Tiny Project, Hilarious Results

For those of you who don't know, Greyhounds and other dogs like them, have very little hair and very little fat, therefore they get cold. We have Italian Greyhounds, one of which is skinnier than the other, so he is constantly cold. Also, his ears don't fold over like they should unless he is warm. So, there are these things called snoods, I'm not exactly sure what the word means, but my best guess is that it has something to do with a hood.

In this case it is more like a tube to keep the dog's head and neck warm. I used some acrylic yarn I had in my stash and after measuring the dog's neck and making a gauge swatch I cast on and there you have it. I like to think of it as a Fetching for dogs.

When I finished the snood I got the camera out and luckily the dogs heard me moving around and came into the room. My victim knew something bad was about to happen, as you can see he does not look like he trusts me for anything. I called him and made high pitched noises, but he still would not come to me. After a few minutes he either forgot or gave up and came over, so I trapped him and slipped the snood over his head.

I took a couple pictures in between my fits of hysterical laughter. Just look at his eyes, how sad and mortified is he? Why is it that animals don't think they can move when they are wearing anything they weren't born wearing? Like, say you put a dog sweater on a cat, just for fun, and if they do move they act like there is a 20 pound weight on their back that is weighing them down so much that they can barely drag themselves across the floor? And why is it so completely hilarious?