Gnumpkin and Gnettle by Sarah Schira

Gnumpkin and Gnettle

Knitting
September 2025
Fingering (14 wpi) ?
30 stitches and 44 rows = 4 inches
in stockinette in round on smaller needles
US 1 - 2.25 mm
US 1 - 2.25 mm
170 - 200 yards (155 - 183 m)
Seated Height: 5.75” / 14.5 cm
English German
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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.

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
Many tutorial videos are linked in the patterns.

MATERIALS

Yarn
•3 colours of Fingering Weight Yarn
Baa-realis Fibre Tweed Sock (85% merino, 15% nylon); 74 yd / 68 m per 20 g skein;

Gnumpkin Yarn and Yardage
C1 Stem - 74 yd. / 67 m (17 g)
C2 Pumpkin - 87 yd. / 79 m (20 g)
C3 Natural - 30 yd. / 28 m (7 g)

Gnettle Yarn and Yardage
C1 Charcoal -C1 - 70 yd. / 63 m (16 g)
C2 Pumpkin- 87 yd. / 79 m (20 g)
C3 Witchy Green - 39 yd. / 36 m (9 g)

•Needles
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.

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

DK WEIGHT NOTE
During the mystery knitalong, DK kits were provided and many projects have been knit using DK if you’d like to browse them for yardage and needle suggestions, click here.

Approximate DK yardage:
3 x 50 g of DK weight

DK gauge:
26 sts and 34 rounds = 4” / 10 cm

DK Needles
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.

This pattern has been tech edited and test knit.