Dog Sweater Knitting Patterns

A little while back I shared a dog sweater knitting pattern with little fish on it, but just in case that’s not your style I wanted to share some more dog sweater knitting patterns for your furry friends.

If you want to keep it super simple, this one from Design for Dog looks pretty good. It’s made to fit a medium sized dog and includes little sleeves for the front legs for extra warmth. It only has one seam up the middle front so it’s pretty easy both to knit and to finish.

Muki Crafts has another easy dog sweater knitting pattern that has sleeves and a turtleneck. It comes in eight sizes and is worked in the round in worsted weight yarn. The pattern includes lots of photos as well as access to a knitalong video in case you need extra help.

This pattern worked in bulky yarn from Dotty Patterns comes in five sizes, and I love the little hole at the back so you can attach a leash. It’s worked in two flat pieces that are seamed after knitting.

And because we’re all about stash busting this time of year, check out the Stashbuster Dog Sweater from Jeslane on Ravelry. It calls for worsted weight yarn and is worked from the top down in the round. The pattern has instructions for a range of sizes but you can also make it custom to fit your dog.

Looking for something a little fancier? This cabled dog sweater from Wooly Cricket is super cute and comes in three sizes. The smallest sweater is worked in fingering weight yarn, while the other two are in DK.

If you want your dog to have a human style colorwork sweater, this one from Lucky Day Patterns with its classic Nordic snowflakes is a great option. Parts of this project are worked in the round while others are worked flat, but it’s all one piece. There are four size options and it calls for worsted weight yarn.

And finally, since this post started on a whimsical note, I couldn’t resist sharing the Personal Space Invaders dog sweater by Maytina Shank. This one is available in five sizes and worked in DK weight yarn. The pattern includes sleeves and an optional leash hole, and you can find in on Ravelry.

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Generally I like knitting patterns where I feel like you can use whatever yarn you have (because my stash is big enough and I want to use it, thanks) and make a successful project. This is one of those times when a special yarn makes the process that much easier.

The Floral Bouquet Shawl from Xandy Peters uses a specific extended color pooling yarn from Feisty Fibers, which allows you to place the bobble flowers with increasing frequency as you knit the project.

It starts with a solid color yarn, then the two color yarn is added in, and you make a bobble whenever you encounter the color pops. This would be hard to replicate with other yarn that doesn’t have the extended color pooling built in.

The background of the shawl is ribbed, making the project reversible.

The shawl uses fingering/sock yarn and comes out to be an asymmetrical triangle that’s 54 inches/137 cm long and 36 inches/ 90 cm deep and 60 inches/150 cm across the top edge.

Xandy says the pattern is for intermediate to advanced knitters. Knowing how to work traditional bobbles would probably help, but there’s a great video tutorial for how to work the floral bobbles so you can practice on other yarn or even incorporate the bobbles into other projects.

The bobbles are five-petaled flowers but they also kind of look like starfish to me, which could be fun on a child’s cardigan or other pattern. They’d also be fun on the leg of a sock or around the brim of a hat for extra whimsy.

The pattern includes photo and video tutorials, and written and charted instructions. It also includes tips on what to look for if you choose to use different yarn for the project, and instructions on how to dye your own yarn to use in the project.

If you want to give it a try, you can find the pattern on Ravelry.

[Photo: Xandy Peters]

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