The Knitting Fiend

 

Heavens above us!
A pink fun fur covered pug;
Pray this doesn’t spread.

 

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This appeared at Nicole’s knitting blog. She lays the blame on credits Dulcedosa of Sweet Knittilicious Spot who revealed she found it Lion Brand’s site. So, yes, I’m guessing that’s a hand knit fun-fun fun fur dog sweater.

Do visit Dulcedosa and congratulate her for this find!

Designer A, “Hey, We just got an order for a dog sweater!” Designer B, “Really, what breed?”

Designer A, “A Pied-French Bulldog”, Designer B, “A what?”

Designer A, quickly sketches a design. Designer B, “Bow wow wow!“

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Can you tell I’ve got dog sweaters on my mind?

This pattern is called “Rebel – Pied French Bulldog” by Brenda Zuk; it’s available at her web site.

Munchkin wants to thank everyone for the compliments on his cuteness. He pointed out that I customized directions spit out from “The dog sweater calculator”. The modifications are: These directions are organized specifically for hand knitting, and I added little velcro flaps to make it easier for the technicians to close this over little Munchkin’s legs. So, I wrote a new program to give more specific directions.

If you want to imitate Munchkin’s sweater exactly, I used “el cheapo” Caron yarn, used double stranded in Hunter Orange. These sweater look cute in other yarns– novelty yarn collars and trim are particularly nice.

You’ll need to pick your own needles and yarn, then knit a gauge swatch. When picking needles, remember the body is knit back and forth, the neck is knit circular and the trim is picked up and knit circular. That final step requires a very long needle — but if you don’t want to knit that circular, you can split that step into portions. (I’d do the two side edges with the flaps first. Then I’d pick up and trim the cast on edges.)

If you want the specific directions, give the calculator a try. (more…)