Monday, October 21, 2013

Monday Mischief-Attack of the Cutezilla!

This adorable Godzilla sweater with its detachable tail and hood is one Halloween costume we have gotten plenty of use out of.

 Tubby has worn it, Weasley has worn it, and when halloween is over we remove the tail and the hat portion and use it as a regular sweater.  Its one of the best dog clothing purchases I ever made, and I have bought a LOT of doggie clothing, and honestly the pugs really don't seem to mind wearing it all, its so soft and comfortable they actually like it (well maybe not the hood part).   Sadly the Etsy shop that made this adorable item, Bean Town Hand Made, is now defunct.  The good news is that the shops designer, Ann Burton, has a new book Patterns for Pooches

with the patterns for all of her adorable creations.  It retails on Amazon for $13.66.   Sadly its a crochet book, and I don't crochet (though I can knit a bit).  While I am dreaming of some day learning to crochet, mostly so I can make some of these patterns, I am definitely a bit too swamped now.  I know a lot of my fellow bloggers are crocheters though and I'm sure you would be happy with the patterns in this book and your pooches would be all the cuter for it.

26 comments:

  1. That is very cute. What a great idea!

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  2. Very cute and we like the detachable bits that lets you use it as a regular sweater. Have a marvellous Monday.
    Best wishes Molly

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  3. I'm far too uncoordinated to knit so I learned to crochet when I was expecting - wanted to make a baby blanket. I discovered that I didn't like it! So I would go the purchase route myself, but admire those who make these cute things.

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  4. What a wotten waven sweater! It's like having your own wearable burrow!

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  5. OMD! That costume is hilarious! Love it.

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  6. We loved those pictures and greatly needed to smile today.
    stella rose

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  7. OMD! That second photo KILLS me! Hilarious! I hope you find a crocheting person who can make these for you! I don't crochet OR knit. For some reason my hands refuse to cooperate.
    www.dogtreatweb.com

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  8. Fun sweater-and how versatile. I knit and have many dog knitting books. Cute Picture!

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  9. OMD! That is almost too cute! And putting it on a pug just ups the ante tenfold!

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  10. Oh my, what a cute Cutezilla! I love the outfit, especially that you can remove tail and hat portion. I have no idea how to knit or crochet, but it should be so much fun if I can!

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  11. That has got to be the cutest photo ever! Love the little sticky out tongue.
    What a great pattern book, just love the Godzilla pattern.
    Lynne x

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  12. Mom used to crochet but hasn't for years. She should take it up again so she can make us come of these cute sweaters
    hugs
    Bailey, Hazel & Greta

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  13. If I knew how to crochet, I'd be making one of those right now. Hmm... I wonder who I could ask.

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  14. Where did my comment go, no thing to fill out xxx

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  15. I love that sweater and do you know what? You said someday you would like to learn to crochet... well my mommy learned a little bit- Auntie Missy- Archies moms helped her learn. I hope you do too
    love
    tweedles

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  16. Detachable tail? We have a doxie friend who needs that AND her mum crochets!

    Those pug faces....how can you help kissing them all day long..

    XXXOOO Daisy, Bella & Roxy

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  17. Thank you! When I wanted to crochet a sweater for Gizmo I coudn't find any nice patterns so I just kind of winged it and came up with an OK design but not great...definitely looking into this book...and if i can crochet i know you can too,,,it's a lot simpler than knitting

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  18. Books like these always make me want to learn to crochet.

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  19. Omgosh that godzilla sweater is beyond cute! It's things like these that make me sad that I can't dress up Beamer because he's massive.

    I tried to learn how to crochet once. I gave up 2 minutes in.

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  20. that outfit is adorable it looks cozy warm!
    wags, bailey unleashed

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  21. Hi Y'all!

    Been way behind in my reading and am trying desperately to catch up with everyone! My Humans lives have been a whirlwind of activity, leaving very little time for me to use the computer.

    This is the cutest photo! Love it!

    Y'all come by now,
    Hawk aka BrownDog

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  22. Too bad the store is no longer open. I would have gone shopping.
    Love,
    Christy
    PS. Cute shots!

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  23. Very cute sweater! Glad you all are getting good use out of it. The hat's really cute, although us pugs aren't too obliging with hat wearing - we'll wear one for a photo or two, but only if treats are flowing. :)

    -Love,
    Sid.

    P.S. My dad was trying to teach me to fetch yesterday and he referred back to your post about teaching Weasley to fetch. So far I will go so far as to touch the ball, but I don't pick it up in my mouth and bring it back (that's the human's job anyway, in my opinion).

    -Love,
    Sid.

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  24. Love that sweater!

    Stop on by for a visit
    Kari
    http://dogisgodinreverse.com/

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