Discover “Pick & Stitch”, a fun and creative new way to crochet! No more classic tutorials to be followed to the letter: become the protagonist of your creations by choosing each element of your gnome yourself, in order to create an entirely customized key ring.

The ebook works on a simple, fun principle: for each part of your mushroom gnome, you can choose between different options (between 2 and 4 choices per element, for a total of 144 possibilities).

Here are the elements you can customize:

• Hat
• Body
• Arms
• Nose
• Beard It’s up to you to combine the elements according to your desires to create fully personalized, unique and original gnomes.

This model is aimed at crocheters of all levels. You’ll find detailed, illustrated step-by-step explanations to help you learn or review the basic crochet stitches. Each part of the gnome has specially dedicated pages with clear instructions and plenty of photos to guide you through your project.

And if you run into any difficulties or have any questions while you’re working, I’ll be happy to help: contact@yarn-and-crochet.com

Included in the tutorial download:

• 2 Tutorials in PDF format (English and French).
• 25 pages with explanatory photos in addition to the tutorial.

Materials used to create this model:

• Skin-colored yarn for hands and nose
• White yarn for the beard
• Yarns in the color of your choice for the different parts (hat, body, arms)

I used a range of 100% cotton 8/4 yarns from Sostrene Grene and Hobbii’s Rainbow collection.

• Crochet hook: 2.5mm
• Stuffing wadding
• Yarn needle
• Scissors
• Stitch marker
• Metal hook for key ring