Blue Box (based on TARDIS) Paern 1 1 Sandra Pet hcrochetcabanaco ( -14)

Ters of UseLicensing – Buer a rint aern for ersonal use but a not reroduce transit or distribute an art of this aern in an for for free or for sale ithout exress erission Afghans ade fro this aern are not to be sold for rofit

What is a police box? Ie been ased this ueson an es The olice box as used in the U and as essenall a inia- ture olice staon Police ocers could sta in contact ith their staon ia the callbox (laced behind a sall door on the front of the box) and could een teoraril contain a criinal if necessar The light on to in later odels ould flash to let a olice ocer no he as to call in to his staon The hone could also be used b the ublic in an eergenc ou ight be surrised to no that the first callboxes ere used in the late 1s though the blue box design didnt coe into ogue unl later It is riari- l associated ith the teleision series Doctor Who although b the adent of that sho the original olice boxes ere being hased out in faor of radios

Materials: H Hoo iniu of bul arn bobbins orsted eight arn – 14 oz blac oz roal blue 4 ozs silergrehite (hateer ou refer for indos) ou ill need an ounce or so of hite for light on to of box If ou choose to cross-stch the ords ou ight ant to use sort eight hite to do so—the ords in the hoto are NOT on the afghan It is just for sho lace- ent I alas suggest geng extra arn just in case our tension is not the sae as ine

Gauge: 1 dc and ros = 4”

Size: 1” at idest oint x 1” long fro belo light to boo Light is arox 1” x ” Afghan is ling on a ueen size bed ith the to roed u so ou can beer see the light at to

Notes: When changing colors dont carr loos behind our or Either se oer unused color here ossible or use bobbins so ou can carr u the color If using bobbins ush the unused color on the bobbin to the bac so it ill be there hen ou coe round again Soees ou ill hae to cut arn ou can se tails in as ou go or ait unl the end There ill be lots of the

Before beginning fill arn bobbins ith balls of arn aach at aroriate color changes I highl recoend using bobbins It ill ae it uch easier arr colors oer to or three stches If ore than stches dro color ut onl hen the color is unused for ore than one ro

All stches are dc excet here otherise secified When oring dc at end of ro ch or then turn h counts as first dc

Instrucons are gien for both the front and side ies of the TARDIS There are feer color changes ith the side ie Words are NOT crocheted on the afghan in this aern although ou a choose to do so on our on The ords are laced on the afghan in the ictures using Paint Sho Pro

1 strucos: With blue ch 11

Ro 1 dc in fourth chain fro hoo and each chain across ch turn (11 dc)

Ro – 4 dc in each dc across Reeber that in dc ou go into the second stch inish o blue

Ro dc across ith blac finish o blac

Ro ith blue join in nd stch ch dc across to second to last stch leae last stch unored (114 dc)

Ro ith blac join in nd stch ch dc across to second to last stch leae last stch unored (11 dc)

Ro 4 blue blac 4 blue blac 4 blue blac 4 blue blac 4 blue

Ro 9 Reeat Ro

Ro 1 4 blue blac blue 4 blac blue blac 4 blue blac blue 4 blac blue blac 4 blue

Ro 11- 4 blue blac blue blac blue blac blue blac 4 blue blac blue blac blue blac blue blac 4 blue ( ros total for the “inside” of the box)

Ro 1 reeat ro 1

Ro - reeat ro ( 4 blue blac 4 blue blac 4 blue blac 4 blue blac 4 blue )

or a side ie ithout the ublic assistance sign

Ro 4-1 Reeat ros 1- tice (a total of sets of boxes)

For a TARDS frot view work the rows as below: Sbbx: Ro 4 reeat Ro 1 Ros -4 Reeat Ro 11 Ro reeat Ro 1 Ro - reeat Ro

Wbxbbx N:Ix--77bm- bbbxImm b reeat Ro 1 9- 4 blue blac blue blac hite blac blue blac 4 blue blac blue blac blue blac blue blac 4 blue ( ros total for the “inside” of the box) Ro 9 reeat Ro 1 Ro -1 Reeat Ro Beginning ro for gresilerhite boxes Ro reeat ro 1

Ro 4 blue blac blue blac gre blac gre blac gre blac blue blac 4 blue blac blue blac gre blac gre blac gre blac blue blac 4 blue

Ro 4-91 reeat Ro for first set of “indos”

Ro 9 reeat Ro 1

Ro 9 – 1 reeat ros to 9

Ro 1-14 reeat Ro 4 blue blac 4 blue blac 4 blue blac 4 blue blac 4 blue

Ro 1 4 blue blac 4 blue blac 4 blue

Ro 1 4 blue blac 1 blue blac 4 blue

Ro 1 4 blue 14 blac 4 blue

Ro 1-19 reeat Ro 1-1

Ro 11-11 reeat Ro 1

Ro 11 ith blac add three dc on each end and dc across

Ro 114 blue across

Chage to sigle crochet here for 9 rows (see note at end regarding adding ords Police Box)

Ro 11 - 1 4 blue sc 1 blac sc blue sc blac sc to last sts blue sc 1 blac sc 4 blue sc

hange to double crochet

Ro 14 4 blue 1 blac blue across to last sts 1 blac 4 blue

Ro 1 blac across

Ro 1 – 19 blue across

Ro 1 4 blac single crochet blac dc across to last 4 sts sc in last 4 sts

Ro 11 si 4 blac single crochets in blue or dc across to last 4 sc do not or in last 4 blac sc

Ro 1-14 blue dc across

Ro 1 Reeat Ro 1—4 blac single crochet blac dc across to last 4 sts sc in last 4 sts

Ro 1 Reeat Ro 11 - si 4 blac single crochets in blue or dc across to last 4 sc do not or in last 4 blac sc

Ro 1 blue dc across

Light Ro 1 s 41 sts in stch 4 join blac 19 blac single crochets leae reaining stches unored

Ro 19 oring in dc blac hite 1 blac hite 1 blac hite 1 blac hite blac ( blacs on each end four secons of hite di- ided b 1 blac)

Ro 14– 14 reeat ro 19 for a total of ros

hange to single crochet

Ro 14 ith blac sc in first st sc across to last st sc in last st

Ro 14-14 ith blac sc across

Ro 149 ith blac 1 sc ch s 1 1 sc

inish o Se in ends if ou haent alread done so (Man thans to daughter ho too care of all the ends on afghan!)

Using blac edge in sc around enre or excet for light Dont forget to ut addional stches in the “corners”

POLIE - PUBLI ALL—BOX If desired ou can add ords POLIE PUBLI ALL BOX Picture on age shos aroxiate laceent —it is NOT on the afghan that I ade The ords are laced using a hoto rogra

Words should coer the enre blac secon ith Public all being in the center Words could be cross-stched on or it could be ored in if ou ant to do the figuring for laceent There are 9 ros but if ou ant a larger area to or ith ou can easil ae it larger Here are the ords that ould norall go in the hite box One idea ould be to ut the on a iece of hite cloth and then se onto the blue or hite box There is rerinted fabric aailable for this The one I aare of toda is at Soonfloer ( hsoonfloerco )

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