That is the cutest flipping thing I've ever seen. I definitely think Soba needs one!!!

That may be the cutest thing I've ever seen! I have a Cardigan Corgi and never been inclined to dress him, but I think he just might need a dinosaur sweater.

That is crazy cute. Way to go!

I've missed commenting here!
My mom is like that too - sometimes I think she could use a white horse for all her heroic deeds.

I'm not really one for dog sweaters, but that is the awesomest thing ever!

I have long thought your little furry half-brother was adorable...that sweater though, is just too cute for words!

Just *adorable*!

(Also, yay for moms--they do rock.) :-)

Too cute! It probably was your dad's measuring more than it was your knitting. Afterall, the baby sweaters you knitted looked to be the right size.

Love it!!! The dog is really cute! Nice to have a clever mum too!

OMG - that is adorable.
I think I may have to make one of those for my dog... and possibly my friends dogs as well.

Just HOW did she manage that? How crafty. I could never have figured that out.

I crochet (badly), but cannot wrap my head around knitting. I am determined to learn though.

Great sweater!

That sweater is delightful! I love how you changed the colors from the picture on the pattern book.

I just moved to Salt Lake City and I was so excited to discover that there is a knitting studio less than a mile away from me! Now I can take lessons and learn to knit a Dogasaurus Rex sweater too.

That is just beyond adorable! Kudos to you and your mom!

Your mom rocks and Chivas is adorable as always. If they are currently here in FL, I bet he is enjoying that sweater this week cause it is flippin cold here! I may need to visit you just to get warm again. XOXO - C PS> Just a few short weeks until Kumquat Festival! Woohoooo!!!!!!!

Love the sweater!! I may have to look into that pattern for my pups. They will be so thrilled. (sarcasm)

the dog is adorable, even in a saggy sweater!!!!

I've had a hard time with doggy sweater patterns fitting properly too. I knitted one for a friends elderly dog who had surgery in the middle of winter and would have a shaved shoulder during the bitter cold here. It was too baggy and too short. Maybe dogs aren't meant to wear handknits? Nah! That can't be it.

Wow! I am beyond impressed with your mom's mad seamstress skills!
Can I send her all my knit projects that have gone awry?

Cute sweater. Hooray for your mom, what fashion genius she has.

That is the cutest thing ever! Chivas looks much happier wearing the altered version. It was all in the measuring, not your knitting skills. This posting toally made my day. Thank you for sharing.

Yay, comments! Dino dog is adorable!

What a cutie-pie pup. He looked a little embarrassed (HANG-DOG) in the too-big sweater, but now that Mom has fixed it he thinks it's (gotta say it) DINO-MITE! Woof! Or growl -- whatever dinosaurs do.

I love this! It makes me want a dog to knit for!

That is the most adorable thing I've ever seen! I have been longing for a corgi, but our Golden, Layla, is the jealous type.

Wow, those are some cute pictures! I haven't knit anything for my corgi but I am making her a quilt to sleep on with little corgis on it :)

dang, I thought you made the french felted slippers! Which BTW were also too big after following the instructions.

Too cute. Thanks for sharing. Do they make Catasoaurus patterns? Soba needs a sweater.

Way too Cute!! Your mom rules in the adjustment department. You did a fabulous job too!!! Be VERY PROUD cause I haven't even attempted a dog sweater...yet. ;-)

Thanks everyone! First agony, then triumph :)

Hey Sheila -- what is this french felted slipper pattern of which you speak??? Is there a link to it somewhere?

Chivas looks so fierce in his altered sweater. It was not your knitting or your Dad's measuring that was wrong. It was Chivas. He - being a corgi - made himself seem bigger. It is good that your Mom has mad sewing skills because nothing fits a corgi off the rack. I have to say Chivas looks a lot like my corgi boy Norbert. Love the sable color.

That sweater is sooo cute.

YAY! Comments open!

I love both versions - dino 1.0 and 2.0! I wonder if I can figure out how to "up-size" that for my sister's 180 pound rottie? Hm...

Laurie, I love it! That is very cool that your mom was able to modify it to fit better! I would so love to crochet (I'm not knitterly like you!) a sweater for my dog, but I think he would rip it off of himself and tear it to shreds! Oh, well.

That is awesome! And Chivas has grown up so well! You are great and I love the sweater. Now, if only I could get my mom to knit one for my cats :D

My aunt's little black pug so needs one of those sweaters. I wonder if I could crochet one for little Stella. She could then be a "StellaSaurus".

It's FREEZING here right now, so I bet little Stella would really appreciate something like that right now. (we have 3 feet of snow on the ground, and today we have 50mph wind gusts creating blizzard conditions and dangerous wind chills)

Too cute.. I wonder if the pattern comes in Labrador size...

LOL! How cute! And rock on with your mom's bad arse self!

I love it. Absolutely love it. And I love that your mom's pet is shortlegged. As a short person myself I'm in awe of people who can alter garments.

Good job Laurie and Laurie's mom! That dog is so freaking cute - I wish he was my little brother.

Great job on the doggie sweater!! I am an obsessive knitter such as yourself, but haven't made anything for our dogs yet, although I should because here in Saskatchewan Canada it is -23C with a -33C windchill! Ouch!
This is what I'm knitting right now: http://www.ravelry.com/patterns/library/meret-mystery-beret
BTW, I just LOVE your blog....I have been reading yours for a few months now and it totally brightens my day!!

The most adorable thing ever.

Absolutely darling!!

And I think Soba and Frankie and Bob (love me some Bob!!) should definitely have a sweater!
Maybe with a Lion King motif!

Yay for comments! And for moms who can sew! What a cutie-patootie.

That is the most adorable dog in the History of Dogs! (except for my dog, but I am biased!)

I just imagined all of your cats wearing dinosaur sweaters...

Adorable puppy in an adorable sweater! You (AND your Mommy) did a wonderful job!

I love it when comments are open . . . :-)

That must be the most adorable thing I've ever seen . . . and I know from cute ;-)!

(also, YEAH COMMENTS!)

I love that your mom fixed it! He looks awesome as a dino :)

....God Bless the mom! Mine is the same way and I don't know what I'd do without her. Incidentally I have some miniature donkeys who would take the next prototype if it doesn't work out. Awesome sweater !!

I'm not sure which is funnier, the dog coat or this post! I love them both! And I'm also wondering if I could get my manx to cooperate and wear such a thing. Hmm...

That is the single best sweater ever! That last picture if worth a thousand words.

He looks adorable. Yay for comments and crafty moms!

Of *course* Chivas is a pembroke. It would be redundant to knit a sweater for a cardigan welsh corgi...right?

glad the comments are open for this one. Just today I was bemoaning my shoddy knitting/sewing skills. I always have the best intentions but never, NEVER does it look like the photo/pattern. You are not alone. BUT, (like Pee Wee said....everybody has a big BUT....) you, my dear, made that dino-dog coat from L O V E. That's how I became a great cook. I always cook with love and the ones who eat my food, can taste it.
Chivas can feel the love! knit on!!

Congratulations on your triumph and on having such a great, and handy, Mom! Chivas looks great in his new duds; he is such a cutie!

Wool-Ease is one of my fave yarns. There are new colors out which I will scope out tonight at the Lion Brand store.

That's a Christmas Miracle after my own heart.

Well done, but you and your mom!!!

I think the slippers Sheila is referring to are the French Press Slippers that the Yarn Harlot made a boatload of right before Christmas. You can get the pattern here: http://www.etsy.com/shop/FrenchPressKnits No affliation, and I haven't made them myself. Just trying to help. :)

I definitely thing the cats need sweaters. They'll love them! ;-) I found this pattern today: http://theyarniad.blogspot.com/2007/07/res-originalis-felis-felix-mandarin-cat.html

Be sure to read the note at the bottom. :)

that is the most amazing thing i've ever seen.

That is just too funny!

I totally agree with all of the above commenters - what would we do without our Mommies? And, our puppies (and kittens). I think you need to do another cat sweater contest. It was so fun to see people's creative skills on the last contest.

I love this sweater. And I love even more that your mom surprised you and fixed it. So adorable. I am kind of inspired to learn how to knit.

Laurie, that is absolutely adorable!

Kudos to Mom!

So adorable. I love Corgis! My cousin and his wife have two, and they have bought life vests for the dogs to wear on the boat. The vests have handles, I imagine so the dogs can be pulled out of the water if necessary.

That is so adorable!!!! You did a great job on the dog sweater and your mom is amazing for being able to figure out how to resize it!

Oh my God that fierce warrior Dino-Dog is so cute I am just going to DIE. :)

Wow that is TOO funny!!!! And I am so impressed with your mom ( and you too). Love your humor..it's really the absolute best~

Too cute! Depending on the type of emergency, Mom or Dad can fix anything! (Mom for the sewing/knitting ones, Dad for the house/car ones...)

That dog will look good in anything; your loving creation just adds to the "OMG! OMG! So CUTE, can't STAND it!" adorable-ness!

Yay Comments!!

This is super adorable. I laughed out loud when I saw just how cute it was and wondered how I could turn my parents' 80 pound monster yellow lab into a dinosaur dog. I have to tell you, your posts bring a little joy to my day every time I read them. Great job!

Wow, your mom is magic! That is the cutest dang sweater ever. I think my cat needs it...

Are you sure your dad didn't measure wrong on purpose because he didn't want Chivas to have a dog sweater? (My husband would do something like that!) :)

Absolutely adorable at any rate!!!

That is great! I'm so glad that your Mom valued the sweater enough to fix it, it is so cute!!!

So cute!! And very scary to squirrels! I'd love to make that for my maltepoo, but I fear that it would become a lovely, hand knit chew toy. My dog is a nudist:)

Chivas is workin' that sweater! Like somebody else said--he looks FIERCE! I would get a corgi tomorrow, but my papillon would probably push it in front of a bus. Thanks for posting the photos.

That is just the cutest thing ever! I wish my labradoodle would let me put clothes on him.

Lurve it!

Your mum did an awesome job fixing it.

YAY! The dog sweater looks great. Chivas looks like a fierce dinosaur. I'd be afraid to see him down the street.

That is so cute, you and your mother deserve a chocolate covered bottle of wine :)

That is adorable and you get extra credit for knitting for someone who isn't there to try it on as you go! And also, your mom is pretty darn clever.
Thanks for opening comments.

OMG Laurie...that is too funny!!

I do love me some corgis! That sweater is too cute - even on the big side it rocked! Your Mom is too cool and so freakin' talented! Thanks for showing us. I think my little Luigi (rat terrier/chihuahua mix - super short coat) could use one, but that would mean I would have to follow a pattern... Ummm.... Maybe not. He does love his sweaters and shirts though...

Hahahaha, just imagining you trying to put something like that on Soba. Is your new place close to an ER????

how great is it that your mom loves you so much she would fix something she knew you put so much time into!!! being a mom i totally understand that...and being a knitter who has had the same too big/small issues i can understand your angst..love reading your blog and the corgi is wonderful and very lucky to have both you and your mom in his life

Moms can fix anything. I'm convinced.

Looks awesome!!

L O V E the dino sweater. I recently got my first dog (I have 2 cats), and I knitted her a sweater. Dogs are fun to knit for.

I agree that it was probably caused by your Dad's measuring. That sweater is wonderful! You did a great job.

I made the tartan jumper from that Paton's leaflet:
http://www.flickr.com/photos/acechick/4208995126/
and Rosie LOVES it!

Chivas looks quite proud.

An adorable sweater on an adorable dog!!

Hurray for sewing moms -- they can fix ANYTHING!

In light of everyone else's very lovely comments I'm feeling very slightly ashamed that I nearly snorted brandy and lemonade (all we have left of the Christmas drink - thanks mainly to me) out through my nose at your dinohorse blanket tale.

Having said that, your Mum is just fab to have taken your heartfelt gift and made it fit for a fierce dinopooch to wear around town.

Great job Laurie and Mum :)

xxx

That is so stinking cute I can't stand it !!! Great work !

Sue

Bonne Annee, Laurie! I missed the comments opening on your resolutions post, but wanted to give you a double thumbs-up. Living in the present and approaching life with "yes" are two challenges I would do good to take up as well. The dino sweater is amazingly cute! Congrats on such a success. And how much fun that it turned into a collaborative project between you and your mom without even knowing it - like a secret knit-a-long. Looking forward to seeing how your year unfolds! All the best!! Bon chance :) (that really is the extent of my French after one year here - Rosetta Stone or not :)

That is just adorable! Kudos to you and your mom for your mad skillz!

OMG! Too cute! Great job on the sweater and kudos to your moms for having the mad alteration skills!

So cute! (I never get here when the comments are open... I *had* to comment!)

OMG, that is so cute! I have two small dogs, and buy them sweaters OTC. Maybe I should learn to knit!?

That is adorable!! And I agree a true Christmas miracle....don't you just love how that works sometimes?

Laurie, this is hysterical and just warms my heart. I love this, and I love that your wonderful mom refused to return it and made it work. He is adorable.
I will absolutely not attempt to knit anything for my two dogs. They are both Newfoundlands, I couldn't afford that much yarn, it would take me two years to knit them outfits, and they would keel over in a full blown heat stroke.
Oh, I think that I'll be looking at this again and again. I am in awe of your knitting skills.

Your 4-legged baby brother is too cute - and your Mom did a great job altering the sweater. Clearly a measuring error - although I have to say, it looks like your crazy tight knitting might be relaxing just the smallest little bit?

yeah -- I love that comments are open!
That sweater is awesome...what dog doesn't need a dinosaur sweater, I ask you. And your mom rocks for adjusting it to fit Chivas..I knit and I have no idea how I would've done that. yea, moms!

First, I am So Relieved this story did not involve Bob.

Second, the pup sure is maintaining a high Cuteness Quotient despite his semi-maturity!

Go Mom!!

Great sweater than I am sure my Lhasas would love to hate!! Right now they are sporting "off the rack" sweaters as their Mama is too lazy to try and crochet them one!

Go Laurie! I've actually made that sweater for my chiuahua! It is the cutest thing. Your mom's corgi is a lucky dog!

Freakin' adorable! I wonder if my cat would wear one....

Too. cute. for. words. Love the sweater, love the dog.

Just too cute!!

The funniest thing is that I was just on the phone with my mom and she was asking me about knitting a dog sweater for my cousin's new chihuahua, and here I am reading about your dog sweater adventures! I think I'll have to find that pattern booklet.

Super cute doggie sweater! You did a great job on it, and yay! for moms who sew! My mom has fixed many a mistake of mine (and even sewed last-minute bolero jackets for bridesmaids at my brother's wedding so the priest didn't have a heart attack when he saw the VERY inappropriate dresses my lovely ex-SIL chose). (Sorry for the huge sentence).

Funny thing about Chivas:
When I was a kid my aunt and uncle had a dog named Chivas. Our dog was named Brandy. Another dog-child of people we spent a lot of time with was GIN-ger.....you get the point. I didn't figure it out until I was in college. All of a sudden it hit me (I'm maybe a slow learner). I've never heard of anyone else naming their dog Chivas until now. It brought back a lot of great kid-memories of all of us camping with the dogs :)

You have a awesome mom! And I love reading your blog, thanks for sharing.

Oh my gosh, this is as cute as cute can be -- or I should say, these are as cute as cute can be, because I love the sweater and Chivas is adorable!

I have made several of these sweaters and I think that it is important to keep in mind that the measurements are "guidelines". I have a JRT, and a small one at that. The first sweater I made for him fit much the same way. The next time I made two changes. Instead of working the sweater so that it needed to be sewn up the 'front', I worked the sweater in the round. For that 'area' where the stitch was to be increased, I ... made one stitch, knit one, made one stitch, continuing on circular (or double pointed needles). The second thing was that I measured how far to knit once the sleeve holes were completed to the start of his belly, hence allowing him to go pee without hitting the knitwork. This is a fabulous pattern and works well in modification for fair isle too !

I am soooo glad other people get their arses whomped by sweaters. I am on my fourth (4th) sweater, and all of them have whomped my butt. The last one was a baby golf shirt and STILL it wasn't right. Knitting is hard (sometimes).

Your mother deserves a medal. That is one cute sweater. Excellent Chivas.

That is beautiful knitting.

What a fabulous dog sweater! And kudos to your mom for doing such a truly magnificent job of alterations. Clearly, her sewing talents are as amazing as any mom's could hope to be (and a darned sight better than mine; as a mom also with a short daughter, I've done a pile of alterations myself over the past many years. Because that's what moms do)!

Oh, that is so cute! And nice job to the Purl-mom for making it a tad more fitted.

Knitting fitted garments can be so frustrating. My last pair of socks was too small, the pair before that too big. Hopefully the next pair will be just right!

I have made several of these sweaters and I think that it is important to keep in mind that the measurements are "guidelines". I have a JRT, and a small one at that. The first sweater I made for him fit much the same way. The next time I made two changes. Instead of working the sweater so that it needed to be sewn up the 'front', I worked the sweater in the round. For that 'area' where the stitch was to be increased, I ... made one stitch, knit one, made one stitch, continuing on circular (or double pointed needles). The second thing was that I measured how far to knit once the sleeve holes were completed to the start of his belly, hence allowing him to go pee without hitting the knitwork. This is a fabulous pattern and works well in modification for fair isle too !

That is brilliant and adorable. I wish I still had our basset I would make her one. My parents have English springer spaniel puppies and until they start chilling out I'm so not making them something so easy to destroy and they will (they killed each other's collars, oye) But great work you and your mom rocked it!!! woot!

I've decided that I must knit this adorable doggie sweater for my best friend. I will have to find the pattern and the yarn and I will absolutely have to tackle this adorable item. I love how your mom fixed it!

Also, yay comments!!

I love you Laurie! Doggie coat is so beautiful.

That is the coolest corgi on the block! You and your mom did a great job! What a CUTE (but still tough!) coat!

BTW, loved your post yesterday - I am the queen of social anxiety and can so relate. Happily the first person out on the dancefloor at a function but having to go to a party or other occasion and talk to people about stuff - hate it!

You AND your mom are amazing. Cutest. Thing. Ever.
What a great doggie too.

Bow Chicka Bow Wow! Awesome doggy sweater! Have you seen the movie Julie & Julia? You kinda remind me of the Julie character - much more talented than you give yourself credit for. Your blog adds fun to my day, I love your humor <3

Love the sweater! Your mom is great. BTW thanks for the info on your purse I loved it so much I had to get to Target to find one, it's perfect for a small knitting project!

that is the cutest thing ever!

i think they are making doggie sweaters in weird sizes like women's clothes. my coworker made doggie sweaters this year for her two dogs and they needed to be hemmed. come to think of it, her dogs are borgi's, boston terrier-corgi mixes.

OMG... that sweater is as cute as the dog. I have two Pems and now I'm thinking they may need dinosaur sweaters too... of course I don't know how to knit, so this could be interesting.

That sweater is absolutely adorable!! Hurrary for moms to the rescue!

Super cute - I'm going to have to track that pattern down! Good on your Mom, too!!

OMG - that is so cute! I love corgis with their stumpy little legs and I'm impressed with your mom's madd alteration skilz!

Wow. The sweater is gorgeous, your mom is amazing, and Chivas deserves every bit of it.

OK, I squealed with girlish delight. This is amazing. Doggie in costume!

You have a magical mom! I never would have guessed it would fit that perfectly and it does. Go mom and you for knitting it. Very cute. Do I see a smile on his face?

I'm just sorry it was fixed. I have a horse, and I was willing to beg.

Go Go DOGZILLA!

I am a sucker for dog sweaters on knitting blogs. And I love a happy ending! Thanks for sharing:) Great mom and if it's not too much gushing, I am just now getting around to reading your book and I love it! You go girl! Inspire me!

That is so silly, and insane, and wonderful, and you can tell he loves it. Your mother is magic. Do you suppose she steeked it?

Sheila (my sister's name) may mean the French Press Felted Slippers, http://www.etsy.com/view_listing.php?listing_id=36456663

(Sorry, I don't know how to insert the address properly, just google if this doesn't work.) I just finished knitting the pieces last night, and I'm staring at them trying to figure how to sew them together. Then, it's felting triumph or failure. I want to bring them to the hospital for my hip replacement in two weeks.

Cute, though.

That is stunningly cute! Clearly your mom loved it, or she would have let you have it back. And a sweater is probably making them all happy this chilly week!

WOW! Mad props to your mom! Reminds me when Scarlet had a dress made from curtains! Your mom would have been THAT seamstress! Cutest sweater & doggie EVA!

Holy smokes! What a great story. Thanks for sharing. Love the dog coat!

SQUEEEEEEEEEE! This is the cutest thing I have ever seen. Kudos to you for the lovely job knitting it and you for seeing the humor in your Mom's ability to hem it up [and her ability to do so] Every kid needs a parent that names their "baby brother" Chivas. LOL

I am on bedrest for four more days and I have been re reading your archives. I just have to say thank you. You are saving my sanity :) Four.more.days.

Awesome!!!

Now if I could just figure out a way to do that for my Dad's X-mas socks...oh, the joys of knitting for a loved one at a distance.

Thanks for sharing it. It is still just about the cutest thing ever. It difinitely made me smile. Now I know I'm not the only one.

:-D

OMB! Love it, Love your Mom, Love your mad knitting skillz! Chivas is just the cutest thing ever!

Aunt Purl:

I howled when you said "measured a Rhino", and belly laughed again, when I saw the initial pictures of the puppy with his Omar outfit. The look on his face said it all. A very cute story from so many angles. Thank you thank you.

If anyone here makes an item too small, my 4 month old puppy, Phoebe, would be willing and able to try it on for size. ;)

He is just too cute!! Your mother is a genius, love that sweater.

You are a hoot Laurie! Thanks so much for sharing.

Aren't Mums just the best! Good on both of you for a good job. I remember seeing this pattern a couple of years ago and wishing I had a dog! So cute.

That sweater is adorable! My mom and stepdad have a pug and I'm definitely going to make one for her. Pugasaurus Rex, I can't wait!

I don't think I'd ever trust measurements from my dad! It almost makes me want to knit one for my beagle. But, the last time she wore clothes (meaning, I made her wear a t-shirt), she flipped me off. I could see it in her eyes!

OMG, first I laughed at the Schnauzer wearing the damn thing in the pattern, but even more at the poor Corgi wearing a dress. Glad your mom was able to salvage it so beautifully. Too funny! Most of the Corgis I see are really fat and wide and look like footstools with legs. Chivas looks pretty trim and stylish in his new duds.

God I love corgies. Good on your mom for fixing the sweater; it's freaking adorable.

I knit a dog sweater for my best friends boxer. He's ginormous! I really, really, really don't like dogs but she's my best friend and she asked me in the nicest way, picked out the yarn and then 2 months after I gave it to her she gave me a gift card to Webs as a thank you. I may have to knit him another next year . . .

Here's my Ravelry project page: http://www.ravelry.com/projects/MotherHenKnits/dukes-dog-sweater

The collar ended up way too big but one of the ladies at her church is a seamstress and mended it in no time to fit better.

Yay!! An elusive Corgisaurus Rex!! Adorable!! The little pin tucks are so flattering on him.

So freakin' cute!!!! Will you please make one for each of your cats, take photos and post them on your blog???? I realize that would take you forever, so perhaps it's not worth it just to entertain your readers :) But it would be amazing.

It's neat to see your comments open again. I often am dying to share a comment with you, but not quite enough that I can be bothered to email. Maybe I'll be less lazy in 2010 :)

OMG, that's adorable! I need make some for my Corgis.

what a great post !!! so funny !!!

Love the sweater!!!! I make doggie sweaters, too, but they're not as cute as yours!!

That is wicked cute AND your mom is awesome! Yay for miracles!

That is awesome! I wonder if it could be modified for a toddler-sized dino...

That is adorable! No dogs in the household, I wonder if any of the shelter dogs where I volunteer would like a Dogasaurus Rex sweater? The bonus would be that whether I made it too big or too small, there'd be a dog somewhere it would fit!

Kudos to both you and your mom for creating such a cute sweater for your little brother!

cutest sweater, cutest model, and great timing with the cold snap!

Aw, that's so cute! You've done a brilliant job, and I bet your Mum loves it. :D

You did a great job and thank goodness for moms with magical powers. Your little fur brother looks adorable in his sweater.

I wonder if my cat would wear a sweater like that?
Nahhhhhhhhhh. But it's so cute!

Since your baby sweaters came out just fine, I'm thinking it wasn't your knitting skills at fault here. I'm thinking perhaps your Dad hasn't had a lot of experience in dog measuring, and that had more to do with it!

Your Mom is fabulous, and the Corgisaurous looks fierce in his new outfit - but I totally think that YOU need a Purlasaurous sweater yourself. Picture those triangles of knitting fierceness marching down the back seam of sleeves! (... OK, a look that says "Total Knitting Nerd", but how is that a bad thing?)

I strongly suspect your Mom's steam iron came in handy, because the stitches themselves appear to be denser and more compact in the Mach II version - that's wool shrinkage there, and I've done it myself to shape garments. Go Mom!

And I get a lot of satisfaction out of the thought of the dog shedding dog hair on his OWN clothes, for some reason .... (some reason having NOTHING to do with MY CATS AT HOME. Nothing, I tell you!)

Oh, I LOVE it! You did a great job. I think you're being a bit hard on yourself regarding the fit, considering you were a continent away from the intended recipient, and he couldn't try it on as you went.

I wish I had a little dog to make something like that for. But I only have a cat, and she'd kill me in my sleep if I tried to put something like that on her.

And also, I just finished your first book and have just ordered the second. Can't wait to read it!

I want to knit two of those for my dogs RIGHT NOW. One weighs 90 lbs, so I actually think the dinosaur outfit would be appropriate. Actually, I'm going to pick up the supplies this weekend. One labradoosaurus and pitshepherdsaurus coming RIGHT UP.

fabulous, I just had a vision of one for the cats also:)

Love the doggie sweater. I would have suggested throwing it in the wash to felt it!! Does that yarn felt?

Check the Yarn Harlot's December blog entries for the slippers, she did several pairs for Christmas gifts. They're way cute too!!!

Kisses to Soba, Bob and Frankie.

Beth

hee hee! He's got a bustle! For his little tail nub! I love the tail nub (I've got a (rescued) Manx cat and his little tail nub is also adorable). Chivas is absolutely adorable and it looks like he's enjoying his darling sweater. I know you know it already, but you really are so lucky to have such a loving and close family. Including the furry members!

That sweater turned out great, really cute for your doggie brother.

And the Cauliflower recipe was fabulous. Thanks for that!

Awwwwwwwwww, dogosaurus corgi!! That's just beyond adorable.

Go MOM!!!

GO Laurie!!!

Beautiful, both the sweater and the fix!!

Yay! Mom to the RESCUE!!

What an adorable team-effort.

Oh yay, comments are open! Because I was going to email you and tell you that omg, that is the cutest thing ever!!!! Too adorable!! Your mom is awesome and so is Chivas! And so are you for knitting that awesomeness!!

:)

Moms are awesome, aren't they?! The sweater itself was beautiful but honestly, I think your mom's magic touch has made it even more beautiful! I love the ruffles at the tail. If she's not a seamstress by profession, she should be.

So happy to see the comments open. I love your blog and love to see others' opinions. So many people like/love you without ever having seen you in person. The amazing power of the internet.

Have a great weekend!!

That is FABULOUS!!!! You two (you and your mom) make a great design team. And your model is perfect.

Oh, well, drat! I was going to say, I have a 106 lb. dog, so you could send it to me me me! Ajax would make a great Dogasaurus Rex!

You did a wonderful job, and your mom did too. Chivas looks adorable!

Yay! It's adorable. And big kisses to your mom. Isn't she the best ever? Laurie, you are so lucky to have her.

Awesome!

That is SO cute! Also, your mom is VERY magical!

How stinkin' cute is Chivas and that sweater!! What a great mom to fix it(and, no, you are not a big failure). Chivas looks very happy to be modeling his new outerwear!!

There's NO WAY that your mom could return the sweater to you, because 1)it's absolutely darling (and manly, and fierce), and 2)because she could feel the love you put into it - love so strong for her and for your dad that you wanted to do something extra special for them. Heck, even I can feel the love, all the way here in Minnesota! :-) Mom did a fantastic job fixing it, and Chivas appears to be enjoying his new sweater. Life is good!

Cutest thing I've ever seen!

I always thought Corgis were the cutest dogs, but now I see it's a Corgi-in-a-Stegasaurus-Sweater that's top of the Cuteness hierarchy.

Have you seen some of the doggie sweaters that Mason-Dixon Kay has made for her Australian Shepherd "Olive"?
http://www.masondixonknitting.com/archives/2009_12.html (Scroll down to "I Hope Someday You'll Join Us."

I am picturing my Great Dane in this as I read. That is a great sweater! Now, if I only knew how to knit........

Looks like all the other dogs at the park will be jealous of Chivas in his stylin' new dogasaurus duds! (I love the way it strikes the perfect balance between cute and edgy-- not so overly cute that it's too too, enough edge to lend that essential air of cool that dog clothing should have.) Yay for magical moms-- where do they go to get their superpowers? -- and even more yay for you for doing such a sweet thing for your little brother.

A friend called me last night to make sure I read this posting. This is just too cute. I've loved your little brother since his first photo and to see how mature he has gotten is wonderful. I love, love, love the dogasuarus suit. Excellent job of knitting and alterations on you and your mom's part. Also loved the new book.

I love it! I need to figure out how to make a baby hat like that.....

Love it! Love it! Love it! The cuteness factor is out of this world!

Chivas looks tres chic!!

Comments, whoopee!

Chivas has grown into a very handsome boy! I thought the sweater was adorable. Nia, my Corgi, doesn't think too much of them, though. They inhibit burrowing and wading through the snow. And besides, one of her buddies might laugh ;-)

Laurie - that is *SO* cute! And the yarn you picked really complement Chiva's coloring, too. :)

I love that your mom was able to fix it to fit him better. Moms really are amazing that way, aren't that?

Thanks for sharing this with us!

That is the cutest thing EVER!!!! I have a gigantic Labrasaurus who needs one!! BTW, I used to have a dog named Chivas! Named after the Scotch :-)

I have to tell you that Moms are amazing no matter what their age!!!!

I have to tell you that Moms are amazing no matter what their age!!!!