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A current work in progress is this sweater for Bosley. For those that have met our dog Bosley, you may have noticed that he does not have a lot of extra padding around him. This results in Bosley feeling the cold when we push him outside for the things that dogs can’t do inside (or shouldn’t). The pattern is one that I am building as I go, and I will post it when I have finished the sweater. This has been a real learning experience.

The multi-color threads are markers where increasing and decreasing takes place. The collar has a multi-color thread through it to assist in pulling the connection that will enable the sweater to stay on (I couldn’t bear to have to thread something through later on, so forward thinking sometimes does help).

• Loom: Blue KK Long Loom (62pegs)
• Yarn:
• Stitch: E-wrap; single rake

A friend of mine often works outside, and I asked him whether a scarf would help. He jumped at the chance, and after consulting with him on colors (green or fall colors) this is what I came up with. It’s a fairly simple stockinette stitch created on the yellow long loom (18 pegs each side). The scarf used a twin yarn, so it’s very thick (as the image will show).

• Loom: Yellow KK Long Loom (38 pegs)
• Yarn: Red Heart, Fleck (5oz), worsted medium; Red Heart, Multi (5oz), worsted medium
• Stitch: Double-yarn basic stockinette stitch

I made this scarf during Sunday afternoon. It started off two-times prior to me finishing it, as I tried different stitches for this scarf. Each time I’d get a number of rows finished and then realize that I didn’t like the look, so I unraveled it (called frogging) and started again.