I guess this is more of a recipe than a pattern.

Finished Size:

After blocking, about 23″.
The pattern should be easily modified for other sizes.

Gauge

In stockinette
3.5 stitches per inch
4.5 rows per inch

Materials Needed

16″ 10.5 circular needle
10.5 circular DPNs
Tapestry or Darning needle for embroidering
1 skien of black yarn
1 skien of white yarn
1-2 skiens of “TARDIS blue” yarns
3.5″ pompom maker

You can do this in bulky or worsted weight yarn. If you do it in worsted, you have to double it (which is how I did the ht shown above). Both Cascade 220 and Nature Spun worsted have good blues for a TARDIS. I used a strand of each in mine.

Directions

Cast on 72 stitches. (For a tighter rib, feel free to cast on less stitches and increase later. You can see after blocking my rib isn’t as tight.)

K1 P1 around for about an inch in blue.

Knit one row around in blue. This is where you would do the increasing up to 72 stitches if you chose that route.

Follow the color chart below for about 3 inches. I did mine in fair isle and unfortunately my tension stank because I’d never done it before. Intarsia would probably work well for this hat, too.

Knit 4 rows in blue.

Knit 6 rows in black.

Finish knitting in blue until the hat raises a little bit off of your head.

Switch to DPNs and K2tog tightly around until you have 5-7 stitches left. Pull the yarn through these stitches and finish off. I recommend leaving a long tail because when I decrease this way I get holes in the top of the hat and I like to go inside and sew them shut. It’s worth it because it makes the pompom cuter.

Make a 3.5″ pompom in white (and a bit of blue if you want) to represent the light at the top of the TARDIS. I went out and bought cute little pompom makers, but TECHknitting has a great how-to for doing pompoms using cardboard circles.

Sew your pompom to the top of the hat and weave in ends.

Embroider “POLICE BOX” in the middle four rows of the 6 rows of black using a strand of white yarn. I just delegated 2 stitches per letter and it fit evenly across two “windows” and one blue strip, giving me 3 repeats. Of course if you choose a different size, you will need to recalculate.

That’s it! You’re done and you should post your finish project here or on Ravelry so I can see it!

Recommended Charts for Different Sizes

The chart is built to repeat 6 times, so when you adjust the size you’ll want to do it by 6 stitches. I made charts for this but didn’t test them at all.

• Chart for 78 Stitches
• Chart for 66 Stitches
• Chart for 60 Stitches
• Chart for 54 Stitches
• 48 Stitches - Use 72 stitch chart and repeat 4 times instead of 6 times.

As you make smaller hats you might want to decrease how tall the windows are a bit, and do less rows for the blue and black strips above the windows so they don’t end up wrinkly from the decreases at the top of the hat.

The beginning of this belt has a hole you can use to slip the other end through for a cute and stylish look.

Materials:
1 Skein Lion Suede Mocha
1 Skein Lion Suede Coffee
US Size K Crochet Hook
Tapestry Needle

Abbreviations:
rnd = round
ch = chain
st = stitch
sl st = slip stitch
sc = single crochet
dc = double crochet
fpdc = front post double crochet (tutorial)

To Begin: With mocha, ch 8.
Rnd 1: dc in 4th ch from hook and in each ch across; 5 dc.
Note: Mark this side as the right side.
Rnd 2: ch 3, turn. fpdc around next dc, ch 1, skip next dc, fpdc around next dc, dc in top of beginning ch.
Rnd 3: ch 3, turn. dc in ch 1 space, ch 1, dc in same space, skip next dc, dc in top of beginning ch.
Rnd 4: ch 3, turn. fpdc around next dc, ch 1, fpdc around next dc, dc in top of beginning ch.

Repeat rounds 3 & 4 until you reach desired belt length. Fasten off and work edging.

Edging: Right side facing, attach coffee with sl st to right corner of end of belt.
Rnd 1: ch 1, 2 sc in same st, sc in next dc, sc in ch 1 space, sc in next dc, sc in top of beginning ch. 5 sc.
Rnd 2-3: ch 1, turn. sc in each sc across. 5 sc.
Rnd 4: ch 1, 2 sc in same st, sc down entire length of belt, 2 sc in corner ch, sc in next 3 chs, 2 sc in beginning ch, sc down entire length of belt, 2 sc in corner sc, sc in next 3 scs, join with sl st to first sc. Fasten off.

Finishing:
Using tapestry needle, weave in loose ends.

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As you can see, the image is broken so you don’t know what the dishcloth actually looks like. So I’ve taken a picture of mine with the hopes that it might be useful to someone else. It’s a little hard to see since I use a much bigger size needle than recommended, and the gradient doesn’t help, but it’s better than no picture at all.

I had a lot of trouble finding a crocheted pumpkin fridgie that wasn’t too hard for me to do and actually looked like a pumpkin, so I decided to make one of my own with the following pattern as a base. It’s very simple to do!

Basic Crocheted Flat Circle With Solid Center

Materials:
Orange and Green Worsted Weight Yarn
US Size G Hook
stick-on magnet strip

Finished Size:
About 2 inches in diameter

Abbreviations:
ch = chain
ea = each
rnd = round
sc = single crochet
sl st = slip stitch

To Begin: Chain 2 with orange.
Rnd 1: 6 sc in 2nd ch from hook. Sl st in first sc, to join.
Rnd 2: ch 1, 2 sc in ea sc around. Sl st in first sc, to join. (12 sc)
Rnd 3: ch 1, (sc in next sc, 2 sc in next sc) around. Sl st in first sc, to join. (18 sc)
Rnd 4: hdc in next 2 sts, 2 sc in next st, (sc in next 2 sts, 2 sts in next st) 4 times, hdc in next 2 sts. Sl st in last st. Fasten off, secure ends. (22 sts)

Stem:
Attach green with sl st to the sl st in rnd 4 on the pumpkin. Ch 3, sc in second st from hook. Sc in next st, join with sl st in same sl st you attached green to, fasten off, secure ends.

Finishing:
Peel back off of magnet and stick to the back of your pumpkin.

This is actually a combination of two free crochet patterns I found on the internet to make my own black cat that looked a bit more balanced, with some other tweaks.

To give credit where credit is due:
Basic Crocheted Flat Circle With Solid Center
Black Cat Fridgie

Materials:
Black Worsted Weight Yarn
US Size G Hook
Tapestry Needle
Small googlie eyes
stick-on magnet strip
White glue (like Elmer’s)

Finished Size
Body Circle: 1.5 inches in diameter
Head Circle: 1 inch in diameter

Abbreviations:
ch = chain
ea = each
rnd = round
sc = single crochet
sl st = slip stitch
hdc = half double crochet

Body and Tail:
To Begin: Chain 2.
Rnd 1: 6 sc in 2nd ch from hook. Sl st in first sc, to join.
Rnd 2: ch 1, 2 sc in ea sc around. Sl st in first sc, to join. (12 sc)
Rnd 3: ch 1, (sc in next sc, 2 sc in next sc) around. Sl st in first sc, to join. (18 sc)
Tail: ch 6, sc in 2nd ch from hook and in remaining chs. Sl st in next st on circle. Fasten off.

Head:
To Begin: Chain 2.
Rnd 1: 6 sc in 2nd ch from hook. Sl st in first sc, to join.
Rnd 2: ch 1, 2 sc in ea sc around. Sl st in first sc, to join. (12 sc)
Rnd 3: ch 3, hdc in 3rd ch from hook. Sl st in next two sts. Ch 3, hdc in 3rd ch from hoom. Sl st in next st. Fasten off.

Finishing:
Using tapestry needle and loose yarn ends on the head, fasten the head to the body as shown in the picture and secure all loose ends. Stick the magnet on to the back of the cat. Use the white glue to fasten the googlie eyes on to the cat’s head.