My Mate Sandra used to dress her dog Paddy in doggy clothes and I used to scoff at the whole idea of it. Then it became acceptable, fashionable even, and I saw that lots of people were dressing their dogs in wee jumpers and coats. I picked up a ‘Knitting for Dogs’ book in a charity shop one day and thought, if this is what the people want then let’s get knitting. But then I sat thought of all the different permutations involved, I mean dogs come in all sorts of shapes and sizes, so it’s not like you can knit a ‘one size fits all’. Or even a small, medium and large. So I shelved the book, and the idea. Then, Molly came into my own life (let’s call her my granddog and be really sad), and what was the first thing I did? Why, I knit her a jumper of course. Some of my friends scoffed, but I didn’t care because now I understood My Mate Sandra. And now she gets to scoff at me for scoffing at her and everybody’s happy. Especially all the doggies in their nice warm stylish jumpers.
Ok, if you want me to look that cute, you’ll have to knit me a pink one.
And I want shoes and a bag to match.
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