{"id":603,"date":"2013-01-07T20:22:29","date_gmt":"2013-01-08T01:22:29","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/baburkard.com\/crochet\/?p=603"},"modified":"2013-04-13T12:15:55","modified_gmt":"2013-04-13T16:15:55","slug":"2013","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/baburkard.com\/crochet\/2013\/","title":{"rendered":"2013!"},"content":{"rendered":"

A new year already! How did that happen? I haven’t posted since September — the fall has been so full! But I will try to do some “backward” posts – updating my various projects.<\/p>\n

Today’s project – making a coat for Q. Q (short for Quasar, my mother’s\/brother’s Shitzu puppy) loves the snow! In fact, he has so much fun bounding in it he forget what he went outside to do until he is too cold to do his business. Jim was able to get two doggie coats from a friend, but they are too big for a 4 month old puppy. I decided to use the one that fit him best as a pattern.<\/p>\n

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A raincoat for a small dog<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

I used scraps of purple fleece that have hung out in my cupboard for a lot of years. I made the coat in two layers of the same fleece. In the end, it fits not too badly. Q is likely to grow out of it pretty quickly, but it won’t be too hard to make it bigger.<\/p>\n

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Quasar in his new coat<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Billy got a new coat this fall too. Again, I bought a raincoat for her that fit well then used it as a pattern. Her coat is a light blue fleece and the purple fleece for the lining. In between the two I put a layer of nylon, cut from an old coat no one had worn for years. This coat is easier to put on than are Billie’s sweaters.<\/p>\n

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Billie’s fleece coat<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Mina loved Q! Not so sure Q felt quite the same, but he was amazingly docile with her.<\/p>\n\r\n\t

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