Goat Kids

A free crochet tutorial for Goat Kids by Julia Gavrilova @julia_knitting11.

Using this pattern, you can crochet two goat kids: a boy and a girl. For this amigurumi project, you will need plush yarn (as the main yarn) and cotton yarn (for the clothes). Both toys are made in a very similar way and differ only in clothing. You can use decorative buttons for embellishment.

Materials and tools

• YarnArt Dolce, main color milky white (745), one skein; beige (771) for hooves and horns
• YarnArt Jeans: green (69), beige (07), yellow (35), white (62)
• Crochet hooks: 3.5 mm (for plush yarn) and 2 mm (for cotton yarn)
• 12 mm safety eyes
• Toy stuffing
• Small bells
• 9 buttons, about 1 cm in diameter
• Stitch markers
• Pins
• Needle for sewing parts
• Scissors

Abbreviations

• MR - magic ring
• ch - chain stitch
• tch - turning chain
• sl st - slip stitch
• sc - single crochet
• dc - double crochet
• hdc - half double crochet
• inc - increase
• dec - decrease
• (...) x n - repeat n times

Crochet amigurumi goat kids pattern

Arms

Stuff only halfway.

With beige yarn:

1. 8 sc in MR
2. 8 sc in BLO
Change to milky white yarn
3-10. 8 sc (8 rounds)

Fold in half and crochet through both sides: 4 sc.

Legs

Stuff only halfway.

With beige yarn:

1. 7 sc in MR
2. inc x 7 (14)
3. 14 sc in BLO
Change to milky white yarn
4. (dec, 5 sc) x 2 (12)
5-9. 12 sc (5 rounds)
10. (dec, 4 sc) x 2 (10)
11-12. 10 sc

Fold in half and crochet through both sides: 5 sc.

Body

1. 6 sc in MR
2. inc x 6 (12)
3. (1 sc, inc) x 6 (18)
4. (2 sc, inc) x 6 (24)
5. (3 sc, inc) x 6 (30)
6. In this round, crochet in the legs; the marker is at the back: 5 sc, 5 sc with a leg, 10 sc, 5 sc with a leg, 5 sc (30)
7-9. 30 sc (3 rounds)
10. (8 sc, dec) x 3 (27)
11. (7 sc, dec) x 3 (24)
12. 24 sc
13. (6 sc, dec) x 3 (21)
14. (5 sc, dec) x 3 (18)
15. In this round, crochet in the arms: 5 sc, 4 sc with an arm, 5 sc, 4 sc with an arm (18)
16. (1 sc, dec) x 6 (12)
Continue into the head
17. inc x 12 (24)
18. (3 sc, inc) x 6 (30)
19. (9 sc, inc) x 3 (33)
20-22. 33 sc (3 rounds)
23. (9 sc, dec) x 3 (30)
24-25. 30 sc

Insert the eyes between rounds 20 and 21, with 5 sc between them.

26. (3 sc, dec) x 6 (24)
27. (2 sc, dec) x 6 (18)
28. (1 sc, dec) x 6 (12)
29. dec x 6 (6)

Sculpt the eye area.

Muzzle

With Jeans yarn:

1. 6 sc in MR
2. inc x 6 (12)
3. (1 sc, inc) x 6 (18)
4. (2 sc, inc) x 6 (24)
5. (7 sc, inc) x 3 (27)
6. 27 sc

Horns

1. 4 sc in MR
2. inc, 1 sc, inc, 1 sc (6)
3. 6 sc

Ears

1. 6 sc in MR
2. 6 sc
3. (1 sc, inc) x 3 (9)
4. (2 sc, inc) x 3 (12)
5. 12 sc

Fold in half and crochet through both sides: 6 sc, fold in half once again and crochet 3 sc. Sew between rounds 23 and 24.

Clothing

Cardigan for the girl

Work in turned rows: dc rows on the right side, sc rows on the wrong side.

With yellow yarn:

1. Chain 42 ch, from the 4th stitch from hook: 5 dc, 3 dc in one stitch, 6 dc, 3 dc in one stitch, 12 dc, 3 dc in one stitch, 6 dc, 3 dc in one stitch, 6 dc, tch, turn (48)
2. 7 sc, 3 sc in one stitch, 8 sc, 3 sc in one stitch, 14 sc, 3 sc in one stitch, 8 sc, 3 sc in one stitch, 7 sc, 3 tch, turn (56)
3. 7 dc, 3 dc in one stitch, 10 dc, 3 dc in one stitch, 16 dc, 3 dc in one stitch, 10 dc, 3 dc in one stitch, 8 dc, tch, turn (64)
4. 9 sc, skip 14 dc (sleeve), chain 6 ch, 18 sc, skip 14 dc (sleeve), chain 6 ch, 9 sc, 3 tch, turn
5. 8 dc, (in chain space: inc, 4 dc, inc), 18 dc, (in chain space: inc, 4 dc, inc), 9 dc, tch, turn (52)
6. 52 sc, 3 tch, turn
7. dc in the same stitch as 3 tch, (dc inc) x 51, tch, turn (104)
8. (1 sc, inc) x 52, 3 tch, turn (156)
9. 155 dc

Next, with the same yarn, make button loops on the back. On the left side: (5 ch, 4 sl st) x 3, 5 ch, sl st, cut the yarn, fasten off, and weave in the end. Along the hem edge, with white yarn, work in BLO: (sl st, ch) x 156.

Collar

Start from the side with button loops: 38 sl st along the neckline, tch, turn, in BLO 13 sl st, 2 sc, 2 hdc, inc from dc, 1 dc, 3 ch, sl st in the same stitch as the last dc, sl st in the next stitch, 3 ch, dc in the same stitch as 3 ch, inc from dc, 2 hdc, 2 sc, 13 sl st.

Sleeve edging

Along the sleeve edge: (3 dc in one stitch) x 14, cut the yellow yarn; with white yarn work in BLO: (sl st, ch) x 42.

Cardigan for the boy is worked the same as the girl's up to round 6

7. 51 dc, tch, turn
8. 52 sc, 3 tch, turn
9. 51 dc

Next, with the same yarn, make button loops on the back. On the left side: (5 ch, 5 sl st) x 2, 5 ch, sl st, cut the yarn, fasten off, and weave in the end.

Shorts

For both the girl and the boy, the shorts are worked the same way.

1. Chain 52 ch, join into a ring, 3 tch, 51 dc
2-9. 3 tch, 51 sc (8 rounds)

Fold in half and from the wrong side sew in the middle with 6 sc through both layers; each leg should have 23 stitches left. For the girl, edge the leg openings with white yarn: (sl st, ch) x 23.

For the boy, make straps for the shorts. Attach yarn at the center back, chain 35 ch, from the 6th chain from hook work 30 sc.

Sew on buttons. Hang. You can sew on a small bell or glue any decorative piece to the cardigans or shorts; I used wooden decorative buttons.

Your crocheted goat kids are ready! Please tag the author on social media: @julia_knitting11.