Gnome Hat Pattern for Peg Dolls

May is a quiet season for the Winter Gnomes, so this is the time they get together for their annual convention! They are having a great time relaxing and catching up all with all their friends!

They wanted me to share a pattern for a knit hat for the standard size peg doll, 2 3/8 inches (6cm). It doesn’t take very long to knit up one of these little gnome hats.

Supplies: #1 US double pointed knitting needles, fingerling sock yarn, darning needle

Gnome Hat (short cone shape)

• Cast on 18 stitches, divide among 4 needles to work in a round.

• Row 1 and 2—Knit 1 Perl 1 (K1P1) around the 4 needles x 2 rows

• Rows 3—8 Knit around

• Row 9—Knit to the last 2 stitches on the first needle, knit the last 2 stitches on the needle together (K2T), repeat on each of the 4 needles. There will be 14 stitches at the end of this round.

• Row 10—Knit around.

• Repeat instructions for Row 9 and Row 10 until only 2 stitches remain. Cut the yarn about 5 inches away from the last 2 stitches.

• Using the darning needle, thread the yarn tail and weave it through the last 2 stitches and pull tight to close. Tuck the tail into the inside of hat and weave the tail into the knit.

• Weave in the tail from the start of the hat into the stitches on the inside of the hat.

Because they are so little, and hence easy to loose, I glue the hats on the peg dolls with a craft tacky glue.

If you want to make the same hat for an angel peg/girl peg doll:

• Cast on 12 stitches and divide among just 3 needles.

• Follow the same directions for the standard hat.

Winter Peg Dolls standing next to one of the arches from Grimm’s Sunset Rainbow puzzle set. (Link is to the German manufacturer but many shops that sell Waldorf toys also sell Grimm toys so you probably can find a shop in your country).

NOTE: I created the pattern for this tiny gnome hat. Feel free to use this peg doll gnome hat pattern to make hat for your own peg dolls . You may also make hats to sell individually or on peg gnome dolls that you make from your own small online shop (ie. Etsy.com or your own website) or at craft fairs. You may also share this pattern with other knitters. Please do not copy and sell this pattern as your own or sell these hats commercially. Thanks!

Drone view of the 2019 Winter Gnome Convention!

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9 inch Waldorf Type Gnomes

A friend I know desperately wanted a Waldorf type gnome this Christmas. I decided that making two gnomes was just as easy as one…and then I could have one too!

Dewberry Soggybottom (on the right above) is a shy, but very sweet once he gets to know you. He is the first one up each morning. He heads right out to forage in the woods. He sees dew on the berries and mushrooms. On his way home to breakfast, he often stops in the meadow to look at the flowers. That can be a problem….he keeps forgetting there is a lot of dew on the grass at that time of day. So when he sits down to look carefully at a flower his pants get damp! Which explains his name! He’s gone off to his forever family and I hear he is very happy in his new home.

Cloudberry GreenKnees (on the left above) lives at my house. He spends his days looking up at the sky, both day and night. As a result, he trips a lot in the meadow and frequently comes home with grass stains on his knees!

These dolls are based on the pattern in for the small Waldorf doll in Maricristin Sealey’s book, Making Waldorf Dolls. I scanned the pattern and made it a bit smaller than her pattern. I always shorten the length of the arms in her patterns—I just like them better a bit shorter.

I knit their hats using a sport weight yarn. Here’s my pattern for a smaller gnome hat. For these dolls who have a 7 1/2 inch finished head, I cast on 32 stitches. Knit 2 to 4 rows of ribbing, knit 10 rows, then begin to decrease at the end of each needle per the pattern in the linked post. For these hats, I decreased every 3rd row. (If you have worsted weight yarn, cast on 28 stitches).

I loved making these gnomes! And I love having one of my very own too!

Safety Note: These gnomes have necklaces and buttons on their shoes. If you are making dolls for children under age 5, please don’t use bottoms or any necklaces.

Cloudberry in his new gingham shirt. Because it isn’t Christmas ALL year! (And his pants are freshly laundered….so, no green knees)!

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