Knitting for your Pet

How many people have [tag]pets[/tag], raise your hands, don’t be shy. How many knit for their pets? I have a very small dog who is always cold. Living in Michigan doesn’t help, so he wears sweaters. The [tag]sweaters[/tag] get expensive to constantly purchase and don’t always fit properly. And he must be Houdini as he always manages to get one leg out.

What to do?

I found a copy of [tag]Inknitters[/tag] dated Fall 2006 and it just happened to have an article called “Dog gone and other Tails” written by [tag]Diane Piwko[/tag].

This article provides in detail how to measure your animal and create a well-fitted garment. Inknitters is a magazine that provides information for hand [tag]knitters[/tag] and [tag]machine knitters[/tag] and many [tag]patterns[/tag] have instructions for both methods. Ms. Piwko provided instructions for both methods. Very detailed!

If this is too much for you, in the same magazine is a “generic” pet sweater pattern also designed by Ms. Piwko using medium weight worsted yarn, or a number 4 weight. The pattern is provided in a hand knit version and a machine knit version.

What more could your pooch ask for?

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Knitting for your Pet

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