Sausage Cabled Dog Sweater and Matching Hat by Leanne Kaut

Sausage Cabled Dog Sweater and Matching Hat

Knitting
January 2026
Aran (8 wpi) ?
15 stitches and 20 rows = 4 inches
US 7 - 4.5 mm
US 8 - 5.0 mm
4.0 mm (G)
273 - 410 yards (250 - 375 m)
XS, S, M
English

Materials
4.5 and 5mm circular needles
4mm crochet hok
Aran weight wool (Knitcraft - Spinning Kaleidoscope Bubbles)
Button
Darning needle
Size & Finished Measurements
Extra Small - Chihuaha
Small - Jack Russel
Medium - Springer Spaniel
Skills Level
Intermediate - knit in the round, increase/decrease, cabling, turkish crochet - knit stitch. Videos are included for tunisian crochet.

Stitches
K - knit
P - purl
Inc - increase
K2tog - knit 2 together (right slant)
SSK - slip 2 st to right needle, knit together (left slant)
k3 tog (video in support)
4/4LC - left cable over 8 stitches
4/4RC - right cable over 8 stitches

Information
Link for Stitch Counter
Pattern is edged in seed stitch border
k3 to changes the order of the stitches so the decrease is vertical - video in support
Leg loops are created using turkish crochet knit stitch - this is only 5st so a standard hook is fine - optional