katie ([info]pipu) wrote in [info]knitting,
@ 2003-08-17 11:35:00
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Rat sweater!
Ok, I am so bad. I was inspired by this discussion, and decided to knit a rat sweater. Joey and Mozambique weren't having any of it, but Miss Burundi was kind enough to put up with my craziness, and was an excellent sweater model!







Knitted with Koigu Painter's Palette Premium Merino on size 1 needles. No cheapie yarn for my rat!

No animals were harmed in the making of this livejournal post. Burundi was a little annoyed, but she got a piece of nectarine, and I got kisses, so I think we're ok now.


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[info]signsoflife
2003-08-17 11:44 am UTC (link)
Cutest. Thing. Ever.
And of course, the advantage of knitting for small animals (rats, yappy dogs, babies) is that they don't take up much yarn, so you can splurge occasionally.

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[info]bemyjoeyramone
2003-08-17 11:45 am UTC (link)
how did you do that?!?! i have ratties too and have always wanted to knit them sweaters. robot would look absolutely fetching in a baby blue number...

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[info]pers
2003-08-17 11:59 am UTC (link)
OMG that is adorable!

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OH. MY. GOD.
[info]hexennacht
2003-08-17 12:07 pm UTC (link)
That is freaking ADORABLE.

Sam would love one. How did you make it?

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Re: OH. MY. GOD.
[info]pipu
2003-08-18 09:34 am UTC (link)
Thanks! Here's my method: http://www.livejournal.com/users/pipu/109356.html#cutid1

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[info]starcrossedlady
2003-08-17 12:10 pm UTC (link)
awwww! I wish my Benny was still alive so I could try this :(

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[info]valetoile
2003-08-17 12:11 pm UTC (link)
she looks like she belongs in the wind in the willows or some such!

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[info]anlethyst
2003-08-17 12:13 pm UTC (link)
Awwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwww, I wish I had pets to dress up! Maybe I'll make pot-cozies for my plants, instead. Sylvia, my rosemary, would love lovely in a grey mohair something...

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[info]pandabwhite
2003-08-17 12:58 pm UTC (link)
rat sweaters are good. pot-cozies are better! my little tomato plants, the wandering jews, the jade...ooh...how the possibilities abound!! :)

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[info]pipu
2003-08-17 02:37 pm UTC (link)
Oh, man, plant sweaters!

I'll have to make some of those as well!

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[info]giapet
2003-08-17 12:49 pm UTC (link)
*starts concocting evil plots to knit rat sweaters for her friend's rats*

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[info]marclar
2003-08-17 01:01 pm UTC (link)
That picture makes me want to get another pet rat... immediately... so I can make him little clothes. You are ingenius.

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[info]isolt
2003-08-17 01:05 pm UTC (link)
That is so very Beatrix Potter. Cute!

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[info]platys
2003-08-17 01:12 pm UTC (link)
I was expecting true horror when I clicked on the link, but that's frickin' awesome. *laugh*

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[info]klikitou
2003-08-17 04:28 pm UTC (link)
That is quite possibly the cutest thing I have ever seen, and as the owner of rats, I get to see a LOT of cute things. Oh, man, that's truly precious.

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[info]agenthelen
2003-08-17 05:52 pm UTC (link)
OH MY GOD!
I am *so* knitting a jumper for my boyfriends rabbit now. We've been joking about it for as long as I have been knitting! So cute!

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[info]pipu
2003-08-17 10:25 pm UTC (link)
We should start a "knitting for rodents" club.

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[info]anlethyst
2003-08-19 03:56 pm UTC (link)
Bah, rabbits are lagomorphs, not rodents. *bunny fanatic*

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[info]pipu
2003-08-19 04:01 pm UTC (link)
Shows what I know! And here I was, assuming that any animal with constantly growing teeth is a rodent.

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[info]valancystirling
2003-08-18 07:13 am UTC (link)
That is absurdly cute.

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[info]pipu
2003-08-18 09:25 am UTC (link)
Why thank you.

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[info]waterlilly
2003-08-18 08:37 am UTC (link)
It looks like she wandered out of a Redwall book! How cute!

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[info]mamakitty
2003-08-18 01:48 pm UTC (link)
Oh how cute :)

I can tell you now, when I was keeping rats, they would in no shape or form allow me to add anything like that...

Cute pic :)

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[info]mery_bast
2003-09-10 11:24 pm UTC (link)
Adorable!!!!

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Fancy Rat
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2003-11-14 08:06 pm UTC (link)
Miss Burundi is rockin' that sweater!
Nice job!

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[info]deer_lanterns
2005-02-14 05:08 pm UTC (link)
My rat needs one, she's naked!

(Pictures in my latest journal entry)

Miss Burundi is so cute.

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