Green Dino with a Red Saddle
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Free crochet gnome pattern: a Gnome Ornament amigurumi, about 9 cm tall in fingering yarn with a 2.0 mm hook. It is a grey gnome with a tall red hat pulled down over its eyes, a round peach nose, a big white beard, green mittens and a gold loop on the hat tip. You need about 75 m of yarn: 25 m grey, 20 m red, 10 m white, 5 m gold, 5 m peach, 5 m brown and 5 m green. Plan on roughly 2 hours. A cosy Christmas gnome for the tree, a shelf or a gift tag. Spin the 3D model and follow the round-by-round pattern.
How to crochet the Gnome Ornament
Advanced · 9 cm tall · about 3 h · fingering yarn · 2 mm hook
- Crochet the 15 pieces in rounds: Robe body, Hat, Pom-pom, Nose, Beard, Arm ×2, Boot ×2, Mistletoe leaf ×2, Berry ×3, Hanging loop (102 rounds in all).
- Stuff and put it together in 13 steps; each one lights up where it goes on the 3D model.
Every round with its stitch count is in the Pattern tab below, and in the free printable PDF.
What you'll need
0 of 12 gathered
Gauge
1 sc ≈ 3 mm wide, 1 round ≈ 2.7 mm tall (10 cm ≈ 33 sc × 37 rounds); yarn about 1.4 mm thick. The gauge sets the size of the toy; crochet tightly so the stuffing does not show.
Worked in
Continuous spiral rounds. Don't join. Move a stitch marker up every round.
Parts
0 of 81 rounds done
- Size before assembly: about 5.5 cm at the widest, 5.5 cm long; 27 rounds.
- → Start stuffing (firmly) and keep adding as you decrease.
- Top up the stuffing if needed. Fasten off leaving a 15 cm tail; with the needle weave it through the front loops of all 6 stitches of the last round, pull tight and hide the end inside.
- Size before assembly: about 5 cm at the widest, 8.3 cm long; 29 rounds.
- Fasten off leaving a long tail (30–40 cm) for sewing. Stuff moderately just before sewing it on; a little less near the edge, then add a pinch when the seam is nearly done. Bend ≈ 150° around round 12<!-- the bend spreads over 8 rounds -->. After stuffing, bend the piece so the inner side of the bend faces toward the toy's left on the finished toy (on the piece: in round 12, 3 st from the centre front line, toward the toy's left <!-- st 2.85 left -->). It is a gradual bend: with the needle and matching yarn run a line of stitches along the inner side from round 7 to round 17, one stitch in every round along one column, then pull the yarn until the piece bends to the angle (the inner side gathers by about 10 rounds) and fasten off inside.
- Size before assembly: about 1.2 cm at the widest, 1.2 cm long; 5 rounds.
- → Start stuffing (firmly) and keep adding as you decrease.
- Top up the stuffing if needed. Fasten off leaving a 15 cm tail; with the needle weave it through the front loops of all 6 stitches of the last round, pull tight and hide the end inside.
- Size before assembly: about 1.8 cm at the widest, 1.7 cm long; 8 rounds.
- → Start stuffing (firmly) and keep adding as you decrease.
- Top up the stuffing if needed. Fasten off leaving a 15 cm tail; with the needle weave it through the front loops of all 6 stitches of the last round, pull tight and hide the end inside.
- Size before assembly: about 3.3 cm at the widest, 3.6 cm long; 14 rounds.
- → Start stuffing (moderately) and keep adding as you decrease.
- Press the piece flat to about 2.6 cm thick (oval cross-section).<!-- press the piece flat by 20 % --> Top up the stuffing if needed. Fasten off leaving a 15 cm tail; with the needle weave it through the front loops of all 8 stitches of the last round, pull tight and hide the end inside.
- Size before assembly: about 0.9 cm at the widest, 2.1 cm long; 8 rounds.
- Change to grey (pull it through on the last yarn-over of R3).
- Fasten off leaving a long tail (30–40 cm) for sewing. Stuff lightly just before sewing it on; a little less near the edge, then add a pinch when the seam is nearly done.
- Size before assembly: about 1.2 cm at the widest, 1.2 cm long; 5 rounds.
- Fasten off leaving a long tail (30–40 cm) for sewing. Stuff lightly, then press the piece slightly flat (oval cross-section; flattened 40 %).
- Flat motif — leaf (pointed leaf, worked in rounds, one layer of fabric), about 2.6 × 1.1 cm; 1 row.
- Fasten off leaving a long tail (~30 cm) for sewing. Do not stuff. Weave in the starting tail, pin the motif out to shape on a soft surface and steam it lightly.
- Size before assembly: about 0.5 cm at the widest, 0.7 cm long; 2 rounds.
- → Start stuffing (firmly) and keep adding as you decrease.
- Top up the stuffing if needed. Fasten off leaving a 15 cm tail; with the needle weave it through the front loops of all 6 stitches of the last round, pull tight and hide the end inside.
- Size before assembly: about 1.9 cm at the widest, 0.8 cm long; 3 rounds. Each piece is two circles (front and back): make 2 circles — 1 as below and 1 plain in gold (same rounds, no colour changes).
- Fasten off. Hold a front and a plain circle wrong sides together and sc around through both layers: 20 sc. Do not stuff. Leave a long tail (~30 cm) for sewing.
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