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Halloween Dog Sweater Knitting Patterns

August 6, 2021 by Sarah White

Admittedly this knitting pattern roundup is a little niche, but if you have a dog, and your dog wears sweaters, why not knit them an adorable Halloween themed sweater?

And if you have a dog that doesn’t wear sweaters, isn’t Halloween a great occasion at which to start?

Here are some super cute Halloween dog sweater knitting patterns to get you inspired to stitch something spooky for your pooch.

The Red Heart Candy Corn dog sweater makes me laugh out loud (candy corn dog! just me?) and it’s actually a great simple dog sweater that you could modify for other times of year using different colors, or even a solid color or self-striping yarn. It uses medium weight yarn and is available in four sizes.

Another pattern whose name makes me laugh is Skull Doggery, a skull and crossbones sweater from My Savannah Cottage. This one uses worsted weight yarn in two colors (the skulls are charted) and has four sizes available. You can find it on Etsy.

Inspired by Mocha offers this spooky Ghost Dog Sweater, which has a black and white ghost on a background of a different color. This one also uses a chart for the colorwork, comes in four sizes and is available from Etsy.

Who wouldn’t want to dress their doggy up like a Jack o’lantern? This sweet dog sweater from Lion Brand Yarn allows you to do just that. This one uses super bulky yarn and comes in two sizes. The page linked is for the kit that includes yarn but you can also download the free pattern from that page.

Admittedly this last one is not actually a sweater, but it is a sort of Halloween costume suitable for a dog. The pattern is called To Humiliate the Dog, and it’s a simple knit tube originally designed by Amoena to have crocheted ears attached, but check out the pattern page on Ravelry to see how this design has been used to humiliate dogs — and even cats! — in all sorts of fun ways.

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Comments

  1. Lynn says

    October 2, 2021 at 3:33 pm

    Okay… clicked Crochet gnomes link in the Oct 2 newsletter and ended up here….

  2. Debra says

    October 2, 2021 at 11:48 pm

    Where are the gnome patterns ??

  3. Sarah White says

    October 3, 2021 at 5:34 pm

    The link was incorrect in the newsletter and corrected the next day but you can find it here: https://crochet.craftgossip.com/20-gnome-crochet-patterns/

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Knit a Great Button Down Shirt

Just about anything you can make in fabric you can make in knitting, but there are some styles that you just don’t see that often translated into knitting. 

For example, a button down collared shirt. This is a classic design, of course, and it looks great in a knit version, but it’s just not something you see much of. 

Noma Ndlovu’s Guglethu shirt is the pattern to try if you want to knit your own button down shirt. This one is inspired by cashmere tops (though the sample was made out of yak yarn, not cashmere, and uses two strands of lace weight yarn held together) and includes lots of high-fashion details like double-knit cuffs, collar and shoulder seams. 

It has a patch pocket on the front and 10 buttons including the button band and the cuffs. 

The designer says you can also use a DK weight yarn held singly if you’d rather, and that the shirt looks good in a variety of yarns. There is another version on Ravelry that uses Berroco Remix Light, which is a mix of nylon, cotton, acrylic, silk and cellulose fibers. It has a more relaxed look but it still really pretty. 

The pattern has 12 sizes, with a full bust measurement ranging from 32.35 to 72.25 inches, or 82 to 183.5 cm. The designer suggests 2 to 6 inches, or 5 to 15 cm, of positive ease when you pick your size. I could totally see knitting one that’s even bigger to wear more like a jacket, because I do that a lot with button down shirts I already own.

I love all the details on this shirt, which isn’t necessarily difficult to knit, but might introduce you to some things you’ve never knit before (like those cuffs with the plackets, or a shirt collar like this). 

To learn more about this shirt and grab a copy of the pattern for yourself, head to Ravelry. 

[Photo: Noma Ndlovu]

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