5S: nostalgia knitting in the future

I've been beavering away on Christmas knitting lately,  none of which I can show you.

I can show you this though:

The late-for-spring shawl on the blocking boards. The short sides are now about the width of a queen-size bed (which is what the blocking boards are laying on, that's how I know). Yep, huge. I have 900 yards of yarn in a dark green colorway, so there will be another huge shawl project in my future.

Here's a closer view of one side:

I can also show you the yarn for a future sock-knitting project:

Look familiar?

No?

How about when it's knit up into a swatch?

Still no?

Final clue:

The colorway is called Time Traveler, from Knit Picks' Felici line, and I could not resist it.

Tom Baker was my first Doctor. I started watching the show with my dad back in the early 80s - a fun kind of father-daughter bonding time. I even remember our collective gasp when Tom Baker regenerated into Peter Davison (whom I also thought made a darn good Doctor).

I'd knit this up into socks for Dad, but he's not one for brightly colored footwear. However, there is a TARDIS pattern, in a more guy-friendly dark blue, so I might make those for him.

I'm itching to start knitting this yarn into socks, but I'm waiting until I've finished my Christmas knitting. I just got Clara Parkes' new book, The Knitter's Book of Socks, and there are several patterns in there that I might use for these socks. One pattern is called "Firefly," which amuses me, because really, would there have been a Firefly series without Doctor Who? Particularly when it comes to the humor in the latter series? There's also a pattern called "Salted Caramels," which is probably as close as we'll get to a Jelly Babies pattern, I think.

As for a nickname for this sock project, I'm leaning toward Wibbly Wobbly Timey Wimey socks, just as a nod to the newer incarnations of the series, which I've also enjoyed. I'm open to suggestions, though. Maybe Allons-y socks? Or Still-Not-Ginger socks? What do you think?

And here's a bit 'o trivia: Clara Parkes and I have the same birthday. We also share a birthday with fictional detective Albert Campion (and his creator), ably portrayed by the above-mentioned Peter Davison. Heh heh, these socks are going to be heavy with connections.