[NFB-Blind-Crafters] Knitted Gnome Class Saturday June 20 and 27 at 12:00 PM

[mother27dragon at gmail.com]

I love crocheting gnomes!  So many patterns and colors to choose from.  I don’t knit, but I am sure they will be stinkin cute!

 

ReNae

 

 

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Hi Tracy M.

This sounds like fun!

Can gnomes be any colors?  Are there more usual colors for them?

I bought a yarn pack from Knitpicks for amigurumi, which has small skeins of several colors, but I’m not sure which to choose.

Tracy Carcione

 

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Subject: Re: [NFB-Blind-Crafters] Knitted Gnome Class Saturday June 20 and 27 at 12:00 PM

 

Hello:

 

On Saturday June 20 and 27 at 12:00 PM Easter Standard Time, I will be teaching you how to knit a gnome. They are cute and fun to knit. Below are the skills you need.

 

NFB KNITTED GNOME
 
Based on Sarah Schira'S patterns
Modified by Tracy Mousseau, Moose-sew Knits, June 2026
 
What you need to know:
Knit and Purl
Work in the round.
I-cord
Increase and decrease
 
Gnomes are a delight to knit and bring pleasure and happiness to the knitter and person receiving them. Make them to hang, stand unpuported or as a toy.
 
MATERIALS
 
Worsted Weight yarn:
Colour A, 10 grams / 1oz for Hat
Colour B, 10 grams / 1oz for Body and Arms
Colour C, 5 grams / 1/2oz for Beard and Nose
Knitting needles:
Three 3.75 mm 40cm (US 5, 16in) circular knitting needles
or Four 3.75 mm (US 5) double-pointed knitting needles
Two 4 mm (US US 6) double-pointed knitting needle for beard and armd
Tapestry needle
Removable stitch marker
Clean Polyester stuffing
Metal washers or glass stones for weight at bottom of gnome to help stand unsupported
 
TENSION
A firm fabric so the stuffing does not show between the stitches.
 
PATTERN NOTES 
Use two of the double- pointed knitting needles to work the I-cord at the top of the Hat and the Arms.
Use four double-pointed or three 40cm / 16 inch circular knitting needles to knit in the round.
 
ABBREVIATIONS 
dec - decrease
dpn - double-pointed needle
inc - increase
K - knit
K2tog - knit two sts together (1 st dec)
Kfb - knit into front and back of stitch.
MB - make bobble
ndl - needle
P - purl
sl1P - slip 1 stitch purlwise
psso - pass slip stitch over
rem - remin[ing]
rep - repeat
rnd - round
RS - right side
st[s] - stitch[es]
st-st - stocking stitch
WS - wrong side.
 
ssK - slip slip knit: slip the next 2 stitches one by one knitwise, insert the tip of the left needle, from left to right, into the fronts of those two stitches and knit them together (1 stitch decrease)
Or you can K2tog through the back loop.
 
5-Stitch Bobble: Knit into the front,  the back, the front, the back, the front. This turns 1 stitch into 5 stitches.
Working on these 5 stitches: Turn work and P5.
Turn, K5.
Turn, P5.
Next row: Sl1P, K1, K2tog, psso - 3 stitches.
Next row: Sl1P, K2tog, psso - back to 1 stitch.
 
I-cord: Using two dpns, cast on 3 or 4 stitches. * holding needle in your left hand, slip stitches to righthand end of needle and knit the 4 stitches pulling the yarn snug. Repeat from * until I-cord is desired length. I-cord is worked with the right side facing you at all times. After a few rounds, work will begin to form a tube. Then cut yarn leaving a 4 inch tail. Thread tail onto tapestry needle and draw through the stitches from right to left.
 
Tracy Mousseau
 
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