Free Knitting Machine Gnome Tutorial

A free knitting machine tutorial with video on how I make the gnome and the beanies.

I decided to make some little gnomes and while I was making them I thought it would be fun to make 1 Gnome to keep up year round and change out the little hat. I thought I would share how I made my Gnome and my hats for him with you today.

AND I have added a little freebie printable wrap for packaging your gnome beanies, click on the button to access the PDF.

Gnome Beanies Wrap Printable PDF

For my mother’s gnome I bought a photo box at Michaels and the Gnome and Beanies fit perfectly!

I put one of the beanies on the Gnome and the other 5 I wrapped up in a special wrap that I made, on the back of the wrap it has some info on how to use the beanies and tags either seasonally or every month to give the gnome a different look. I know my mom is going to love this little Gnome and his beanies as much as I loved making it. I attached the tags to the wrap using a Chicago Screw, this way she will see the tags and note and know what to do.

I have a video tutorial on how I put my gnome together, be sure to check that out to see how I do each step.

Supplies

Cicular Knitting Machine 22 pin, I have an Addi Express Professional

Worsted Weight Yarn

• For the body I used – Lion Brand Fisherman’s Wool
• For the hats I used various colors of Lion Brand Heartland and Lion Brand Wool-Ease

Faux Fur Square – I buy my faux fur in squares on Etsy or from Joann by the yard

Darning Needle

Large Wooden Bead

Tacky Glue – I use Craft Bond – You can also use hot glue

Poly-Fil Stuffing

Dry Beans – or poly-pellets

Tension Fork – if using an Addi Machine my Tension Fork helps to keep even tension.

Tension Fork

There is a PDF version of the pattern available in my shop

PDF pattern for knitting machine gnome

For the Gnome Body: Using the Lion Brand Fisherman’s Wool and a 22 pin machine.

Crank out 60 rows using tight tension. Cast off just like you would for a beanie (I do not use waste yarn)

Your tube should measure approximately 11″

Fold inside of itself so that you have a double thick sack, Cinch the end with the yarn tails together tightly and tie off. Trim yarn leaving the yarn tails inside the bottom of the sack. Using the trimmed tail yarns, create a drawstring along the fold of the sack. Add about 1/4 – 1/2 cup dry beans, then fill the rest of the way with poly fil. Pull the drawstring to cinch closed and tie off.

Add your nose, I use the yarn tails from the drawstring to sew on a wooden bead.

Grab a rectangular piece of faux fur, I started with a 5″ x 2.5″ piece of fur.

Cut a half oval out of the rectangle and take the 2 corner pieces and trim them down slightly so that they can be used for the eyebrows. Cut a small triangle out of the center of the beard piece.

Next grab your glue, I like to add the glue onto the beard then slide it up under the gnome nose. I then add the glue onto the gnome head right above the top of the beard to attach the eyebrows.

And now let the gnome dry, my gnome has some crazy eyebrows, but I will brush them down after the glue is dry.

Now, while your gnome is drying I like to start making the beanies. The sample images I used Lion Brand Wool-Ease.

Machine: 22pin knitting machine

Yarn: Lion Brand Fisherman’s Wool – Worsted Weight category 4 yarn.

Tension: Tight

Crank out 45 rows

Cast off just like you would for a beanie (I do not use waste yarn)

Now add some decoration to your beanie, I add a faux suede tag, I make mine and they are available in rainbow colors in my Etsy Shop. I also like to either add a ribbon to the top or add a pom pom.The possibilities are really endless on what you can do to decorate your gnome beanies. In the video, I show how I add a faux fur pom pom to the beanie using a small scrap of faux fur, but some of my beanie poms I use Faux Fur Yarn, I have a video below on how I make my Tiny Fuax Fur Poms.

I made a total of 6 Hats so that I could change out my Gnome beanies seasonally. I plan to change out the faux suede heart tag and some of the decorations for some of the hats when I use them for a different month.

I Started added a little wooden block to the bottom of my gnomes, I found this helped them stand up a bit and made it so that their beards didn’t pool too much on the surface where they were placed.

I always like to make one of everything I make for my mother. For her gnome I made 6 beanies and wrapped them in a special wrap that let her know she can change out the beanie and the tags for each month.

I put one of the beanies on the Gnome and the other 5 I wrapped up in a special wrap that I made, on the back of the wrap it has some info on how to use the beanies and tags either seasonally or every month to give the gnome a different look. I know my mom is going to love this little Gnome and his beanies as much as I loved making it. I attached the tags to the wrap using a Chicago Screw, this way she will see the tags and note and know what to do.

I hope you find this tutorial easy to follow! I have had a lot of fun making these gnomes and the beanies that go with them. If you try out this idea of changing out the beanies for your Gnomes or are making seasonal Gnomes I would love to see what you come up with, please share your little Gnomies with me on social media, you can find me on Instagram @Savlabot

If you have the time I would appreciate it if you would visit my Etsy Shop, sales on patterns and other printables such as the PDF Version of this pattern and the tags and labels seen in this post help me out a lot so that I can keep adding tutorials like these on my blog. I choose to not have pop up ads, I love not having ads all over my site, I don’t want to add ads other than a few affiliate links here and there to my posts as I think ads really ruin the viewing experience. I am hoping if I can continue to make sales in my Etsy Shop to help me with my finances I can continue to add freebies to my site.

Thank you so much

Savla

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