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Fleece Dog Sweater

I made this pull-on sweater for my dog to wear while laying around camp after a wet day of hiking. The design features a band collar (mock turtleneck type), large leg holes for free movement, and a shirt tail to cover the rump.

Although the pattern can be scaled to fit your dog and fleece is stretchy, the tube-type construction of this sweater makes it hard to put on and take off of large dogs. This pattern is more suited to medium-sized and smaller dogs. For larger dogs, I suggest using a coat-style pattern that lays like a blanket across the back and closes with straps under the tummy and across the chest. Look in Other Resources for such a pattern. Many of the sweaters for greyhounds have this type of construction.

Size:

This pattern fits a 40 lb short-haired female mixed breed with

• Neck circumference:  17"
• Girth at chest:  27"
• Waist circumference:  21"
• Body length (collar to tail):  24"
• Chest width (shoulder to shoulder):  5"

• 1 yard of polyester fleece material, 200 weight
• thread to match
• Optional:  matching or contrasting lycra material for binding

Cut:  One of each pattern piece

• With right sides together, stitch BACK shoulders AB to CHEST shoulders AB.
• Match BACK side CD to CHEST side CD and sew right sides together.
• Repeat 1st and 2nd steps for the other side of the sweater.
• With right sides together, fold COLLAR crosswise and sew ends EF together.
• Turn COLLAR to right side.
• With the right side out, fold COLLAR to match raw edges.
• Match COLLAR out side to sweater body right side and sew together.
• Finish the sweater with either a 1/4" or 1/2" hem or a lycra binding.

• If you are making this sweater for a male dog, you may want to make the curve deeper on the tail end of the pattern to expose more of the tummy area.

• Seam allowances are NOT included.
• Grid Scale:  1 square = 1 inch

• BACK
  

• CHEST
  

• COLLAR
  

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