Mini Doctor Whos

Like all good nerds I was raised on Doctor Who and have enough Doctor-obsessed friends that it was inevitable for me to eventually require Doctor Who crochet patterns…

I’m also a huge fan of Ravelry.com – if you’re into anything knit or crochet, it’s a great place to collect ideas, develop a library of patterns and connect with other craft-mad humans.

These two loves came together when Ravelry first introduced me to Pixelated Mushroom – blog of Nyss Parkes – who (among other things) creates great patterns, and shares some of them free of charge.
Perhaps my favourites of hers is a collection of  Mini Doctor Who patterns, including 11 different Doctors.  She has also provided a free TARDIS pattern, just big enough to fit the mini doctors.

They’re simple to follow, and I’ve also used them as the basis for many other amigurumis, such as Sherlock, and Merlin (which I’ll post here later).

Here are a couple of the Doctors I’ve done for friends:

• Jon Pertwee and David Tennant’s hair were done with special wool.  You can find some of my hair tips here.
• For the TARDIS in the picture above, I used a pattern purchased from SarasCrochetCouture Etsy store.  It was a little larger and little more robust than the Pixelated Mushroom free pattern, and was exactly what I needed for that project. (Although I have used the PM free pattern several times as well – she even has a Christmas ornament version.)
• Ravelry also has a free Weeping Angel pattern by Shirley MacDonald, and a Dalek Egg Cosy by Ellie Skene, which are both also included the picture at the top of this post.

These patterns and other Dr Who crochet craziness can also be found in this post from mooglyblog.com, and there are many, many more in Ravelry’s libraries.

Happy wool-based nerding!