Gnomes, of the knitted variety
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Thanks! I just finished that one tonight. It was really fast since the yarn was held double throughout. The colours are much better in daylight and although I wasn’t too sure about the colour combinations to start with, I quite like how it turned out.Oh, I like the green one
That’s what it’s doing right now, on the mantelpiece. I fancy doing one in brighter colours holding a fishing rod.Such good fun!
Could see that purple one sat on a shelf peering down.
Another month, another gnome. Overall, I’m happy with the result, even if all that cabling on the hat made it a very slow knit. Luckily blocking evened out most of the wobbles. And the less said about that beard the better.
I noticed I haven’t been updating this thread, so here are some more gnomes from this year:
Another month, another gnome. Same pattern as last month this time but still a very unique looking gnome.
Absolutely love these little fellas.
Do you knit them in the round on sock kneedles?
I'm going to have a go at designing and making a little chap myself.
I've just adapted some little knitted "dude" dolls, (a simple knitted oblong, colour changes for shoes, trousers, tops, face and hat, sewn into a tube and features embroidered on) into soldiers for an xmas present for a little chap I know.
Do you knit them in the round on sock kneedles?
I'm going to have a go at designing and making a little chap myself.
I've just adapted some little knitted "dude" dolls, (a simple knitted oblong, colour changes for shoes, trousers, tops, face and hat, sewn into a tube and features embroidered on) into soldiers for an xmas present for a little chap I know.
They are rather cute, aren’t they?
I wasn’t setting out to buy so many of Sarah’s patterns (https://www.imaginedlandscapes.com/design-gallery/gnomes/) but I think they are both cleverly thought-out and fun to make, so why not. If any one’s interested they are only $8 CAD (so about £4.80) and on Ravelry they’re available as buy 4 - get the 4th one free.
The basic design is to cast on for the brim, knitting in the round and making decreases to form the hat, then pick up stitches on the inside just above the brim and knit the body down as it were, stuff and close up with a set of decreases that make what I think of as pinwheel to make the base. Arms made out of i-cord as well as the nose and beard are made separately and sown onto the body.
Most of mine are knitted using light fingering or fingering weight yarn (so 3 or 4-ply) and short 15 cm DPNs (2.25-2.50 mm). I started out on my ordinary 20 cm long DPNs that I use for socks, but it was a bit too unwieldy.
Another month, another gnome (although there will be two in December actually). Same pattern as before, but still quite unique.
Haha, well this latest one is staying here with Dad and the one before that is a Christmas present for my brother. Most of the others are hanging out on our mantle piece for the time being. I’m planning on a few more, but I’m not going to be making one a month next year, that’s for sure. I’ve got too many other projects planned.
Latest gnome was an advent MKAL (mystery knit-a-long) with an "underhat" and three different hats to choose from.
Colours are a bit off because of the lighting, so a bit more cheerful in real life.
Colours are a bit off because of the lighting, so a bit more cheerful in real life.
