The Thanks of a Grateful [Terry] Nation

[gnomi]

As I mentioned last week, mabfan found a pattern for knitting a Dalek, and I set about knitting one.

Well, it's done. So now I bring you the narrative of the knitting.

(Many photos behind cut)

Genesis of the Dalek

Yarn and Needles

I started with Lamb's Pride Worsted: one skein in Charcoal Heather and one in Onyx. I used US size 4 (3.5 mm) needles, one 16" circular and one set of 6" double pointeds.



Evolution of the Dalek

Dalek with detatched appendages

Unstuffed Dalek with appendages attached

Dalek with his stuffing

Stuffed Dalek with base partially knit

Dalek prepared for grafting

Completed Dalek

Next up? I'm going to knit a TARDIS.

(Additional Dalek process pictures can be found here.)

Comments

[gnomi.livejournal.com]

Thank you!

I cast it on on Saturday night (8 September), then knit on it during my commute and at nights on Sunday-Tuesday. Then there was Rosh Hashanah and Shabbat, during which I didn't knit, and then I knit a lot on Sunday, did a lot on my commute on Monday, and then finished last night. So, probably, all told, that's about 6-8 total hours of knitting.

I had the first row of Dalek bumps done when I posted last week, I think, so I was about 7 rows into the pattern.