Men who knit and the dogs who love them: 30 great-looking designs for man & his best friend, by Drew Emborsky and Annie Modesitt
This is a book with a sense of humour. Drew and Annie are both passionate about their craft with a terrific, if unusual, sense of design. Me and my kids both loved looking at the matching dog and grown man outfits, very cute (dogs and men). But seriously there are some great patterns in here, good advice, and an excuse to do some interesting experimentation with different yarns and techniques. There are also some great stories of men who knit, with Drew’s personal touch coming through. I hope this book encourages other men to knit and I am sure will be a fabulous gift for the men in your life who do knit.
This book has good instructions, clear and with big illustrations, and pattern and sizing charts. Sizing here is important and mens and dogs sizes are explained. I also like that even though sometimes a particular type of yarn is discussed, like soy yarn, there are no brands specified, just Aran weight in variegated blue or machine washable chunky wool yarn, or alpaca light worsted weight yarn.
I love the projects in this book, my favourites are the dog and man matching sweaters and I particularly liked the raglan sweater in basketweave stitch using soy yarn. The matching man and dog socks are adorable, there are also smaller projects like dog toys, mats, rugs, and a thick felted sofa bed. I thought the singlet/muscle shirt an interesting idea but wonder how comfortable this is for a dog to wear. The doggie saddle bags are very cute and quite probably practical too, they could carry the doggie poop bags when taking him for a walk!
Congrats Drew and Annie, great book.
