44cm into the last sleeve! Woo hoo! Almost ready for the decreases. The sleeves are a bit longer than the pattern, due to the long arms of the recipient.
However, the other interknit story that has caught my eye concerns Dr Who knitting. Blogger Mazzmatazz has been ordered by the BBC to remove her free adipose pattern from her site. The pattern I am knitting from is the Joy Gammon ‘Dr Who Pattern Book’ published under an arrangement with the BBC. From reading the Dr Who threads in Ravelry, poor Mazzmatazz has also had people sell her pattern on ebay, however it was available for free from her site. The lovely Ravelry community jumped all over this ebay seller. But has this attention from the BBC been a result of the pissed-off ebay seller dobbing her in? It is a shame, as this pattern was developed by Mazzmatazz through her own creative efforts and she was not profiting from her pattern. The BBC should be embracing this type of creative behaviour by creating another book like Joy Gammon or working with Mazzmatazz. There are so many fan-fiction fan craft on the web, why have they chosen to target this particular pattern? Boo BBC boo.
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May 11, 2008 at 10:52 am
2paw
Good luck with the sleeve!! It is very sad that The BBC had targeted this pattern. There are actually sewing patterns for the same thing still on the internet for free. It just goes to show that The BBC is silly. Why knitting and not sewing?? I knitted a Doctor Who logo into my cardigan. Luck they haven’t seen it!!!!