The More You Gnome

Gnifty is a star on GBC’s Science Facts for Toadstools and Toddlers. Fun fact: moss doesn’t have roots. Fun fact: fungi allow trees to communicate with each other. Fun fact: Gnifty is so full of fun facts that he’s a three-time champion on the game show Geopardy.

Instructions for the mosaic stitch pattern are provided in written and charted form. Charts are also given with light/dark reversed as an option.

Languages available: English and German

Skills Used 

•knit and purl 

•working in the round 

•provisional cast-on 

•grafting 

•kfb, M1R 

•k2tog, ssk, CDD 

•slipping sts

Many tutorial videos provided. Also, check out the Gnome Schooling tutorials for help with all your gnoming needs!

Size 

Height: 11” / 28 cm (9” / 23 cm without tassel) 

Circumference: 10.75” / 27 cm

Materials 

•Yarn 

3 mini skeins Practically Perfect Smalls (80% merino, 20% nylon); 81 yd / 74 m per 20 g skein; colours shown: 

C1 Whisper 

C2 Volume 

C3 Tealicious

•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 

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

Approximate Yardage 

(with a 15% buffer) 

C1: 51 yd. / 47 m (13 g) 

C2: 75 yd. / 69 m (18 g) 

C3: 75 yd. / 69 m (18 g)

This pattern has been tech edited and test knit.