Meet Ginger! Ginger is the sweetest goat, but you can use this pattern to make a male goat or baby goat or whatever type of goat you want. You can change the colors to any other goat colors.

A note to my customers: Ginger the Goat is a modification to my Cocoa the Cow pattern - so, if you have already purchased Cocoa you may want to use that pattern to make up Ginger. The only real changes are materials/color, nose, horns on top of head are longer and tail is shorter, there are not any spots etc. and I have added fur to the top of the head. So, save yourself some money and pull that pattern back up and I bet you can get your goat done for free. =)

Make up this sweet goat in any color with any yarn for any season!

Ginger is a big girl! She’s just over 20”, but she’s based off my Cocoa the Cow pattern, so, if you use a worsted weight #4 yarn like Caron or RHSS you may get one as big as Cocoa. I used Lion Brand Heartland Yarn and it worked up a little smaller.

update: after a few requests I have included a “cheat sheet” to give detailed instructions on each increasing and decreasing round. Use the cheat sheet if you need to let you know the exact numbers/details on increasing/decreasing.

This PDF is 10 pages and includes lots of photos to help you make your goat.

This and all my patterns use US CROCHET TERMS.

You may make and sell products from my patterns, but please do me the kindness of linking back to my pattern and mentioning The Burgundy Basket with links where applicable to all the photos you put online.

I use the standard crochet stitches in my patterns. Here are my most used stitches and most of what you will find in my patterns:

Stitch Glossary:
Chain: Ch
Single Crochet: SC
Inc Sc: make two single crochet stitches in the same stitch as indicated
Invisible Decrease: inv. dec. – this is an invisible single crochet decrease
Hdc: Half double crochet
Dc: double crochet
Tr: treble crochet
Slip Stitch: sl st
FO: finish off

PLEASE READ

This pattern is for at least Intermediate to ADVANCED Amigurumi style crocheters. It is an abbreviated CHART pattern. I give you all the body parts in chart/number/round form so that your Cow will end up the same size with the same dimensions as Cocoa.

I do have lots of tips and tricks and show you where/what round I have everything placed.

If you have amigurumi knowledge and know how to work in the round - ex. 6,12,18,24 etc with increases and decreases you won’t have any trouble. This is probably not a beginner level pattern, although if you know how to work in the round maybe.

Materials:
-Yarn: Lion Brand Heartland in Yosemite. (251yds, 230m, 142g) I have used 1.5 skeins. A note: After working up the head, I realized that this yarn works up a bit smaller than my other animals and a typical #4 yarn. So, if you have made more of my Farm Series you will notice this animal to be a little smaller if you use the same yarn. This pattern is adapted from my Cocoa the Cow pattern and although the patterns are virtually identical, Ginger worked up about 10” smaller overall. Cocoa measures almost 30” with Caron One Pound Yarn and Ginger measures just over 20” with the Lion Brand Heartland yarn, but I really wanted a reddish-brown goat and this was the most beautiful color like that in my area.
Material note to help you plan: With the first skein of Heartland yarn, I was able to do the head, body and outer ear circles. I only had to use the second skein for the 4 legs. This may help you plan if you want to adjust your colors.
-The horns and hooves are Caron One Pound in Taupe.
-The inner ear and nose are Premier Everyday in Terracotta Heather. You only need a small amount of yarn for this.
-I used the tiniest bit of leftover yarn from my Lambert the Llama pattern to make Ginger a little hair on top and used a few strands in her tail. I had just a very small ball and used a very small amount of that – so, any furry or fuzzy scrap yarn you have will be perfect. Or you can choose to not do any hair.
-Hook: I used a G, H, and I hook for this pattern. I will note which one to use in that section.
-Safety Eyes or buttons (or yarn to embroider if you choose) and needle to embroider face.