We knitters sure know how to spice things up!
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The Knitters were out in full-force at Gallifrey One this year. Tara Wheeler, known for her amazing Fourth Doctor scarves and her life-sized TARDIS replica, commandeered half of the Philadelphia room at the Los Angeles Marriott Hotel and Conference Center and claimed it for her TARDIS and for Ravelry.com.
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As soon as the doors opened on Friday morning there was a group of knitters in the TARDIS room, helping Tara mind her TARDIS, offering to take pictures of people with said TARDIS, and showcasing amazing scarves and Doctor Who-related knittery. One brilliant knitter even shared her fantastic illusion-knit Doctor Who blanket with us. From straight-on, the scarf looks pretty much like a bunch of garter stitch stripes.
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But at an angle, you can see Cybermen, Daleks, the letters W H O, and a ?. Simply stunning.
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And on Saturday the proud participants of the GOTSCARF Traveling Fourth Doctor Scarf KAL got together for a picture with the finished scarf and the TARDIS:
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We put the scarf in the auction on Sunday, which raised $250 for charity! Go us!
Other Fourth Doctor scarves were found all over the place during Gally. I saw over a dozen different versions, though most of them were either season 12 or 15 from what I could tell. When the wonderful Mr. Javier Grillo-Marxuach (creator of The Middleman, writer/producer of the first two seasons of Lost, etc.) arrived on Friday he was sporting his own (bought, based on the tag I remember seeing on it) Fourth Doctor scarf:
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Ravelry members also at the conference got our own ribbons, which were plotted on the Who Knits? forums and brought by Nancy/tigereye:
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Our hang-out spot in the Philadelphia room was also the "official" meetup spot for the lovely gentlemen behind the Doctor Who: Podshock podcast:
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James Naughton, pictured on the right above and one part of the international Podshock crew, was sporting a lovely Fourth Doctor Scarf-inspired tie which I believe was made for him by Tara:
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We even dominated the latest episode of The Happiness Patrol, a DW podcast co-staring the aforementioned Tara Wheeler!
The Happiness Patrol, ep. 15: "Gallifrey 21"
We also got a great shoutout (a few, actually) on the Gallifrey One edition of the 2 Minute Timelord podcast:
2MTL 106: Gallifrey One Wrap-up with Shaun Lyon (TIME DILATION)
[audio:http://twominutetimelord.com/podcasts/2mtl-106.mp3]
The knitting love was all around at Gally this year. And it sounds like nearly all of us will be back again next year, ready to share the DW-inspired knitting love in 2011. I'm already plotting to make a knit Eleventh Doctor bowtie ...
Check back soon for part 2 of my Gallifrey One: 21 recap!
[caption id="" align="aligncenter" width="500" caption="Where my stitches at?"]
[/caption]The Knitters were out in full-force at Gallifrey One this year. Tara Wheeler, known for her amazing Fourth Doctor scarves and her life-sized TARDIS replica, commandeered half of the Philadelphia room at the Los Angeles Marriott Hotel and Conference Center and claimed it for her TARDIS and for Ravelry.com.
[caption id="" align="aligncenter" width="500" caption="Practically a 24/7 stitch 'n' bitch"]
[/caption]As soon as the doors opened on Friday morning there was a group of knitters in the TARDIS room, helping Tara mind her TARDIS, offering to take pictures of people with said TARDIS, and showcasing amazing scarves and Doctor Who-related knittery. One brilliant knitter even shared her fantastic illusion-knit Doctor Who blanket with us. From straight-on, the scarf looks pretty much like a bunch of garter stitch stripes.
[caption id="" align="aligncenter" width="375" caption="Fantastic illusion-knit Doctor Who blanket"]
[/caption]But at an angle, you can see Cybermen, Daleks, the letters W H O, and a ?. Simply stunning.
[caption id="" align="aligncenter" width="500" caption="What the illusion knitting illuded to ..."]
[/caption]And on Saturday the proud participants of the GOTSCARF Traveling Fourth Doctor Scarf KAL got together for a picture with the finished scarf and the TARDIS:
[caption id="" align="aligncenter" width="500" caption="The Scarf KAL knitters (can you find me?)"]
[/caption]We put the scarf in the auction on Sunday, which raised $250 for charity! Go us!
Other Fourth Doctor scarves were found all over the place during Gally. I saw over a dozen different versions, though most of them were either season 12 or 15 from what I could tell. When the wonderful Mr. Javier Grillo-Marxuach (creator of The Middleman, writer/producer of the first two seasons of Lost, etc.) arrived on Friday he was sporting his own (bought, based on the tag I remember seeing on it) Fourth Doctor scarf:
[caption id="" align="aligncenter" width="500" caption="Michelle/Michelf with Javier GM!"]
[/caption]Ravelry members also at the conference got our own ribbons, which were plotted on the Who Knits? forums and brought by Nancy/tigereye:
[caption id="" align="aligncenter" width="500" caption="The Ravelers of Rassilon"]
[/caption]Our hang-out spot in the Philadelphia room was also the "official" meetup spot for the lovely gentlemen behind the Doctor Who: Podshock podcast:
[caption id="" align="aligncenter" width="500" caption="Unofficial DW podcast meeting spot"]
[/caption]James Naughton, pictured on the right above and one part of the international Podshock crew, was sporting a lovely Fourth Doctor Scarf-inspired tie which I believe was made for him by Tara:
[caption id="" align="aligncenter" width="375" caption="James and his ScarfTie"]
[/caption]We even dominated the latest episode of The Happiness Patrol, a DW podcast co-staring the aforementioned Tara Wheeler!
The Happiness Patrol, ep. 15: "Gallifrey 21"
We also got a great shoutout (a few, actually) on the Gallifrey One edition of the 2 Minute Timelord podcast:
2MTL 106: Gallifrey One Wrap-up with Shaun Lyon (TIME DILATION)
[audio:http://twominutetimelord.com/podcasts/2mtl-106.mp3]
The knitting love was all around at Gally this year. And it sounds like nearly all of us will be back again next year, ready to share the DW-inspired knitting love in 2011. I'm already plotting to make a knit Eleventh Doctor bowtie ...
Check back soon for part 2 of my Gallifrey One: 21 recap!
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