Wacky Doggy Knits: 10 Original Patterns for Your Style-Conscious Dog (Dover Crafts: Knitting)

No sizes included. These patterns are clearly meant for three different sizes of dogs, as the patterns have one number outside brackets and two numbers within, but nowhere in this entire book are the size measurements listed. This is incredibly frustrating. Yes, I can probably go through and divide the number of sts. and rows in each pattern line by the sts. and rows in the gauge swatch, but why on earth should I have to do that? Why didn't the author make sure the info was present?Second issue: the sizing of the garments is inconsistent. There are some that are tight even on the small dogs, and others that are very loose (80's clubwear scale) on the golden retriever.Third issue: some designs are cute, others are either badly designed (the striped coat with a fleece collar has its belt situated between the dog's back legs--might work for a female dog, but not for a guy), or just look uncomfortable on the dogs in the pictures. I don't understand how the author expects the beret to stay on the dog's head when there's no chin strap to keep it there (though that's really rhetorical, as I have never had a dog who would tolerate wearing a hat, so I wouldn't bother knitting one).In short, the book desperately needs an addendum with the measurements given for each of the three sizes, and if you're thinking about buying it, you should take a close look at each of the designs to see if the price is worth it to you.

Not good if you are a beginning knitter. The patterns are adorable.

FANTASTIC MUST HAVE BOOK!!!!!Not only are the sweaters and hats ABSOLUTELY ADORABLE, the instructions are equally wonderful (which include some photos of how to finish).I don't understand the previous reviewers comment regarding Halloween costumes as these are sure to bring smiles any day!

This was super cute and super easy to follow the knit patterns

Was a gift and she just loved it

Fun to creat and modify

Some neat patterns for my favorite dog -- especially the one shown on the left and the "Superdog" pattern.

Several easy to knit patterns

I couldn't agree more about the sizings! I loved the pics & was really excited to get started - then looked more closely at the patterns. The 3 different sizes don't begin to cover the differences in dog sizes - and there's no guide at all as to what sizes these 3 options represent. Like another reviewer, I have a greyhound - he's huge with a typical deep-barrelled chest. I can usually adapt patterns to him but not these as I have no idea what the basic sizes represent.What amazes me is the book actually goes to the bother of teaching readers how to knit (though I can't imagine any beginner would buy this book!) - a complete waste of space, space which could have been used to advise how to adjust the sizes. If it wasn't too late, I'd be asking for a refund as this book is totally useless to me!

Wacky Doggy Knits I have a rescued racer greyhound, he feels the cold and I've got loads of knitting wool. So I bought this book hoping that there would be something suitable in it for me to make for my dog.The book is nicely laid out and has colourful images of each patern, the directions are clear and the patterns are easy to follow, there is a glossary of stitches and techniques used. A first time knitter would probably be able to knit at least one of the patterns.each one gives different amounts of stitches for different sizes.If you look at the picture of a particular dog wearing an example of the article you can guess at the size for that dog.The book failed to entice me to knit anthing in it for my dog because it has one major flaw, nowhere in the book does it give any actual measurements for the different sizes. I thimk youu are just supposed to guess what size the patterns will turn out. I was disappointed to say the least. Wacky Doggy Knits

Chose this book to get the basics so I can make a Father Christmas outfit for my sons Labrador hoping it would have large dog patterns. Only has one for a cardigan so pretty disappointed as most are for small dogs and it doesn't give any sizes apart from tension. They really are very wacky designs and not very practical especially the hats and sunflower outfit and take a lot of work to knit. Ok for a bit of fun I guess??

Fun to make

Might have been a good book but the patterns have no size options, and don't give measurements, so you've no way of knowing how big or small the final garment is. Pretty useless to most knitters.