Footwear for dogs is not only addition to fashionable overalls or a sweater. Boots and boots protect dog paws from snow and dirt, and during cold weather allow to prolong walks, without allowing the pet to freeze. If you are able to knit, surely please the favourite with a new thing – in soft woolen boots to him it will be cozy and comfortable.
It is required to you
- - crochet hook;
- - woolen threads;
- - linen elastic band;
- - centimetric tape;
- - leather rag for a sole.
Instruction
1. Decide what footwear is necessary for your dog. You can knit slippers – they are slightly higher than a carpal joint. Such model will suit long-haired breeds. Sleek-haired the high boots for reliability of fixing supplied with two fasteners will be pleasant more.
2. Take measurements of the pet. Put his paw on the sheet of paper and circle a contour - it is a silhouette of future sole. Measure paw length from the earth to a carpal joint and also its width. Write down all data.
3. Make a sample for calculation. Gather 10 air loops and connect 10 rows by columns without nakid. Measure the turned-out length and calculate quantity of loops in one centimeter. Increase the turned-out figure by width of a paw of the pet, having added half-centimeter on free fitting.
4. Connect a chain of necessary number of air loops and close it in a ring. It is preparation for a boot top. Knit columns without nakid to desirable length. Having finished, record the last loop in knot.
5. Connect a chain of necessary number of air loops and close it in a ring. It is preparation for a boot top. Knit columns without nakid to desirable length. Having finished, record the last loop in knot.
6. Make a sole in the form of a circle. Connect three air loops, close them in a ring. In the following row expand a circle, knitting from each loop two columns without nakid. Increase the third row according to the drawing. You watch that the sole did not go waves. Constantly measure it, comparing to the drawing of a paw of a dog. Dovyazav to the necessary size, put preparation of a top to a sole and connect details the friend to another columns without nakid. The hem of a seam has to appear outside – so it will not rub to a dog of a paw. Knit by the same way three more boots.
7. If you plan to walk during wet weather, sew to knitted boots of a sole from skin. You will find preparation on an outline of a dog paw and sew it to the lower part of a boot a thick needle. That footwear was fixed on a leg, pass through laces through the upper edge and tie them. Will more densely fix footwear the elastic band which is passed through through a drawstring. The boot is higher, the more reliably it fastens on a paw.