Dog Town?

I took some more sweaters to Wigglyville today, and a little chihuahua named Rambo was trying on boots. He was prancing in the front of the store, and people on the street stopped to laugh! Rambo is perhaps two pounds, and looked like a little funny wind up toy doing a military step. We're getting closer to finalizing some sweater workshops at the shop. I was looking for a good reference that the beginners have included in the materials kit. The owners of Arcadia suggested the first Stitch and Bitch book. I have it, and not being a beginner myself, never really read the instruction part of the book. I gave it a once over, and it's what I want to use. The nice thing is that the participants will have other projects to try when they finish the dog sweater. I'll use the pattern in the book for the beginning sweater, it has no shaping so is easier than my designs. I've made a few, including one for Piccolo that's in progress now. In Noro Iro. That I'm going to teach using that book as a text is ironic. I'm not impressed by the whole Stitch and Bitch movement, at least not how it's run here. Including the (Chicago) leader slamming my knitting guild in Newsweek. And, I'm not really a fan of Bust magazine after they excluded my sweaters from their Xmas gift guide a few years ago, after I purchased another ad in that issue. I found that really surprising because the editor is supposed to be a supporter of the craft. But, I must give credit where credit is due--it is a very fine book. Chicago was named by a pet magazine as being the most dog friendly city in America. I can't imagine that the South side was included. I saw two dogs on the street yesterday, at two different times, fending for themselves. I think Chicago can be a tough place to be a dog. I've taken in four strays in my recent past--one of whom was little Gidget Alice, who stayed with me for the rest of her life. The others found homes, or the owner that was lost.