The Knitting Fiend/ Diet Diary

 
 
 
Chewy is stylin’!
      in a turtleneck sweater
           handknit by Maddy.
 
 
 

Today some explanation is required.

Maddy, a site visitor knit this cute dog sweater using my dog sweater pattern generator. When I saw the photo, I knew I just had to show you all the infinite cuteness of the Chewy, his sweater and Maddy’s matching bag.

The dog sweater pattern was the second generator I wrote. People who know I don’t even own a dog have asked: Was alcohol involved in the decision to write this? Yes, beer was involved, two beers.

I think dog sweaters are a good project to get you started designing your own stuff. Assuming your dog is small, the sweater is a small projects, most people like dog sweaters to be whimsical which makes design less stressful, and most people want washable yarn, so inexpensive acrylics are an appropriate yarn choice, and if your dog is small, he probably needs a sweater!

Cheap, quick, stress free, cute and useful. What could be better?

If you do want to knit your dog a sweater, you’ll need to measure your dog and make a bunch of decisions. Pick the yarn, needles, collar height, stitch pattern, your own method to increase and decrease etc. That makes it your design. The generator will do the math for you.

If your dog needs a sweater, I bet you can design a cute one!

Comments: 4