Leaf Gnome Wall Hanging/Wreath – Free Crochet Pattern

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Supplies:
• Yarn 4/Medium Weight Yarn in…
Red, orange, yellow, tweed for hat, skin color for nose
•5mm Crochet Hook
•Tapestry needle to weave in ends
•Scissors
•Stuffing for nose
•Hot glue to glue leafs together

Additional Information:
•Difficulty: Intermediate | Size: 27″ tall, 11″ wide
This leaf gnome is such a cool decoration to display on a wall or even on your door! This pattern requires you to make various types of stitches to form the points on the leafs, such as half, double, triple, and double triple crochets. We will also make a picot stitch. In this pattern I include written tutorials for how to make a half, double, triple, and double triple crochet stitch, and how to make a picot stitch.

Stitches:

Half Double Crochet (Hdc)
Yarn over once and insert your hook into the next stitch. Yarn over again and pull up a loop. You will have 3 loops on your hook. Yarn over and pull through all three loop at the same time. Done!

Double Crochet (Dc)
Yarn over once and insert your hook into the next stitch. Yarn over again and pull up a loop. You will have 3 loops on your hook. *Yarn over and pull through two loops* 2 times. Done!

Triple Crochet (Trc)
A triple crochet is similar to a double crochet, except instead of yarning over once and inserting your hook into the next stitch, you will yarn over twice, then insert your hook into the next stitch. Yarn over and pull up a loop. You will have 4 loops on your hook. *Yarn over and pull through two loops.* 3 times. Done!

Double Triple Crochet (Dtrc)
A double triple crochet is similar to a triple crochet, except instead of yarning over twice and inserting your hook into the next stitch, you will yarn over three times, then insert your hook into the next stitch. Yarn over and pull up a loop. You will have 4 loops on your hook. *Yarn over and pull through two loops.* 4 times. Done!

Picot Stitch (Pc st)
Ch 2. Make a single crochet into the 2nd Ch from the hook. Done! Continue with making your next stitch as described in the pattern.

Leafs:

We make a total of:
7 red leafs (6 for the beard and 1 for the hat)
7 orange leafs
6 yellow leafs

Round 1: Make a magic ring. Ch 2, then make 10 Dc into the magic ring. SlSt to the top of the Ch 2 to complete the circle. The Ch 2 does not count as a stitch. (10)
Round 2: Ch 2. Dc 2 times in each of the next 10 Dc. SlSt to the top of the Ch 2 to complete the circle. (20)

In the next round we make the points of the leaf.

Round 3:
•Hdc in the next st, Dc in the next st.
•Dc in the next st, Pc st, Dc into that same st, Hdc into the same st
•Sc in the next st
•Hdc in the next st
•Dc in the next st, Trc 2 times into that same st, Pc st
•Trc in the next st, Dc into that same st, Hdc into that same st
•Sc in the next st
•Hdc in the next st, Dc into that same st, Trc into that same st
•Dtrc into the next st, Pc st, Dtrc into that same st
•Trc in the next st, Dc into that same st, Hdc into that same st
•Sc in the next st
•Hdc into the next st, Dc into that same st, Trc into that same st, Pc st
•Trc 2 times in the next st, Dc into that same st
•Hdc in the next st
•Sc in the next st
•Hdc in the next st, Dc into that same st, Pc st, Dc into that same st
•Dc in the next st, Hdc into that same st
•SlSt in the next 2 st, Ch 4. Sc in the 2nd Ch from the hook, Sc in the next 2 ch. SlSt into the same st at the base of the leaf stem.
Finish off. Weave in ends.

Beard Assembly:

There are a total of 7 rows that make the beard.
Row 1: Yellow, red, and orange
Row 2: Orange, yellow, red, red
Row 3: Red, orange yellow, orange
Row 4: Yellow, red, orange
Row 5: Red, orange, yellow
Row 6: Orange, red
Row 7: Yellow
You will have 1 red leaf left over. This leaf goes on the hat later.

How to layer the leafs:
You can layer them any way you want. However, this is how I layered my leafs:

When laying down the leafs, alternate which ones will be on top of each other.
Most of the leafs on Row 1 will cover Row 2.
All leafs on Row 3 cover Row 2.
All of the leafs on Row 4 cover Row 3.
All of the leafs on Row 5 cover Row 4.
All of the leafs on Row 6 cover Row 5.
The leaf on Row 7 is on top of one leaf on Row 6 and covered by the other leaf on Row 6.

Gluing the leafs together:
On the areas where the leafs connect, apply hot glue on the bottom of the leaf (Pic 1), and gently lay down the leaf in place to secure the glue (Pic 2). Be careful when holding down the leaf with glue, it can get hot. I used an end of a pencil to hold the leaf down in place so I wouldn’t get any hot glue on my fingers.

1.

2.

Repeat this process of gluing the pieces that connect together.

Hat:

In Tweed Yarn

Round 1: 6 Hdc into a Magic Ring (6)
Round 2-5: *Hdc* all around (6)
Round 6: *Inc, Hdc in the next st* all around (9)
Round 7: *Hdc* all around (9)
Round 8: *Inc, Hdc in the next 2 st* all around (12)
Round 9: *Hdc* all around (12)
Round 10: *Inc, Hdc in the next 3 st* all around (15)
Round 11: *Hdc* all around (15)
Round 12: *Inc, Hdc in the next 4 st* all around (18)
Round 13: *Hdc* all around (18)
Round 14: *Inc, Hdc in the next 5 st* all around (21)
Round 15: *Inc, Hdc in the next 6 st* all around (24)
Round 16: *Inc, Hdc in the next 7 st* all around (27)
Round 17: *Inc, Hdc in the next 8 st* all around (30)
Round 18: *Inc, Hdc in the next 9 st* all around (33)
Round 19: *Inc, Hdc in the next 10 st* all around (36)
Round 20: *Inc, Hdc in the next 11 st* all around (39)
Round 21: *Inc, Hdc in the next 12 st* all around (42)
Round 22: *Inc, Hdc in the next 13 st* all around (45)
Round 23: *Inc, Hdc in the next 14 st* all around (48)
Round 24: *Inc, Hdc in the next 15 st* all around (51)
Round 25: *Inc, Hdc in the next 16 st* all around (54)
Round 26-38: *Hdc* all around (54)
In the next rounds we will make the brim of the hat.
Round 39: In the FLO, *Hdc* all around (54)
Round 40-41: In BOTH loops, *Hdc* all around (54)
Finish off, leaving a long tail for sewing. Weave in ends.

Leaf for hat:

Place the red leaf onto the hat and hot glue on.

Gluing together hat and beard:

Place Row 1 of the beard into the hat. Only the tips of the leafs need to be inside the hat. Then, hot glue the areas where the leaf meets the hat together.

Nose:

In Skin Color

Round 1: 6 Sc into a Magic Ring (6)
Round 2: *Inc* all around (12)
Round 3: *Inc, Sc in the next st* all around (18)
Round 4: *Inc, Sc in the next 2 st* all around (24)
Round 5-7: *Sc* all around (24)
Round 8: *Dec, Sc in the next 2 st* all around (18)
Round 9: *Dec, Sc in the next st* all around (12)
Finish off.
Place the nose under the hat as shown. I hot glued the nose in place but you can sew it in place if you prefer. If you choose to hot glue, I applied glue in the center of the bottom side of the nose, as well as the edges of the bottom of the nose. Then I placed it where shown.

Done! If you made this gnome, I would LOVE to see! You can show me by posting a picture in the comments underneath this post 🙂