophie not long after that but didn't want to interrupt a conversation she was engaged in, so I waited until that evening's reception to hand her scarf over. Fortunately, she dropped by my table, and I had the scarf all ready to give away.
One of those scarves made it onstage at the con's closing ceremonies on Sunday (it's currently one of the revolving images on the front page of the Chicago TARDIS site plus can be seen here), another one worn by a friend also got some attention, and yet another one that I wore on and off throughout the weekend was popular. I brought a lot of knitwork with me, which got a lot of questions/comments, and that scarf probably received the most remarks.
I've made a bunch of these scarves over the past several years. All of them are double-knit. Using Fair Isle or intarsia (or a combination of those techniques) is possible but not something I'd probably ever try because the wrong side would not look the greatest. Of course, if anyone out there wants to try those methods, or has another technique in mind, go for it. Here's one scarf, double-knit, with the front side in the photo shown first and then the reverse or wrong side shown second.
Now here's the pattern, which is a straightforward repeat.
If you allow for one plain yellow background stitch on either side of the pattern, you can fit the entire thing into 23 stitches across. But I think I've almost always made this scarf 25 stitches across because you need a pair of edge stitches on each row. And you can of course make it wider than 25 stitches if you want.
As for colors, I usually prefer not to mix yarn brands. But with this scarf, doing so has worked fine. I like Red Heart Cornmeal for the yellow, and I most often use Vanna's Choice Scarlet for the red. Those are both acrylic yarns, which I like just fine. If you don't want to use acrylic, I don't have any brands/color suggestions because I've never looked into any. For the blue/green parts, I have tried so many different brands/shades. Can't remember them all. I say just pick whatever you like that matches the weight of the other two colors.
If you still have questions, I'll try to answer them.
I was just at Chicago TARDIS, where I gave Sylvester McCoy (Seventh Doctor) and Sophie Aldred (Ace) each a Seventh Doctor scarf. I went there with that plan in mind, and I was lucky enough to run into Sylvester in the hotel lobby in the afternoon of Thursday, Nov. 23. I saw Sophie not long after that but didn't want to interrupt a conversation she was engaged in, so I waited until that evening's reception to hand her scarf over. Fortunately, she dropped by my table, and I had the scarf all ready to give away.
One of those scarves made it onstage at the con's closing ceremonies on Sunday (it's currently one of the revolving images on the front page of the Chicago TARDIS site plus can be seen here), another one worn by a friend also got some attention, and yet another one that I wore on and off throughout the weekend was popular. I brought a lot of knitwork with me, which got a lot of questions/comments, and that scarf probably received the most remarks.
I've made a bunch of these scarves over the past several years. All of them are double-knit. Using Fair Isle or intarsia (or a combination of those techniques) is possible but not something I'd probably ever try because the wrong side would not look the greatest. Of course, if anyone out there wants to try those methods, or has another technique in mind, go for it. Here's one scarf, double-knit, with the front side in the photo shown first and then the reverse or wrong side shown second.
Now here's the pattern, which is a straightforward repeat.
If you allow for one plain yellow background stitch on either side of the pattern, you can fit the entire thing into 23 stitches across. But I think I've almost always made this scarf 25 stitches across because you need a pair of edge stitches on each row. And you can of course make it wider than 25 stitches if you want.
As for colors, I usually prefer not to mix yarn brands. But with this scarf, doing so has worked fine. I like Red Heart Cornmeal for the yellow, and I most often use Vanna's Choice Scarlet for the red. Those are both acrylic yarns, which I like just fine. If you don't want to use acrylic, I don't have any brands/color suggestions because I've never looked into any. For the blue/green parts, I have tried so many different brands/shades. Can't remember them all. I say just pick whatever you like that matches the weight of the other two colors.
If you still have questions, I'll try to answer them.