“Knit Your Own Dog, Easy-to-Follow Patterns for 25 Pedigree Pooches” by Sally Muir & Joanna Osborne

Review by Pam Marr Rybinski

If you knit and love dogs, or knit and have a friend with a purebred canine, or craft, or have a friend who knits and loves dogs, this how-to book is for you . . . as long as you have interest in the following breeds.

Hounds:

• Afghan Hound
• Whippet
• Dachshund
• Basset Hound

Terriers:

• Wire-haired Fox Terrier
• Jack Russell
• Scottish Terrier
• West Highland Terrier

Sporting:

• Cocker Spaniel
• Red Setter
• Labrador
• Portuguese Water Dog

Non-Sporting:

• Dalmatian
• Poodle
• Miniature Schnauzer
• French Bulldog
• English Bulldog
• Pug

Working:

• Rough Collie
• Border Collie
• German Sheperd
• Old English Sheepdog
• Corgi
• Siberian Husky

Illustrations are in color with great detail, and directions seem to be comprehensive. If you have a mixed-breed pooch, you may be able to alter the directions and vary colors.