For those who don't remember what I'm talking about can check out the previous post RIGHT HERE. I think that he liked it and now that I've finished one and gotten his feedback I can move forward and improve on my design.
One of the things I want to change is the tab and buttonhole. The tab was kind of complicated to make and the buttonhole was too big. Luckily he puts washers on his pegs so no big deal. However, next time instead of a hole or a gromit her asked for just a slit like a true buttonhole.
We talked about possibly making it adjustable.
Also, the duck cloth worked very well for the backing. However, it was kind of a pain to have to cut and measure and sew this whole complicated backing thing. I mean, I will if the duck cloth is going to be the best option. However, I thought I'd hit the fabric store and see what my options are.
I'm checking out some nylon webbing/polypropelene strapping with thoughts of how I could sew some onto the ends to make it adjustable and possibly attach a leather tab. However, I came up with the GENIUS idea of just sewing the whole thing to the strap. I had a few yards cut and ran home.
This is what I've come up with:
The knitting is a simple garter stitch of some worsted light pink acrylic and this self striping eyelash stuff used as a carry along. (I happened to have been give a giant back of this eyelash stuff by my awesome friend Courtney and I was jazzed to finally use it.)
So, I took the ends and burned them with a lighter just to finish them off and keep then from unraveling. It was then that I came up with the genius idea to cut the buttonhole into the webbing with a hot knife so that it would cauterize the edges inside.
Now I left that extra strapping at one end with the intention of getting some kind of buckle to loop it though. Unfortunately they didn't have any at the fabric store that were the right size.
Sooooo we shall see how this works out durability wise, hopefully I'll get feedback and can continue to improve.
What I have found interesting is that all over the web there are only like 2 or 3 designs for knit guitar straps. The first I found was THIS ONE by Vickie Howell. However, I knew right off that the backing she used would stretch and that using the actual knitting itself to attach the guitar to the strap was not going to last. This strap is very pretty and it might work ok for a light weight acoustic guitar. However, I can't see it holding up any of heavy electric guitars that my boyfreind plays.
The second design I found was THIS ONE This is actually kind of a sock that goes over a store bought guitar strap. My first problem with this was that it wasn't sewn to the strap. I can just see it pulling and moving all over the place and possibly becomming cumbersome as my boyfreind moves around on stage. Also, if it is not sewn on then how does that work out in the washer. Lastely, like most musicians, my boyfreind sweats when he's on stage and I imagine that the knitting would really soak up the sweat and end up being wet by the end of the night when he put his gear away.
So, as you can see, I'm on a mission from God to create the perfect practical and beautiful knit guitar strap!!!
(Oh, and my great grandmother reminded me that I owe her some dish rags)
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