Grab your crochet hooks and colorful yarn, and let’s make a charming Amigurumi Gnome Ornament! These delightful little gnomes add a whimsical touch to any holiday decor, and they're perfect for hanging on your Christmas tree. With just a few basic stitches and some simple materials, you can whip up a cute gnome that everyone will adore.
Crochet Gnome Ornament
Materials Needed:
Yarn:
- Baby Snug yarn in pink (for the hat) and soft sand (for the body and nose). Medium weight yarn in white (for the beard).
Crochet Hooks:
- 5.5 mm (for the body and hat), 4 mm (for the hat brim).
Others:
- Scissors, fabric pins, stitch marker, ribbon (for hanging), fiber fill, darning needle, and a brush with metal bristles (for beard).
Gnome Body & Hat Pattern :
Round 1:
- Start with 'soft sand' colored yarn. Create a magic ring and place 6 single crochets (sc) into it. Close the ring.
Round 2:
- Increase round - Place 2 sc in each stitch around. You should end up with 12 stitches.
After Round 3:
- Single crochet in one stitch and increase in the next. Repeat this around for a total of 18 stitches.
Rounds 4-7:
- Single crochet 18 around for four rounds.
Round 8:
- Change to pink yarn for the hat. Single crochet 18 around with the new color.
For Round 9:
- Single crochet in the next seven stitches, then decrease. Repeat once more for a total of 16 stitches.
Round 10:
- Single crochet 16 around.
Round 11:
- Single crochet in the next six stitches, then decrease. Repeat once more for a total of 14 stitches.
In Round 12:
- Single crochet 14 around.
Round 13:
- Single crochet in the next five stitches, then decrease. Repeat once more for a total of 12 stitches.
Round 14:
- Single crochet 12 around. Begin to stuff the body around this point.
In Round 15:
- Single crochet in the next four stitches, then decrease. Repeat once more for a total of 10 stitches.
Round 16:
- Single crochet 10 around. Continue stuffing as needed.
Round 17:
- Single crochet in the next three stitches, then decrease. Repeat once more for a total of 8 stitches.
For Round 18:
- Single crochet 8 around. Finish stuffing.
Round 19:
- Single crochet in the next two stitches, then decrease. Repeat once more for a total of 6 stitches. Finish off, weaving in ends.
Hat Brim:
- Work directly into round 8 of the body, using the 4 mm hook and pink yarn:
- Place a slip knot on your hook, identify the point of color change, and begin there to maintain the pattern cleanly.
- Single crochet in each of the 18 stitches from round 8 with the new color.
- Switch back to the 5.5 mm hook. Do an increase round: Single crochet in the next two stitches, then perform an increase. Repeat around.
- Continue with rounds, gradually increasing as described in the video until the brim is complete. Finish off.
Nose:
- Using 'soft sand' yarn:
- Start with a magic ring.
Round 1:
- Place 6 sc into the ring.
Round 2:
- Single crochet in the next two stitches, then increase. Repeat for 8 stitches.
After Round 3:
- Single crochet 8 around.
Round 4:
- Single crochet in the next two stitches, then decrease. Repeat. Finish off, leaving a tail for sewing.
Beard:
- Using medium weight white yarn, wrap around 20 times (adjust for fuller beard), cut, and tie as individual strands around the face area.
- Use a metal-bristled brush to fluff out the yarn ends to look like a beard.
Assembly:
- Sew the nose directly below the hat brim.
- Attach the beard around the nose by tying the yarn strands securely and then fluffing them out.
- Weave in all loose ends securely.
- Attach a ribbon loop to the top for hanging.
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