Blogmas Day 22: Knitted Santa Gnome Ornament

Hello Friends,

I hope you are doing well.  I finished knitting the Santa Gnome Ornament pattern by Red Heart and found on Ravelry. It is such a cute Santa in the end with a long hat. I love how it turned out and it was a fun and fast knit. There is still some time before Christmas to knit one up!

Finished knitted Santa Gnome Ornament

Santa up close

I chose to knit the pattern flat whereas it can also be knitted up in the round. I sewed up the seams after finishing the main body of Santa and the beard and hat trim which are laying to the right of the Santa in the photo below.

The Santa before I sewed the seams and filled with polyester stuffing

Thank you for joining me again for blogmas day 22. There are only 3 more days until Christmas I can't wait! I will be posting everyday for blogmas for three more days. Please join me again tomorrow for a DIY project!

Have a great day

Blogmas Day 18: Knitting Santa Ornament and Reading On

Hello Friends,

I hope you are doing well. I am continuing to knit the Santa gnome ornament and I will try to have it done for this week in time to enjoy it a bit before Christmas and to show you the finished product. I used the pattern from Ravelry and it is by Red Heart. It has been a fun knit so far and easy to knit up because of it being knitted flat but I am already thinking of the seaming I will have to do later but it is a small piece so it shouldn't been so bad. Currently, I have started knitting Santa's face and used Patons Astra in the color of Apricot for Santa's rosy cheeks. I hope that the white yarn for the beard shows up as a different color in photos when I am finished.  For the bottom of the Santa which is the black yarn in the photo below, it asked to cast on stitches on either side of that black triangle to make up the sides of the Santa. I used a method of casting on by just making loops around the needle or knots instead of the usual long tail cast on method so I knew I would have enough yarn. I hope this helps someone because I was pretty confused at that part when they ask to cast on stitches and then knit and then to cast on more the next round. Also helped me to see an example on Ravelry of how the Santa looks before it is seamed and stuffed and put together so I knew how it is supposed to look.

I am continuing to read The Inner Life of Animals by Peter Wohlleben, I have only read the introduction so far, that is just how far I have gotten! I want to read more of it before Christmas so I can start reading some other books I might receive as gifts.

Joining Frontier Dreams for Crafting On

Thank you for visiting my blog today for blogmas day 18! I can't believe we are at 18 now it is only 7 days left of blogmas and until Christmas. At this time next week will be the big day. Thank you all for joining me so far this month it has been fun writing to you more often and to read your comments, than you for the support.

Have a great day!

Blogmas Day 15: Starting to Knit the Santa Gnome Ornament

Hello Friends,

I hope that you are enjoying the holidays and also finding time for yourself to knit or read or other things that you enjoy doing. I have been thinking about how important it is to take time out of our busy schedules to relax and do things that calm and refresh the spirit. It has been a busy time with work, courses I am taking, going to the gym, Christmas shopping, blogmas, and working on knitting and reading goals. It sometimes seems like a lot of extra work that I am taking on, but I know in the end that doing these things like taking courses (for work), knitting, reading, going to the gym, and blogging will ultimately make me happier and feel more fulfilled.

I have started knitting the Red Heart Santa Gnome Ornament. I found the pattern on Ravelry and it is a free pattern worked either flat or in the round. For my first try at this pattern, I decided to knit it flat and then I will sew the seams together at the end. It is a bit funny looking before the seams are sewn and the Santa is filled as it is just knitted as one flat piece. I have knitted 29 rows of the pattern so far and the next 8 rows are a repeat of the last rows I knitted in red. Right now I am working on knitting Santa's red jacket.

The bottom of the Santa. The cat in the basket of yarn stitch marker is from The Clever Clove 

Santa Gnome Ornament Pattern on Ravelry

I love knitting plush toys and decorations for the holidays. They get me into the Christmas spirit and look so cute as decor for the apartment. I am looking forward to having this little Santa sitting on my desk as Christmas approaches.

Thank you all for joining me again for another post! Please join me tomorrow for blogmas day 16. Also, let me know in the comments below what your favourite ornament or decoration is to knit for Christmas or the holiday you are celebrating and please share the pattern if you have the website link.

Have a great day!