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Sahara Dress Coat
Top-down, seamless dress/coat/sweater designed for a little dog (Yorkie, Papillon, Shih Tzu) with approximately 14” chest and a slim belly. Ribbing sides and underbelly help snug this up for a tiny body, but allow ease if your furbaby is a little bit rounder in the tummy. Rolled skirt ruffles make it a little fancier for dress-up.
Features that make this pattern extra special include:
♥ wide neck opening makes it easy on & off
♥ seamless, top-down construction
♥ harness loop opening
♥ is quick to make, fashionable, and can be varied easily
Use a patterned yarn for the Main Body, a contrasting colour (I used black) for the leg ribbing & the rolled skirt ruffles, and add a strand of eyelash or other fancy yarn to the contrast yarn for the skirt edging.
This sweater was designed for a little dog of about 9-12 lbs, with these measurements:
Neck - 9.5” (24cm)
Chest - 14” (35.5cm)
Length - 13” (33cm)
To make it larger or smaller, add sts between the legs and across the back, as well as rows to desired length.
Materials:
- Aran weight (patterned) yarn, about 80 – 90 yards -- (sample used Stylecraft Safari, in Leopard)
- Aran weight (contrast colour) yarn, about 40 – 50 yards -- (sample used Adrienne Vittadini Donata, in Black)
- eyelash or other fancy yarn (contrast colour) yarn, about 20 – 30 yards -- (sample used Patons Allure, in Ebony)
- circular needles, size US 10 (6.00mm)
- 1 marker for end of round
Stitches/Techniques Used:
knit (K), purl (P), make 1 (M1), knit 2 sts together (K2tog), slip-slip-knit (ssk), pick up & knit (pu&K), yarn over (YO), slip purlwise (slP), slip knitwise (slK), cast on (CO) & bind off (BO) mid-row.
The pattern switches from working in the Round to working back & forth across Rows, and back again.
Pattern is copyrighted, including the photos. You may not sell or give away the pattern or photos, or post them anywhere for free. However, you are free to sell your completed work on a small scale, provided you state clearly in your ad or packaging that the pattern was made by Wee Sandy.
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