Who?
Did I say "want"? Excuse me, I meant "need." Yes, I need to make this project.
Yup, it's a Dr. Who scarf. The Tom Baker one, of course (the best one!). All those Harry Potty school scarves are just tacky ripoffs of this, the original and best super-long multicolored scarf!
I was doing some work (freelance editing) this evening and something I read made me think of the Dr. Who scarf, so I immediately googled* it and found a few patterns. Most of them seemed pretty much the same. It was interesting to read some of the "design notes" by the pattern authors--stuff to the effect of "I watched the show nine million times in order to figure out the exact sequence of colors and rows."
*(Here's a sign of how nerdy I am: I'm putting a footnote in a blog post.) As of yesterday (7 July), "google" is now listed in Merriam-Webster's Collegiate Dictionary. It's listed as a transitive verb (thank goodness) and, as happens to proper nouns that become generic in this sense, is lowercase in this sense.
Yup, it's a Dr. Who scarf. The Tom Baker one, of course (the best one!). All those Harry Potty school scarves are just tacky ripoffs of this, the original and best super-long multicolored scarf!
I was doing some work (freelance editing) this evening and something I read made me think of the Dr. Who scarf, so I immediately googled* it and found a few patterns. Most of them seemed pretty much the same. It was interesting to read some of the "design notes" by the pattern authors--stuff to the effect of "I watched the show nine million times in order to figure out the exact sequence of colors and rows."
*(Here's a sign of how nerdy I am: I'm putting a footnote in a blog post.) As of yesterday (7 July), "google" is now listed in Merriam-Webster's Collegiate Dictionary. It's listed as a transitive verb (thank goodness) and, as happens to proper nouns that become generic in this sense, is lowercase in this sense.
6 Comments:
Marsha,
Here's another version of the Dr. Who scarf on the cover of this book...
http://store.nobleknits.com/knitstitch.html
~Katie J
That's a nice scarf, but the colors and the regular color changes aren't quite right. It's not something Tom Baker would wear. No, if I'm going to knit this scarf, I'm going for something as authentic as possible. Maybe I should watch the Tom Baker episodes a few dozen times just to be sure I get it right... :)
http://www.doctorwhoscarf.com/
Thanks, Maggi! I did come across the site the other day, but it is a terrible site--after the home page, I could not get any links to work (just kept getting blank pages). The problem isnt on my end (not having difficulties with any other sites.), so I have no idea what is going on there. I did manage to open one link before everything started going wonky, though, and I think the pattern listed there is the "official BBC pattern" that I have seen elsewhere...
the links opened for me. do you want me to send you a color graphic for a particular season?
Thanks, Maggi! On a hunch, I just loaded that site in Internet Explorer...and everything works fine. Hmmm. I guess it didn't like my Firefox, though that doesn't make much sense, 'cause it worked the first time I looked at the site. Oh well.
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