Knit an adorable mini gnome, perfect for holiday decor or gifting while mastering fun knitting techniques. Together with Aleks Byrd, you’ll learn all the techniques used commonly across her family of festive knitted gnome patterns.
We will cover everything from a crochet provisional cast-on, bobble stitch nose, some beautiful Estonian knitted braid embellishement and of course a sewn fringe beard! At the end of the workshop, you’ll have a gnome ready for the festive season with no doubt the desire to knit a whole gnome family!
This is an in-person workshop at Magpie Fibers, Frederick, MD USA.
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Intermediate knitter; students should be comfortable to knit and purl in the round, cast-on, bind-off.
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US 6 / 4 mm needles for knitting small circumference (Double pointed needles or circular needles for magic loop)
Tapestry / darning needle
Scissors
3-4 mm crochet hook
Waste / scrap yarn (bright colour preferable)
Worsted weight yarn in 3 contrasting colours in the following approx. amounts:
MC (main colour used for body) 20g
CC1 (contrast colour 1 used for hat) 20g
CC2 (contrast colour 2 used for nose, beard) 10g