Justjen's Fester The Whole Goat

Justjen's Fester – The Whole Goat.

Fester is the goat attached to the tea cosy way back in my 2nd post. It was and will forever be attached to a thread started by "Possum" on Ravelry. I always intended to give him a body so he could climb out of the well, & seeing as the thread's 1year old in December, here's the pattern.



Fester is a tiny goat about 12.5cm tall not counting horns. He is knitted except for his horns which are crocheted. I understand a lot of people don’t crochet, so I’ll include some knitted horns in the pattern. I feel the crochet horns look more like horns but either do the job. Fester’s body & legs are knitted all in one piece so he is relatively easy to make

Amendment to pattern - knitted version of horns - after knitting horns fold in half & sew up to the point (same as crochet version), then attach to head.
                                                           
Materials

50g White 8ply/DK yarn.

Small amount Grey 8ply/DK yarn for horns & hooves.

Small amount pink yarn for nose & mouth.

2 black beads, black sewing thread for eyes – or black yarn if not using beads.

3.25mm knitting needles

4mm crochet hook if crocheting horns.

Fibrefill for stuffing.

Head – make 1

Using 3.25mm needles & white cast on 11 sts.

Row 1 – P

Row 2 – K, increasing in every st – 22 sts.

Starting with a P row st st 9 rows.

Next Row – (K2,K2tog) to last 2 sts, k2 – 17sts.

Starting with a P row st st 3 rows.

Next Row – (K2, k2 tog) to last st, k1 – 13sts.

Starting with a P row st st 5 rows.

Next Row – K2tog to last st, k1 – 7sts.

P 1 row.

Thread yarn through remaining sts & fasten off tightly. Leave a long thread for sewing up.

With right sides out & using mattress stitch, sew up seam from tip of nose (cast off end) leaving the cast on edge open for stuffing. Stuff firmly then sew a gathering st around edge & pull tightly to close, fasten off.

Ears – Make 2

With 3.25mm needles & white cast on 10sts.

St st 4 rows.

Next Row – Working in st st, decrease both ends of this row & following k rows until 2sts remain.
P one row.
K2 tog, fasten off.

Fold ear in half at the cast on edge & sew across, sew this edge to side of head, use photo as a guide.

Horns in crochet – make 2 (I’ve altered the horns a bit from the original tea cosy pattern these ones are more symmetrical. ENGLISH CROCHET TERMS USED - our English dc is equivalent to US sc


With 4mm crochet hook & grey ch 6, turn.

Miss first ch, 1dc in next 5 ch, 1ch, turn

Dc in next 4 dc, 2dc in last dc, 1ch turn,

Dc in 6dc, 1ch turn,

Dc in next 5 dc,

Fasten off.

Fold horns in half & sew up to the point.

Horns in knitting (for non-crocheters) – make 2

With 3.25 mm needles & grey cast on 9sts.

Row 1 – K

Row 2 – K, inc 1 at the end of row.

Row 3 – Inc 1, K to end.

Row 4 – K, inc 1 at end of row.

Row 5 – K

Row 6 – K to last 2 sts – k2tog.

Row 7 – K2tog, k to end.

Row 8 – K to last 2 sts – k2tog.

Cast off
Fold horns in half & sew up to the point.
Sew horns to top of head. Sew beads on for eyes. Using pink satin stitch a nose & use a back stitch for the mouth.

Upper Body – make 1

Using Grey starting at bottom of leg, co 8sts.
St st 4 rows.

Change to white & st st 14 rows.

Leave this leg on left hand needle, leaving enough yarn to cast on another 8sts.

Do another leg the same.

With the 1st then 2nd legs together on needle K across 2nd leg, cast on 8sts from first leg (for body). K across these sts & remaining 8sts from first leg – 24sts. *

St st 27 rows. #

Next row

K8, leave these on a stitch holder, cast off 8sts, K remaining 8 sts.

Working on these 8sts for leg, st st 13 rows white.

Change to grey & st st another 4 rows.

Cast off.

Transfer remaining 8sts to needle with wrong side facing. Join yarn & K 13 rows starting with a p row.

Change to grey, st st 4 rows.

Cast off.

Under Body

Work as for upper body to *.

St st 5 rows instead of 27 rows.

Continue as for upper body from #

& complete other 2 legs.

Tail

With 3.25mm needles & white cast on 6 sts.

St st 2 rows.

Dec each end of this & alternate rows until 2 sts remain.

P 1 row

K2tog fasten off.

Make Up

Under Body                         Upper Body

With right side facing out fold upper body in half along backbone. Using mattress stitch for all seams, sew down the front edge of body aprox 3cm.

Leave the back seam open for stuffing at this stage.

Join the lower body to upper body, start at the lower edge of hoof, up the inside leg across tummy & back down other leg & bottom of hoof. Do the other side the same.

View of under body.

Sew up the front of legs, until you meet up with the front seam of upper body, making sure both legs are of equal length as you sew towards the front seam. Sew the back legs up, but leave the back seam to stuff.

Stuff firmly with fibre fill, using a chopstick of something similar to push the stuffing well into the legs first, then finish stuffing body. Sew up the back seam.

Sew head to body at front top corner of body, attach it with some wide stitches to secure it. Fold tail in half a little & sew that on to the back.   All done.
Oh I forgot I didn't put a beard on him because he looks like a baby goat & kids don't have beards do they? If you want him to have one use the tail pattern it make an acceptable beard  :-)

© Jennifer Stacey 2011

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(Charity use allowed with my prior permission)

As always please let me know if you find any mistakes,

love Jen.