Hmmm...  It seems that 7.5mm is not a very common size (at least in North Am - where are you located?)  I have a pair of straight 7.5mm but no circulars or dpns and my needle collection is pretty extensive.  An 8mm would be the closest common size.

Have you tried Ebay?  That's where I usually go for knitting needles.  If you really can't find 7.5mm and an 8mm gives you a different gauge, you could adjust the pattern using stitch gauge ratio.  I'm pretty sure someone posted instructions for doing so.

 

Im looking at next step of pattern and trying to puzzle out what it means.  p215 'After you have made the two rectangles, sew them together for 2" from neck edge, leaving 3" unsewn for leg openings; then sew rest together.


This will prob sound silly but...... does that mean measureing two inches from top and then leaving 3 inches for legs but sewing along those 2inches?  Or does it mean sew 2 inches along neck and then leave rest open for neck?

Thanks- thats a lot clearer!

Hope to have body completed tomorrow and be able to do fitting with pooch before starting on neck & legs