They call me Mister Pig

Guinea Pig that is!

I love the way his eyes look in this one – he’s a piggie with ‘tude!

Rhys’ cousin has three wonderful girls and we’ve been invited for a 4th birthday party for the middle girl. Who’s apparently mad on Guinea Pigs at the moment. I don’t blame her – piggies are awesome.

This was an incredibly simple knit – - a Debi Birkin Pattern ; I’ve knitted her Nip and Nora rat patterns a few times and knew before I’d even started that this was a pattern worth paying for. The body is plain stocking stitch and afterwards you take a slicker brush with wire teeth and brush the living hell out of it. I used an acrylic boucle which worked pretty well. The success is dependant on being able to pull out loose fibres from the yarn and she recommends Mohair for this which I think would work fantastically. This is a toy for a child though; and I’m on a yarn diet so it had to do.

The only modification I made to the pattern was to make the front feet proportionally smaller. Guinea Pigs – like rats have long back feet and little tiny front paws that look more like hands. The back ones are 11 rows long, and the front only 5.

Tomorrow is the big party day so we get to see if she likes it – I hope so because I’m going to have trouble giving this sweetie away.

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