Our four-legged pets need care no less than small children. They must be constantly monitored so that they do not fall from somewhere, do not fall out in the mud, do not freeze and do not get sick.
For small dogs, even special clothes exist: all kinds of overalls, special shoes, as well as hats for dogs.
Why dog hats
Anyone who has never had a dog might think that dog clothes are overkill.
But this is not so: dogs with large open ears have a problem with hypothermia in the cold season, and dogs with long drooping ears need to protect them from water, dirt and debris.
Strong winds that get into the ears of water can cause otitis in the dog, and the hot sun will easily bring the dog to sunstroke.
In pet stores there are a large number of models of clothes and hats for dogs: summer caps and panama hats, warm knitted hats.
But each self-respecting craftswoman will always find time to make clothes for her pet: for example, you can knit a hat for a dog with knitting needles.
How to tie a hat for a pet
First you need to measure the head of the dog to find out the volume of the cap. Measurements are taken: head circumference, distance between the dog’s ears.
Next, you need to choose the yarn: it must be natural.
To select the size of the needles and calculate the desired number of loops, you need to tie a small sample.
There are many styles and patterns of hats for dogs:
- hat with closed ears;
- hat with open ears;
- a cap with an extended neck and so on.
The hat for the dog with knitting needles should be comfortable, otherwise the dog will not wear it.
Scheme and Description
To tie a warm hat for a dog, you can use this description.
Measuring the circumference of the dog’s head and tying the sample, we calculate the number of loops. Calculations are best written down.
In this example, you need to dial 44 loops in any convenient way:
26 loops will be used for knitting the frontal part,
18 loops - for the occipital part.
1. First, we collect 26 loops, we knit them with an elastic band 1x1, the height is about 1-2 centimeters.
2. Next, we get another 18 loops (plus or minus 1 loop) so that there is no displacement of the picture.
A set of loops in two steps is needed so that the cap has the correct anatomical shape.
3. We unfold the knitting and knit the loops according to the picture (1x1 elastic).
4. Next, we start knitting in a circle: you need to distribute the loops of the frontal part into two knitting needles and continue to knit with an elastic band in a circle using an additional knitting needle.
5. Having knitted about 2-3 centimeters, you need to return to knitting on two knitting needles.
6. Divide the total by two (in this example: 44 divided by 2, it turns out 22 loops).
7. Since the frontal part should be knitted of 26 loops, and the occipital part of 18, you need to evenly distribute 4 loops on the frontal part.
8. Loops at the beginning of the row are removed on the third knitting needle (we continue knitting on two knitting needles) and continue to knit to the end of the row.
9. In the place where the cut was left (when adding loops), now there will be the end of the row. This defect will then need to be carefully sewn up.
10. Now you need to switch from three knitting needles to two, that is, remove the extra knitting needle.
To do this, remove all the loops on one spoke, without violating the figure with an elastic band: 1 front, 1 wrong, alternate 1 loop from each knitting needle.
11. Then we knit in this way: the front loop is knitted, the wrong loop - just removed on the knitting needle. It turns out the so-called "double canvas".
So we knit to the desired length.
12. Closure of loops. The hat for the dog is ready.
Do not forget to try on a hat to your pet!
You can also use this scheme of hats for dogs.
Decorate the hat
The finished hat can be decorated with additional functional and not very details.
You can add ties, pompons, any other decorations: imagination can not be limited.
Of course, you need to comply with the measure so that your pet does not become the object of ridicule.