Handmade Items #1: There’s no place like gnome for the holidays

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This is part 1 in a 2 part series: Handmade Items

  1. There’s no place like gnome for the holidays
  2. Wooden Toy: The Ramp

Oh there’s no place like gnome! 

Every year, for the family get-together, I make a little something for each place setting. 

This year, we are getting gnomey. 

The Gnome

The gnome is a little mini mason jar, with handle, and the required gnome hat.

The jar is filled with hot chocolate powder.

The handle of the jar acts as an arm and I am tucking different things into the arm, to make them each unique.

The two shown in this image are carrying wood, one for a fire and other for building with.



The hat 

Using my favourite yarn and crochet hook: 
  • Chain 25 
  • Check to see if your length fits the jar 
  • Join to make a circle (hat brim)
  • Crochet 5 rows around
  • Then, continue going around, decrease by one stitch for each row until done and tie off 

The nose
  • Make a magic ring with 5 stitches
  • Increase in stitch = 10
  • Sc around
  • Decrease for each = 5 
  • Decrease again= 2
  • Decrease and tie off 

Stitch nose to the underside of the hat.
✔️

That’s it .. a cute little gift for someone. 
- Debbie 

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