Blue Police Box (based on Doctor Who TARDIS) Pa ern 1 1 Sandra Pe t h crochetcabana co ( - 14)
Ter s of Use Licensing – Bu er a rint a ern for ersonal use but a not re roduce trans it or distribute an art of this a ern in an for for free or for sale ithout ex ress er ission Afghans ade fro this a ern are not to be sold for rofit
What is a police box? I e been as ed this ues on an es The olice box as used in the U and as essen all a inia- ture olice sta on Police o cers could sta in contact ith their sta on ia the callbox ( laced behind a s all door on the front of the box) and could e en te oraril contain a cri inal if necessar The light on to in later odels ould flash to let a olice o cer no he as to call in to his sta on The hone could also be used b the ublic in an e ergenc ou ight be sur rised to no that the first callboxes ere used in the late 1 s though the blue box design didn t co e into ogue un l later It is ri ari- l associated ith the tele ision series Doctor Who although b the ad ent of that sho the original olice boxes ere being hased out in fa or of radios
Materials: H Hoo ini u of bul arn bobbins orsted eight arn – 14 oz blac oz ro al blue 4 ozs sil er gre hite ( hate er ou refer for indo s) ou ill need an ounce or so of hite for light on to of box If ou choose to cross-s tch the ords ou ight ant to use s ort eight hite to do so—the ords in the hoto are NOT on the afghan It is just for sho lace- ent I al a s suggest ge ng extra arn just in case our tension is not the sa e as ine
Gauge: 1 dc and ro s = 4”
Size: 1 ” at idest oint x 1” long fro belo light to bo o Light is a rox 1 ” x ” Afghan is l ing on a ueen size bed ith the to ro ed u so ou can be er see the light at to
Notes: When changing colors don t carr loo s behind our or Either se o er 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 co e round again So e es ou ill ha e to cut arn ou can se tails in as ou go or ait un l the end There ill be lots of the
Before beginning fill arn bobbins ith balls of arn a ach at a ro riate color changes I highl reco end using bobbins It ill a e it uch easier arr colors o er t o or three s tches If ore than s tches dro color ut onl hen the color is unused for ore than one ro
All s tches are dc exce t here other ise s ecified When or ing dc at end of ro ch or then turn h counts as first dc
Instruc ons are gi en for both the front and side ie s of the TARDIS There are fe er color changes ith the side ie Words are NOT crocheted on the afghan in this a ern although ou a choose to do so on our o n The ords are laced on the afghan in the ictures using Paint Sho Pro
1 struc o s: 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 Re e ber that in dc ou go into the second s tch inish o blue
Ro dc across ith blac finish o blac
Ro ith blue join in nd s tch ch dc across to second to last s tch lea e last s tch un or ed (114 dc)
Ro ith blac join in nd s tch ch dc across to second to last s tch lea e last s tch un or ed (11 dc)
Ro 4 blue blac 4 blue blac 4 blue blac 4 blue blac 4 blue
Ro 9 Re eat 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 ( ro s total for the “inside” of the box)
Ro 1 re eat ro 1
Ro - re eat ro ( 4 blue blac 4 blue blac 4 blue blac 4 blue blac 4 blue )