Feb 28th, 2009
Free lunch: Dog-related knitting
Who knew there were so many free patterns for stuff to knit for dogs? I have to wonder, though, just how many dogs are compliant when people try to make them wear this stuff.
Here are some doggy mukluks (with matching socks for a person to wear). If coordinated dog-and-person outfits aren’t nauseatingly cute, I don’t know what is.
This vintage balaclava pattern from 1916 wasn’t originally intended for dogs. But hey, this page has a photo of a dog wearing one, so it counts for this list.
If I had a dog, and if said dog wouldn’t object to wearing handknits, and if I had more time and yarn than I knew what to do with, I might actually knit this little Hearts and Bones* dog sweater.
And for those of you who are so nutso for your dog that you want to wear handknits made from your dog’s own hair, look no further. Here’s a page that tells you how to stockpile the hair for this endeavor and offers links to instructions for spinning and places that will make the yarn for you.
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*This is also the title of one of my favorite Paul Simon songs, with one of my favorite lines ever: “Mountain passes slipping into stone.” I’ve been in the Sangre de Cristo mountains of New Mexico, and that phrase describes them perfectly.
5 Responses to “Free lunch: Dog-related knitting”
Nice list!
Although I’ve never actually knit my dog something, she does enjoy her sweater. She sits and waits for me to put it on her. But Rox is a strange dog.
I absolutely draw the line at knitting with her hair.
If my dogs were smaller, I’d definitely knit specifically for them. Though they do enjoy being my dog models!
Yeah, I couldn’t get anyone in my knitting group interested in St. Bernard hair, LOL
I could see knitting something for a dog but not something out of dog hair. You know how wet dogs smell? I can only imagine that a sweater made out of dog hair would smell the same way when wet. Ewww…
Yeah…there’s a woman in my knitting group who is knitting a sweater that has cuffs and collar knit out of the hair of her recently-deceased dog. She’s surprisingly otherwise very sweet & normal, haha. –Sorry this comment is so late! I’ve been WAAAY behind on my blog-reading lately!! I’ll try to keep comments to a minimum. :)