Aladdin Sane

One more David Bowie finger puppet - this one is knitted with a felt lightning flash.

I'm currently knitting a series of David Bowie incarnations to commemorate what would have been his 70th birthday on the 8th January, and the first anniversary of his death on the 10th January. Here's my knitted version of the Hunky Dory LP cover, and the Thin White Duke.

Knitted David Bowie - Low

I have decided to slowly work my way through trying to knit David Bowie in all his album cover incarnations, and Low is a good place to start. This Bowie is a finger puppet - I've been enjoying playing around with knitted finger puppets this year and will definitely make some more Bowie puppets soon. If you fancy giving Low Bowie a home, there should be one in my Etsy shop.

Ziggy Stardust

 

Time to knit another David Bowie! Actually, when *isn't* it time to knit another David Bowie? Here is knitted Ziggy Stardust wearing his one arm / one leg bodysuit and a little felt cosmic disc thing on his forehead.

Ziggy was a one-off custom order but I may well be making another one so watch the Etsy shop!

David Bowie doll

 Here's the first of my new doll designs for the autumn: say hello to this David Bowie doll, created from my own pattern. He's approximately 11 inches long and is based on the Diamond Dogs cover.

I was inspired to knit him because I have been knitting Doctor Who dolls over the summer and it struck me one afternoon, while listening to Bowie and knitting Matt Smith, that during his prime, Bowie was actually a sort of Time Lord. He regenerated into something completely different every few years, with Ziggy Bowie being as different from Let's Dance Bowie as Patrick Troughton is as different from Peter Davison. Everyone has their favourite incarnation. (Sylvester McCoy would probably be Tin Machine. You have to be a rather dedicated fan to like either).

If you'd like to give this rock Time Lord a home, he is currently lounging around my Etsy shop.

Oh yes - one bonus feature of this doll is that if you want to have a knitted version of the pre-censorship album art, you can put Mr Bowie's tail between his legs and you have an anatomically correct dog. If you know what I mean...