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Easy Dog Sweater Knitting Pattern Free Straight Needles

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If your dog is chilly on its daily walks, knit your canine companion a sweater! Since you'll want a sweater that fits your dog without being too loose or tight, measure the length and girth of your dog. Determine if you should knit a small, medium, large, or extra-large sweater. Use the basic knit stitch to make a back piece and an underpiece. Then thread a large-eyed blunt needle and stitch the two pieces together to form the sweater. Because this simple sweater only relies on one type of stitch, it's great for beginners!

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    Use a measuring tape to measure your dog's chest and length. To measure the chest, wrap the measuring tape around the widest part of your dog's ribcage. Write this number down which is the chest size. To measure the dog's length, hold the end of the measuring tape at the neck near the collar and pull it to the base of the tail. Write down this number.[1]

    • To get your dog to stand still, give the dog a treat.

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    Determine what size to make the sweater. The number of stitches you cast on and knit for the back and underpiece will depend on the size sweater you want to make. Look at your dog's measurements and see which size matches your dog the closest. For a finished size:[2]

    • Small: 18-inch (45.5-cm) chest and 12-inch (30.5-cm) length
    • Medium: 22-inch (56-cm) chest and 17-inch (43-cm) length
    • Large: 26-inch (66-cm) chest and 20-inch (51-cm) length
    • Extra-large: 30-inch (76-cm) chest and 24-inch (61-cm) length

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    Buy enough yarn for your sweater. Look for super chunky or super bulky yarn in a color that you like. To make a small, medium, or large sweater, you'll need 1 to 2 skeins that are 6 ounces (170 g) each. For an extra-large dog sweater, you'll need 2 to 3 skeins that are 6 ounces (170 g) each.[3]

    • If you want to knit with alternating colors, pick 2 or 3 colors. Alternate the colors when you're knitting the rows.

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    Choose size 13 US (9 mm) needles for the project. Use whatever needles feel the most comfortable to you. Try bamboo, metal, plastic, or wooden needles. You'll also need a large-eyed blunt needle for assembling the back and underpiece of the sweater.[4]

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    Check your gauge . To ensure that your sweater will knit true to size, you'll need to knit a sample that you can measure. Cast on 8 stitches and knit 16 rows to make a square swatch. Use a ruler to measure the the square. If your yarn and needles are appropriate for the pattern, your gauge will measure 4-inches (10-cm).[5]

    • If your gauge is too big, use needles that are smaller. If your gauge is too small, use larger needles.
    • Discard the gauge once you've finished measuring it.

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    Cast on the stitches for the size sweater you're making. Use your size 13 US (9 mm) needles to cast on:[6]

    • Small: 25 stitches
    • Medium: 31 stitches
    • Large: 37 stitches
    • Extra-large: 43 stitches

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    Work the next 7 to 16-inches (18 to 40.5-cm) in garter stitch. Once you've cast on your stitches, keep knitting each row to make the garter stitch. Continue the garter stitch until the back piece of the sweater measures:[7]

    • Small: 7 inches (18 cm)
    • Medium: 12 inches (30.5 cm)
    • Large: 14 inches (35.5 cm)
    • Extra-large: 16 inches (40.5 cm)

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    Work a decreasing row . Once the back piece is as long as you want it, you'll need to decrease the stitches so the piece narrows. Knit 1 stitch and then stitch together the next 2 stitches. This will combine them into a single stitch so the row decreases a little. Keep knitting each stitch until you reach the last 3 stitches on the needle. Knit 2 of them together and then knit the final stitch.[8]

    • The narrow end of the piece will be near the dog's collar.

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    Garter stitch the next 3 rows. Continue to knit every stitch for the next 3 rows to make the garter stitch.[9]

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    Work 1 decreasing row. To gradually make the back piece smaller again, knit the first stitch and then stitch together the next 2. Continue to knit until you reach the last 3 stitches on the needle. Combine 2 stitches to make 1 and then knit the final stitch on the needle.[10]

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    Alternate garter stitch rows with decreasing rows. Knit 3 more rows and then work another decreasing row. Repeat this 3 more times if you're making a small or medium sweater. If you're making a large sweater, you'll need to repeat this 4 times, and if you're knitting an extra-large sweater, repeat it 6 times. Once you've finished the decreasing rows, you should have this many stitches on your needles:[11]

    • Small: 15 stitches
    • Medium: 21 stitches
    • Large: 25 stitches
    • Extra-large: 27 stitches

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    Bind off the back piece. To remove the finished back piece from your needles, knit the first 2 stitches. Insert the tip of the left needle into the stitch that's closer to you on the right needle. Pull that stitch over so that it's in front of the second stitch. Drop it off the right needle. Keep knitting 1 stitch from the left needle onto the right and then lifting the stitch over the stitch in front of it until you have just 1 stitch left on the left needle.[12]

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    Cut the yarn and knot the last stitch. Cut the yarn so you have a 5-inch (12-cm) tail. Loosen the last stitch on the needle to enlarge the hole. Loop the tail through the hole and remove the knitting needle. Pull the yarn tight to knot the yarn.[13]

    • You should now have a finished back piece that's off of the needles.

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    Cast on enough stitches for the size sweater you're making. To make the underpiece for the sweater, use your needles to cast on:[14]

    • Small: 11 stitches
    • Medium: 13 stitches
    • Large: 15 stitches
    • Extra-large: 17 stitches

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    Work the next 4 1/2 to 10 3/4-inches (11.5 to 27.5-cm) in garter stitch. To make the garter stitch, knit each row until the underpiece of the sweater measures:[15]

    • Small: 4 1/2 inches (11.5 cm)
    • Medium: 7 1/4 inches (18.5 cm)
    • Large: 10 1/4 inches (26 cm)
    • Extra-large: 10 3/4 inches (27.5 cm)

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    Work a decreasing row. Knit the first stitch and then knit the next 2 stitches together to make just 1 stitch. Keep knitting the rest of the stitches until there are only 3 stitches remaining on the left needle. Knit 2 of the stitches together to decrease a stitch and then knit the last stitch.[16]

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    Garter stitch the next 4 rows. Keep knitting every stitch for the next 4 rows.

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    Work another decreasing row. To make the underpiece narrow near the collar, knit the first stitch and stitch together the next 2 to make 1 stitch. Keep knitting until you reach the last 3 stitches on the needle. Knit together 2 stitches to make 1 and then knit the last stitch on the needle.[17]

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    Alternate garter stitch rows with decreasing rows. Knit 5 more rows and then work another decreasing row. Repeat this 2 more times if you're making a small sweater or 3 times for a medium sweater. If you're making a large sweater, you'll need to repeat this 4 times and if you're knitting an extra-large sweater, repeat it 5 times.[18]

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    Bind off the underpiece. Remove the finished underpiece from your needles by knitting the first 2 stitches. Insert the tip of the left needle into the stitch that's closer to you on the right needle. Lift that stitch over so that it's in front of the second stitch. Drop the stitch off the right needle.[19]

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    Finish casting off the final stitch. Continue to knit 1 stitch from the left needle onto the right and then lift the stitch over the stitch in front of it. Keep doing this until you have just 1 stitch left on the left needle.[20]

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    Cut the yarn and knot the last stitch. Cut the yarn to make a 5-inch (12-cm) tail. Pull the last stitch on the needle a little to make the hole bigger. Loop the yarn tail through the hole and slide out the knitting needle. Pull the yarn tight to knot it.[21]

    • You should now have a finished underpiece that's a little smaller and narrower than the back piece.

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    Thread the large-eyed blunt needle. Pull about 18-inches (45-cm) of yarn and thread it through the large-eyed blunt needle. Use the same thread that you used to knit the pieces of the sweater.[22]

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    Line up the back piece and underpiece. Lay the back and underpiece on top of each other so the right (front) sides are facing each other. Line up the edges evenly.[23]

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    Sew together the back and underpiece. Insert the large-eyed blunt needle into the narrow side that you cast off. Sew the sides together and repeat this for the opposite side of the sweater. To ensure that you leave room for the dog's front legs, keep sewing the pieces together for:[24]

    • Small: 2 inches (5 cm)
    • Medium: 2 1/2 inches (6.5 cm)
    • Large: 3 inches (7.5 cm)
    • Extra-large: 3 1/2 inches (9 cm)

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    Leave an open space for the legs. To keep space for the legs, stop sewing and leave the next several inches open. Leave:[25]

    • Small: 3 inches (7.5 cm)
    • Medium: 3 1/2 inches (9 cm)
    • Large: 4 inches (10 cm)
    • Extra-large: 4 1/2 inches (11.5 cm)

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    Sew the remaining length of the sweater on both sides. To seam the back and underpiece together, finish sewing the pieces until you reach the end. Tie off the last stitch and cut the thread. Turn the sweater inside out to hide the seams and put it on your dog.[26]

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    Add embellishments, if desired. If you'd like to add buttons or stitch a collar onto this basic dog sweater, determine the look you're going for. Choose decorative buttons to stitch onto the side or underpiece of the sweater. You can also sew felt flowers, pom poms, or small bells onto the sweater.[27]

    • If you want to make a sweater that has a hood or uses functional buttons to open and close, look for a more challenging dog sweater pattern.

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  • Question

    When completing this dog jacket, it says to decrease each row by knitting 2 stitches together till you have 3 stitches, then it says to knit 3 rows and decrease. This is very confusing, which one do I do?

    Community Answer

    Yes, that does seem confusing! I can't see the pattern, nor how many stitches you have, so, look at the shape you need and either, at the beginning of each row, Knit 2 tog, till you are left with 3 stitches, (which will give you a longer finished piece) then *knit 3 rows and cast off. Or, keep decreasing 2 stitches across the row, keep doing this on following rows, till you have 3 stitches left and then *

  • Question

    Do you have to knit the sleeves for the dog?

    Community Answer

    You don't exactly need long sleeves, but you need something to wrap around your dog's legs. If you don't do that, you'd have to wrap it around their chest or neck, which isn't exactly a sweater. So, yes, you do need sleeves, even if they're very small ones.

  • Question

    Once you've knitted the jumper, how do you actually put it on the dog?

    Ray

    The sweater should probably have some sort of Velcro, or an opening of some type. If it does not, try slipping it over your dog's head or rear end. Maneuver its paws through the holes if it has some.

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Things You'll Need

  • Measuring tape
  • Ruler
  • Size 13 US (9 mm) needles
  • Large-eyed blunt needle
  • 1 to 3 skeins of yarn (each 6 ounces or 170 g)

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To knit a sweater for a dog, start by measuring its chest and length to determine how big the sweater should be. Next, buy enough skeins of yarn for your project and a pair of size 13 US needles. Once you have your materials ready, cast on the initial stitches for the size sweater you're making, and use a garter stitch for the next section. When you get to the dog's collar, decrease your rows to narrow the pattern. Then, work the underpiece in much the same way, using a garter stitch followed by decreasing rows. Finally, assemble the back and underpiece together to finish the sweater. To learn how to add embellishments to your dog's sweater, keep reading!

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