Stylish Knits for Dogs: 36 Projects to Knit in a Weekend

by Ilene Hochberg

Women-and men-of all ages are learning how to knit. Knitters, especially the new ones, enjoy easy-to-make projects that can be completed in a short time. Pets are equally popular in our modern society. Pet owners who often indulge their animals with special treats and accessories will like these easy and quick-to-make designer-quality dog sweaters. These projects can be completed in a weekend, an evening, while watching television, or during an airport layover. They are simple enough to be a first knitting project for a beginning knitter. Design variations and embellishments add the personal touch, and can make each design a more challenging project for an experience knitter. Additionally, the small size of the projects in this book makes them ideal to tuck into a purse or tote bag, so that they can be worked on at odd moments during the day when the knitter finds a few free moments.

Genres: Knitting, Nonfiction, Reference

128 pages, Paperback

First published February 1, 2006

Reviews

[Ligaya · Rating 3 out of 5]

This is a decent book for dog knits but if you have a dog that's bigger than 40 pounds, you'll have to figure it out yourself. I didn't find anything in this book that I wanted to reconfigure for my guy (at 60-some pounds) mostly because I really didn't like the way these knits were constructed. Even the simplest design is made by sewing two pieces together when, I think, the sweaters could be designed seamlessly and knit more easily IMHO. No schematics given. Some designs are very attractive, like the Fisherman Knit Cardigan. Such cute pup models, the human model (the author?) could have been better...

[Pyro · Rating 2 out of 5]

Not as many patterns as expected. Most were variations of the same one or two patterns.

[Kirsten Lost 2022 · Rating 3 out of 5]

This was fine... patterns felt repetitive in places, but has some quality puns.