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Halloween Dog Sweater Knitting Patterns

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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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Golden Peak Media Acquires CreativeBug

Throughout the saga of the closing of Joann, I’ve been wondering what would happen to CreativeBug, the subscription-based online craft learning platform that Joann acquired in 2017. 

Golden Peak Media has announced its acquisition of the company in a media release. 

Golden Peak is “one of the largest media and education companies serving art and craft enthusiasts in the United States,” according the release, and includes in its portfolio brands like Interweave, Sew Daily, and nine print magazines including Love of Quilting and Interweave Knits. They have daily newsletters, magazines, digital patterns, on-demand classes and host live events.

David Saabye, CEO of Golden Peak, calls the purchase a “very natural fit” supporting crafters in their lifelong learning journeys. 

CreativeBug general manager Liana Allday will stay on and the company will retain its headquarters in Berkeley, Calif. 

Abby Glassenberg of the Craft Industry Alliance collected reactions from some CreativeBug instructors and others with a history at the company, and heard lots of optimism about the news. Ursula Morgan, who was CEO of CreativeBug when the company was acquired by Joann, said Golden Peak is a “perfect home” for CreativeBug as they’re getting an owner that “deeply understands the craft consumer.” 

I, too, am relieved to see that this platform will be able to continue. I’ve been a subscriber for years and I love that it has solid instruction in a wide range of crafts (including knitting, of course!) and is always adding new content to keep the platform interesting. It’s also a great service that CreativeBug is available to many for free through their local libraries, so be sure to check on that where you live if you don’t already subscribe. 

This feels like the last piece of the puzzle in the story of Joann that’s going on all year, along with the announcement that Michaels had purchased Joann’s intellectual property so its private label brands can live on, but of course I’ll keep watching to see if there’s more to come.