Little Penny Sweater

Little Penny Sweater in Cascade 220 Superwash, Heather Grey.

This is a really great first doggy sweater. I used a larger needle and could have used what the pattern suggested. It stretches A LOT.

It's a little loose in the neck! The original pattern has you start with a size 5 needle in the neck and increase to a size 6 for the body. I used a size 7 throughout because I wasn't sure how this sweater would fit Radagast, my French Bulldog. Ends up, I could have just used the indicated needle sizes.

Big Penny Sweater

Well, I should have made the Little Penny Sweater for my dog. I followed her measurements and gauge, and the Big Penny Sweater is too big! It fits him more or less but it's a little baggy. Great for around the apartment though, it's pretty cute overall.

WIP: Big Penny Sweater

I recently aquired the cutest dog sweater book, Doggie Knits by Corinne Niessner. The shaping is really straightforward and the patterns are super simple with suggestions for embelleshments. Several of the patterns fit odd-sized dogs like my little French Bulldog :D

The Big Penny Sweater is ribbed along the back with simple increases. She uses the same armhole shaping technique throughout the book. This is an ideal first sweater because the pattern is very straightforward and the ribbing gives a lot of leniency to the fit.

Another shot of my progress thus far. Just over halfway done with the increases before starting on the armholes! This sweater is made with a heavyweight yarn so it goes pretty fast.