Gnome

Free crochet gnome pattern by @maybe_you_dream_.

With this pattern, you can crochet a gnome with a tall hat. To make this amigurumi, you will need YarnArt Jeans cotton blend yarn in two colors. The beard is made from felting wool. If you do not have any, you can use any long-pile faux fur or fuzzy yarn instead.

The finished gnome is about 7 in (18 cm) tall.

Materials and Tools

• YarnArt Jeans yarn (2 colors: one for the body and one for the hat and mittens)
• 2 mm crochet hook
• Fiberfill
• Stitch markers
• Pins
• Felting wool or fuzzy yarn for the beard
• Thin plastic for shaping the base
• Needle for sewing the pieces together
• Scissors

Abbreviations

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

Scandinavian Gnome Amigurumi Crochet Pattern

Nose

Round 1: 6 sc in MR
Round 2: inc in each stitch (12)
Round 3: (1 sc, inc) x 6 (18)
Round 4: 18 sc
Round 5: 9 dec (9)

Fasten off, add a small amount of fiberfill, and leave a long tail for sewing.

Arms

Round 1: 6 sc in MR
Round 2: (2 sc, inc) x 2 (8)
Rounds 3–16: 8 sc (8)

Do not stuff.

Fold in half and crochet 4 sc through both layers.

Fasten off and leave a short tail.

Mittens

popcorn — popcorn stitch — 3 tr worked into the same stitch

Round 1: 6 sc in MR
Round 2: (1 sc, inc) x 3 (9)
Round 3: 1 sc, inc, 5 sc, inc, 1 sc (11)
Round 4: 11 sc
Round 5: 2 sc, popcorn, 8 sc (11)
Rounds 6–7: 11 sc (11)

Work a round of reverse single crochet around the edge, fasten off, and weave in the end.

For the left mitten:

Round 5: 8 sc, popcorn, 2 sc (11)

Body

Round 1: 6 sc in MR
Round 2: inc in each stitch (12)
Round 3: (1 sc, inc) x 6 (18)
Round 4: (2 sc, inc) x 6 (24)
Round 5: (3 sc, inc) x 6 (30)
Round 6: (4 sc, inc) x 6 (36)
Round 7: (5 sc, inc) x 6 (42)
Round 8: (6 sc, inc) x 6 (48)
Round 9: (7 sc, inc) x 6 (54)
Round 10: 54 sc (54)

Work one round in the back loops only for a neat transition.

Rounds 11–21: 54 sc

You can work more or fewer rounds here depending on how tall you want your gnome to be.

Cut a base from plastic (or another suitable material), then insert or glue it to the bottom. You can see my method in the “Gnome” Instagram Story Highlight.

Round 22: (7 sc, dec) x 6 (48)
Round 23: 48 sc
Round 24: (10 sc, dec) x 4 (44)
Round 25: 44 sc
Round 26: (9 sc, dec) x 4 (40)
Round 27: 40 sc
Round 28: (8 sc, dec) x 4 (36)
Round 29: 36 sc
Round 30: (7 sc, dec) x 4 (32)
Round 31: 32 sc
Round 32: (6 sc, dec) x 4 (28)
Round 33: 28 sc
Round 34: (5 sc, dec) x 4 (24)
Round 35: 4 sc, attach one arm by crocheting 4 sc through the arm and body together, 8 sc, attach the other arm by crocheting 4 sc through the arm and body together, 4 sc (24)
Round 36: (4 sc, dec) x 4 (20)
Round 37: 20 sc
Round 38: (3 sc, dec) x 4 (16)
Round 39: 16 sc
Round 40: (2 sc, dec) x 4 (12)
Round 41: (1 sc, dec) x 4 (8)

Stuff with fiberfill, pull the remaining stitches closed, fasten off, and weave in the end.

Hat

Round 1: 6 sc in MR
Round 2: 6 sc
Round 3: (1 sc, inc) x 3 (9)
Round 4: 9 sc
Round 5: (2 sc, inc) x 3 (12)
Round 6: 12 sc
Round 7: (3 sc, inc) x 3 (15)
Round 8: 15 sc
Round 9: (4 sc, inc) x 3 (18)
Round 10: 18 sc
Round 11: (5 sc, inc) x 3 (21)
Round 12: 21 sc
Round 13: (6 sc, inc) x 3 (24)
Round 14: 24 sc
Round 15: (7 sc, inc) x 3 (27)
Round 16: 27 sc
Round 17: (8 sc, inc) x 3 (30)
Round 18: 30 sc
Round 19: (9 sc, inc) x 3 (33)
Round 20: 33 sc
Round 21: (10 sc, inc) x 3 (36)
Round 22: 36 sc
Round 23: (11 sc, inc) x 3 (39)
Round 24: 39 sc
Round 25: (12 sc, inc) x 3 (42)
Round 26: 42 sc
Round 27: (13 sc, inc) x 3 (45)
Round 28: 45 sc

Finish with a slip stitch, fasten off, and weave in the end.

Your crocheted gnome is ready! Please tag the designer on social media: @maybe_you_dream_.