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Knit Little Gnome Puppets

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I hope you’re enjoying the whimsical knitting patterns as much as I am! Looking for some new and different patterns to share with you has taken me all sorts of places, and I recently learned that Ravelry has a category for puppets.

I mean, that makes sense, between finger puppets and larger dolls that might be used to tell stories, there are probably lots of patterns for puppets out there. (At least 100, as it turns out).

Looking around in that category, these little gnome puppets caught my eye.

Called Mr and Mrs Gnome, the pattern is from Jude Albert. They call for fingering weight yarn to make them the size to fit on a dowel for using in a puppet show. You could try making them a little larger to turn them into finger puppets, or make them even bigger to turn them into dolls.

I love the little details on these, including the hair and beard, and of course the little hats that are bigger than the bodies by far.

These would be cute to make with all your sock yarn scraps to use for different holidays, or you could turn them into holiday ornaments or decorations if you don’t need gnome finger puppets. How cute would they be sitting among your Christmas village pieces or even used to decorate gifts for the holidays?

The pattern is rated for beginners or advanced beginners, and does require being able to knit in the round on somewhat small knitting needles. But the result is well worth it, even if you have to learn a new skill to do so. And if you already know how to work in the round, these gnomes would be a quick and easy project.

Just to note the pattern is available on Ravelry and the notes say it is also available for free but I was unable to find the link to it. If any of you super sleuths can find it, let me know and I’ll update the post.

[Photo: Jude Albert]

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Classic Dishcloth Knitting Patterns

Fall will be here before we know it, and that means there are holidays coming right behind where we might be entertaining at home. It’s always fun to have a hand knit touch in your home for other people to see, and if you’re going to be in the kitchen all day you might as well have some nice knit dish cloths to use. 

I love this little plaid hand towel from Darling Jadore. Use a little bit of leftover cotton yarn from another project for the plaid portion. It looks like the horizontal stripes are worked as you knit and the vertical stripes are done with duplicate stitch, making this a quick and easy project even newer knitters can make. 

Combine garter stitch and an easy eyelet pattern worked sideways to make the Annette Dish Towel from Cluck Cluck Boots, which is meant to be reminiscent of flour sack towels. It calls for DK weight yarn and you can work it in one color or two (or even three!). 

Add a little more texture with this set of kitchen towels from Whileberry Creative. They’re mostly worked in garter stitch with borders in easy knit/purl patterns, and you can work them in sport or worsted weight yarn. 

Two of Wands Shop has another cute allover knit and purl pattern they call the Seersucker Textured Tea Towel. It’s an easy repeating pattern worked in worsted weight yarn, and there’s a chart in the pattern you can use, but don’t have to, if you want to practice knitting from a chart. 

The Classic Cloth dish towel from Handmade Home by Connie is another one that can use a little leftover yarn in a contrasting color, or you could color block it our use stripes throughout the pattern. This one uses worsted weight yarn and another easy repeating knit purl stitch pattern. 

If you like to hang your towel on the oven handle or elsewhere but it’s always falling off, try the Stay Put kitchen towel from Fancy Step Knits. This project is worked in garter stitch and includes a hole partway through so you can pull the towel through itself over a rod or handle. Stripes are optional but a nice addition.