Crochet a Candy Corn Pet Sweater!
Everyone in the house needs a Halloween costume–even the fur-children!
Making this candy corn pet sweater is really easy and only requires a little crochet knowledge. This particular pattern fits a 12 to 20 pounder, but is easily adapted to any size four-legged animal.
Materials:
white, bright yellow and orange (pumpkin) worsted weight yarn
H crochet hook
Instructions:
With the yellow, chain 54. Join to form a loop, being careful not to twist the chain.
Rows 1-4: Chain 3 dc around. *Join to beg ch 3, turn, dc around. Repeat from * 2 more times.
Row 5: With orange, join to beg of ch 3, ch 3, turn, dc around.
Row 6: Join to beg of ch 3, chain 3, turn, dc in next 33 dc.
Rows 7-11: *Chain 3, turn, dc across. Repeat from * 4 more times.
Row 12: With white, join at beg ch 3, chain 3, turn dc across. At end of row, chain 6, join to opposite side with slip stitch, being careful not to twist the chain.
Row 13: Chain 3, turn, dc in each chain and in each remaining double crochets; join with sl st at top of chain 3.
Row 14: Chain 3, turn, dc around.
Row 15: Join with sl st to beginning chain 3. Chain 1 turn, sl st around neck and fasten off.
Finishing: With yellow, join at bottom of sweater and sl st around. Weave in ends.
If you find any errors, let me know and I’ll be happy to correct the instructions.
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Renee: the sweater as the pattern is written turns out to be about 9″ long. To accommodate Tinkerbell’s length, you could crochet a flat panel starting with the yellow then make a chain to fit around Tink’s tummy. Join it at the opposite end of the last row and then work in rounds, basically following the pattern from there. Although, you’d have to adjust the colors accordingly to make them look proportional to a candy corn. In the case of the original pattern, the yellow is about 2 1/2″, the orange 4″ & the white is about 2″ long. So, if you’d double all those measurements, the outcome would be 17″ long and the right size for Tinky.
Oh, and for the ‘clickable button’, you should be able to do that through your blog host.
Oh I forgot to ask, do you have a clickable button I can add to my blog to link to your page
Tinkerbell is probably about 20 in length
Renee: Well, I’d probably make the tummy band a bit longer using the yellow, then switch to the orange, adding a bit to that too and then do the white neck, also adding a bit. As far as how much longer each section should be, that depends on the length of the little bugger!
Oh how cute, How do I make it longer for my short haired mini dachshund?
Thanks for the pattern. I modified it just to make it longer for my short haired mini dachshund, Felix. I used this pattern as a basic one to make a light blue sweater for my little sweetie. I will be using this pattern to make several more in different colors for him. I will even be making a red and white one for Christmas! I will make sure to get the candy corn one done for next Halloween as he will look sooooo cute in it.
You are very welcome, Vikki!!
Thank you for sharing this pattern, this is the first thing I crocheted that really turned out nice! ;o) My friend’s cat is rather old and frail, he will love this!
cheers!
Thanks, Christine! I love me some link love
Hi,
Your candy corn pet sweater looks simply adorable! I’m an Editor for FaveCrafts.com, and I took the liberty of linking to your blog from my roundup blog post about 22 Free Crochet Patterns. Check it out here http://www.favecraftsblog.com/22-free-crochet-patterns-roundup-part2/.
Thanks!
I have 2 grandchildren with minature doberman pets. These would make such cute Christmas gifts for them. They chill easily so they’d be so appropriate. Thanks for sharing. Pat
Kathleen, you are very welcome.
I found your pattern on Ravelry and wanted to say thank you. We have a kitty who has been very sick and as a result, has lost too much weight. He’s been getting so cold lately so I decided to try him with a sweater. I used some yarn that I had on hand and worked one up this evening. I did have to modify it for his too-skinny frame, but I think it looks pretty good.
He’s been purring since I put it on him.
If you would like to see pictures, there are a few on my blog. I’ve linked back to your website in case people want to see your pattern for themselves.
http://minikatslittlethoughts.blogspot.com/2009/11/what-to-do-when-kitty-is-cold.html
Thank you so very much.
I made the sweater for my Shih Tzu Paco and he looked darling and was the star of the night….thanks for sharing the pattern.
Oh my gosh! 10 Chihuahuas in crocheted sweaters?!? That must look DARLING!
Thank you so very much for this pattern. I am new to crocheting and this one is so easy to make. I have 10 Chihuahua’s thanking you as well for that extra warmth..
This is so adorable.
You are VERY welcome!
That WOULD have made a great picture! Perhaps next year….?!
I can barely stand this its soooo cute. If only….. my baby grandson has a huge black cat (Weezer) well I just sent him a box with a candy corn knit hat and some candy corn mittens. What a picture they would have made had I included the cat sweater. Thanks for the smile that you put on my face this day.
thanks for sharing…I know my furry animals will look very sharp for the fall season…thanks again…
Check out this new lineup of knit/crochet Halloween costumes assembled by Nerd About. It makes my Candy Corn Pet Sweater look tame!!
http://blogs.discovery.com/nerdabout_new_york/2009/10/knitted-halloween.html
Ahaha that is soooo cute! My kitty just walks right out of his hoodie but this will be perfect. He’ll hate it but oh my gosh he’ll look cute!
Love this! I’d like to blog about it too, just a blurb and link to this post. Please let me know if it would be okay to include a picture too.
You’re very welcome, Pat. I’m sure he looks very handsome in it!
thank you so much. My little dog really like his new sweater. Now that it is cold (almost snowing) here, he won’t go out with out it.
This is great! Thanks for sharing