Fallen Angel

I was browsing the internet on wednesday when I stumbled across a pattern for a Weeping Angel. The fact that I was supposed to be looking for the perfect wedding card for two friends whose wedding is imminent is neither here nor there...

For those not familiar, a Weeping Angel is one of the (in my opinion) scarier Doctor Who "monsters" of the recent series. First seen in "Blink" (series 3, episode 10), they zap you in to the past, the only psychopaths in the universe to kill you nicely.

Who am I to resist?

 

It was really quick to make - took me an evening. In fact, I've actually made two and have had a few requests. As I am in possession of one of those ancient televisions that you can actually *put things on* it is my intention to make a small army of angels and put them up there watching us watching the tv.



The pattern is free on Ravelry --> Knitted Weeping Angel pattern

Also, can't resist another opportunity to post this video - Doctor Who & cats, what's not to love?

 

 

In less cheerful news, I've had an absolutely stinking cold this week. This is my 4th cold this year which means I'm averaging one every 5 weeks or so. Now the weather has finally picked up it is rather dispiriting. It also does not facilitate knitting as you need all brain cells to be functioning, especially if you're negotiating your way round an unfamiliar pattern.

 

Dave Von Pigge is coming along leaps and bounds but I've hardly looked at him at all in the past couple of days. The pattern makers have been very lazy - for the back right panel the instructions are "work as given or back left reversing the shapings".

If you could see the "shapings" for back left! One such instruction is "Work 8 rows inc 1 st back edge in 1st, 3rd and 7th rows AT THE SAME TIME inc 1 st at side edge in next and every foll alt row."

Campaign for Plain English would have a field day.

Mercifully they also include the number of stitches which helps with the translation process.

 

The whole pattern is worked in reverse stocking stitch anyway - I'm experimenting with "knitting exactly the same as back left but in straight st-st". See how that works out for me!

 

Incidentally, I did find the perfect wedding card. Hopefully the weather next saturday will be just as amazing as it was yesterday.