Gnoel Gnome

Languages: available in English and German

Colourwork is charted only.

Gnoel runs a scented candle workshop. At this time of year, he loves to combine cardamom, cinnamon, and cloves in his favourite festive candle - *Put A Bow On It*. He is working on a woodsmoke and nutmeg candle he plans to call *Stockings By The Fire*.

A handsome, larger gnome, Gnoel is a great gnome for mantlepieces or porch displays. He’s a great first project for stranded colourwork - after all, wonkiness is gnominess!

Fun Fact: the mittens have no gusset - we do a little trick with an i-cord thumb that gets knit on so we can reduce the fussiness of making tiny mittens.

Skills Used

•knit and purl 

•working in the round and flat

•i-cord

•stranded colourwork

•kfb, kfb-M

•k2tog

•3-needle bind-off

14 video tutorials linked in the pattern, including colourwork basics, tips for assembling Gnoel, and how to work the beard

Size

Height: 15.25” / 39 cm 

Note: testers who used fingering weight yarn reported an average height of 10" / 25 cm

Materials

•DK Weight Yarn

Rowan Felted Tweed (50% wool, 25% viscose, 25% alpaca); 191 yd. / 175 m per 50 g skein; 

colours shown:

C1 222 Scarlet (red)

C2 227 Sorbet (light green)

C3 205 Lotus Leaf (dark green)

C4 161 Avocado (medium green)

C5 197 Alabaster (light grey)

Approximate Yardage (with a 15% buffer)

C1: 50 yd. / 46 m (13 g)

C2: 27 yd. / 25 m (7 g)

C3: 104 yd. / 96 m (28 g)

C4: 27 yd. / 25 m (7 g)

C5: 58 yd. / 53 m (15 g)

•Needles 

US 3 / 3.25 mm and US 4 / 3.5 mm for working small circumference in the round or size needed to get gauge plus one size up. The body has a large number of sts and DPN knitters will want to have either a set of longer DPNS (eg. 8” / 20 cm) or a set of at least 5.

•Notions

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

This pattern has been tech edited and test knit.