COTTAGE GROVE SENTINEL August 3, 2016
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Some days magically unfold into unex-
pected adventures.
While purr-using Vancouver Washing-
ton’s downtown Farmers Market for com-
fortable and cute crocheted hats, a dog
owner walked up and placed a hat (not like
mine) onto their dog’s head!
Joyfully stunned, I looked around, and
saw other dogs meandering through the
weekend market purr-oudly wearing col-
orful hats; some with pom-poms, fl owers,
dragon look-a-likes, chicken combs, lady
bugs, minions or made to order creations in
every color under the sun! It was fun, fes-
tive and the canines obvious adored wear-
ing the lightweight hats just as much as
their owners! (I love mine too, but the dogs
looked cuter in theirs!)
Four years ago, Jessica and her mother
accidentally went into the hat business! Jes-
sica crocheted a comfy warm hat for her
niece and their friends asked for one for
their children. Soon the mother and daugh-
ter were in business together. They listed
their creations on Etsy and began vending
at the Outdoor Market that has an adjoining
park, which hosts an Easter egg hunt, clas-
sic car shows, Comiccon, recycled arts fair,
marathons and lots of dog walkers.
Patte taught her daughters to crochet
when they were fi ve years old, and now she
is teaching her granddaughter, Bethany.
“Jessica quickly surpassed my skills,”
admits Patte. “She is now an elementary
teacher and I work retail, so crocheting, to
us, is a wonderful de-stresser from our busy
lives.”
The mother-daughter team had no inten-
tions of crafting dog hats, instead focusing
on hats and styles irresistible to women and
children. But many creative dog parents at
the Farmer’s Market asked if the pair could
make a hat for their pet.
“It was not one dog owner wanting a hat,”
said Jessica, “but several, every weekend!
Because I can create a hat in 30 minutes,
their dogs were soon wearing them and
advertising for us! The cute crocheted cha-
peau-adorned dogs were show-stoppers,
making our dog hats a huge success! Now
they are our best seller! Many owners have
purchased several different styles of hats
and when they adopt a new dog, they bring
it in for their fi rst hat! Customers tell us
that their dogs get excited when they see the
hats, because it means, ‘Hat on...walk fol-
lowing’.”
The ladies sell 20 dog hats on any given
market day.
“It’s fun to watch the excited custom-
ers,” said Patte, “trying different hats on
their dogs. It always creates a crowd at our
booth.”
Dogs in hats are “cute magnets”! People
enjoy watching the dogs model their new
gear as they proudly show off their new
paw-chase.
Patte and Jessica’s bestsellers are sport
team colored hats such as the Seahawks
and Ducks. And with the new Angry Bird
movie, bird hats are increasing in sales. The
ladies have repeat customers and sales soar
at Halloween for dog, cat, ferret and rabbit
hats!
“We had a special order for a tiny Toy
Chihuahua named Mini,” said Patte, “for
a Minnie Mouse hat. She was one of our
smallest customers and our biggest was a
Great Dane. It is adorable when someone
buys a hat for their child and a matching one
for their dog.”
You cannot look at a dog in a hat, strutting
proudly through a throng of people, with-
out smiling. The dogs create human traffi c
jams!
“Once one dog wears a hat,” said Jessica,
“the fl ood gates open for sales! It is crazy!
Other dog owners arrive asking for one for
their dog, and because our booth is near a
hotel, our K-9 creations are all around the
world!”
Photos of people and pet hats:
https://www.facebook.com/BeCraftyx3/
?fref=nf
Who would have thought that a family
tradition of crocheting would change the
family’s lives and dog fashion?! According
to the American Pet Products Association,
Americans own 83.3 million dogs and 95.6
million cats! These pets are pampered to
the tune of billion$ of dollar$ a year. It looks
like Patte, teaching her children and grand-
children to crochet, will benefi t the family
for generations and years to come and keep
pet parents smiling! Oh! What about Fred
the interesting blind K-9 customer in the
photo? His article will be soon!
TIPS
Photo by Mary Ellen “Angel Scribe”
Sisters Alicia, three years old, and
Bethany, fi ve years old, with their
Aunt Jessica and one of their satis-
fi ed customers, Fred, an elderly
rescued and blind dog. Fred is the
proud owner of two of Jessica’s
Install a pet door into the bedroom door/
wall so you can rest.
Alert - Made in China Pet Food. A major
supplier of pet food ingredients and treats
is making “a signifi cant change”. China is
now manufacturing complete pet foods and
will be exporting soon. Pet food consum-
ers around the world pay close attention to
your pet food labels for ‘Made in China’
and your pet’s symptoms and desire to eat a
food. Pets are wiser than us!
Share your pet tips and tales.
angelscribe@msn.com
“I am a great believer in probiotics,” said
Debbie, a Pet Tips n Tales reader in Jack-
sonville, Florida, “both for humans and my
dog and cats. They help with digestion, and
therefore, bowel movements! Particularly
while taking antibiotic meds., which often
kill off the good microbes for digestion in
the gut.”
“Follow” Pet Tips ‘n’ Tales on Facebook.
https://www.facebook.com/PetTipsand-
Tales
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door to be awakened from a deep sleep by
a previously snoozing pet scratching/loudly
vocalizing to be let into or out of the room?
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Facebook site was hacked, so
that it wasn’t even her using the
N-word after all. She took down
the site the day after. The trial
Internet storm has wiped away
the Poetry Stage and the Festi-
val of Eugene 2016 like a ghost
tornado that has wiped out a
ghost town.
The Net is a web where ev-
eryone is a ghost whose opin-
ion is equal to a small packet of
electrons subject to Heisenberg
quasi-reality.. Its opinion polls
are a fi ckle school of fi sh that
changes its direction in a fi nger
snap. Yet trial by Flash Mob of
electrons can have in our real
world without recourse to the
depths given by a consideration
of consequences, a wisdom
come from experience or the
social deliberation of an actual
trial where facts are presented
and remain in the record tomor-
row to be seen for oneself.
If that woman said the N-
word in front of me I would let
her know I thought she's a jerk.
Then I would expect better from
her as I let her do her job.
Leo Rivers
Cottage Grove
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