K9 Knitters Greyhound dog coat

Remember way back in March I told you about the K9 Knitters?

Anyway, it's a dog charity that raises money by donations and also by selling dogcoats that knitters donate, I have after all these months finally finished the greyhound dogcoat I started back in March.

I did feel a fair bit of guilt about the fact I said I'd knit this coat and then for months I got distracted by other things and it languished unloved in my WIPs pile.

Well thanks to Ravelry and the Ravelympics I have completed the coat in the WIPs Wrestling event. I'd like to say I enjoyed knitting this coat but I can't. I'm sorry this just was not a nice knit for me.



It's not the pattern, there is nothing wrong with the pattern, it was the yarn I chose. For the past two days I've done nothing (and I mean nothing) but knit this dogcoat. The only problem was that as it grew, it got heavy, very heavy. To the point where it actually hurt to knit, my wrists are killing me and are giving a big sigh of relief at the moment that they no longer have to hold the weight of all that chunky yarn. I did use circular needles to help with the weight but it didn't seem to help.

I do actually look forward to knitting something else for this charity but next time I am definitely going to choose something smaller, much easier on my poor wrists.

After I've given it a quick wash (some of the yarn I used is quite old stash and smells like old stash) I'll get it posted off to Carrie.

K9 Knitters Greyhound dog coat

I decided to do the larger coat as Carrie at K9 mentioned that most people do the smaller ones (I'm assuming this is because they're quicker/less expensive to make) So a greyhound coat it is. I'm using yarn from my stash, the same stuff I used for the jacket from Simply knitting magazine. I think it's a Sirdar yarn but to be honest I can't really remember.

I've just transferred the knitting to circular needles as it's quite heavy and thought they'd be better for my wrists.

Hmm, there seems to be a server error with Blogger and it's not allowing me to upload the picture, will try again later.

Interesting knits for charity

I've just come across a website called K9 Rescue Knitting Club, it seems a worthy cause and I'd like to help them out. I've two dogs of my own so am always attracted to rescue causes.

At the moment finances are dictating that I shouldn't buy anything but my yarn stash is saying I can definitely make something for them, time on the other hand is a completely different matter :-)

I will just have a nosy around and see if I can find any nice patterns that would work well with my stash.

If you've the inclination, have a look at their site, you never know you may spot the perfect thing for your happy hound or pampered pooch.

Also need to spread the word about Knitted Boob Appeal 2008, the boobs help new mothers learn how to breastfeed and express milk, check them out.