FO: Wasabi The Gregarious Pug

Pattern: Wasabi The Gregarious Pug by Rebecca Danger
Yarn: 2 x 50g Rowan Classic Extra Fine Merino DK in colour: 880 Camel from Lana Pura, 1 x 50g Tess Dawson DK in colour: Brown from stash
Needles: 4.5mm circs and dpns

My sister loves pugs, the real live, barking, squishy-faced sort. As she doesn’t have the room for a real one, I thought I’d make one for her instead. And this one has the advantage of needing no food and being fully housetrained to boot.

I confess don’t like knitting toys particularly. I like the idea of them more than the actual knitting of tiny pieces and stuffing and trying to get the face right, so the fact I finished this and enjoyed it is down to the brilliant pattern. It’s written in a very simple way with lots of photographs to show the placement of all appendages and I actually really enjoyed making him. Which is a good thing as I have two or three more of Rebecca’s patterns now as well. I think Rose needs a mum and baby monster duo, no?

Wasabi has pipe cleaners in his tail and ears so that he as a tiny curled pug tail like so:

and ears that can baroo? like a real dog’s, if he’s so inclined:

The pipecleaners, nose and eyes all came from Craftbits who have great service and I recommend them for all your pug-making requirements.

Both yarns were held double throughout to make a large-ish pug on biggish needles. I had the brown yarn in my stash, and splashed out on the extra fine merino because it was the perfect colour to match and has a nice sheen to it, a bit like a short and silky dog coat. If it was a baby toy, then I’d have just bought acrylic which can cope with drool. Though my sister may drool on Wasabi, I guess, if teh cuteness overtakes her.