Gnome

Difficulty Level: easy

Amigurumi crochet gnome

Free Gnome crochet tutorial by Yulia Musatova @julia__musatova.

With this pattern, you can crochet a gnome Christmas tree ornament. Any cotton blend yarn works well for amigurumi: YarnArt Jeans, Gazzal Baby Cotton, Alize Cotton Gold, and others. You can make the pom-pom yourself or use a ready-made one.

Materials and Tools

  • Gazzal Baby Cotton yarn (skin tone, white, and one color of your choice)
  • 1.75 mm crochet hook
  • 8 mm safety eyes
  • Toy stuffing
  • Decorative button
  • Soft pastels or blush for the cheeks
  • Needle for sewing parts together
  • Scissors

Abbreviations

  • MR — magic ring
  • ch — chain stitch
  • sc — single crochet
  • inc — increase
  • dec — decrease
  • (...) x n — repeat n times

Crochet Christmas Gnome Amigurumi Pattern

Hat

Rnd 1: 6 sc in MR
Rnd 2: (inc) x 6 (12 sc)
Rnd 3-4: 12 sc (2 rounds)
Rnd 5: (1 sc, inc) x 6 (18 sc)
Rnd 6-7: 18 sc (2 rounds)
Rnd 8: (2 sc, inc) x 6 (24 sc)
Rnd 9-10: 24 sc (2 rounds)
Rnd 11: (3 sc, inc) x 6 (30 sc)
Rnd 12-13: 30 sc (2 rounds)
Rnd 14: (4 sc, inc) x 6 (36 sc)
Rnd 15-16: 36 sc (2 rounds)
Rnd 17: (15 sc, inc) x 6 (42 sc)
Rnd 18-19: 42 sc (2 rounds)
Rnd 20: (6 sc, inc) x 6 (48 sc)
Rnd 21-22: 48 sc (2 rounds)
Rnd 23: (7 sc, inc) x 6 (54 sc)
Rnd 24: 54 sc
Rnd 25: 54 sc in front loops only
Rnd 26: (8 sc, inc) x 6 (60 sc)
Rnd 27-28: 60 sc (2 rounds)
Rnd 29: 1 round in white yarn, crab stitch (reverse single crochet)

Cut the yarn and fasten off.

Amigurumi crochet gnome

Nose

Using skin-tone yarn:

Rnd 1: 6 sc in MR
Rnd 2: (inc) x 6 (12 sc)
Rnd 3: (3 sc, inc) x 3 (15 sc)
Rnd 4-8: 15 sc (5 rounds)
Rnd 9: (3 sc, dec) x 3 (12 sc)
Rnd 10: (dec) x 6 (6 sc)

Pull the loops tight and close the opening. Leave a yarn tail for sewing.

Head

Work with skin-tone yarn into the back loops of round 25 of the hat.

Rnd 1-5: 54 sc (5 rounds)
Rnd 6: (7 sc, dec) x 6 (48 sc)
Rnd 7: (6 sc, dec) x 6 (42 sc)
Rnd 8: (5 sc, dec) x 6 (36 sc)
Rnd 9: (4 sc, dec) x 6 (30 sc)
Rnd 10: (3 sc, dec) x 6 (24 sc)
Rnd 11: (2 sc, dec) x 6 (18 sc)
Rnd 12: (1 sc, dec) x 6 (12 sc)
Rnd 13: (dec) x 6 (6 sc)

Pull the loops tight and close the opening.

Toy Assembly

  • Sew on the nose
  • Glue or sew the eyes on both sides of the nose
  • Make and sew a pom-pom onto the hat
  • Sew a decorative button onto the hat
  • Make a hanging loop at the top of the hat from 50 ch
  • Add rosy cheeks

Amigurumi crochet gnome