Gnome News Is Good News

Gnimble is a reporter for the local newspaper, “Gnome News Is Good News”. (And can’t we just agree that it is a marvellous fact that gnome news really is good news?) He enjoys talking to local sources (although gnomes call them friends), finding out the latest scoops (like “Little Gnipper eats triple-scoop pumpkin ice-cream cone!”), and writing articles.

Available in English and German.

Gnimble is a fun gnome designed to showcase bold yarns like self-striping and variegated colourways.

Key Dates

Thursday, April 18: Clue 1 

Saturday, April 20: Clue 2 

Tuesday, April 23: Clue 3 

Friday, April 26: Clue 4 

Monday, April 29: Clue 5 

Sunday, June 16: last day to enter for prizes 

Monday, June 17: prizes announced and final PDF released

Skills Used

•knit and purl 

•working in the round 

•short rows 

•provisional cast-on 

•picking up sts 

•grafting 

•k2tog, ssk 

•kfb, kfb-M, M1L, M1R, pfb

Do any of those skills make you feel like ‍😵‍💫? You know I’ve got the video tutorials to make you feel 🥳

Gauge

28 stitches and 44 rows = 10 cm in stockinette in the round on smaller needles

Materials

•Yarn

If you’re shopping for minis, you’ll need three 20g minis of fingering weight yarn. You’ll want: 

C1) 20g self-striping 

C2) 20g solid or semi-solid yarn, possibly subtly speckled but keep this calm so your self-striping can strut its stuff 

C3) 20g for hand/beard/nose-type uses.

More detailed information is in the preknitalong PDF available to download when you buy the pattern right now.

•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. 

Note: if you are using magic loop, you will need an extra needle for the grafting.

•Notions

yarn needle, removable stitch markers, scrap yarn, crochet hook, roving/polyfill stuffing, weighted stuffing like poly pellets/aquarium gravel/dried beans

NOTE: the crochet hook is only for the provisional cast-on. There is no crochet in this gnome. Also, you can do any provisional cast-on if you have a method you are already comfortable with.

Participating Dyers

These dyers have seen the finished gnome and have put together sets of yarn for you. Knowing the secret details and having expert colour sense means you can rely on them to guide you to gnomish happiness. They’ve got great taste! Click their names to see their combos.

Canada

Area 51 Fibres - Self-striping 

Sea Turtle Fiber Arts - Variegated

US

Emma’s Yarn - Both 

Geektastic Fibers - Self-striping 

Knitterly Things - Self-striping 

Leading Men Fiber Arts -Variegated 

Marianated Yarns - Variegated 

Miss Babs Hand Dyed Yarns - Variegated 

Woolens and Nosh - Self-striping

Europe

CloudberryYarns - Variegated 

ScreamingColours - Both 

Wintertagtraum - Variegated

Asia-Pacific

glenheavenknits - Both 

Heathermaid - Both

This pattern has been tech edited and test knit.