Guitar for little animals

This guitar is designed to be approximately to scale for any of the animals in my little animals collection, a full list of which can be found here.

Difficulty:

easy - medium

You will need:

• 4ply yarn in yellow and black 
• A 2mm crochet hook
• A small section of cardboard or plastic
• A short length of craft wire
• A darning needle and a regular sewing needle
• White sewing cotton

For the body of the guitar (make 2):
With yellow ch9

Round 1: sc in the 2^nd st from hook, hen sc in each of the  next 6 chain sts. Make 3sc in the back of the last chain st, then sc in the back loop of each of the previous 6 chain sts you crocheted into in turn. Finally make 2sc into the back of the first chain st you crocheted into (18sc)

Round 2: make 2sc in the first st, sc, slip1, sc4, make 2sc into each of the next 3 sts, sc4, slip1, sc, then make 2sc into each of the last 2sts. (24sts)

Round 3: make 2hdc in the first st, hdc, sc, slip2, sc, hdc2, make 2hdc in the following st, hdc4, make 2hdc in the next st, hdc2, sc, slip2, sc, hdc4 (27sts)

Round 4: sc, make 2sc in the next st, sc, slip3, sc2, hdc3, make 2sc in the following st, sc3, make 2sc in the next st, hdc3, sc2, slip3, sc, make 2sc in the following st, sc (31sts)

Fasten off neatly

Trace around this section onto a piece of cardboard or plastic and cut it out

Round 5 (do this on the first main section you make only): Rejoin yarn to a stitch of this section and slip each st. Fasten off neatly. Rejoin yarn to one of the sts of round 4 and sc in the back loop of each of the sts of this round (the same sts that you just slipped)

Fasten off neatly

Sew these 2 sections together with the cardboard/ plastic sandwiched

in between.

For the neck of the guitar:

With yellow ch4

Round 1: sc in the 2^nd chain st from hook, then sc in the next chain st. Make 2sc in the back of the last chain st, sc in the back loop of the previous chain st you crocheted into, then make 2sc in the back loop of the first chain st you crocheted into (8sc)

Rounds 2 – 3: (2 rounds) sc in each st

Round 4: sc2, sc2tog, sc2, sc2tog (6sc)

Rounds 5 – 14: (10 rounds) sc in each st

Fasten off

Insert a length of wire into this section to help it keep its shape, then sew it to the smaller end of the guitar

For the fretboard:

With black ch3

Row 1: sc in the 2^nd chain st from hook, sc in the next chain st. ch1, turn (2sc)

Rows 2 – 11: (10 rows) sc in both sts. Ch1, turn

Row 12: sc in both sts

Fasten off

Sew this to the neck of the guitar

For the tuners (make 6):

with black make a magic loop with 1sc

Fasten off

Sew these to the end of the neck of the guitar

For the sound hole:

With black make a magic loop with 6sc

Fasten off

sew this to the centre of the body of the guitar

For the bridge:

with black ch4

Fasten off

Sew this to the guitar

For the Strap:

With black ch3

Row 1: sc in the 2^nd chain st from hook, sc in the next chain st. ch1, turn (2sc)

Rows 2 – 19: (18 rows) sc in both sts. Ch1, turn

Row 20: sc in both sts

Fasten off

 

Sew to the guitar

For the strings:

For each string take a length of white sewing cotton, and sew one else to the bit you attach the strings to, and the other end to one of the knobbly bits make sure you pull it taught as you do this.

I hope you have enjoyed this pattern. If you have any questions about this or any of my other patterns, please feel free to contact me, either by leaving a comment below, or via my Ravelry or Instagram pages, and I will try to get back to you as soon as possible.

You are very welcome to sell finished products, but I do ask that you don't re-post this pattern or claim it as your own. Thank you!