Dog knitting

About two years ago I read this article in the newspaper.

I read and thought wow, amazing story.

This spring I started to go to the library a bit more and the book was displayed in on of the shelves.

I read the book in just a few days, I could not put it down.

My local library lets me order books from other libraries and I got the second book a week later.

Pen has founded the Nowzad dogs charity and has a website and a Facebook page.

Somebody on Facebook suggested Nowzad could use some hand knitted dog coats to sell.

I found some great patterns on garnstudio. I wasn't to sure about the yarn. I think yarn used for a dog coat should be very durable and easy to wash.

I choose a pattern with Aran weight yarn. I bought red Sirdar supersoft Aran weight yarn from my local yarn store. I have enough yarn left over to knit more coats, but in a slightly smaller size. We lack a real life dog to model the coat. Don't think Perry would have been very happy. I was also to worried he would put his claws into it.
I have shipped the coat to Nowzad and Pen has kindly sent me a photo of the lovely Tali wearing the coat.

She looks great. There is a photo of her in the newspaper article (near the bottom of the page).

Look how well she has adjusted to life in the UK.

Yesterday another Mum and her Puppies have arrived at the shelter in Afghanistan.

2 of the puppies are in need of 24 hour care, hopefully they will make and in due course make their way to their new homes in the West.

Please spare some change to feed them all.

Through Just Giving.