Whether you have never knit a stuffed animal before or you have an entire menagerie full of handknit plushies, you are sure to enjoy today’s curated collection of animal knitting patterns.

The knitwear designers Sally Muir and Joanna Osborne share two great loves: knitting and dogs. And their latest project, Best in Show: Knit Your Own Dog, is the love child.This wryly photographed ...

Knit every round until the head measures 1-1/4 inches above the stitch marker on Round 5. Decrease Rounds: Rnd 1: (k4, k2tog), repeat to the end of the round (10 sts per needle, 30 sts total rem).

“Knitting With Dog Hair,” a classic how-to book from the 1990s by Kendall Crolius, fueled a dedicated movement. An updated 30th anniversary edition was published this month.

It includes a step-by-step guide of how to gather, spin, and knit a dog hair garment, and even comes with dozens of patterns, including two sweaters with dogs on them (made of dog!).