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Gnectar the Marled Gnome
Gnectar’s house is nestled in a dell with very good soil. Tall rhubarb plants shade his southern windows in summer, and a thicket of raspberry bushes shield the house from the north winds in winter. If you’re ever invited to his house for scones and jam, be sure to accept!
You can also get this pattern as part of my book, The Gnomes of Grimblewoods.
Languages: The PDF version is available in English, Spanish, and French. The German version is available in the Germany language edition of the book “Wichtel aus dem Weihnachtswunderwald: Bezaubernde Freunde zum Stricken”.
Like all gnomes in this book, Gnectar is shown in both fingering and DK weight yarn. Gauge, needle information, height, and yardage details are provided for both. Knitting instructions are identical for the fingering and DK weight versions.
For a smaller but just as speedy option, you can knit Gnectar with a single strand of yarn.
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Materials
•Yarn
Fingering weight
Miss Babs Katahdin 437 (100% Superwash Bluefaced Leicester Wool); 437 yd / 400 m per 100 g skein;
colours shown:
C1: Gold Rush
C2: Corset
C3: Old Gold
C4: Naked
C5: Blackwatch
DK weight
Rowan Felted Tweed (50% wool, 25% viscose, 25% alpaca); 191 yd. / 175 m per 50 g skein;
colours shown:
C1: 193 Cumin
C2: 209 Eden
C3: 191 Granite
C4: 197 Alabaster
C5: 170 Seafarer
•Needles
Fingering weight
US 3 / 3.25 mm and US 4 / 3.5 mm needles for knitting small circumference in the round or size needed to get gauge using smaller needles plus needles 0.25 mm larger
DK weight
US 6 / 4mm and US 7 / 4.5mm needles for knitting small circumference in the round or size needed to get gauge using smaller needles plus needles 0.25 mm larger
•Notions
removable stitch markers, yarn needle, roving or polyfill stuffing, weighted stuffing like poly pellets or split peas
Skills Used
- work in the round
- k2tog
- p2tog
- ssk-M
- kfb
- kfb-M
- M1L
- M1R
- i-cord
- picking up sts
Appx. Yardage
(with a 15% buffer)
Fingering Weight
C1: 44 yd. / 40 m (10 g)
C2: 114 yd. / 103 m (26 g)
C3: 22 yd. / 20 m (5 g)
C4: 44 yd. / 40 m (10 g)
C5: 92 yd. / 83 m (21 g)
DK weight
C1: 50 yd. / 46 m (13 g)
C2: 115 yd. / 105 m (30 g)
C3: 23 yd. / 21 m (6 g)
C4: 46 yd. / 42 m (12 g)
C5: 96 yd. / 88 m (25 g)
