SPCA Knitted Puppy Jumpers

In January 2010 Selena received a pamphlet in the mail from Knit World advertising a wool sale.   Also enclosed in the envelope was a knitting pattern supplied by the SPCA for puppy jumpers.   The SPCA want to have 3,000 by April 30th.    Selena has an idea.  She contacts  Pat and asks if she can come to the February Helping Hands meeting and ask the Hitty girls to knit a puppy jumper for  the SPCA.   Pat thinks that is a wonderful idea and invites Selena to be the guest speaker at the February meeting.

Selena arrives at the  February meeting with the knitting pattern, knitting needles and a variety of coloured wool for the girls to use.

Some of the Hitty girls can knit so they choose the colour of the wool they want and begin to knit. Selena helps those who can't knit and soon they are all knitting and talking. Woody, the cat, has come into the hall and is delighted to find a ball of wool!

  

Time has slipped by quickly and it's time to go home.  Selena asks the girls to come back in two weeks time and bring their knitting with them.   Woody has got into a terrible tangle and the wool has to be cut off him.  

                                       

Two weeks later Selena arrives at the hall for the knitting afternoon. The Hitty girls are seated in  the hall knitting.   Selena has brought some cream horns and donuts in a basket for afternoon tea.   Not all the girls have arrived today.    Annabelle and Rachel have gone to help at Ruby's Bird Rescue Centre.   Selena tells the girls that there is going to be a surprise visit at 3 pm.

Selena notices the length Ethel's knitting.  Selena asks Ethel if she is following the pattern that she gave her two weeks ago. Ethel turns red and says she couldn't understand the pattern and is making her up own pattern. " Well," Selena explains, "You have made your knitting too long for a puppy jumper." " Oh, no" replies Ethel, "I don't want to undo it." "Why don't you knit a scarf instead?" asks Selena. "I will and later I will knit a puppy jumper." answers Ethel.   Just before 3 pm they all hear a lot of barking. Selena says, "Sounds like our guests have arrived."

The girls all go outside and see the dogs that starred in the movie HOTEL DOGS. The dogs are just stopping for thirty minutes before they continue to their destination. The dogs and girls are over joyed at meeting each other and play for the thirty minutes. Selena has asked the girls to come back next Saturday afternoon to the hall and bring their finished puppy jumpers with them.

Next Saturday afternoon Selena arrives with Emma, a dalmatian and Hayley a dachshund wearing an adult dog jumper that Selena has knitted. The girls hand over five puppy jumpers and  a few scarfs. Selena gives the scarfs back to the girls who handed them in. She delivers the puppy jumpers to the Knit World shop before the 30th April as stated on the advertising pamphlet.