Learn to Knit a Dog Sweater
Learn to Knit a Dog Sweater
Scholarship tickets are available to anyone as funds allow! Read more at the bottom of this page.
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This is definitely one of our cutest workshops because it involves making adorable little sweaters for your adorable pet dogs! This five week workshop teaches you tons of new knitting techniques & you'll end the workshop with a cozy sweater for your dog made custom for them.
There will be knitting homework between each workshop session! Be prepared to work on your sweater at home between sessions. Some weeks will have more homework than others, and the larger your dog's sweater the more time you will need to dedicate between sessions. Please measure your dog's chest before the first class so you know what size to make! Refer to the pattern linked below for details on how to measure.
Unfortunately—devastatingly—dogs are not allowed in our shop due to us having a cafe (darn you NYC Heath Department!). But we will insist you show us photos of your dog in the first session, and then again so we can see them in their sweater at the end of the workshop!
REQUIRED PATTERN
Purl Soho's Lucky Dog Sweater by Sole Salvo ($9.00)
Students must purchase this pattern before or in the first session, it is not ours to sell or give away.
SKILL LEVEL
Advanced Beginner/Intermediate. As long as you know everything in the Required Experience section below, you're ready to take this class!
You can read about how we determine skill levels here.
REQUIRED EXPERIENCE
You must be comfortable with casting on, the knit stitch, the purl stitch, and working in a rib. Knowing how to work in the round, increase, or decrease are all helpful techniques to know but not required.
WHAT YOU WILL LEARN
All students will learn: how to read a pattern, make one increases, the cable cast on, casting on in the middle of a row, using markers, putting stitches on hold to make leg holes, left- and right-slanting decreasing, and short rows (either wrap & turns, or german short rows).
Each student will also have the opportunity to learn any of the following if they are interested: a tubular cast on for 2x2 ribbing, customizing your sweater by adding a stitch pattern, stripes, or harness holes on the back or chest, adjusting for best fit, customizing the collar & legs, tubular bind off.
REQUIRED TOOLS - available for purchase at the shop
- US 7, 8, or 9 / 4.5, 5, or 5.5 mm 16" circular needles, or whatever gets you close to the correct gauge of 19 sts per 4" in stockinette stitch. The pattern recommends a US 6 but most people get this gauge on a US 8. We don't recommend getting a US 6 unless you're a particularly loose knitter.
- If you're knitting the largest sweater size you will need a 24" circular needle as well as a 16" needle.
- All students will also need either double pointed needles (we recommend the FlexiFlips for ease of use; they are expensive but, in our opinion, very worth it), or 32–40" circulars for magic loop in the same needle size.
- 4 stitch markers, 1 unique for beginning of round.
- stitch holder, barber cord, or scrap yarn (we can provide scrap yarn in class if needed)
REQUIRED MATERIALS
200–800 yards of worsted weight yarn, depending on the size you are making. Refer to the pattern linked above to see the recommended amount for each size sweater. We highly recommend getting a machine washable yarn. We have several great options we can show you in the shop!
LESSON PLAN:
Session 1 (2 hours): Choosing a size, selecting your yarn, casting on (either long tail, or tubular), tubular cast on set up rows (optional), working in a rib, make one increases, planning to modify fit & style (optional).
Session 2 (1 hour lesson, 1 hour optional work time without instructor): Cable cast on, joining to work in the round, customization troubleshooting (optional).
Session 3 (1 hour lesson, 1 hour optional work time without instructor): Putting stitches on hold, working back & forth to make leg holes, back harness hole placement (optional).
Session 4 (2 hours): Joining to work in the round again, decreasing, short rows, chest harness hole placement (optional).
Session 5 (2 hours): neckline ribbing, tubular bind off (optional), picking up stitches for legs, working on double pointed needles or using magic loop to make legs, finishing techniques.
Class Policies
Wait Lists
If a class is full we are happy to add you to the wait list in case someone cancels. Send an email with the name and date of the class to hello@cleosyarnshop.com to be added.
Cancellations
We are happy to offer you a refund or store credit for any class sign up as long as you give us notice at least 48 hours before the start time of the class.
We cannot offer refunds or store credit for any late cancellations. However, if the situation was out of your control and you want to come to another class instead, we can sign you up for a future class using our Scholarship Fund which is available to everyone!
Many of our classes have a minimum number of sign ups required to run. If a class doesn't get the required number of sign ups to run and we decide to cancel or post-pone the class we will notify those who did sign up via email between 24–48 hours before the class's start time and offer them a seat in the next class, a refund, or store credit.
Photography
When you attend a class at our shop you agree to be recorded and photographed during the class. If you would like to request that your face, hands, or body not be in any photos or videos that we share on social media please send an email requesting so any time prior to the start time of the class to hello@cleosyarnshop.com. You may still be recorded or photographed during the class but we will respect your request that the videos or images of you not be shared online.
Scholarship Fund
Our Scholarship Fund is contributed to by the shop and our community to help those who need it attend our classes and events. You can read about why we started the fund here.
When signing up for a class or event, anyone is welcome to sign up for a Scholarship Fund ticket at a discount as funds allow. When a Scholarship Fund ticket is purchased, the amount discounted is taken from the Scholarship Fund to pay the shop and it's staff the regular ticket price.
If you are considering requesting a Scholarship Fund ticket but aren't sure whether it's for you or not, it probably is! The folks who have contributed to the Scholarship Fund wanted to contribute and want the funds to be used! And the lovely people putting on this class or event are still getting paid the full amount to do it. Please only pay full price if you feel you have enough to do so.
That said, we also ask that you be mindful of the amount and frequency of requests you take from the fund. Making sure funds are available to as many people as possible is a collaborative effort, so we'll check in with you and you check in with us!
If you'd like to use the Scholarship Fund, you can do so by emailing us (hello@cleosyarnshop.com), or coming into the shop and requesting a Scholarship Ticket. We will ask you how much you are able to pay (zero is an acceptable answer!) and the funds available will cover the rest.