Gnandad's Grand Adventure

Gnandad, aka Gnorland Gnackwell, is a gnome of many hobbies. A quilter, a photographer, a skier, and now a traveller. He features a slipped stitch pattern mimicking embroidery for his fancy, festive holiday clothes. You never use more than one colour per round. An Estonian braid serves as his belt.

Along with the pattern, you also have access to the Extras file (recipes, colouring page, bookmarks, code for free cowl pattern) and the Storybook file.

Skills Used

•knit and purl 

•working in the round 

•slipping sts 

•i-cord 

•kfb, RLI, LLI 

•k2tog, ssk 

•Estonian braid 

•3-needle bind-off 

There are a lot of tutorial videos included in the pattern for techniques and assembly.

Materials

•Fingering Weight Yarn 

4 mini skeins Little Squirrel Yarn Oak Sock Acorns (75% superwash merino, 25% recycled nylon); 87 yd. / 80 m per 20 g skein;

colours shown: 

C1 Petrol 

C2 Tinsel 

C3 Marshmallow 

C4 Flint

•Needles  

US 1 / 2.25 mm and US 1.5 / 2.5 mm for working small circumference in the round

•Notions 

wooden skis approx. 6” by 0.5”- 0.75” / 15 cm by 1.5-2 cm wide or popsicle stick/craft stick (optional), yarn needle, stitch markers, roving/polyfill stuffing, weighted stuffing like poly pellets/aquarium gravel/dried beans

Approximate Yardage

(with a 15% buffer) 

C1 - 57 yd. / 52 m (13 g) 

C2 - 57 yd. / 52 m (13 g) 

C3 - 35 yd. / 32 m (8 g) 

C4 - 39 yd. / 36 m (9 g)

Gauge

30 sts and 44 rounds = 4” / 10 cm in stockinette stitch in the round on smaller needles

Size

Height: 11” / 28 cm 

Circumference at bottom: 9.5” / 24 cm

This pattern has been tech edited and test knit.