I thought it might be time for a round-up of all the little jumpers I have so far designed for the hairier 4-legged people in our family. It’s been a while since I did, and the woolly family has grown since then, so let’s gallop down Memory Lane with a quick refresher of the story so far. (I’ll add links to the patterns in case you fancy a go yourself).
Tag: jack russell
A dog is for Christmas
….
No. Wait. Life.
A dog is for life.
But since Christmas is nearly upon us, how about she gets to join in with the festivities?
Juno, our little Jack Russell princess, remember? The one who pokes her nose out of the door as a barometer? Then swivels on her heel (so to speak) and hides behind the sofa if conditions are less than perfect?
Well, in an effort to drag her from her grump and into the great outdoors…
… she has a new Christmas jumper.
If you have a petite pooch of your own, who feels the cold and needs some festive cheer, you can find the pattern on the Loveknitting.com blog over here (and it’s free till 18th December)
Now… back to the Christmas knitting !
(And yes, I gave her the biscuit 😂)
Chunky FTW! (a free pattern)
I have made (it’s official) the chunkiest hat in the WHOLE WIDE WORLD.
I wanted to make a hat for my Beloved. He feels the cold a bit more than he used to, and of all the hats I have made, none is quite right.
I have a micro-stash of the chunkiest wool on the planet. Well…. it’s not. But it’s very chunky and it’s in my possession, and frankly, anything that needs knitting up on 15mm needles is pretty goshdarned chunky in my humble.
I’ve uploaded quite a few patterns for sale recently, so I thought I’d give the readers of my blog this piece of squishiness as a token of my appreciation.
Here’s what you need.
(Click the name at the top for a printable download)
2 x 100g balls Drops Polaris
15mm circular needles
A tapestry needle for weaving in ends
A large pompom maker (it’s so much less fiddly than all that faffing around with cardboard doughnuts!)
Method:
(This makes an adult-sized hat, which fits my 15 year old son rather too well. I may have to hide it).
Cast on 36 stitches and place marker for the beginning of the round.
Knit 1 Purl 1 rib for 14 rows. This gives a really chunky squishy turn-up around the base of your hat.
Knit 5 rows.
Make your decreases as follows:
[Knit 5, K2tog] around. (36 remaining)
[Knit 4, K2tog] around. (30)
[Knit 3, K2tog] around. (24)
[Knit 2, K2tog] around. (18)
[Knit1, K2tog] around. (12)
K2tog around. (6)
K2tog around. (3)
Cut the tail long enough to thread through the last 3 stitches, pull tight and weave in.
Make a large pompom, leaving the ends long enough to thread through the top of the hat and tie in a tight double knot underneath, inside the top of the hat.
Weave in all ends.
Ta-dah!
Enjoy keeping warm <3
In the meantime, if you’re looking for other patterns, you can now find these ones both in my Etsy shop and on the loveknitting.com website:
PS I have always wanted a really chunky hat. Apparently, this one is a bit ‘too girly’ for my beloved. Imagine my chagrin… 😉
A Jack Russell, a Tunic and an Adventure.
Oh, I know, I know. I’m rubbish.
Life hurtles along at breakneck speed and before you know it months have flown past and now… SPRING! And hallelujah, because frankly winter can jolly well do one. There have been enough bugs under this roof to sink a small fleet of battleships and this family is emerging, battle-scarred but undefeated, blinking into the sunlight.
But I have been busy. Honest.
First of all I have this to share with you:
I mean loooooooook! And before people get all stuffy and snippy about dogs already having coats, take it from me that the harsh blooming winters up here do not agree with our dear teeny skinny Juno’s demeanour. Admittedly, pure wool may be treating her rather more as a Princess than warranted 😉 but she is most grateful for an extra layer.
If you fancy making something similar, have a little look over here, where you can download the pattern for free.
In other news, I have completed a granny square tunic, which will be on the backburner till autumn:
And I have just embarked upon a little after-school adventure with 14 of the children from our village primary.
This afternoon, armed with a great mountain of goodies from loveknitting.com (bless their hearts), I headed off into the unknown:
The hour flew by in a flurry of
“Miss, I can’t do this! Miss, is this right? Miss, what’s happened to this?”
(I know… “Miss” >.< It cracks me up)
But they were little troopers and are coming back next week for more punishment, and I am proud to report that we have a few already managing garter stitch, along with a valiant few who have yet to ‘click’, but we’ll do it!
And here are the fruits of the first session’s labours:
I will be very happy to report on our continued progress next week 🙂