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Welcome to V.2 of the knitted sonic screwdriver pattern. Since I've (finally!) acquired an actual plastic sonic screwdriver that I can use as a reference, I've been able to update the pattern to be more accurate to the actual item. I hope you're all happy with the results! :)
My sonic screwdriver was knitted on US size 4 double-pointed needles, with Red Heart super value yarn. It was stuffed with polyfill. I would suggest stuffing it as you knit it, because some of the narrower parts might make it difficult to do afterwards.
Whenever I started or ended each colour, I left a tail that was a few inches longer than the sonic screwdriver, and used a needle to pull the ends back through the opening at the black end.
k=knit p=purl incr=increase ktog=knit two together ptog=purl two together
For some reason, I can't get this entry to format correctly in colour, so I've coded the yarn colors this way: black yarn, beige yarn, gray yarn, blue/aqua yarn
Cast on 9 stitches, divide between 3 double-pointed needles
Row 1 k k k k k k k k k
Row 2 p p p p p p p inc p
Row 3 p p p p inc p p p p p
Row 4 p inc p p p p p p p p p
Row 5 p p p p p p p p p p p p
Row 6 p p p p p p p p p p p p
Row 7 p k k p p k k p p k k p
Row 8 p k k p p k k p p k k p
Row 9 k k k k k k k k k k k k
Row 10 k k k k k k k k k k k k
Row 11 k ktog k k ktog k k ktog k
Row 12 k ktog k ktog k ktog
Row 13 k inc k k inc k k inc k
Row 14 k k inc k k k inc k k k inc k
Row 15 p p p p p p p p p p p p
Row 16 k k k k k k k k k k k k
Row 17 k k k k k k k k k k k k
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Row 19 k k k k k k k k k k k k
Row 20 p p p p p p p p p p p p
Row 21 p p p p p p p p p p p p
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Row 23 p p p p p p p p p p p p
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Row 44 p p p p p p p p p p p p
Row 45 k ktog k k ktog k k ktog k
Row 46 k ktog k ktog k ktog
Row 47 k k k k k k
Row 48 k inc k k inc k k inc k
Row 49 k k inc k k k inc k k k inc k
Row 50 p p p p p p p p p p p p
Row 51 k k k k k k k k k k k k
Row 52 k k k k k k k k k k k k
Row 53 k k k k k k k k k k k k
Row 54 k k k k k k k k k k k k
Row 55 k k k k k k k k k k k k
Row 56 k k k k k k k k k k k k
Row 57 k k k k k k k k k k k k
Row 58 p p p p p p p p p p p p
Row 59 p ptog p p ptog p p ptog p
Row 60 p ptog p ptog p ptog
Row 61 ptog ptog ptog
At the end, I cut off the blue yarn, leaving a tail a few inches longer than the sonic screwdriver itself. I threaded this yarn onto a needle, sewed it through the final three stitches, tied it, and then pulled the yarn back through the length of the screwdriver, all the way to the opening in the black end, and I tied it off there as well (see link). Then I braided all the remaining tails together (except for one black one), and stuffed them back inside the end. Using the final black tail, I sewed the opening closed, and wove in the last bit of the black tail.
Now get out there and knit some sonic screwdrivers! :D
Update: This project has been featured in Doctor Who Insider magazine! Check it out, here.
Now available in a more easily saveable/printable format!
