Knock Me for a Loop (26 page)
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Authors: Heidi Betts
GRACE’S DOG SWEATER PATTERN
(as knit by Grace, despised by Zack, and tolerated
by Muffin…er, Bruiser…er, Muffin…)
For dogs with a 28-inch chest
Materials:
Size 7 knitting needles
Size 8 knitting needles
Size 8 circular needle
3 5-ounce skeins of yarn
Instructions for Neck
&
Body:
With size 7 needles and one skein of yarn, cast on 88
stitches. K1, P1 for 2 inches.
Change to size 8 needles.
Row 1: Knit across.
Row 2: Purl across.
Row 3: Increase in first stitch; knit across to last
stitch; increase in last stitch.
Rows 4-10: Continue to increase in first and last
stitch of
every
row for the next 7 rows.
Increase in first and last stitch of
every
other
row until 124 stitches are on
needle, ending with a knit row.
Preparation for Leg Openings:
Row
1:
With those 124 stitches on needle, P8, K16,
P76, K16, P8.
Row 2: Increase in first stitch; knit across to last
stitch; increase in last stitch.
Row 3: P9, K16, P76, K16, P9.
Row 4: Repeat Row 2.
Row 5: P10, K16, P76, K16, P10.
Instructions for
Leg
Openings:
Row 1: K13, bind off next 10 stitches, K81, bind off
next 10 stitches, K12.
(Note: Two other skeins of yarn need to be attached at
this point because all three sections are worked at the
same time, using separate yarn for each one.)
Row 2: P10, K3. With second skein of yarn, K3,
P76, K3. With third skein of yarn, K3,
P10.
Row 3: With first skein of yarn, K across. With
second skein of yarn, K across. With third
skein of yarn, K across.
Rows 4-12: Repeat Rows 2 and 3 nine more times.
Row 13: P10, K3, turn. Add on 10 stitches, turn.
With same yarn, K3, P76, K3, turn. Add
on 10 stitches, turn. With same yarn, K3,
P across to end. (Should have 128 stitches
on needle.)
Instructions for Lower Leg Band:
Row 1: K across.
Row 2: P10, K16, P76, K16, P10.
Rows 3-6: Repeat Rows 1 and 2 two times. Continue
in stockinette stitch pattern (knit
one row, purl the other) until piece
measures 13 inches from very beginning,
ending with
purl
row.
Shaping Instructions:
Row 1: Bind off 14 stitches at beginning of row, K across to end.
Row 2: Bind off 14 stitches at beginning of row, P across to end.
Row 3: Slip 1 stitch, K1, pass slipped stitch over
knit stitch (PSSO), K across to last 2
stitches, K those 2 stitches together as one
(K2tog).
Row 4: P across (98 stitches).
Rows 5-18: Repeat Rows 3 and 4 fourteen times (70
stitches remaining after last row). Piece
should measure 25 inches from beginning
to end. Leave remaining stitches on
needle. With right sides facing each
other, sew up seam. Pick up those
remaining 70 stitches, with right sides
still facing each other, onto circular
needle. Work in ribbing pattern (K1, P1)
for one inch. Bind off.
Optional A:
Weave elastic thread through first row of
neck ribbing.
Optional B:
Decorate with sports emblems or patches
of your choice.