R1with milk white: 6 sc in MR(6)
R2inc ×6(12)
R3(1 sc, inc) ×6(18)
R41 sc, (inc, 2 sc) ×5, inc, 1 sc(24)
R5(3 sc, inc) ×6(30)
R62 sc, (inc, 4 sc) ×5, inc, 2 sc(36)
R7(5 sc, inc) ×6(42)
R83 sc, (inc, 6 sc) ×5, inc, 3 sc(48)
R9(7 sc, inc) ×6(54)
R10(BLO)54 sc(54)
R11–1354 sc(54)
R144 sc, (dec, 7 sc) ×5, dec, 3 sc(48)
R1548 sc(48)
R163 sc, (dec, 6 sc) ×5, dec, 3 sc(42)
R17(5 sc, dec) ×6(36)
R182 sc, (dec, 4 sc) ×5, dec, 2 sc(30)
R19(3 sc, dec) ×6(24)
R201 sc, (dec, 2 sc) ×5, dec, 1 sc(18)
R21(1 sc, dec) ×6(12)
R22dec ×6(6)
Size before assembly: about 7.1 cm at the widest, 5 cm long; 22 rounds.
→ Insert the safety eyes now (positions: see “Face”) and fix the backs. Start stuffing (firmly) and keep adding as you decrease.
Top up the stuffing if needed. Fasten off leaving a 15 cm tail; with the needle weave it through the front loops of all 6 stitches of the last round, pull tight and hide the end inside.

R1with horn tan: 3 sc in MR(3)
R21 sc, inc, 1 sc(4)
R33 sc, inc(5)
R42 sc, inc, 2 sc(6)
R55 sc, inc(7)
R63 sc, inc, 3 sc(8)
R77 sc, inc(9)
R84 sc, inc, 4 sc(10)
R9–1010 sc(10)
Size before assembly: about 1.3 cm at the widest, 3.5 cm long; 10 rounds.
Fasten off leaving a long tail (30–40 cm) for sewing. Stuff firmly just before sewing it on; a little less near the edge, then add a pinch when the seam is nearly done. Bend ≈ 125° around round 5. After stuffing, bend the piece so the inner side of the bend faces backward on the finished toy (on the piece: in round 5, 0.5 st from the centre back line, toward the toy's left ). On the inner side draw rounds 4 and 7 together (3 rounds go into the fold): with the needle and matching yarn make 3–4 stitches through the loops of both rounds over about 2 st, pull to the angle and hide the end inside. Bend the second piece as a mirror image.

R1with milk white: 5 sc in MR(5)
R2inc ×2, 1 sc, inc, 1 sc(8)
R3(3 sc, inc) ×2(10)
R4–610 sc(10)
R7(3 sc, dec) ×2(8)
Size before assembly: about 1.3 cm at the widest, 2.3 cm long; 7 rounds.
Fasten off leaving a long tail (30–40 cm) for sewing. Stuff it lightly — a thin layer, just enough to hold the walls apart: the ear about 10.8 mm thick, with thick rounded edges. Then shape it into a spoon: push the front wall toward the back wall — a concave spoon about 1.1 mm deep in front, a rounded back; about 13 mm wide. Keep the opening a curve, hollow side forward, not a straight line.

R1with horn tan: 3 sc in MR(3)
R2inc ×2, 1 sc(5)
R34 sc, inc(6)
R43 sc, inc, 2 sc(7)
R57 sc(7)
Size before assembly: about 0.9 cm at the widest, 1.6 cm long; 5 rounds.
Fasten off leaving a long tail (30–40 cm) for sewing. Stuff lightly, then press the piece slightly flat (oval cross-section; flattened 40 %).

R1with hoof grey: 6 sc in MR(6)
R2(1 sc, inc) ×3(9)
R39 sc(9)
R4(1 sc, dec) ×3(6)
Size before assembly: about 1.1 cm at the widest, 1.5 cm long; 4 rounds.
→ Start stuffing (firmly) and keep adding as you decrease.
Top up the stuffing if needed. Fasten off leaving a 15 cm tail; with the needle weave it through the front loops of all 6 stitches of the last round, pull tight and hide the end inside.

Safety eyes and noses go in before the piece is stuffed and closed (see the pieces above); embroidery is easier before the piece is sewn on.

Safety eyes with a printed glint 9 mm (on the mochi ball): between rounds 15 and 16, 8 st apart (count along round 15: about 4.1 st each side of the centre front line).
Satin stitch (on the mochi ball): in blush pink thread, a oval about 6 mm wide and 4 mm tall, horizontal stitches; centred in round 14, on the centre front line .
Embroidery in dark brown thread (on the mochi ball), straight stitches through: (between rounds 13 and 14, on the centre front line ) → (in round 13, 1 st from the centre front line, toward the toy's right ) → (in round 13, 2 st from the centre front line, toward the toy's right ).
Embroidery in dark brown thread (on the mochi ball), straight stitches through: (between rounds 13 and 14, on the centre front line ) → (in round 13, 1 st from the centre front line, toward the toy's left ) → (in round 13, 2 st from the centre front line, toward the toy's left ).

Goat Mochi Ball

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