Crochet Love Gnome
The Crochet Love Gnome is absolutely adorable and perfect for spreading joy! With its charming design and cute details, this little gnome is sure to bring a smile to anyone's face. Whether you're gifting it to a friend or keeping it as a cheerful addition to your own space, the Crochet Love Gnome is a delightful way to add some whimsy and warmth to any setting. Its cozy crochet construction and sweet expression make it a lovable companion that radiates positivity and happiness. Get ready to welcome this tiny yet mighty gnome into your life and let its friendly spirit brighten your days!
Materials
If you want to make this cute love gnome. You will need
1 cork (approx. 2.5 cm diameter) (if you don’t have a cork to hand you can buy recycled corks or make an amigurumi cork)
3.5 mm hook
Double knit in pink and cream/white
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Pattern notes
This pattern uses colour changes within the rounds.
At the end of each round, join with slip stitch and chain 1 to move up to the next round.
The pattern is written using UK terminology, for a conversion chart to US terminology
Special stitches: treble cluster and decreases
Instructions
Body
Foundation round: Using cream/white chain 14 and join with slip stitch. Chain 1 to start next round.
1st round: 1 dc into each chain. (14 dc)
2nd round: 1 dc in next 7 stitches, change to pink, 1 dc and change to cream, 1 dc in next 6 stitches. (14 dc)
3rd round: 1 dc in next 6 stitches, change to pink, miss 1 (1 treble cluster into top of the pink stitch from round below, chain 1, 1 treble cluster in same stitch) change back to cream, miss 1, dc in to next 5 dc. At the end of this row you can cut and fasten off the pink yarn. (11 dc, 2 treble clusters and 1 chain-1-space)
4th round: 1 dc in next 6 stitches, chain 1, miss 1 (this is the top of the first cluster on previous round), 1 dc into chain-1-space in previous round, chain 1, miss 1 (this is the top of the second cluster on the previous round), 1 dc in to next 5 stitches. (12 dc and 2 chain-1-spaces)
5th round: 1 dc in every stitch and chain-space. (14 dc) Fasten off.
Hat
Foundation round: Using pink chain 18 and join with slip stitch. Chain 1 to start next round.
1st round: 1 dc in each foundation chain. (18 dc).
2nd round: 1 dc in each stitch (18 dc). Fasten off pink. When fastening off, it is worth bearing in mind that you may want to turn the hat inside out at the end, so that the cream/white stitches look more like hearts.
3rd round: Using cream/white. Start anywhere in the round, 2 dc into the same stitch, *miss 1, 2 dc in next stitch. Repeat from * until the round is complete. Fasten off. (18 dc)
4th round: Using pink. Start between any two dcs into the same stitch from round 3, *1 dc in between these 2 stitches, then 1 dc into the dc that was missed in round 2. Repeat from * until the round is complete. Fasten off cream/white. (18 dc)
5th round: 1 dc in every stitch. (18 dc)
6th round: Work 1 dc in every stitch round with 4 decreases spread evenly over the hat. (14 dc)
7th round: Work 1 dc in every stitch round with 4 decreases spread evenly over the hat. (10 dc)
Rounds 8 to 10: work 1 dc in every stitch.
Round 11: Work 1 dc in every stitch round with 4 decreases spread evenly over the hat. (6 dc)
For the tip of the hat, work decreases over all stitches, until you have created a point.
Fasten off.
You may want to turn the hat inside out so that white/cream stitches have more of a heart shape to them.
Now all that remains to be done, is to give your little love gnome to the one you love.