Mushroom Forest Gnome

Free Mushroom Forest Gnome crochet tutorial by Sabrina Stopat.

With this pattern, you can crochet a forest gnome. A crocheted baby druid. For this amigurumi project, you can use any acrylic, cotton, or cotton blend yarn and a suitable hook. The legs and body are crocheted as one piece, the arms are attached with button joints, and the remaining parts are sewn on.

Materials and Tools

• Yarn: main color (O), body color (T), mushroom cap color (Sh), mushroom stem color (N), horn color (R), leaf/decor color (optional)
• Crochet hook
• Safety eyes
• Toy stuffing
• Buttons
• Needle for sewing parts
• Scissors

Abbreviations

• MR - magic ring
• ch - chain stitch
• sl st - slip stitch
• sc - single crochet
• dc - double crochet
• tr - treble crochet
• hdc - half double crochet
• inc - increase
• dec - decrease
• (...) x n - repeat n times

Amigurumi Mushroom Forest Gnome Crochet Pattern

Yarn:

• Main color (O)
• Body color (T)
• Mushroom cap color (Sh)
• Mushroom stem color (N)
• Horn color (R)
• Leaf/decor color (optional)

Arm (2 pieces)

Color O:

1. 6 sc in MR (6)
2. inc, 5 sc (7)
3. inc, 6 sc (8)
4. 8 sc (8)
5. inc, 7 sc (9)
6. 9 sc (9)
7. inc, 8 sc (10)
8. 10 sc (10)
9. inc, 9 sc (11)
10. 11 sc (11)
11. inc, 10 sc (12)
12. 12 sc (12)
13. 4 sc, 2 dec, 4 sc (10)
14. 3 sc, 2 dec, 3 sc (8)
15. 2 sc, 2 dec, 2 sc (6)

Finish crocheting, close the stitches, and leave a tail for sewing.

Leg (2 pieces)

Color O:

1. 6 sc in MR (6)
2. (1 sc, inc) x 3 (9)
3. inc, 8 sc (10)
4. inc, 9 sc (11)
5. inc, 10 sc (12)
6. inc, 11 sc (13)
7. inc, 12 sc (14)
8. For the first leg: 7 sc to the middle of the leg; sl st, cut and fasten off yarn
8. For the second leg: 7 sc, 4 ch

Do not cut the yarn!!! Take the first leg and place it to the left of the second one; join them by crocheting 1 sc through the first leg. This stitch will be the first stitch of the next Body round.

Body

Color O. Continue crocheting across both legs. Remember that the first stitch of round 9 is already made. So at the beginning we crochet not 14 sc, but 13.

9. (14 sc, 4 sc along the ch chain) x 2 (36)
10. (5 sc, inc) x 6 (42)
11. 8 sc, inc, 5 sc, (inc, 1 sc) x 2, (1 sc, inc) x 2, 5 sc, inc, 14 sc (48)
12. (7 sc, inc) x 6 (54)
13-17. 54 sc (54)
18. (7 sc, dec) x 6 (48)
19. 48 sc (48)
20. (6 sc, dec) x 6 (42)
21-22. 42 sc (42)
23. 10 sc, dec, 4 sc, (dec, 1 sc) x 2, (1 sc, dec) x 2, 4 sc, dec, 8 sc (36)
24. 36 sc (36)
25. (10 sc, dec) x 3 (33)
26. (9 sc, dec) x 3 (30)
27. 30 sc (30)
28. (8 sc, dec) x 3 (27)
29. 27 sc (27)
30. dec, (2 sc, dec) x 5 (21)
31. 21 sc (21)

Do not cut the yarn; change it to skin color (color T). Do not forget to stuff the legs and body! Next, crochet the Head.

Head

Color T. In round 40, insert the eyes with 14 stitches between them. Stuff the head as you crochet.

32. 21 inc (42)
33. 42 sc (42)
34. (6 sc, inc) x 6 (48)
35. (7 sc, inc) x 6 (54)
36. (8 sc, inc) x 6 (60)
37-47. 60 sc (60)
48. (8 sc, dec) x 6 (54)
49. (7 sc, dec) x 6 (48)
50. (6 sc, dec) x 6 (42)
51. (5 sc, dec) x 6 (36)
52. 36 sc (36)
53. (4 sc, dec) x 6 (30)
54. (3 sc, dec) x 6 (24)
55. (2 sc, dec) x 6 (18)
56. (1 sc, dec) x 6 (12)
57. dec x 6 (6)

Close the opening and hide the yarn tail.

Hood

Color O:

1. 6 sc in MR (6)
2. inc x 6 (12)
3. (1 sc, inc) x 6 (18)
4. (2 sc, inc) x 6 (24)
5. (3 sc, inc) x 6 (30)
6. (4 sc, inc) x 6 (36)
7. (5 sc, inc) x 6 (42)
8. (6 sc, inc) x 6 (48)
9. (7 sc, inc) x 6 (54)
10. (8 sc, inc) x 6 (60)
11-21. 60 sc (60)
22. (1 sc, inc) x 6 (54)
23. (1 sc, inc) x 6 (48)

Hide the yarn tail.

Horn

Color R:

1. 5 sc in MR (5)
2. inc, 4 sc (6)
3. 6 sc (6)
4. inc, 5 sc (7)
5-8: 7 sc (7)
9. inc, 6 sc (8)
10. 8 sc (8)
Finish crocheting, lightly stuff, and leave a tail for sewing to the head.
1. 5 sc in MR (5)
2. 5 sc (5)
3. inc, 4 sc (6)

Lightly stuff the resulting small branch and sew it to the side of the main horn.

Ears (2 pieces in color T, 2 pieces in color O)

Crochet 3 ch (count them as 1 hdc), then into the first ch:

1. 2 hdc, 1 dc, 1 tr, 1 dc, 3 hdc, 3 sc (12)
2. 3 sc, 1 hdc, 1 dc, 1 hdc, 6 sc (12)

Note: For color T pieces (inner ear), cut and hide the yarn. For color O pieces, leave the yarn long enough to edge the pieces and sew them to the head.

Place the 2 ear parts together (T - inner and O - outer), wrong sides facing each other. Edge the pieces (12 sc), working through the near loop of the inner ear part and through both loops of the outer ear part. Turn the finished ears out.

Small Mushroom

Cap

Color Sh:

1. 6 sc in MR (6)
2. inc x 6 (12)
3. (1 sc, inc) x 6 (18)
4-6. 18 sc (18)
Switch yarn to color N (lower part of the mushroom cap). Stuff.
7. (1 sc, dec) x 6 (12)
8. 4 sc, 2 dec, 4 sc (10)
9. dec x 5 (5)

Finish crocheting and hide the yarn tail.

Stem

Color N:

1. 5 sc in MR (5)
2. inc x 5 (10)
3. 10 sc (10)
4. dec, 8 sc (9)
5. dec, 7 sc (8)

Finish crocheting, stuff the stem, and sew it to the cap.

Large Mushroom

Cap

Color Sh:

1. 5 sc in MR (5)
2. inc x 5 (10)
3. 10 sc (10)
4. inc, 9 sc (11)
5. inc, 10 sc (12)
6. (1 sc, inc) x 6 (18)
7. 18 sc (18)
8. (2 sc, inc) x 6 (24)
9. 24 sc (24)
Switch yarn to color N (lower part of the mushroom cap). Stuff.
10. (2 sc, dec) x 6 (18)
11. (1 sc, dec) x 6 (12)

Finish crocheting and hide the yarn tail.

Stem

Color N:

1. 6 sc in MR (6)
2. inc x 6 (12)
3. 4 sc, 2 dec, 4 sc (10)
4. 3 sc, 2 dec, 3 sc (8)
5. 2 sc, 2 dec, 2 sc (6)

Finish crocheting, stuff the stem, and sew it to the cap.

Tail

Color O:

1. 6 sc in MR (6)
2. (1 sc, inc) x 3 (9)
3-4. 9 sc (9)
5. (1 sc, dec) x 3 (6)

Decor

The author of the original pattern suggests crocheting leaves to decorate the gnome's body, but you can come up with something of your own: add embroidery over the crochet fabric, sew on buttons, beads, seed beads, and much more. Use your imagination and create your own unique Forest Wonder!