Geese needlepoint patterns

Geese: a farm goose, a Canada goose with its long dark neck, the goose with the golden eggs, the six geese a-laying of the carol, and Mother Goose.

The farm goose stands in profile; in folk art the farm goose and the Canada goose are each a facing pair. The goose with the golden eggs sits on her nest with three of them in front of her, and the six geese a-laying are shown as one goose on a nest of six eggs. Mother Goose is an old woman in a tall black hat reading a book, with a white goose on each side of her. All are four inches square on 18 mesh, and some can be made round. A pale goose needs a ground with enough color to show it, so pick the background before you buy thread.