Following on from my folded crochet ribbon Santa make I have made a gnome version too! I have opted to make mine with green wool, but you can choose any colour you like for the hats – perfect for customising for the recipient or your favourite colour.

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Folded Crochet Ribbon Gnome Christmas Decoration With Button Details

Materials

• 25g ball DK wool in green.
• 25g ball DK wool in white or grey.
• Small amounts of pink wool.
• piece of card to cut a 5cm long by 2cm wide piece.

Folded Crochet Ribbon Gnome Christmas Decoration With Button Details

Folded Gnome Body:

With a 4.5mm crochet hook and white or grey wool:

ch100.

Change to green:

ch90, htr(UK)/hdc(US) into 2nd ch from hook, 88htr(UK)/hdc(US), change to white/grey, tr(UK)/dc(US) along rest of row.

Fasten off, leaving long thread to attach.

Nose

Using 4.5mm hook and pink wool:

Make a magic ring, ch1, 8sc into ring, ss into top fo the first sc at the start of the round.

Fasten off, leaving long thread to attach.

Pom Pom

Using white wool:

Cut a piece of card 5cm long and 2cm wide, wrap wool around the 2cm wide end 20 times. carefully remove the wrapped wool, tie around the middle with 1 10cm piece of white wool to secure, cut the loop ends.

Assembly

• Take the crochet ch length, fold the green section to make a hat shape, with the bottom edge of the hat being the start of the white/grey section.
• Starting at the top of the hat cast on and pull through to the underside of the ch length, attach 2 buttons, pull through to the next folded section and attach 2 more buttons, repeat to the bottom of the hat section. Cast off.

• Cast on at the green and white/grey section join. Complete a few stitches to secure the end of the end section to the folded green part above. Fold the white/grey section to form a beard along the bottom edge. Sew to attach the grey loops that meet the bottom green edge of the hat.

• Sew on the nose.
• Sew on the pom pom.
• Cut a 15cm long piece of wool, and attach to the top to make a loop.