I haven’t been doing a very good job of keeping up with the monthly mitten patterns from Kat at Just Crafty Enough, so the August entry is a couple of days late.

Last month she chose to feature colorwork mittens with dog motifs. Or dogs, bones, fire hydrants and paw prints, to be more exact.

It’s a rather complicated chart so you’ll want to have a few colorwork projects under your belt before you do these, but if you’re a dog lover — or want to knit something for a dog lover — these are a great choice. I can just see someone out walking the dog in the cold of winter in their dog mitts. How cute would that be?

Need help learning colorwork? Check out my stranded knitting tutorial.

[Photo via Just Crafty Enough.]