We had the pleasure of this lovely little house guest for a week; how could I resist doing a yarn tag? His name is Charlie and he's very good about posing. I've been wanting to design a dog sweater that is easy to put on and this one is. It buttons under the chin and on the side. It's crocheted from a 4-ply yarn, starting at the back. I went around the buttonholes with red embroidery thread so they show up better. Very quick to make and I think he likes it. I tried adding a hood just for cuteness but it didn't work out. 
The universe provides!
The Santa Barbara Fiber Arts Guild had their wonderful Fiber Frenzy sale, and I was being SO careful to pick out only a few "necessary" yarns. When I had almost made it to the check-out safely, I spotted four huge bags of Red Heart, for $5 each. Everything from Sickly Sweet Pink to Disgusting Gold; skillfully combined they're awesome. There's something so primal about buying so much yarn that you can't even carry it to your car in one trip.
I also found a bag with 1.5 POUNDS of hand dyed sport-weight wool yarn for $10. It was in one huge hank which I put over a large trash can in order to wind it into balls. Of course this took ridiculously long, but I'll do anything for a beautiful yarn. I'm thinking about Daybreak or one of those great Ravelry shawl patterns for it. 
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