Vintage knitted "sausage dog" draught excluder

I'm so pleased to share my sausage dog with you. I've never knitted anything toy like before but my dear Nanna set me the challenge to knit her something that would stop the draughts from whooshing under a door in her house. Each piece - body, head, two front paws, two back paws, tail and a pair of ears - are knitted seperately, stuffed individually and then sewn together to create this (it's a bit scrunched up because it's so long) and it was amazingly easy to do:

Let's take a close up of the doggy's lovely little face. The safety eyes and nose were bought from my local haberdashery for 40p. Bargain!

But wait, what's missing?

Every dog needs a cute collar, but it looks a little plain...

That's better!

The flowers were a first for me too. I found the pattern in Let's Knit (August 2009) and it was super duper easy to follow. Each petal is made individually...

When they were sewn together and a button added to the centre, I attached it to the collar. Isn't it cheery? I got a bit carried away with the flower making and made another one then attached a brooch pin on the back and turned it into a lovely brooch for a boring cardigan of mine that needed jazzing up. Do you like it? I do.

I hope my Nanna likes her pressie. It is nice to receive something handmade especially for you, isn't it? Almost as nice as making something for someone you love.

Comments

[Cara Constable]

Hi,

I'm looking everywhere for a sausage dog pattern - where did you find this pattern. He looks great!

[Camilla @ Hygge Nook]

Thanks Cara,
I found the pattern on ebay through seller gails*patterns or you could try searching under 'draught excluder dog'.
Happy knitting!