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Go Big or Go Gnome Mittens

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The Go Big or Go Gnome pattern collection has a beanie and a pullover for those who really want to Go Gnome! The hat and the sweater pattern complete your gnome-tastic look!

Is it the beards? The pointy hats? The brims drooping over the eyes? I don’t know what it is about gnomes, but I sure can’t stop knitting them! I’ve designed a few 3D gnomes, but I wanted to see if I could bring their whimsy to colourwork.

These mittens came about because I wanted to wear gnomes where I could see them and smile. I’m looking forward to wrapping these gnomes around steering wheels, mugs, and shopping bag handles all winter long!

With colourwork, it can be important to make sure that there is a big enough contrast between the different colours. In this pattern, Colour 1 needs to be quite distinct from 2 and 3, while those two can be quite close to each other.

Materials

•Yarn
Leading Men Fiber Arts 75% superwash merino, 25% nylon; 463yd/423m per 100g skein;
C1 Dames At Sea; 1 skein
C2 Sand Castle; 1 skein
C3 Poison Apple; 1 skein

•Needles
1 set US 1.5/2.5mm needles for working small circumference in the round for your preferred method

•Notions
yarn needle, stitch markers, scrap yarn

Skills Used

  • Knitting in the round
  • stranded colourwork
  • k2tog
  • ssk
  • CDD
  • M1L
  • M1R
  • chart reading

Appx. Yardage

125 - 325 yards (114 - 297 m)

Sizes
XS (S, M, L, XL) – XS is child/adult, the other sizes are all adult
Circumference: 6.5 (7, 7.5, 8, 8.5) inches/16.5 (18, 19, 20, 21.5) cm
Length: 5.25 (6, 6.5, 7.5, 7.75) inches/13 (15, 16.5, 19, 19.5) cm