Gnumpkin and Gnettle

n the lands of Willowdell, where dozens of streams crisscross each other in meandering paths and the gardens burst with good things to eat, the gnomes have a particularly gourd-geous look to them.

LANGUAGES: English and German

SEATED HEIGHT: 5.75” / 14.5 cm

SKILLS USED

•knit and purl 

•working in the round 

•kfb, kfb-M, M1L, M1R, RLI 

•k2tog, ssk, ssk-M, CDD 

•working through the back loop 

•slipping sts 

Many tutorial videos are linked in the patterns.

MATERIALS

Yarn

•3 colours of Fingering Weight Yarn 

Baa-realis Fibre Tweed Sock (85% merino, 15% nylon); 74 yd / 68 m per 20 g skein;

Gnumpkin Yarn and Yardage

C1 Stem - 74 yd. / 67 m (17 g) 

C2 Pumpkin - 87 yd. / 79 m (20 g) 

C3 Natural - 30 yd. / 28 m (7 g)

Gnettle Yarn and Yardage

C1 Charcoal -C1 - 70 yd. / 63 m (16 g) 

C2 Pumpkin- 87 yd. / 79 m (20 g) 

C3 Witchy Green - 39 yd. / 36 m (9 g)

•Needles 

US 1 / 2.25 mm and US 1.5 / 2.5 mm needles for knitting small circumference in the round, or size needed to get gauge.

•Notions 

cardboard or thin plastic (optional), yarn needle, removable stitch markers, scrap yarn, fluffy stuffing like roving/polyfill

NOTE 

During the mystery knitalong, DK kits were provided and many projects have been knit using DK if you’d like to browse them for yardage and needle suggestions, click here.

This pattern has been tech edited and test knit.