Good Pig Pattern

Welcome to Good Pig! What a charming new friend for us. Good Pig joins the line of my “good” characters including Good Bear, Good Bunny, Good Frog, and Good Mouse. I have a few more good friends up my sleeve in the future. What’s so fun about this series of knit toys is that they all follow the same structure, which keeps it simple if you are making them all. The toys all have slight changes along the way to make them into a certain animal. The clothes are all interchangeable between characters, too. It seems knitters are enjoying the Good series of toys as much as I am. Good Pig is just adorable and I know you’ll love this new pig! Pattern Notes Good Pig is worked seamlessly in the round from the bottom-up starting with the legs. The legs are joined together and the body is worked to the neck. Purl bumps are placed as markers for picking up the arms. The back of the head is then worked back and forth in a heel-flap fashion. The stitches are then picked up along the sides of the flap and combined with stitches from the front of the body. The face and nose are completed in the round. The eyes are placed along the way. The ears, arms and tail are picked up and knit on. Due to the construction, the nose naturally tips up a little adding charm to the toy. The custom made-to-fit clothes include a jumpsuit, shirt, cardigan and hat. All of the clothes are worked separately, mainly in the round other than the cardigan body and the front and back of the jumpsuit. Finished Measurement Good Pig is 8-inches tall from the toe to the top of the head. The clothes are all custom made to fit the toy. Needles Pig: US size 4 / 3.5mm double-pointed needles. Jumpsuit, Shirt, Hat: US size 5 / 3.75 mm double-pointed needles. Garter Cardigan: US size 5 / 3.75 mm 24-inch circular needles and double-pointed needles. The needle sizes are suggestions. Please check your gauge to determine the correct size needles for you. Gauge US size 4 / 3.5 mm needles - 6.5 sts per inch in stockinette stitch US size 5 / 3.75 mm needles - 6 sts per inch in stockinette stitch Yarn Woolens by Barrett Wool Co., sport weight 100% American wool (180 yards / 50 grams); 1 skein in each of the following colors, Birdie (blush pink), Cove (heathered blue), Snowbound (creamy white), Pound Cake (butter yellow), and a couple of yards of Door County (cherry red) for the tiny pom-pom on the hat. Yarn Requirements in Grams Good Pig: Birdie (blush pink) used about 22 grams. Shirt: Snowbound (creamy white) used about 10 grams. Jumpsuit: Cove (heathered blue) used about 13 grams. Garter Cardigan: Pound Cake (butter yellow) used about 18 grams, and Cove (heather blue) for the collar used about 3 grams. Total weight of cardigan about 21 grams. Hat: Cove (heathered blue) for the brim used about 3 grams, Pound Cake (butter yellow) for the top of the hat used about 2 grams, and Door County (cherry red) used about 1 gram for the tiny pom-pom. Total weight about 6 grams. Materials Extra set of double-pointed needles in US size 4 / 3.5 mm. This is optional as you can use the US 5 / 3.75 mm if you don’t have an extra set. Locking stitch markers Fiber fill One set of 5mm safety eyes. Warning: Safety eyes are considered a choking hazard for babies and young children. Used embroidered French knots if concerned. Black embroidery floss of crochet cotton #3 for mouth embroidery Yarn needle Waste yarn 1-inch square of pink wool felt for the nose Three 1/2-inch buttons Sewing needle and thread for attaching buttons (I used red thread.) Sewing needle and pink or white thread for attaching the felt nose, and black thread or one strand of embroidery floss for the nostrils.