Chet the Groundhog by Riley Mae Copeland

Chet the Groundhog

Knitting
August 2022
Fingering (14 wpi) ?
11.5 stitches and 16 rows = 2 inches
in Stockinette
US 3 - 3.25 mm
140 yards (128 m)
English
This pattern is available from etsy.com for $6.00.

Chet the Groundhog wears removable overalls, a shirt, and a removable straw hat, and carries a pitchfork. He is knit using worsted weight yarn (14 wpi) and measures approximately 6.5”/16.5 cm from his feet to the top of his hat.

Techniques used in this pattern include knitting in the round, increasing and decreasing, I-cord, and buttonholes.

YARN
(I use Eco Butterfly’s Pakucho Organic Cotton Worsted)
32 g Color A for head, feet, tail, ears
9 g Color B for shirt
8 g Color C for overalls
26 g Color D for hat
4 g Color E for pitchfork
Small amount of white for teeth

OTHER SUPPLIES
15 mm safety eyes
15 mm safety nose
2 buttons (approx. 11mm)
Wire for pitchfork