BYTHE DALEK COSTUME
by Charles Moonstone & Penwiper
Many thanks to Penwiper for allowing me to share this pattern which was inspired by & adapted from her awesome EXTERMIKNIT! - www.ravelry.com/patterns/library/extermiknit'
Needles: 2.25 / 2.75 / 4mm - (US needles: 1 / 2 / 6) - (Aus/Can/NZ 13 / 12 / 8) Yarn: 4ply (fingering / sock yarn) less than 50g each of - main colour (l used red) - optional contrast colour (Il used black) - and a small amount of white 8ply (DK) for the eye bobbles. Tension / Gauge: 2.5cm (1inch) = 8sts and 10rows on 2.75mm (US1) needles Notions: If you decide to make the eye stalk on the hat you will need 1 pipe-cleaner (wired chenile stick) about 18cm (7inch) long. Note: This costume was knitted in the round using the jogless join method described at http://techknitting.blogspot.com If you would prefer to knit it flat, I guess you could just add an extra stitch at each end of the chart to use as a seam allowance. @ Penwiper 2007 / Charles Moonstone 2011, all rights reserved. You may make as many items as you like from this pattern as gifts, but you may not sell them. You may share this pattern, but do not sell it. c_moonstone @ yahoo.co.uk You can find me as potatoe-mouse on Ravelry.
DRESS:
Using 2.75mm (US 2) (Aus/Can/NZ 12) needles - CO 63 1-24: Work the section of the dress chart outlined in red 7 times across all rows. 25-33: Work these rows of the dress chart once across. Change to 2.25mm (US 1) (Aus/Can/Nz 13) needles 34-37: work these 4 rows in k1, p1 rib · Cast off (bind off) loosely in rib I If you knitted it flat sew together all the way the centre back seam. · Sew in the ends and block the dress.
Dress Chart:
? Penwiper 2007 / Charles Moonstone 2011, allrights reserved. You may make as many items as you like from this pattern as gifts, but you may not sell them. You may share this pattern, but do not sell it. c_moonstone @ yahoo.co.uk You can find me as potatoe-mouse on Ravelry.
HAT:
Using 2.75mm (US 2) (Aus/Can/NZ 12) needles - CO 60 1-27: Work the stitches of the hat chart twice across all the rows. 28: option a (without eye-stalk): p12, eye bobble using white DK and 4mm (US 6) needles, in main colour and 2.75mm (US 2) needles p22, eye bobble as before, p12 option b (with eye-stalk): p12, eye bobble using white DK and 4mm (US 6) needles, in main colour and 2.75mm (US 2) needles p10, YO, p2tog, p10, eye bobble as before,p12 29-37: Repeat all the sts of the hat chart twice across all the rows. · Break yarn. Using a yarn needle, thread the yarn end through the remaining stitches, pul closed, and sew in the loose end. · Sew in the other ends. Wrap the top of your girl's head in plastic, wash the hat and place it on her head to dry. (Or I guess you could use a similar sized ball, or make one by stuffing some plastic bags inside another one.)
Hat Chart:
EYE-STALK (optional)
You can either knit it flat, wrap it around one end of the pipe-cleaner, and sew it together to make a tube. Or knit it around the pipe-cleaner using DPNs, and I-chord for the narrowestsections. Knit on 4mm (US 6) (Aus/Can/Nz 8) needles using 4 strands of main colour held together 1: co 3 sts 2-7: ss, turning at end of each row 8-9: k & p into each st & turn 10: k across & turn 11: p2tog across & turn 12: k2tog across & turn 13-14: ss, turning at end of each row 15: k &p into each st 16: k across 17: k &p into each st 18: k across 19: p2tog across. Cast off · Fold over the last cm / half inch of the pipecleaner at each end. This is so that there are no sharpends. · If you knitted the eye-stalk flat, wrap it around one end of the pipe-cleaner and sew it into a tube. (The 'eye bobble' should be at the very end, with pipecleaner poking out from the narrow part of the stalk) · Push the free end of the pipe cleaner through the YO on the hat. · Sew the end of the eye-stalk securely into place. · Bend the pipe cleaner so it fits neatly over your girl's head.
