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</o:shapelayout></xml><![endif]--></head><body lang=EN-US link="#0563C1" vlink="#954F72" style='word-wrap:break-word'><div class=WordSection1><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt'>I love crocheting gnomes! So many patterns and colors to choose from. I don\u2019t knit, but I am sure they will be stinkin cute!<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt'>ReNae<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><div><div style='border:none;border-top:solid #E1E1E1 1.0pt;padding:3.0pt 0in 0in 0in'><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif'>From:</span></b><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif'> NFB-Blind-Crafters <nfb-blind-crafters-bounces@nfbnet.org> <b>On Behalf Of </b>Tracy Carcione via NFB-Blind-Crafters<br><b>Sent:</b> Tuesday, June 16, 2026 10:13 AM<br><b>To:</b> 'List for Blind Crafters and Artists' <nfb-blind-crafters@nfbnet.org><br><b>Cc:</b> carcione@access.net<br><b>Subject:</b> Re: [NFB-Blind-Crafters] Knitted Gnome Class Saturday June 20 and 27 at 12:00 PM<o:p></o:p></span></p></div></div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif'>Hi Tracy M.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif'>This sounds like fun!<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif'>Can gnomes be any colors? Are there more usual colors for them?<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif'>I bought a yarn pack from Knitpicks for amigurumi, which has small skeins of several colors, but I\u2019m not sure which to choose.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif'>Tracy Carcione<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><div><div style='border:none;border-top:solid #E1E1E1 1.0pt;padding:3.0pt 0in 0in 0in'><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif'>From:</span></b><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif'> NFB-Blind-Crafters <<a href="mailto:nfb-blind-crafters-bounces@nfbnet.org">nfb-blind-crafters-bounces@nfbnet.org</a>> <b>On Behalf Of </b>Tracy Mousseau via NFB-Blind-Crafters<br><b>Sent:</b> Sunday, June 14, 2026 9:39 AM<br><b>To:</b> Tracy Carcione via NFB-Blind-Crafters <<a href="mailto:nfb-blind-crafters@nfbnet.org">nfb-blind-crafters@nfbnet.org</a>><br><b>Cc:</b> Tracy Mousseau <<a href="mailto:tracy.mousseau@gmail.com">tracy.mousseau@gmail.com</a>><br><b>Subject:</b> Re: [NFB-Blind-Crafters] Knitted Gnome Class Saturday June 20 and 27 at 12:00 PM<o:p></o:p></span></p></div></div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p>Hello:<o:p></o:p></p><p><o:p> </o:p></p><p>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.<o:p></o:p></p><p><o:p> </o:p></p><pre>NFB KNITTED GNOME<o:p></o:p></pre><pre><o:p> </o:p></pre><pre>Based on Sarah Schira'S patterns<o:p></o:p></pre><pre>Modified by Tracy Mousseau, Moose-sew Knits, June 2026<o:p></o:p></pre><pre><o:p> </o:p></pre><pre>What you need to know:<o:p></o:p></pre><pre>Knit and Purl<o:p></o:p></pre><pre>Work in the round.<o:p></o:p></pre><pre>I-cord<o:p></o:p></pre><pre>Increase and decrease<o:p></o:p></pre><pre><o:p> </o:p></pre><pre>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.<o:p></o:p></pre><pre><o:p> </o:p></pre><pre>MATERIALS<o:p></o:p></pre><pre><o:p> </o:p></pre><pre>Worsted Weight yarn:<o:p></o:p></pre><pre>Colour A, 10 grams / 1oz for Hat<o:p></o:p></pre><pre>Colour B, 10 grams / 1oz for Body and Arms<o:p></o:p></pre><pre>Colour C, 5 grams / 1/2oz for Beard and Nose<o:p></o:p></pre><pre>Knitting needles:<o:p></o:p></pre><pre>Three 3.75 mm 40cm (US 5, 16in) circular knitting needles<o:p></o:p></pre><pre>or Four 3.75 mm (US 5) double-pointed knitting needles<o:p></o:p></pre><pre>Two 4 mm (US US 6) double-pointed knitting needle for beard and armd<o:p></o:p></pre><pre>Tapestry needle<o:p></o:p></pre><pre>Removable stitch marker<o:p></o:p></pre><pre>Clean Polyester stuffing<o:p></o:p></pre><pre>Metal washers or glass stones for weight at bottom of gnome to help stand unsupported<o:p></o:p></pre><pre><o:p> </o:p></pre><pre>TENSION<o:p></o:p></pre><pre>A firm fabric so the stuffing does not show between the stitches.<o:p></o:p></pre><pre><o:p> </o:p></pre><pre>PATTERN NOTES <o:p></o:p></pre><pre>Use two of the double- pointed knitting needles to work the I-cord at the top of the Hat and the Arms.<o:p></o:p></pre><pre>Use four double-pointed or three 40cm / 16 inch circular knitting needles to knit in the round.<o:p></o:p></pre><pre><o:p> </o:p></pre><pre>ABBREVIATIONS <o:p></o:p></pre><pre>dec - decrease<o:p></o:p></pre><pre>dpn - double-pointed needle<o:p></o:p></pre><pre>inc - increase<o:p></o:p></pre><pre>K - knit<o:p></o:p></pre><pre>K2tog - knit two sts together (1 st dec)<o:p></o:p></pre><pre>Kfb - knit into front and back of stitch.<o:p></o:p></pre><pre>MB - make bobble<o:p></o:p></pre><pre>ndl - needle<o:p></o:p></pre><pre>P - purl<o:p></o:p></pre><pre>sl1P - slip 1 stitch purlwise<o:p></o:p></pre><pre>psso - pass slip stitch over<o:p></o:p></pre><pre>rem - remin[ing]<o:p></o:p></pre><pre>rep - repeat<o:p></o:p></pre><pre>rnd - round<o:p></o:p></pre><pre>RS - right side<o:p></o:p></pre><pre>st[s] - stitch[es]<o:p></o:p></pre><pre>st-st - stocking stitch<o:p></o:p></pre><pre>WS - wrong side.<o:p></o:p></pre><pre><o:p> </o:p></pre><pre>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)<o:p></o:p></pre><pre>Or you can K2tog through the back loop.<o:p></o:p></pre><pre><o:p> </o:p></pre><pre>5-Stitch Bobble: Knit into the front, the back, the front, the back, the front. This turns 1 stitch into 5 stitches.<o:p></o:p></pre><pre>Working on these 5 stitches: Turn work and P5.<o:p></o:p></pre><pre>Turn, K5.<o:p></o:p></pre><pre>Turn, P5.<o:p></o:p></pre><pre>Next row: Sl1P, K1, K2tog, psso - 3 stitches.<o:p></o:p></pre><pre>Next row: Sl1P, K2tog, psso - back to 1 stitch.<o:p></o:p></pre><pre><o:p> </o:p></pre><pre>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.<o:p></o:p></pre><pre><o:p> </o:p></pre><pre>Tracy Mousseau<o:p></o:p></pre><pre><o:p> </o:p></pre></div></body></html>