A conversation with my characters.

[icarus]

From cedarlibrarian: Dr. Who fans: Put away those knitting needles or else.

I still have the entire first and second season of Dr. Who sitting here, waiting to be watched. But you have to have respect a fandom that knits its favorite characters.

I have Stargate Atlantis chevron socks (thank you, wyomingnot!) but a whole character? Not even needlepoint.

In the meantime, my Out Of Bounds characters and I need to have a little memorial day chat.

Now, John. I realize you just got the pressure taken off you. But that doesn't mean you just get to lay around. There's plot! You have a competition to win. Maybe several. There is much work to be done in between here and there.

Rodney. I recognize that you've just put a lot of effort into convincing John to quit that ball-busting job. I respect that. I also realize that you have students, and a busy schedule. But you can't let him fall flat on his face. Yes, yes, I realize he's exhausted himself and you want him to take a break. But you're going soft. You'd never have put up with this in January.

Sonja. Please, show up soon. I think these guys need your unique brand of self-absorbed cynicism.

*kicks characters' tails*

Comments

[rike-tikki-tavi.livejournal.com]

Actually, it's surprisingly relaxing, making those. Plus, cuddly evil. What more could you want?

EX-TER-MI-KNIT!!

[aunty_marion]

Heh. I got the knitted and crocheted Adipose Fat Baby patterns as soon as I saw them, plus I have the knitted Dalek pattern (and possibly a crochet version as well).

At some point I should adapt my usual doll pattern (© Jean Greenhowe for the basic design!) for a knitted Cyberman. Shouldn't be too difficult, though people keep asking me: "Yes, but which *version*???"

[lebannen.livejournal.com]

There is some strange person trying to sell SGA cross-stitch patterns on Ebay (http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/Stargate-Atlantis-John-105-Cross-Stitch-Pattern-CD-Free_W0QQitemZ220239390912QQihZ012QQcategoryZ3092QQssPageNameZWDVWQQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem), which is a bit wrong to me - textile fanart yes, trying to capture a face at that sort of resolution, hell no. I think trying to follow the pattern to make a dalek or something would present enough of a challenge to me to be either fun or a nightmare (mostly I knit hats, they go round in a circle and you never have to do purl, the only complicated bit is finishing it off), but how hard can it be to follow that kind of pattern, which you can always pick out bits of if something goes wrong?

[sarka.livejournal.com]

I read a story recently which featured a knitted puddlejumper. I can't do that with knitting but I bet I could crochet one. I rather want to, now that the story gave me the idea, lol.

[miso-no-tsuki.livejournal.com]

I can top that! When I was at PegCon3 the girls on our table for the meet'n'greet had a Regalice puddlejumper with a sponge centre-and a Regalice Stargate for someone's birthday!
Yes, I have eaten a puddle jumper!
But for the most adorable plushy!John and plushy!Rodney, go here (http://www.setsunakou.com/ufo/stargatesg1.html)
...the Daniel's not bad, either.
Sadly, I am totally c*** at knitting. Something about the tension eludes me and even blanket squares come out as wonky parallelograms. Heaven alone knows how a dalek would come out ...Jabba the Hutt anyone?