I originally intended this instalment of the Dalek Game to be for Diana Wynne Jones’ beautiful Dalemark novel The Spellcoats. Then I remembered a book I thought I had hallucinated, but which truly exists: Vampire Knits. I have not read it – you may recall that I am capable of knitting but am a conscientious objector. If I were to get too close to a physical copy of this book I would probably fall into a fit of hysterical giggling (I have this condition…) but it is rather wonderful: “Whether you are wandering the Carpathian Mountains or the bayous of Louisiana, these smoldering projects—for knitters of all levels—will keep you well protected, no matter what you attract.”
In other news: There is a Diana Wynne Jones Dalek in the offing.
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January 14, 2012 at 5:49 pm
It’s such a shame you’re a conscientous objector. I can’t help but think that a coat that made me look like a dalek would be very good protection against the Canberra winter.
January 14, 2012 at 5:57 pm
Among other things!
January 14, 2012 at 6:42 pm
I am listing the things I need protecting against… I don’;t think it would work against magpies, though.
January 16, 2012 at 2:57 pm
Hardbacked picture books work against magpies.
And love the train on the Darlek’s coat. It should have little pepperpot pages.
January 16, 2012 at 2:57 pm
Dalek! Dar\lek! Dalek! I can too spell.
January 22, 2012 at 9:41 pm
Thousands wouldn’t, but I believe you!
January 17, 2012 at 5:10 pm
Hey, I remember knitting something like this way back in the 70s, not knowing it was a dalek coat.
January 22, 2012 at 9:41 pm
It may have been influenced by memories of my mother’s needlework books of that era.
January 18, 2012 at 8:55 pm
I am glad that a Diana Wynne Jones/Dalek mash-up is in the works. But this is delightful too!
January 22, 2012 at 9:41 pm
Thank you ;)