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Crochet Goodness and Daleks

September 17, 2009 at 11:05 pm | In Craft, Dr Who, crochet | Leave a Comment
Tags: crochet, Dalek, Dr_Who, librarian

My first crocheted Dalek...

Here is my latest project a crocheted Dalek. The pattern is available here. Thanks to Nys for her advice on making the arms(!?) It’s back to Christmas gift making now. He wasn’t nearly as difficult to make as anticipated. I have only been crocheting for 6 months or so and with a bit of help from friends and youtube – woo hoo he is done!

Knitting Frenzy and New Year’s Resolutions

November 26, 2007 at 10:32 pm | In Craft, Dr Who, Exercise | 2 Comments
Tags: Christmas, Dalek, Dr Who, Knitting, New Year, Resolutions

I visited my colleague whose Mum knitted a dalek. It really is beautiful. Now another colleague informs me that she only needs to finish the head and she will be finished her dalek. I met the Marketing Director at my place of work and she had a talking dalek on her desk and then we chatted about Cybermen. You never know who is a closet “Who” fan (Dr Who not the band…).

I wish I could knit. I have started thinking about “goals” for 2008. I know I am getting in early so far my list includes:

Learning to swim (a tragedy cos I live in Australia and I am not very confident in the water – earmarked January for this)
Learing to surf
Completing a triathlon
Starting a PhD
Learn to dance – the two step is a bit passe now and I like to bust a move
Be an advocate for librarians and libraries
Go to a least one overseas conference

I think this will keep me really busy. So I don’t think I will add too much more to it for now. With Christmas round the corner, the new year will be here before we know it.

Crafty Tardis Update of Patterns

November 21, 2007 at 9:37 pm | In Craft, Dr Who | 4 Comments
Tags: Crafty Tardis, Dalek

Crafty Tardis now has updated links to the patterns in this vibrant and exciting community of dedicated Dr Who fans. They are arranged by subject for eg Tardis, Dalek and type of craft. Great stuff.

Hello world!

November 20, 2007 at 10:51 pm | In Dr Who | Leave a Comment
Tags: Angels have the phone box, Crafty Tardis, Dalek, David Tennant, Dr Who, Russel T Davies

Welcome to Angels have the phone box my musings on pretty much anything I want but often Dr Who. Why Dr Who? Well since Russel T Davies reinvigorated the series it has been so clever and funny. What’s more David Tennant is hot!

I can’t promise that this blog will be entertaining, life changing or riveting but I intend to make occasional posts about whatever takes my fancy or follies that amuse me. I will start this post with a tribute to Crafty Tardis an online community that I think rocks. This community is dedicated to craft of the SciFi nature with a particular bent for Dr Who. It was on this blog that I found a pattern for a knitted dalek. I posted about it and wallah one of my colleagues got her mother to knit one for her. Here is the result. Her mum doesn’t even know what a dalek is hence the colour choice. But I think it is great… like a bee crossed with a dalek. Beautiful.