I simply chained until it would fit her neck, then did a continuous loop of sc’s (adding a few for proper fit) until we got to her leg hole. Then split, chained, reattached, and continued with sc’s, removing a few as I went, to manage her waist.

She was extremely cold and min pins don’t do well during winter, so she got sweaters from the yarn I wouldn’t use for anything else. With the single hold for both arms, it made it extremely easy to get it on her, and she took to it immediately. She even would go grab a sweater and bring it to me to put it on her, when she got cold.

This was a style of dog garment I saw being used for thunder calming. I figured it would be the easiest to get her to wear. It was!

For the record, she is not a fan of the hat. Unless it’s really cold, I don’t think I’ll be doing hat things for her again, though I may do an attached hoodie (something she can’t knock off) if we have a blizzard.

• At a charity flea market in the fall of 2011, I picked up two huge yard garbage bags full of yarn. I find this just as fun as buying yarn or spinning yarn, since I get to have someone else pick the yarns, and I have to puzzle together all the things to make! I often discover new yarns I wouldn’t normally buy, by this method. This project was from that set.