Gnelson the Pirate

A big fan of both the Horatio Hornblower and the Temeraire series, Gnelson leapt at the chance to add a little swashbuckling swagger to his style for the masquerade ball. Rummaging in his attic, he pulled out his great uncle’s baldric and is ready to jig his way through the evening!

He’s available separately or as part of the Grimblewoods Collection Volume 2.

This version includes directions for a knitted sword if you cannot source a small prop sword!

Available in English and German.

Size

Height: 6” / 15 cm

Skills Used

•knit and purl in the round 

•k2tog, ssk, CDD 

•kfb, kfbf, M1L, M1R 

•slipping sts 

•picking up sts 

•i-cord 

•grafting

Materials

•Fingering Weight Yarn 

madelinetosh Unicorn Tails (100% Superwash Merino Wool); 52 yd. / 47 m per 12 g 

colours shown: 

C1 Onyx - 2 skeins (black) 

C2 Antler - 1 skein (white) 

C3 Sinfully Decadent - 1 skein (brown) 

C4 Liquid Gold - 1 skein (yellow) 

C5 Pavement - 1 skein (grey)

•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 using smaller needles plus needles 0.25 mm larger

•Notions 

yarn needle, removable stitch markers, roving/polyfill stuffing, weighted stuffing, miniature sword approx. 3.5” / 9 cm OR grey yarn (C5) for knitting sword + pipe cleaner

Approximate Fingering Weight Yardage

(with a 15% buffer) 

C1: 84 yd. / 76 m (20 g) 

C2: 38 yd. / 35 m (9 g) 

C3: 52 yd. / 47 m (12 g) 

C4: 17 yd. / 16 m (4 g) 

C5: 9 yd. / 8 m (2 g)

This pattern has been tech edited and test knit.