I was looking for references to a fanzine I published in the ’80s (written by Alan Hale) “The Witty Knitter” (I don’t think we included “Little” but I could be wrong) and found this.
Tara Carstensen (aka Witty Little Knitter) works on one of her Fourth Doctor scarf creations at El Paso’s Sun City SciFi. Photo by Rick Tate
Since she was 15 years old, Tara Carstensen has been watching Doctor Who and knitting Fourth Doctor scarves.
Like many Whovians, she intensely studied photographs and videos to create patterns for her early attempts, although she said the results were “crude and totally incorrect.” As her work began to improve, she received her first official BBC pattern from John Nathan Turner, producer of the series from 1980 to 1989.
By 2005, she begin studying the scarves even closer. She even had a chance to examine what she calls the “Shada” scarf (the pattern used in the famous episode from Season 17 that didn’t air until 1992), as well as the Season 18 variant scarf. From there, she begin to design patterns, find colors and yarn…
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