The Gavle Goat is set to go up soon!

I’ve discussed this poor, beleaguered monument a few times. Some years it survives, but more often than not (about 73%, actually), it goes down. Mostly in flames, although historically it has been run over, collapsed, stolen, or smashed, and last year’s goat was famously picked over by hungry jackdaws, due to the seed-heavy straw used. I don’t have enough data but I have heard a theory that the goat is supposed to be destroyed by some means or another, as a sacrifice to the old gods. (To this point, it survived in 2019, and we all know how the next year went. But then, it was also slowly damaged last year and look how this year went. So who’s to say?)

In related news, I have been spending the year on and off crocheting a little cousin to the big Gavle Goat (pattern here). The gauge is very tight so I have been forced to take breaks, but he is almost done! I expect to be finished in time for Christmas.