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Knit Your Own Dog

No dogs allowed at your digs? No worries! Thanks to British knitwear designers Sally Muir and Joanne Osborne — the clever chicks who created that famous bright red “black sheep” sweater sported by Princess Diana back in the 80s — you can knit your own faithful companion.

The patterns in Muir & Osborne’s spiffy book, Best in Show: Knit Your Own Dog, put a well-behaved pet well within the reach of every fairly capable knitter. Choose the dog breed that’s closest to your heart, from 25 available patterns.
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Virtual Collection: Bacon Bits – Part 3

Virtual Collection: Bacon Bits - Part 3

Just when you thought it was all over, at last… the bacon obsession is back! (You can blame Diane for this… again.) High Society Bacon Be the envy of some when you sport the original Uncle Oinker’s bacon-scented bacon print tuxedo ($99.95 at McPhee.com). The bacon tuxedo is cunningly tailored from chemically treated latex print [...]

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Kay's Tiny Felted K9s

Kay's Tiny Felted K9s

Kay Turple is a Canadian artist who makes amazing 3-dimensional dog portraits — all sorts of dog breeds, like this gorgeous fluffy Old English Sheepdog — working from your photographs to make a tiny true-to-life model in felted wool. How does Kay make her miniature pets? She gives an overview of the needle felting technique [...]

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