Materials needed:
- YarnArt Jeans, 55% cotton, 45% acryl, 50g/160m, next
colors:
- for body – black № 53
- for hat – yellow № 35
- for nose – beige № 07
- for arms – purple № 50
- Some semi-wool or acrylic yarn of any thickness for
beard. - Crochet hook 2 mm or 2.25 mm (US: B, UK:14)
- Holofiber, thick sewing needle, pins.
- Piece of cardboard 4 on 4 inch for gnome’s base.
If you follow this advice your gnome will be 18 cm.
Yarn tip: cotton/acryl or cotton 100%
Abbreviations:
ch – chain stitch
st – stitch
sc – single crochet
hdc – half double crochet
dc – double crochet
tr – treble crochet
sl st – slip stitch
inc – increase, 2 sc in the next sc
dec – decrease, sc2tog, single crochet 2 stitches
together
(16) – number of stitches in a round
(inc, sc)*N – repeat N times
BLO – back loop only
Body. With black yarn.
Start with making a round base. Work in continuous rounds
without slip stitches.
Rnd 1: 7 sc in the MR
Rnd 2: 7 inc (14)
Rnd 3: (inc, 1 sc)7 (21) Rnd 4: (inc, 2 sc)7 (28)
Rnd 5: (inc, 3 sc)7 (35) Rnd 6: (inc, 4 sc)7 (42)
Rnd 7: (inc, 5 sc)7 (49) Rnd 8: (inc, 6 sc)7 (56)
Rnd 9: (inc, 7 sc)7 (63) Сut the base of cardboard. Rnd 10: BLO 63 sc Rnd 11-23: sc in each stitch around 13 rounds. Rnd 24: (dec, 19 sc)3 (60)
Rnd 25: 60 sc
Insert the cardboard base.
Rnd 26: (dec, 13 sc)4 (56) Rnd 27: (dec, 12 sc)4 (52)
Rnd 28: (dec, 11 sc)4 (48) Rnd 29: BLO (dec, 10 sc)4 (44)
Rnd 30: (dec, 9 sc)4 (40) Stuff the body evenly and firmly with the holofiber. Rnd 31: (dec, 8 sc)4 (36)
Rnd 32: (dec, 7 sc)4 (32) Rnd 33: (dec, 6 sc)4 (28
Rnd 34: (dec, 5 sc)4 (24) Rnd 35: (dec, 2 sc)6 (18)
Add some more holofiber.
Rnd 36: (dec, 1 sc)6 (12) Rnd 37: 6 dec (6) Cut the yarn, leave a long end. Close the top using a needle, tie off and hide the end into the body.
Hat.Start with black yarn. Work in continuous rounds without slip stitches. Rnd 1: 6 sc in the MR Rnd 2: 6 sc (6) Rnd 3: (inc, 1 sc)3 (9)
Connect the yellow yarn (don’t cut the black one):
Rnd 4: 9 sc
Rnd 5: (inc, 2 sc)3 (12) Rnd 6: 12 sc With black yarn: Rnd 7: (inc, 3 sc)3 (15)
Rnd 8: 15 sc
Rnd 9: (inc, 4 sc)3 (18) With yellow yarn: Rnd 10: 18 sc Rnd 11: (inc, 5 sc)3 (21)
Rnd 12: 3 sc, (inc, 6 sc)*2, inc, 3 sc (24
With black yarn:
Rnd 13: 24 sc
Rnd 14: (inc, 7 sc)3 (27) Rnd 15: 4 sc,(inc, 8 sc)2, inc, 4 sc
(30)
With yellow yarn:
Rnd 16: 30 sc
Rnd 17: (inc, 9 sc)3 (33) Rnd 18: 5 sc,(inc, 10 sc)2, inc, 5 sc
(36)
With black yarn:
Rnd 19: 36 sc
Rnd 20: (inc, 11 sc)3 (39) Rnd 21: 6 sc,(inc, 12 sc)2, inc, 6 sc
(42)
With yellow yarn:
Rnd 22: 42 sc
Rnd 23: (inc, 13 sc)3 (45) Rnd 24: 7 sc,(inc, 14 sc)2, inc, 14 sc (48)
With black yarn:
Rnd 25: 48 sc
Rnd 26: (inc, 15 sc)3 (51) Rnd 27: 8 sc,(inc, 16 sc)2, inc, 8 sc (54)
With yellow yarn:
Rnd 28: 54 sc
Rnd 29: (inc, 17 sc)3 (57) Rnd 30: 9 sc,(inc, 18 sc)2, inc, 9 sc (60)
With black yarn:
Rnd 31: 60 sc
Rnd 32: (inc, 19 sc)*3 (63
Rnd 33: 10 sc,(inc, 20 sc)2, inc, 10 sc (66) With yellow yarn: Rnd 34: (inc, 21 sc)3 (69)
Rnd 35: 11 sc, (inc, 22 sc)2, inc, 11 sc (72) Rnd 36: (inc, 23 sc)3 (75)
With black yarn:
Rnd 37: 12 sc, (inc, 24 sc)2, inc, 12 sc (78) Rnd 38: (25 sc, inc)3 (81)
Rnd 39: (inc, 2 sc)*27 (108)
Rnd 39: 108 sc
Cut the yarn.
Finish the round in an invisible way: pull the end of yarn
through the last stitch completely, thread the end of yarn
through the needle, skip one stitch and guide the yarn into
the next stitch as shown on the photo.
Insert the needle back in the same hole where the yarn
comes from. Fasten the obtained stitch.
This stitch is called a «closing stitch». When you are
finished, fasten the yarn on the back side of detail.
Emdroidery the buckle on the hat.
Arms. Start with purple yarn.
Rnd 1: 6 sc in the MR, go on in
continuous rounds without slip
stitches.
Rnd 2: 6 inc (12)
Rnd 3: 12 sc
Rnd 4: 5 sc, 1 puff stitch, 6 sc (12)
Rnd 5: 5 sc, dec (two stitches of puff
stitch), 6 sc (12)
Connect the black yarn.
Rnd 6: BLO 12 sc
Rnd 7-18: sc in each stitch around 12
rounds.
Stuff the bottom part of the arm
(palm) with stuffing material, you
don’t have to stuff the top part of
the arm.
Then squeeze the hole of the hand so
that the stitches of the last round
line each other.
Crochet the opposite stitches with 5-6
sc.
Cut the yarn, leave a long end
Nose.
With beige yarn.
Rnd 1: 7 sc in the MR, go on in
continuous rounds without slip
stitches.
Rnd 2: 7 inc (14)
Rnd 3: (inc, 1 sc)7 (21) Rnd 4: (inc, 2 sc)7 (28)
Rnd 5: 28 sc
Rnd 6: (dec, 2 sc)7 (21) Rnd 7: (dec, 1 sc)7 (14)
Rnd 8: 7 dec (7)
Cute the yarn, leave a long end. Add
some holofiber.
Close the top using a needle.
Assembly and decoration.
For beard cut the semi-wool yarn, tie a piece of yarn to
the 6 free loops of 28 round.
Attach the arms to the body with some pins between 28 and
29 rounds of the body.
Attach the center of nose over the beard on the 28 round.
Put on the hat. The tops of arms and nose should be placed
under the hat.
Take off the hat, sew the arms and nose to the body.
Put on the hat and attach it to the body with hidden
stitches.