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Crochet Christmas Gnome - Free crochet

pattern - Yarnhild.com

Hi friends! I am so happy to introduce my latest free crochet pattern, and since

Christmas is coming soon, I’ve decided to make a crochet Christmas
gnome! Gnomes are charming creatures and if you fill him with something heavy
he will do an excellent job as a door stopper! Stitch up one for your self or make
more in different sizes and give it away for Christmas, because these little guys
make great gifts! The pattern for the crochet Christmas gnome is an easy one, and
because he is crocheted with double strands of yarn, you can stitch him up
quite fast too!

If you do decide to make one, would be so happy if you show me a picture on

Facebook or tag me on Instagram! It is always nice to see your versions! Also if be
sure to follow me on Facebook so you don’t miss any of my FREE patterns! I am
also active on Instagram where you can see what’s going on behind the scenes!

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I made his beard with the one of my favourite stitches, the loop stitches! If you
have been following my blog maybe you have noticed, that I’ve made many

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patterns with the loop stitches like the hedgehog, hairy scary monsters or the loop
stitch sheep. I have included the loop stitches this time too and I will also post a
Video on my blog soon!

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which goes back to supporting my blog

What is a gnome?
If you’ve been following my blog you might know that I am from Norway and in
Norway Santa Claus is actually called “Nisse” (Nisse = Gnome). The word nisse
has its origin from the name Nils or Niels which is the nordic form of the name
Nikolaus. My grandfather was actually named Nils and this is still a common
name in Scandinavia.

A long time ago, people in Scandinavia used to belive in gnomes, called in

Norwegian “Fjøsnisse”, (fjøs=Cowshed, nisse=Gnome). Back in the day, people
did believe in the Nisse and they also believed that he was really small, like the
size of a rabbit or so, dressed in grey clothes, wearing a red hat and he had a long
white beard. They also believed that he was watching and taking care of the
animals and the gnomes could be a helpful little servant on the farm, if he was
treaded well and given food and something to drink. If not however, they could be
moody and behave badly and even hurt the people and the animals living on the
farm. Therefore it was best to treat the gnomes well to stay on their good side!

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I really would love to hear, what kind of Christmas traditions you did grew up
with? Please leave a comment or write me on Facebook! Now that you have

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learned a little about the gnome, it’s finally time to stitch up some – but be
warned, gnomes likes to be treaded well, so be kind to him;)

Purchase the pattern here:

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Or scroll for the free pattern.

Abbreviations used:

ch – chain
yo – yarn over
st – stitch
sl st – slip stitch
sc – single crochet
inc – Increase ( single crochet increase, two single crochet in one stitch)
dec – Decrease ( to single crochet together)
Rnd – round
Lp st – loop stitch
BLO -Back loop only

Materials

Yarn Group: C (16 – 19 stitches) / 10 ply / aran / worsted

Weight/length: 50 g = approx 75
Color, dark grey (24) off white (17) rusty-red (37) white (16)
You need a 100 g/3,5 oz of nr. 24 (dark grey), ca. 2,4 oz of 37 (rusty-red) ca.
1 oz of white (16) and 10 g/0,3 oz off nr. 17 off white
Hook size 4,5mm/G 6,5mm/K and 7 mm/10,75. For example these amazing
hooks from Clover Amour Crochet Hooks
Some filling material
Sand or rice and a plastic bag
Tapestry needle
Scissors

Crochet Christmas Gnome pattern

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Notes about this pattern

The pattern is written in US terms.

The beard, body and the hat are crocheted with double strands of yarn. If you
want the beard to be even thicker use a thinner yarn and 4 strands instead of 2.
The nose is crocheted with one strand of yarn. Finished size is about 14,5 inches/
39 cm. The body, hat and nose are made in continuous rounds. Skill level:
advanced beginner.

Extra help

How to do the loop stitch.

Body

Color dark gray

Hook size 7 mm/10,75

Use double strands of yarn.

Rnd 1) 6 sc in a magic ring.

Rnd 2) 2 sc in each stitch. (12 sc)

Rnd 3) * 1 sc, inc. * Repeat from *-*(18 sc)

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Rnd 4) * 2 sc, inc. * (24 sc)

Rnd 5) * 3 sc, inc *(30 sc)

Rnd 6) * 4 sc, inc. *(36 sc)

Rnd 7) 1 sc in each stitch in the back loop only (36 sc)

Rnd 8-25) 1 sc in each stitch for a total of 18 rounds (36 sc). Crochet 13 rounds of
you want to make the gnome smaller and skip to round 26.

Grab a small plastic bag and fill it with something heavy like rice or sand. Make
sure that the bag is without holes! Secure it well! Put the bag in the body.

Rnd 26) * 4 sc, sc2tog* (30 sc)

Rnd 27) *3 sc, sc2tog* (24 sc)

Stuff the rest of the body with some filling material.

Rnd 28) *2 sc, sc2tog* (18 sc)

Rnd 29) *1 sc, sc2tog * (12 sc)

Rnd 30) sc2tog x6. (6 sc) Cut of yarn and weave in ends.

Nose, color off white

Work with one strand of yarn and a 4,5mm/G crochet hook

Rnd 1) 6 sc in a magic ring. (6 sc)

Rnd 2) 2 sc in each stitch. (12 sc)

Rnd 3) * 1 sc, inc. * Repeat from *-*(18 sc)

Rnd 4) * 2 sc, inc. * (24 sc)

Rnd 5) * 3 sc, inc. *(30 sc)

Rnd 6) *3 sc, sc2tog* (24 sc)

Rnd 7) *2 sc, sc2tog* (18 sc)

Start stuffing the nose here.

Rnd 8) *1 sc, sc2tog* (12 sc)

Rnd 9) sc2tog x 6 (6 sc). Cut of yarn, leave a longer strand and weave in ends.

Hat, color rusty red.

Hook size 7 mm/10,75

Use double strand of yarn.

Rnd 1) 6 sc in a magic ring. (6 sc)

Rnd 2 – 8) 1 sc in each sc for 7 rounds. (6 sc)

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Rnd 9-14) Increase in first stitch, sc to end of round. Repeat until you have 12 sc.

Rnd 15) *2 sc, inc* (16 sc)

Rnd 16) *3 sc, inc.* (20 sc)

Rnd 17) *4 sc, inc.* (24 sc)

Rnd 18) *5 sc, inc.* (28 sc)

Rnd 19-21) 1 sc in each stitch around for 3 rounds. (28 sc)

Rnd 22) *6 sc, inc* (32 sc)

Rnd 23-25)1 sc in each stitch around for 3 rounds. (32 sc)

Rnd 26) *7 sc, inc* (36 sc)

Rnd 27-29) 1 sc in each stitch around for 3 rounds. (36 sc)

Cut the yarn but leave a long strand. You are going to use the strand to sew the hat
to the body.

Beard, color white

Use double strand of yarn

Row 1) Chain 13, turn.

Row 2) 1 lp st in each chain. Chain 1, turn. (12 lp st)

Row 3) 1 sc in each lp st for the entire row. Chain 1 turn. (12 sc)

Row 4) l lp st in each sc for the entire row. Chain 1, turn (12 lp st)

Row 5) sc2tog. 1 sc in the next 8 lp st, sc2tog. (10 sc)

Row 6) 1 lp st in each sc for the entire row. Chain 1, turn. (10 lp st)

Row 7) sc2tog, 1 sc in the next 6 sc, sc2tog. (8 sc)

Row 8-10) 1 lp st in each sc for the entire row. Chain 1 turn. (8 lp st)

If you want your beard to be longer just repeat row 8 two times.

Row 11) sc2tog, 1 sc in the next 4 sc, sc2tog. (6 sc)

Cut the yarn and weave in ends.

Assembly

Sew the nose to the top of the beard.

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Place the hat on the head like on the picture.

Skip a couple of rows and attach the had like I’m showing on the picture.

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Attach the beard right under the hat.

That was the pattern for the Christmas gnome!

I hope that you liked it and I would love to hear your opinion about the pattern for
the Crochet Christmas Gnome! Leave a comment below or just write me on
Facebook!

Have a nice day!

XO

Ragnhild

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