Pattern creates a Christmas Gnome approximately 9 inches tall and about 5 inches wide.

Materials:
Worsted weight yarn, acrylic (red, white, black, tan)
Size 4.5 mm crochet hook
darning needle
polyfil stuffing
scissors
stitch marker

Stitches/Techniques Used:
Magic Circle (MC)
chain (ch)
single crochet (sc)
single crochet increase (inc)
single crochet decrease (dec)
repeat (rpt)
slip stitch (sl)
puff stitch
back post (bp)
Puff Stitch: yarn over (yo), insert hook into stitch, yo and pull through stitch (3 loops on hook), yo, insert hook into stitch, yo and pull through stitch (5 loops on hook), yo, insert hook into stitch, yo and pull through stitch (7 loops on hook), yo and pull through all loops on hook, ch 1