Meet our adorable Guinea Pig. They’re cute, cuddly and very lovable.

This Guinea Pig is suitable for advanced beginner knitters and assumes an understanding of basic stitches and standard knitting terms. Our Guinea Pig is knit flat and sewn together using a mattress stitch.

If you’re new to knitting stuffed friends, or are uncomfortable winging it without strict guidelines (that’s OK, we all need good directions sometimes to help us out) you will need approximately 30 m of medium weight cream (C) coloured yarn and 20 m of medium weight brown (B) coloured yarn. With this yarn, use 4 mm (US size 6) needles. You will also need a small amount of yarn for embroidering the face, stuffing (we use polyfil or wool) and a tapestry needle to sew your guinea pig together. This will let you create a guinea pig that’s approximately 13 cm (5 inches) in length.

The beauty of knitting stuffed friends is that this pattern can be knit in any size yarn with accompanying needles. Generally we find using a size or two smaller needles than required by the yarn allows for the tightness needed when you’re stuffing your finished product.

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