Gnome Amigurumi Crochet Pattern

Instructions

1. Follow the "Gnome Hat" crochet pattern to crochet the pointed cone hat of the gnome with red yarn. Follow the "Gnome Body" crochet pattern to crochet the body with brown, white, and red yarns. Tie a jingle bell to the body. (2.Fig & 3.Fig)
2. Wrap the bigger styrofoam ball with white fuzzy yarn, this is the head of the gnome. Wrap the smaller ball with peach yarn, this is the nose of the gnome. Glue the ends and part of the yarns with hot glue while wrapping. (4.Fig)
3. Crochet a Snowflake, you may follow this pattern to crochet or use another pattern.
4. To assemble the gnome, glue the nose to the head with a hot glue gun (5.Fig). Then glue the hat to the head (6.Fig & 7.Fig), followed by the snowflake piece (8.Fig). To complete the gnome, glue the body to the head (9.Fig & 10.Fig).
5. Tie a hanging string to the hat if you want to make the gnome a hanging ornament. Otherwise, glue the legs to a wood slice (or something equivalent) for it to stand.

Abbreviations

sc: single crochet

inc: 2sc, increase

GNOME CROCHET PATTERN

Gnome Hat

With Red Yarn:

Round 1: sc 3 in magic ring. {3}

Round 2: [inc] around. {6}

Round 3: sc around. {6}

Round 4: [sc, inc] around. {9}

Round 5: sc around. {9}

Round 6: [sc, inc, sc] around. {12}

Round 7: sc around. {12}

Round 8: [sc3, inc] around. {15}

Round 9: sc around. {15}

Round 10: [sc2, inc, sc2] around. {18}

Round 11: sc around. {18}

Round 12: [sc5, inc] around. {21}

Round 13: sc around. {21}

Round 14: [sc3, inc, sc3] around. {24}

Round 15: sc around. {24}

Round 16: [sc7, inc] around. {27}

Round 17: sc around. {27}

Round 18: [sc4, inc, sc4] around. {30}

Round 19: sc around. {30}

Round 20: [sc9, inc] around. {33}

Round 21: sc around. {33}

Round 22: [sc5, inc, sc5] around. {36}

Round 23: sc around. {36}

Round 24: [sc11, inc] around. {39}

Round 25: sc around. {39}

Round 26: [sc6, inc, sc6] around. {42}

Round 27: sc around. {42}

Round 28: [sc13, inc] around. {45}

Round 29: sc around. {45}

Round 30: [sc7, inc, sc7] around. {48}

Round 31: sc around. {48}

Round 32: [sc15, inc] around. {51}

Round 33: sc around. {51}

Round 34: [sc8, inc, sc8] around. {54}

Round 35: sc around. {54}

Round 36: [sc17, inc] around. {57}

Round 37: sc around. {57}

Round 38: [sc9, inc, sc9] around. {60}

Round 39: sc around. {60}

Round 40: [sc19, inc] around. {63}

Round 41: sc around. {63}

Round 42: [sc10, inc, sc10] around. {66}

Round 43: sc around. {66}

Fasten and weave in ends

Gnome Body

Begin with brown yarn. This pattern is made by joining two leg pieces together.

To make the first leg piece:

Round 1: Sc 8 in magic ring. {8}

Round 2-5: Sc around. {8}

Fasten off and leave a long end for sewing.

To make the second leg piece:

Round 1: Sc 8 in magic ring. {8}

Round 2-5: Sc around. {8}

Round 6: This will be where the two pieces join. Sc in the next 8 sts, then continue on to sc in the sts of the first leg piece. When you reach back to the second leg piece, sc in the remaining sts {32}. (you may use excess yarn from the first piece to tighten any gaps between the two pieces)

Change yarn to white:

Round 7: Sc around. {32}

Change yarn to red:

Round 8 - 13: Sc around. {32}

Fasten off and leave a long end.

Stuff body firmly. Sew the top opening closed flat using the long end.

Don't cut the long end, reserve it for sewing the jingle bell

DETAILS ON HOW TO ASSEMBLE THE GNOME

1.Fig

Prepare all parts for assembly: a red cone hat, body, yarn-wrapped head and nose, snowflake, jingle bell, and tapestry needle with a short length of red yarn.

The hat should be slightly bigger than the head together with the nose. If your hat is smaller, then probably you need to add another few rounds of crochet to make it bigger. You may get the next few rounds from the Cone Tree pattern.

2.Fig

Bring the long end to the middle top and sew a dangling jingle bell.

3.Fig

This is how it looks like after the jingle is sewn.

Remark: Ignore the chain loop next to the jingle bell, it was supposed to be for another plan but I changed my mind after taking this picture.

4.Fig

Bigger ball is wrapped with white fuzzy yarn that meant for the head. The smaller ball is wrapped with peach acrylic yarn as the nose of the gnome.

To wrap yarn on a styrofoam ball, first, glue the yarn end on the ball with a dot of hot glue. Wind or wrap the yarn around the ball and apply glue intermittently so the yarn stays in place. As you wind the yarn, be sure to twist the ball around to evenly distribute the yarn.

Without styrofoam balls? You may also wind a ball of yarn without a styrofoam ball, it is just like you wind your stashed yarn into a ball. However, make sure they are tightly wound and won't come loose. As you wind, glue the yarn intermittently so the yarn stays in place.

5.Fig

Glue the nose to the head.

6.Fig

Squeeze about 2" length of hot glue inside and near the edge of the hat. Insert less than half of the head into the hat and glue the back of the head to the hat.

Note: 7.Fig

This is how it looks like after gluing the hat to the back of the head. Pull the hat to cover the nose a little and glue it on, Followed by gluing the sides until the hat is securely "sit" on the head.

8.Fig

Glue the snowflake embellishment onto the hat. This is my famous snowflake crochet pattern that you can crochet with white lace thread.

9.Fig

Next, glue the body to the bottom center of the head. If the wrapped yarn is floating at this area, squeeze some hot glue to adhere the yarn to the styrofoam before gluing the body to that area.

10.Fig

The Christmas gnome is completed. You may tie a string to the tip of the hat to make a hanging ornament.

I prefer to let it stand on its own, so I glue the legs to a piece of a wooden slice, just the picture below.