Old Cashmere, New Coats for the Puppies

It almost broke my heart to cut up so many old cashmere sweaters... after all, old or not, cashmere is cashmere.

But they were getting downright religious, so hol-ey were they.... and the puppies needed new warmer coats.

I pieced them together, saved the label (after all, cashmere is cashmere no matter who wears it) and  used the old sweaters to line their new aqua fleece coats.

This is Lucy in hers. (See her blog : a Puppy's blog)  She loves cashmere and thinks nothing of dragging  my sweater off the chair and curling up on it.... hmm, I wonder if some of those holes are...? naw... she wouldn't?
Lucy's coat is lined with an old grey and black striped cashmere sweater.... so has a collar and 'grinchy' pocket on hers.

Here is Tessa, her big sister in her coat.  They are warm as toast and I am thrilled not to have to discard those favourite sweaters. Tessa's is lined with dark grey cashmere and so she has a grey heart on the back.

This is the first one I made for Lucy.... and it is lined with a piece from an old plaid fleece blanket.  The coats they can wear outdoors but this one is more like a fall sweater or an indoor one for colder days by the fire.
                Lucy is glad to leave this one on when the thermometer drops below all that is sane.