Candle Gnome.

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Hi! My name is Julia. I live in Moscow and I like creating

different characters and bringing them to life with the
help of my magic crochet hook.

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 Materials needed:
1. YarnArt Jeans, 55% cotton, 45% acryl, 50g/160m, next
colors:
• for body – yellow № 35
• for hat – white № 01, yellow № 35, green № 69, red №
90
• for nose - nude № 05
• for décor some brown yarn.
2. Crochet hook 2 mm or 2.25 mm (US: B, UK:14)
3. Fiberfill, thick sewing needle, pins.
4. Piece of cardboard 3 on 3 inch for gnome’s and candle’s
bases.
5. Some semi wool yarn any thickness for beard.

If you follow this advice your gnomes will be 20 cm/7 inch.

Abbreviations:
ch – chain stitch
sc – single crochet
hdc – half double crochet
dc – double crochet
trc – treble crochet
sl st – slip stitch
inc – increase, 2 sc in the next sc
dec – decrease, single crochet 2 stitches together
(16) – number of stitches in a round
(inc, sc)*N – repeat N times
BLO – back loop only
FLO – front loop only
3dcCL - a cluster of 3 double stitches:
A cluster of stitches, made into the same stitch or chain
space that are joined together at the top:
1. Yarn over, insert hook into stitch and pull up a loop.
Yarn over, pull through two. (This is essentially
completing the first half of one double crochet stitch.)
2. Repeat number one in the same stitch/space until you
have a total of 4 loops on your hook.
3. Yarn over, pull through all 4 loops at once.

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1.Body
With yellow yarn.
Start with making a round base. Work in continuous rounds
without slip stitches.

Rnd 1: 7 sc in the MR
Rnd 2: 7 inc (14)
Rnd 3: (inc, sc)*7 (21)
Rnd 4: (inc, 2 sc)*7 (28)
Rnd 5: (inc, 3 sc)*7 (35)
Rnd 6: (inc, 4 sc)*7 (42)
Rnd 7: (inc, 5 sc)*7 (49)
Сut off the base of cardboard.
Rnd 8: BLO 49 sc
Rnd 9-17: sc in each stitch around 9
rounds
Insert the cardboard base.
Rnd 18: dec, 47 sc (48)
Rnd 19: (dec, 14 sc)*3 (45)
Rnd 20: 45 sc
Rnd 21: (dec, 13 sc)*3 (42)
Rnd 22: BLO 42 sc
Rnd 23: (dec, 5 sc)*6 (36)
Rnd 24: (dec, 4 sc)*6 (30)
Rnd 25: (dec, 3 sc)*6 (24)
Rnd 26: (dec, 2 sc)*6 (18)
Stuff the body evenly and firmly with
the fiberfill.
Rnd 27: (dec, 1 sc)*6 (12)
Add some more fiberfill.
Rnd 28: 6 dec (6)
Cut off the yarn, leave a long tail.
Close the top using a needle, hide the
tail into the body.

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2.Hat
With white yarn.
Work in continuous rounds without slip stitches.
Rnd 1: 7 sc in the MR
Rnd 2: 7 inc (14)
Rnd 3: (inc, sc)*7 (21)
Rnd 4: (inc, 2 sc)*7 (28)
Rnd 5: (inc, 3 sc)*7 (35)
Cut off the base of cardboard.
Rnd 6: BLO 35 sc
Rnd 7-18: sc in each stitch around 12
rounds.
Rnd 19: inc, 34 sc (36)
Connect green yarn (cut off white one):
Rnd 20: (5 sc, inc)*6 (42)
Rnd 21: 3 sc, inc, (6 sc, inc)*5, 3 sc (48)
Rnd 22: (7 sc, inc)*6 (54)
Rnd 23: 54 sc
Rnd 24: 4 sc, inc, (8 sc, inc)*5, 4 sc (60)
Rnd 25: 60 sc
Rnd 26: (9 sc, inc)*6 (66)
Rnd 27: 66 sc
Cut off the yarn.
Finish the round in an invisible way:
Thread the end of yarn through the needle, skip one stitch
and guide the yarn into the next stitch as shown on the
photo.
Insert the needle back in the same stitch where the yarn
end is coming from. Pull the yarn and fasten the obtained
stitch on the wrong side of detail.

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Connect white yarn to the free front loops of of 5-th round
and crochet one round:
Chain 4, start with the 2nd loop from the hook: 3 sc, 3 sl
st in the next 3 stitch of 5 round, chain 6, start with
the 2nd loop from the hook: 5 sc, 3 sl st in the next 3
stitch of 5 round. Repeat to the end of round.

Cut off the yarn, hide the tail. Sew the ends as shown on
the photo.

Flame.
With yellow yarn.
Work in continuous rounds without slip
stitches.
Rnd 1: 7 sc in the MR, go on in
continuous rounds without sl st.
Rnd 2: 7 inc (14)
Rnd 3: (inc, 1 sc)*7 (21)
Rnd 4: 21 sc
Rnd 5: (dec, 5 sc)*3 (18)

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Rnd 6: (dec, 1 sc)*6 (12)
Rnd 7: (dec, 2 sc)*3 (9)
Rnd 8: (dec, 1 sc)*3 (6)
Add some fiberfill.
Rnd 9: 3 dec (3)
Cut off the yarn, hide the tail. Sew
with brown yarn to the top of candle
as shown on the photo.

Leaves (make 10).

With green yarn.
Work in continuous rounds without slip stitches.
Row 1: ch 8, start in 2nd loop from the hook, 6 sc,
3 sc in last loop from the hook, work along the other
side of the foundation chain: 6 sc, 3 sc in next stitch
(18)

Row 2: 2 sc, ch 3, 1 sl st in 3rd loop from the hook,

3 sc, ch 3, 1 sl st in 3rd loop from the hook,
3 sl st, ch 3, 1 sl st in 3rd loop from the hook,
3 sl st, ch 3, 1 sl st in 3rd loop from the hook,
3 sc, ch 3, 1 sl st in 3rd loop from the hook, 2 sc, 1 sl
st.

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Cut off the yarn, leave a long tail. Sew to the hat.

Ribbon.
Work in turning rows with red yarn.
Chain 4, start with the 2nd loop from
the hook.
Row 1: 3 sc
Row 2-48: ch 1, 3 sc
Try on the hat, add or remove rows if
it necessary.
Cut off the yarn, leave a long end, sew
the ends of ribbon.

Bow.
With red yarn.
Ch 65, start with the 2nd loop from the hook. 64 sc.
Cut off the yarn, hide the tails, sew to the hat.

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3.Arms
Start with the white yarn.
Rnd 1: 8 sc in the MR, go on in rounds without sl st.
Rnd 2: (inc, 3 sc)*2 (10)
Rnd 3: 10 sc
Rnd 4: 4 sc, 3dcCL, 5 sc (10)
(3dcCL - a cluster of 3 dc)

Rnd 5: 10 sc
Connect yellow yarn:
Rnd 6: BLO 10 sc
Rnd 7-13: sc in each stitch around 7 rounds.
Stuff the bottom part of the arm (hand) with fiberfill.
Don’t stuff the top part of the arm so they don't stick
out.
Fold so that the stitches of the last round line each
other.
Crochet the opposite stitches with 4-5 sc.
Cut off the yarn, leave a long tail for sewing.

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4.Nose
With nude yarn.
Rnd 1: 7 sc in the MR, go on in continuous rounds without
sl st.
Rnd 2: 7 inc (14)
Rnd 3: (inc, 1 sc)*7 (21)
Rnd 4: 21 sc
Rnd 5: (dec, 1 sc)*7 (14)
Rnd 6: 7 dec (7)
Add some fiberfill.
Close the top using a needle.

5.Assembly and decoration

For beard tie a pieces of yarn to the free 10 loops of 21
round. Use pet brush.

Attach the arms, and nose to the body with some pins to
the free loops of 21th round.

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Put on the hat. The top of arms and nose should be placed
under the hat. Move them the way you like.
Take off the hat, sew the arms and nose to the body.
Put on the hat and attach it with simple stitches in 2-3
places.

Congratulations! Your Gnome is ready)

I hope you enjoyed the process and now feel happy with the
result!
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