Buddy the Elf Costume for 7" Desk Goose

 

It's finally Christmastime, which means I can make Christmas costumes for my 7" desk goose! Elf is, by far, my favorite Christmas movie, so it was a given that I would make a Buddy the Elf Costume first. I opted to make this on out of felt. I made the original costume by hand, but decided to try using the Cricut to make a pattern to share. It worked up very nicely on the Cricut and cuts easily if you have the rotary blade tool. I would not suggest attempting this on the Cricut without the rotary blade, the fine point blade doesn't cut felt very well. I have also included a jpg of the pattern for you to print and cut out by hand. If you don't have a printer I will give you a brief description of how to draw up the pattern on your own.

Supplies:

Desk Goose

Felt (Lime Green, Yellow, Black and White)

Hot Glue

Curly Brown Doll Hair (optional)

1/8 inch elastic  for chin strap (also optional)

Printer/Paper (optional)

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Let's get started! Here is the pattern. Print this to a 8.5"x11" sheet. Ensure that the 1inch square is 1" x 1" on your print out. 

Cut out the shapes on paper, then cut them out on felt.

Here is the link to the Cricut Project. I have not attempted to share a Cricut project before, so I apologize in advance if the link doesn't work. 

Starting off with the jacket, line up the black belt on the green jacket piece. Carefully hot Glue the belt in place, making sure that you don't use too much glue for the glue to ooze out the sides of the belt. Don't Glue the collar down yet.

Make Sure the that belt will line up with the other end when you close the jacket. Wrap the jacket piece around the goose and decide what size you want to make the jacket. Use hot glue to close the jacket.

I have purposely left the jacket piece big to accommodate all of the various sizes of desk geese that are out there. You will have a bit of overlapping fabric here, that is to be expected. It's easier to cut off excess than it is to add more fabric after it's cut! 

After the jacket is glued, fold it in half, with the jacket "opening" at the fold and clip the bottom corners of the jacket in a 45ish degree angle. The angle doesn't have to be perfect, as long as you clip them together so they are the symmetrical.

Glue the little yellow square to the middle of the little black square, glue those onto the belt.

Now for the collar, the fabric here is also bigger than it needs to be so first we need to cut it to size. Line the collar up with the top collar of the jacket, fold it in half again, as you did in the last step and trim off the extra white fabric. 

Remove the collar piece from the jacket, with the piece folded in half, cut a 45ish degree cut from the corners of both ends.  Again, the exact angle of the cut isn't important, as long as both sides match. 

Glue the collar onto the Jacket piece the top corner of each end should line up with either side of the jacket opening.

Next is the hat! Line the yellow stripe up on the hat and glue it down. Cut off any excess yellow, if needed. 

Next, Fold a third of the hat over onto itself

Then, fold the other side over onto the itself, overlapping the first folded side. You can fold this over as little or as much as you like, the less you overlap, the bigger the hat will be. Use hot glue to glue all the way up the seam up the hat. 

You can add an elastic chin strap at this point. I cut a piece 1.5" piece of elastic, use hot glue to secure one end to the inside of the hat, then glue the other end to the inside of the other side of the hat. I leave a loop about the size of my pointer finger outside the hat, to make sure the elastic is snug under the chin. The inside of the hat can get messy, but no one will see that if you add hair.

Next Step is the hair, this part is completely optional, but I love adding the iconic Buddy fro to ensure everyone knows who my goose is dressed up as.

Start with 10-15 clumps of 3" hair. I cut out a small circular piece of green felt to glue the hair to. 

Stretch out the center of the hair and glue them to the circle in all directions

It should be pretty full and wild.

Shove the felt piece up into the bottom of the hat, spread the hair out around the hat. Once you're happy with the placement, add some hot glue inside the hat to keep it all in place. Trim the hair to give it a good curly poof hair look.

Put the Hat and Jacket on your goose and you've got yourself a Buddy the Elf Desk Goose!

Now for the quick instructions on how to draw your own pattern if you don't have a printer! 

Most of the pieces are made out of a series of half circles. 

Jacket: 8" circle with 2.5" cut out of the center, (cut circle in half)

Hat: Half of a 2.5" circle, trim a wedge off either side of the semi circle

Belt: 7" circle and 6:5" circle, (cut in half)

Collar: 4"circle with a 2.5" circle cut out of the middle (cut in half)

Belt Buckle: Black: .5 inch square, Yellow: .25" square

I will work on a more thorough tutorial, and add a link when it's created. Until then, I hope this helps!

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Desk Goose Pumpkin Costume

 

One of the many variations of the basic sweater pattern is the pumpkin costume!

This is pretty easy to work up and is great as a fall, Halloween or Thanksgiving costume.

Gauge 4 stitches per inch

Supplies:

Desk Goose

Yarn size 4 worsted weight

Hook F- 4.0

Stitch Marker

Yarn Needle

Optional: 

elastic for the chin strap

Scotch two sided tape to adhere the hat to the head without any straps

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Stitches used:

MR - Magic Ring (can be replaced with chain 3 and work into first chain if you don’t like the

MR

Sl st - Slip Stitch

Sc - Single Crochet

hdc -Half Double Crochet

Inc- Single crochet increase

Dec - Single Crochet Decrease

Sweater Pattern:

R1: ch 16 [16] sl st to join (or MR, 16 sc in MR)

R2: (inc, 3sc) X 4 [20]

R3: 20 sc [20]

R3: (inc, sc) x2, 12sc, (inc, sc)x2 [24] 11cm

R4: sc24

R5: (2sc, inc) x2, 12sc, (2sc, inc)x2 [28]  13cm 

R6: (inc, 3sc) x2, 12sc, (inc, 3sc)x2  [32] 15cm

R7-10: 32 sc

R12: (inc, 4sc) x2, 12sc, (inc, 4sc)x2 [36]

R13: 36 sc

R14: 12sc, (dec, 2sc) x4, 12sc [32] (stop here for smaller goose)

R15-16: 32sc

Hat Pattern:

R1:MR 6 sc into MR [6]

R2: Inc x 6 [12]

R3: 12sc [12]

fasten off and weave in ends, leaving one out

Stem:

Chain 7,  2sc into the 2nd chain from hook 2sc into the next 3  stitches (this makes it curly),  hdc in last 2 stitches, fasten off

instead of weaving in ends, use the tails to attach to the top of the hat. I pull each tail through a different hole in the top of the hat and double knot them underneath.

At this point you have a couple options to keep the hat on the goose's head. You can take the loose tail and create a chin strap, fasten off, and weave in the ends.

Or you can take a 3-4 inch piece of elastic to make a chin strap. Make a second "hat" round and attach the elastic to that piece with a double knot, then sew the two rounds together.

The last option is to go without a chin strap and use double sided tape to hold the hat on. The downside to this is that you need a new piece of tape every time you change the hat.

Leaves:

Chain 3, dc into 3rd ch from hook, ch 2, picot, dc into same chain, chain 2, sl stitch into same chain, repeat to add another leaf.

To add a curly vine, chain 10, 2sc into 2nd chain from hook, 2sc into next 7 chains, sc into the next chain, fasten off, use ends to tie onto sweater at collar.

Desk Goose Wreath Costume

I love the simplicity of this pattern. It can also be made as an ornament. I made dozens of these last year to give away at Christmas, so it only made sense that I adorn my goose with one this year! If my other patterns intimidate you with all the magic rings and decreases, this one should look a whole lot less complicated! 

Gauge 4 stitches per inch

Supplies:

Desk Goose

Yarn size 4 worsted weight

Hook F- 4.0

Stitch Marker

Yarn Needle

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Stitches used:

ch - Chain

dc - double Crochet

Start with 12 inch tail Ch 62, 

Sk first 2 ch, 3dc into the 3rd chain from hook.

Continue down chain with 3dc into each stitch, fasten off, leave decent tail for closing the wreath.

Run one tail through the center of the spiral and back through the first 3-5 spirals to close.

Run second tail in the opposite direction of first tail, through the first few spirals. Adjust spirals and overall size/look of wreath then tie off tails and weave in.

Add a bow, or ornaments, or whatever you want. Dollar Tree usually has a pack of glitter bows that I love to use for this :

Or you can make your own bow as pictured!

Bow Pattern:

R1: Ch 36, turn

R2: Sc into 2nd ch from hook SC the rest of the way down the chain 35

Fold strip in half:

Cross the ends ⅓ up from either end, pull the top of the loop down to meet the cross.

Wrap the middle with yarn and tie in the back of the bow, use tails to tie to wreath.

Desk Goose Costume - Sweater

This pattern is a basic sweater pattern to fit the gooses snuggly. There are so many different variations

that can start with this pattern, pumpkin, strawberry, bumblebee, Varsity sweater, Cat in the Hat, etc.

I will share my variations as I'm able and link the posts here soon.

Gauge 4 stitches per inch

Supplies:

Desk Goose

Yarn size 4 worsted weight

Hook F- 4.0

Stitch Marker

Yarn Needle

Optional: 

elastic for the chin strap

Scotch two sided tape to adhere the hat to the head without any straps

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Stitches used:

MR - Magic Ring (can be replaced with chain 3 and work into first chain if you don’t like the

MR

Sl st - Slip Stitch

Sc - Single Crochet

Inc- Single crochet increase

Dec - Single Crochet Decrease

Sweater Pattern:

R1: ch 16 [16] sl st to join (or MR, 16 sc in MR)

R2: (inc, 3sc) X 4 [20]

R3: 20 sc [20]

R3: (inc, sc) x2, 12sc, (inc, sc)x2 [24] 11cm

R4: sc24

R5: (2sc, inc) x2, 12sc, (2sc, inc)x2 [28]  13cm 

R6: (inc, 3sc) x2, 12sc, (inc, 3sc)x2  [32] 15cm

R7-10: 32 sc

R12: (inc, 4sc) x2, 12sc, (inc, 4sc)x2 [36]

R13: 36 sc

R14: 12sc, (dec, 2sc) x4, 12sc [32] (stop here for smaller goose)

R15-16: 32sc

(to add ruffles)

Inc in each stitch [64]

Inc in each stitch [128]

Hat Pattern:

R1:MR 6 sc into MR [6]

R2: Inc x 6 [12]

R3: 12sc [12]

(to add ruffles)

R4: Inc in each stitch [24]

R5: Inc in each stitch [48]

Use the loose tail to make the chin strap and weave in ends.

 

Desk Goose Sunflower Headpiece

Since I first got my goose in August, I thought it was fitting that his first costume would be a sunflower! This is a fairly quick and easy pattern to whip up, I hope your goose loves it as much as mine! 

Feel free to use this free pattern for your own personal use. You can even sell products made with this pattern, but please, I beg of you, don't sell this pattern as your own, that ruins the spirit of free pattern sharing, and it hurts my feelings!

Gauge 5 stitches per inch

Supplies:

Desk Goose 

Yarn size 4 worsted weight

Hook D - 3.0

Stitch Marker

Yarn Needle

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Stitches used:

MR - Magic Ring

Sl st - Slip Stitch

Sc - Single Crochet

Hdc - Half Double Crochet

Dc - Double Crochet

Starting with brown yarn:

R1: MR, sc 14 stitches into MR, close magic ring around goose head, approx 7cm, be careful not to tighten too much. Sl st to close.(You can also ch 14 and sl st to close the ring, but I think the MR looks cleaner in the end. )

R2: 2sc in each sc [28]

Fasten off and weave in ends

Switch to yellow yarn

I start on the opposite side of the circle to not put a strain on the fasten off brown stitch.

Create a slip knot, insert hook into one of the brown SC from round 2, pull the slip knot through to the front. Sc and start your chain for the next round from this point.

(Ch 9, Skip the first chain, sc into second chain, hdc, dc into next 4 stitches, hdc, sc into initial yellow ch, sc into brown, sc into next brown) x14

The petals will be super curly when you finish. If you like this look you can put it on your goose right away and rock out with it. I like to block the flower by getting it fully saturated with water and pinning it flat to dry, this can be done between two towels, or on a corkboard, etc. You can experiment with starch, diluted fabric glue or some other variation of fabric stiffening products. Regular blocking seems to work pretty well on it's own if you don't want to invest in all the supplies.

I have so many more patterns to share. The more hype these patterns get the more motivated I will be to type up and share the rest of them. Please subscribe to my blog, leave comments and share your creations. I love feedback! Enjoy!

Desk Goose 4-in-1 Costume Pattern - Butterfly, Duck, Turkey, Flamingo

 I have recently become obsessed with the new desk goose trend (similar to a porch goose, but smaller scale), and starting making outfits for them. After searching for crochet patterns for desk goose clothing, I found that the internet did not have a lot available, and what was available was for sale. So I made my own! I actually covered my goose in saran wrap, then masking tape to make a dress form, then measured and did math to figure out all the important stuff that no one cares or thinks about when they are using a pattern. 

It was a great learning experience and I got the highest praise my a veteran crocheter, my Mom, saying it was a great pattern, clear and easy to understand. With Mom's approval, it is finally ready to share with the world, for free! So please don't sell this pattern, I have spent many hours remaking pieces, tweaking the pattern, photographing, editing, proofreading, re-editing... you get the idea! Feel free to sell your finished pieces, just don't sell my pattern as your own, it would hurt my feelings!

I also want to add that my mom was also a collaborator on this pattern. The butterfly variation was her amazing idea, and the wings are her design! Shout out to Grandma Lynn! 

I have several more patterns to share for the desk goose, so stay tuned feel free to subscribe for more updates! 

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Desk Goose Costumes

Gauge 4 stitches per inch

Supplies:

Yarn size 4 worsted weight

Hook F- 4.0

Stitch Marker

Yarn Needle

Stitches used:

MR - Magic Ring (can be replaced with chain 3 and work into first chain if you don’t like the

MR

Sl st - Slip Stitch

Sc - Single Crochet

Inc- Single crochet increase

Dec - Single Crochet Decrease

Hdc - Half Double Crochet

Dc - Double Crochet

Surface Slip Stitch 

Stacked sc - Stacked single crochet (For Butterfly Only)

Dc2tog - Double Crochet two together (For Butterfly Only)

Tr - Triple Crochet (For Butterfly Only)

Picot - Picot (sl st into chain) (For Butterfly Only)

Body:

The body is the same for each variation, with the addition of antennae for the butterfly and back tail feathers for the flamingo

This is stitched in the round, you don’t need to join each round with a slip stitch, unless you prefer that method. I suggest using a stitch marker to keep track of where your round starts.

R1: 6 sc into MR

R2: inc 6 [12]

R3: 4sc, 4 sl st, 4sc [12]

R4: 4 sc, ch 4, skip 4 sl st from above row, 4 sc [12]

R5-12: sc in each stitch [12] (8 rounds)

R13: (sc, inc) x6 [18]

R14: (2sc, inc) x6 [24]

At this point the increases and decreases need to be in specific areas. Because you are working in a round, the last stitch jogs a little bit with every round and you are not currently at the very back of the piece. Flatten your piece, using the mouth as a reference and sc in next 2-3 stitches so that your starting point for the next round is starting from the back. You should still have 24 stitches for this row. Begin the next row from this point.

R15: (2sc, inc) x2, 12sc, (2sc, inc) x2 [28]

R16: Sc 28 [28]

R17: (3sc, inc) x2, 12sc, (3sc, inc) x2 [32]

R18: (4sc, inc) x2, 12sc, (4sc, inc) x2 [36]

R19-20: Sc 36 (2 rounds) [36]

R21:12sc, (dec, sc)x 4, 12 sc [32]

R22: (Sc, inc ) x2, 6 sc ,( sc, dec) x4, 6sc, (sc, inc)x2 [32]

R23-24 : Sc 32 (2 rounds) [32]

Fasten off and weave in ends (for flamingo, see flamingo section below to add tail feathers before fastening off)

Turkey:

Head Feathers:

Chain 6, sc into 3rd chain from the hook, sc into next chain, sl st into next chain, sl st into next chain, chain 4, sc into 2nd chain from hook, sc into next 2stitches, sl stitch into the same starting chain stitch (this “feather”should start and end with a slip stitch in the same chain on the initial chain) Sl st into the next chain, Chain 5, sc into 2nd chain from hook, sc into next 3 stitches, sl st into the same chain stitch you started this feather from. The “base” of the feathers will be the first three chains from the initia chain. Fasten off, leave tail for sewing. Sew onto top of head.

Turkey Gobbler:

Chain 4, 2sc into 2nd chain from hook, sl st into next two chains, sew next to the head hole. 

Turkey Tail Feathers:

R1: 4 sc into mr, tighten MR but don’t close the circle, you won’t be working in a round here.

Ch 1, flip [4]

R2: [inc x 4) ch 1, turn[8]

R3: (Inc, sc) x 4, ch 1, turn[12]

R4: (Inc, 2sc), x4, ch 1, turn[16]

R5: (Inc, 3sc), x4 , ch 1, turn[20]

R6: (Inc, 4sc), x4 , ch 1, turn[24]

R7: (Inc, 5sc) x4, ch 1, turn[28]

R8: (Inc, 6sc) x4 , turn[32]

R10: Sl st, (Sc, ch, dc, dc, ch sc, sl st) x5, sl st

Fasten off, cut yarn, leaving a long tail for attaching to the body.

Weave in the beginning thread to secure the magic ring

You can add designs to the tail feather using a surface slip stitch in complementary colors, or you can
leave it as is.

Fold the tail feathers in half, and flatten the body. Lineup the tail and body along the fold to find the middle of each and line them up. The bottom edge of the tail should be attached 1-2 rows up from the bottom of the body. Sew the tail and the body together. You can add designs to the tail feather using a surface slip stitch in complementary colors, or you can leave it as is.

Duck:

Duck Wings:

x2

Worked in a round

R1: Sc 3 in MR [3] 

R2: Inc x 3 [6]

R3: (Inc, sc) x3 [9]

R4: (Inc, 2sc) x3 [12]

R5: (Inc, 3sc)

x3 [15]

Flatten, sc across top to close

Attach to the body with pins and sew onto body at desired position

Duck Hair Fluff:

Take 4 strands of orange yarn, 6 inches. Fold all strands ofyarn in half and pull through the top of the head, from theinside, with a hook.

 Secure the yarn strands to the top of the head using ascrap of yarn and needle.

Untwist and unfurl the orange yarn on the top of the head until it’s fluffy.

The yarn is not super secure. You can use a dot of hot glue on the inside of the head to ensure that none of the yarn pulls out of the head.

Butterfly:

Rd 1: MR, 8 sc, join

R2: ch 3, 2 dc into next st, and into next 6 sts. Dc in first st, join to top of ch 3.(If changing yarn, invisible join and join new yarn in any stitch) [16]

End of round 2

R3: instead of ch3, work a stacked sc (sc in same st as join, hook into side loop of sc and pull up a loop, yo pull thru 2 loops.This replaces the ch 3.) Work a dc in same st as stacked sc (this counts as your first dc2tog). Ch 1, repeat around (dc2tog, ch 1) x 16 [32]

Rd 3 Stacked SC  complete

End of round 3 Invisible Join

R4: Sl st to next ch space (or join in any ch 1 space if changing yarn), Ch 4, 4 dc in same space, (skip next ch 1 space, in next ch 1 sp, 4 dc, ch 1, 4 dc) repeat around. In beginning ch 1 sp, 3 dc, join to 3 ch of beginning ch. (8- 4dc, ch 1, 4dc) If continuing with same yarn, sl st in ch1 and next 4 sts, sl into gap between the clusters. If joining new yarn join in the gap between the 4 dc clusters, not the ch 1 between 2 clusters.

End of Rd 4

R5: 2 tr into the next ch 1 sp, 5 dc in same space, 2 tr, sl st into next gap between clusters. Repeat around. Note the modified fans should be full but not wavy. It is ok to add another dc for all of them if your tension makes it necessary or work all tr stitches. At end of round, ch 1, remove hook, place hook under gap and replace loop, pull loop under gap, ch 1, tighten the loop down. (8 modified fan stitches) Do not cut yarn. Weave in beginning end before continuing.

Round 5

Bringing ending loop of round 

Final round- Fold in half with yarn on outside and at upper left with stitches of each half lined up. Sl st into the back loops of lined up stitches around, including the sl st of previous round, to join the 2 halves. If you want to make swallowtail on the 2 lower sections, work those sections like this- sl in next 2 st, sc in next 3 st, ch 3, sl st 2nd and 3rd ch from hook, sl st in top of stitch you started from, sc in next 2 sts, sl st in last 2 sts. At end of round cut yarn leaving a very long tail. Weave tail to center. Use tail to sew to the ‘body suit’ of the goose, starting partway up the neck so that the wings are visible from the front. Use the stitches to help position wings upward so they can be seen from the side. Stitch from both sides to ensure secure placement. Weave in ends and cut. 

Antenna 

With 3.25 mm hook. Ch 8 tight but loose enough to work into sts. Sl st in back bump of s 2nd ch and next 6 ch. Ch 2 looser, chain 8 as for 1st antenna, sl st in 2nd ch in back bump and in next 6 ch. Cut yarn ch and tighten. Done. From outside of head hook into st at back of head. Put hook through 2 loops at top of 1 antenna, pull through to outside of head. Repeat placing other antenna. I pull down on ends to get bases of antenna in place. Weave in ends. This is easier after Rd 7 or 8 than at end.

Flamingo:

Flamingo wings:

Working in a round

R1: Mr 3 sc into MR

R2: 2sc into each stitch [6]

R3: 1sc, inc) x3 [9]

R4: 2sc, sc inc) x3 [12]

R5: (3sc, inc) x3 [15]

R6: sc into each stitch

R7: sc into 14 stitches, inc in last stitch, sl stitch in next stitch to “level” out the round

R8: flatten cone, sc through top and bottom stitch to close the cone x 8,chain 2, turn

R9, dc into each stitch [8] turn

R10: ([sc, dc, sc] into same stitch, sl stitch) x 4 Fasten off, attach to body. 

Flamingo Tail Feathers:

After final body stitch, don’t fasten off, continue SC for 3 stitches past the “Middle” stitch, remember, you might not end completely centered, so adjust these stitches as needed. Once you are 3 stitches from the middle, turn your work. Sl st into the next stitch, ([sc, dc, sc] all into the next stitch, slst into next) x3. The middle three stitches should be completely centered on the back of the goose’s tail, if they aren’t, go back and adjust your stitches to ensure it falls on the center of the goose tail. Fasten off and weave in tails.

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