Doctor Who - The Fourth Doctor

Last weekend was London MCM 2017! I went all three days and had a fantastic time. I didn't cosplay the first day, but I wore my french fry dress and got a surprising amount of complements as well as a photo request! If I am able to track down the photo, I'll be sure to share it here!On the second day of MCM, I dressed as the fourth regeneration of the Doctor from Doctor Who.Most of the outfit is store bought, but I made both the scarf and the skirt. I knitted the scarf in fifty hours over the course of 5 months, starting on the first of January and finishing just last week on the 6th. My research for the scarf design was a combination of this site and meticulous combing through yarn websites. The scarf is a replica of the scarf worn by Tom Baker in the first half of season 12 of Doctor Who. I think I was able to find a very good color match with the yarn. It took a bit longer to make than I thought it would, and I made a few tiny mistakes, but I am very happy with it. I made it using US size 8 knitting needles.The skirt is actually one I made for my costume course at uni. It's an Edwardian skirt with center back snaps and hook and eyes. I did a very good job of pattern matching each seam, which is especially evident in the back panel. The synthetic plaid fabric is backed on a black cotton, and every seam is piped with the same black cotton.I met many lovely people at the Doctor Who meet up, but unfortunately I didn't take many pictures. I'm not really sure who took the above photo or who some of the people are in it, so please tell me if you know!If I end up going to LFCC this year, I'll be wearing this cosplay on one of the days. I plan on adding a waistcoat and possibly some nice shoes to the costume before then. 

Christmas Presents for Relatives

All of these scarves were made over the summer before I moved for some of my relatives.

This crocheted cowl has Abstract Crochet Cats and pom-poms! What's not to like? This design was fairly easy to make, and my mom convinced me to add the pom-poms as a fun addition. I discovered that to make the cats look more like cats, the stitches done 'in between the ears' should be done AROUND the stitch instead of through it. 

Hats!

That's right, it's an R2D2 hat! I made this to celebrate the new Star Wars movie, and used the Star Wars Droid Beanies pattern. I modified the hat a little bit by adding two extra rows, one where the hat is solid grey, and one at the bottom.Yes! Another Star Wars hat! This one is BB-8, a character from Star Wars: The Force Awakens. I used a BB-8 Droid Hat Pattern, and modified the circles to be smaller, and looking at the robot in order to judge where to put them.

The Three Year Scarf

By my calculations, I started knitting this scarf in 2011. I'd wanted a really wide, long scarf that would keep me warm all winter, and I wanted it to be easy to make.When the scarf reached about four feet, I ran out of yarn, and I looped it around into a cowl. I wasn't completely happy with this and would check every yarn store for another ball of the yarn.I'm not sure where I finally found the correct yarn. I think my Grandma might have given it to me, but I'm not sure. I immediately tore out the line of stitches keeping the cowl in place, and began knitting the rest of the scarf as fast as i could. The official completion date was June 8, 2014.Overall, I am really happy with this scarf. It's all made with the same stitch, so it'd be really easy to make again (although it did take a long time to make).It turned out exactly the size I wanted it to be: about 6 feet long and 10.5 inches wide. Although there's about half an inch of difference between the widths on each end, it is my favorite scarf, and I will definitely get a lot of wear out of it as soon as it starts getting cold again.