Freya the Any Yarn Gnome/Gonk

Welcome to my instructable for a real yarn stash busting stuffed Gnome.

The great thing about this project is you can use any combination of colours and any yarn type that you have in your stash.

The thicker the yarn the bigger the Gnome will be.

The only real rule is if you start with bulky/chunky you need to complete the rest in the same yarn type.

You could swap out the hair and flowers and trims and just add strands of wool over the nose before sewing on the hat to make a matching boy gnome, or a Freddie Gnome :-)

Have fun.

You will need:-

Body 10-20g of any yarn of your choice

Hat 10-20g of the same yarn type

Oddments of yarn for the flowers, hair, nose and trims.

Hook size - use a size down for the one recommended for the yarn. For example, in the one shown in this instructable I used DK (double knit) and used a 3mm hook.

Toy stuffing

Yarn needle

Pins

Stitches/Techniques Used:-

Magic Ring

SC = Single Crochet

DC = Double Crochet

BLO = Back loops only

FLO = Front loops only

Ch = Chain

Sl St = Slip stitch

Body/Head:-

1. Make a Magic Ring. 6 x SC in loop (6)

2. SC Inc around (12)

3. (SC in next, Inc in next) around (18)

4. (SC in next 2 sts, Inc in next) around (24)

5. (SC in next 3 sts, Inc in next) around (30)

6. SC in BLO around (30)

7-9. SC around (30)

10. SC in BLO around (30)

11-12. SC around (30)

13. (SC in next 3 sts, SC-dec) around (24)

14. SC around (24)

15. (SC in next 2 sts, SC-dec) around (18)

16. SC around (18)

Start to stuff firmly and continue to stuff until the end.

17. (SC in next 1 sts, SC-dec) around (12)

18. SC around (12)

19. SC-dec around (6)

Fasten off

Skirt Trim:-

Attach yarn to the first FLO in the 10th row of the body.

Ch 3 and sl st in the next. Continue around finishing will a sl st into the first Ch 3's FLO.

Fasten off.

Hat:-

Ch 25 and sl st into 1st chain from hook

1 -3. SC around (25)

4. (SC in the next 3 sts, SC-dec) around (20)

5-6. SC around (20)

7. (SC in the next 2 sts, SC-dec) around (15)

8-10. SC around (15)

11. (SC in the next st, SC-dec) around (10)

12-14. SC around (10)

15. SC-dec around (5)

16-17. SC around (5)

Cut yarn and with a needle sew through the opposite st and fasten off.

Hat Trim:-

Attach yarn to the back of the hat in the FLO of the chain made to start the hat.

Ch 2 Sl St into the next FLO. Continue around finishing with a sl st into the first Ch 2's FLO.

Fasten off leaving a long tail for sewing.

Nose:-

1. Make a magic ring. SC x 4 into ring (4)

2. SC Inc around (8)

3. SC around (8)

4. SC-dec around (4)

Fasten off with a long tail for sewing.

Hair:-

Cut 9 lengths of yarn around 40cm each.

Knot the lengths in the middle.

Plait each end and fasten with a knot.

Add a different colour yarn to the ends and tie with a bow.

Flowers:-

Make as many as you like.

Ch 8

3 x DC in 3rd ch from hook

1 x SC in next

Continue with 3 x DC in next, 1 SC in next until the end.

Fasten off with a long tail.

Roll into a flower shape and sew to keep in place.

Nose:-

Pop hat on the head and place nose so the rim of the hat sits over the nose (see image). Secure nose with a pin.

Remove hat and sew nose in place using the long tail.

Hair:-

Secure the middle knot to the top of the head (see image) and sew in place.

Hat:-

Place hat on top of the head so that it sits on the nose (see image). Using the long tail from trim, sew in place along the trim.

Flowers:-

Sew each flower in place on the hat using the long tail.