Yuletomten!

We had our first snowfall last night, and it stuck, at least right now, it's still crunchy underfoot! Our dogs LOVE snow as much as they hate rain. That makes it up for all those sizzling hot days this summer. ;o) I had to get this little guy out of my system! I've been wanting to knit this Gnome since I first saw it. It's getting harder to take pictures, even with daylight, but with bad weather it's really hard.

The pattern gives you directions for three sizes. I made the largest one (it's 10 inches high, sitting, without the hat on) , shouldn't have though. Hat, beard, boots, and mittens are all the same size for all three sizes, so I had to knit another beard because the first one turned out ridiculously small. It's still not long enough, but it'll have to do.

Cinnamon hearts, a whole bag full of those! Oh, the bag I made with my leftover yarn from my first hand spun sock yarn. I put it in the washing machine to felt it, but it didn't. I put on some rubber gloves and had a go at it in hot water, rubbing away, and it took only a couple of minutes to see it felt in my hands. When I turned on the cold water tap, and let it run over the little bag, I swear I could hear a shriek of "Brrrrrrrrrr", it shrank instantly. ;o) With that I've used up every single inch of that hand spun, hand dyed yarn. That's a proud moment.

For the Gnome itself, I used Patons Classic Wool Merino, maybe a little too heavy for this project. I'm planning on making the medium sized one, but only the stars in the sky know, when I will get to it. ;o)

The pattern is by Alan Dart.

I wish I had a little guy like Hege's son, who would love my Gnome like that!

Oh well, I like it, that's good enough.

There's a new picture of a pair of Kyla mittens in my Readers Gallery, love the color Fredabeth used. ;o)

Totty Teabag left a comment, and look what I found out!!! We both blogged about the same gnome on the same day, and I love her gnome. She used both my favorite colores! ;o)