Go Big or Go Gnome Hat - a gnometastic knitting pattern from Imagined Landscapes

$7 CAD

Sizes 
Approx: Baby (Child/Adult Small, Adult Medium, Adult Large)
To fit: 15 (20, 22, 24)” / 38 (51, 56, 61) cm
Finished circumference: 13 (16.25, 19.5, 22.75)” / 33, (41, 49.5, 58) cm
Height: 6 (7.25, 8.25, 9.25)” / 15 (18.5, 21, 23.5) cm

Skills Used
•knit and purl
•working in the round
•stranded colourwork
•chart reading
•k2tog
•M1L

Materials

  • Leading Men Fiber Arts 75% superwash merino, 25% nylon; 463yd/423m per 100g skein;
    with a 15% buffer:

    • C1 Dames At Sea; 21 (30, 39, 49) yd. / 19 (27, 36, 45) m
    • C2 Sand Castle; 100 (142, 186, 235) yd. / 91 (130, 170, 215) m
    • C3 Poison Apple; 29 (41, 53, 67) yd. / 26 (37, 48, 61) m
  • Needles: 1 set US 2/2.75mm needles for small circumference in the round: DPNs, 1 long circular or 2 short circulars, as you prefer, or size needed to get gauge
  • Notions: darning needle, stitch marker

 

With colourwork, it can be important to make sure that there is a big enough contrast between the different colours. In this pattern, Colour 1 needs to be quite distinct from 2 and 3, while those two can be quite close to each other. Looking for help picking colours? Check out my tutorial on How to Combine Yarn Colours.

This pattern has been tech edited and test knit.

Go Big or Go Gnome Hat - a gnometastic knitting pattern from Imagined Landscapes