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DK and fingering weight.

Gumpkin is a pumpkin-inspired mystery gnome, and Gnettle is a very witchy variation.

You’ll get BOTH options as the clues roll out and two full PDFs at the end of the knitalong.

In the lands of Willowdell, where dozens of streams crisscross each other in meandering paths and the gardens burst with good things to eat, the gnomes have a particularly gourd-geous look to them.

Because Gnumpkin and Gnettle are a mystery gnomes, I can’t tell you much about them. The ‘skills used’ listed below will give you a bit of a sense of what you’ll be doing, but don’t get intimidated. It’s all just knitting, and you’ll be great at it. Plus wonkiness is gnominess.

There will be video tutorials for all the parts I think you might want help with. I want this to be all joy, no worries.

Gauge (stockinette in the round on smaller needles)
Fingering Weight: 30 sts and 44 rounds = 4” / 10 cm
DK Weight: 26 sts and 34 rounds = 4” / 10 cm

Yarn Advice
You’ll need 3 x 20 g of fingering weight yarn per version. Or 3 x 50 g of DK weight per version. Colour advice is in the preKAL info PDF available when you purchase the pattern.

You can see the two kits I used from Baa-realis Fibre in the pattern photos.

Skills Used
•knit and purl
•working in the round
•kfb, kfb-M, M1L, M1R, RLI
•k2tog, ssk, ssk-M, CDD
•working through the back loop
•slipping sts

Dates
Oct 3: Clue 1
Oct 7: Clue 2
Oct 10: Clue 3
Oct 13: Clue 4
Oct 17: Clue 5
Oct 20: Clue 6
Nov 1: last day to enter for MKAL 18 prizes
Nov 7: prizes announced, patterns updated as single PDFs

Participating Dyers
Dyers marked with * have DK as well as fingering

Asia-Pacific
glenheavenknits
Heathermaid
Waratah Fibres
Mamawooling

Europe
Alte Künste *
ScreamingColours
Wolhobby *

UK
Giddy Yarns
The Dye Shack *
Yarn Unique *
For the Love of Yarn

Canada
Baa-realis Fibre
That Yarn Habit
Crafty JAK’s Boutique (also spinning fibre kits)
area51 Fibres *
Feisty Fibres

US
Queen City Yarn
Kitty Pride Fibers
MakerWool *
Marianated Yarns *
Cornbread and Honey *
Emma’s Yarn
Dyeon Yarns
Kelli in the Middle hand dyed yarn *
Lavender Lune Yarn Co.
Miss Babs
Nanette Wake Studio
Knitterly Things *

Materials
•Needles
If you are a tiny circs user, you will need a second needle method for when the stitch count is small.

Fingering Weight
US 1 / 2.25 mm and US 1.5 / 2.5 mm needles for knitting small circumference in the round, or size needed to get gauge.

DK Weight
US 3 / 3.25 mm and US 4 / 3.5 mm needles for knitting small circumference in the round, or size needed to get gauge.

•Notions: cardboard or thin plastic (optional), yarn needle, removable stitch markers, scrap yarn, fluffy stuffing like roving/polyfill

This pattern has been tech edited and test knit.