Crochet Gnome & Toadstool

Create your very own whimsical crochet gnome and toadstool with this fun and creative crafting project. Using colorful yarn and a crochet hook, you can bring these magical creatures to life with your own hands. The gnome can be customized with different facial expressions and outfits, while the toadstool can be made in various sizes to create a charming little forest scene. Whether you're an experienced crocheter or just starting out, this project is sure to bring joy and satisfaction as you see your creations come together stitch by stitch. Let your imagination run wild as you crochet your very own gnome and toadstool, adding your own personal touch to make them truly one-of-a-kind.

Supplies Needed:

-4.5mm crochet hook
-Yarn needle
-Scissors
-Red Heart Super Saver yarn in red, blue, brown, black, flesh tone, and white
- polyester fiberfill stuffing
-cardboard
-river rocks or something small and heavy

Abbreviations Used (American Terms):
Sc= single crochet
Ch= chain
SlSt= slip stitch
Dec: decrease
MC= magic circle
Inc= increase (work 2 stitches into the same stitch)

Notes
I always prefer to start projects worked in the round with a magic circle. If you do not prefer this method, simply chain 2, and begin working into the 2nd ch from the hook.

GNOME
Black
Round 1: 6sc in a MC (6)
Round 2: incx6 (12)
Round 3: sc,inc. Repeat around. (18)
Round 4: scx2, inc. Repeat around. (24)
Round 5: scx3, inc. Repeat around. (30)
Round 6: scx4, inc. Repeat around (36)

Trace the piece you just made onto some cardboard, and cut it out. Trim the cardboard piece down so it is just slightly smaller than the crocheted piece you just made.

Round 7: BLO, sc around. (36)
Rounds 8&9: sc around (36)

Change color to brown.
Rounds 10-17: sc around (36)

Change color to black.
Rounds 18&19: sc around (36)

Put the piece of cardboard you cut out into the bottom of the gnome, and press it flat.

Change color to blue.
Rounds 21-35: sc around (36)

Place a handful of stones or fish gravel in the body, and start stuffing.

Round 36: scx4, dec. Repeat around. (30)
Round 37: scx3, dec. Repeat around (24)
Round 38: scx2, dec. Repeat around. (18)
Round 39: sc, dec. Repeat around (12)
Round 40: decx6 (6)
Finish off.

Leave a long tail for sewing. Sew the top of the body closed.

HAT
Red
Round 1: scx6 in a MC (6)
Round 2: sc around (6)
Round 3: sc,inc. Repeat around (9)
Round 4: sc around (9)
Round 5: scx2, inc. Repeat around. (12)
Round 6: sc around (12)
Round 7: scx3, inc. Repeat around. (15)
Round 8: sc around (15)
Round 9: scx4, inc. Repeat around. (18)
Round 10: sc around (18)
Round 11: scx5, inc. Repeat around. (21)
Round 12: sc around (21)
Round 13: scx6, inc. Repeat around. (24)
Round 14: sc around (24)
Round 15: scx7, inc. Repeat around. (27)
Round 16: sc around (27)
Round 17: scx8, inc. Repeat around. (30)
Round 18: sc around (30)
Round 19: scx9, inc, Repeat around. (33)
Round 20: sc around (33)
Round 21: scx10, inc. Repeat around. (36)
Round 22: sc around (36)
Round 23: scx11, inc. Repeat around. (39)
Round 24: sc around (39)
Round 25: scx12, inc. Repeat around. (42)
Rounds 25-28: sc around (42)
Finish off, leaving a long tail for sewing.

NOSE
Flesh tone
Round 1: scx6 in a MC (6)
Round 2: incx6 (12)
Round 3: sc, inc. Repeat around. (18)
Rounds 6-8: sc around (18)
Round 9: sc, dec. Repeat around. (12)
Round 10: decx6 (6)
Finish off, leaving a long tail for sewing. Stuff the nose.

ARMS
Very lightly stuff the hands, but not the arms.

Flesh tone
Round 1: scx6 in a MC (6)
Round 2: incx6 (12)
Round 3: decx6 (6)

Change color to blue.
Rounds 4-11: sc around (6)
Finish off, leaving a long tail for sewing.

Assembly:
Step 1: Stitch the nose to the body, starting at row 28, and working up towards the top of the piece.
2: Stitch the arms to the body, between rows 28&29.
3: Cut pieces of white yarn, roughly 5 inches long. Fold in half, put your hook into a stitch close to the nose, grab the folded edge of the yarn, pull it through the stitch, and pull the ends of the yarn through the loop. (Refer to photos.) Use as many strands of yarn as you like to fill out the beard. You may leave the yarn as is, or separate the strands, and comb them to make them appear fuller.
4: Stitch the hat to the gnome.

Toadstool
Red
Round 1: 6sc in a MC (6)
Round 2: sc, inc. Repeat around. (9)
Round 3: scx2, inc. Repeat around. (12)
Round 4: scx3, inc. Repeat around. (15)
Round 5: scx4, inc. Repeat around. (18)
Round 6: scx5, inc. Repeat around. (21)
Round 7: scx6, inc. Repeat around. (24)
Round 8: BLO scx2, dec. Repeat around. (18)
Rounds 9-11: sc around (18)

Change color to white.
Round 12: BLO scx2, dec. Repeat around. Scx2 (14)

Begin stuffing the mushroom cap.
Round 13: scx2, dec. Repeat around. Scx2. (11)
Rounds 14-16: sc around (11)
Round 17: BLO sc around (11)
Rounds 18-22: sc around (11)
Round 23: scx2, inc. Repeat around. Scx2 (14)
Round 24: sc around (14)
25: sc, inc. Repeat around. (21)
26: sc around (21)
Finish off. Stuff mushroom.

Stalk ruffle

Hold the mushroom so the cap is facing you.
Join white with a slip stitch in one of the front loops from round 14.
Round 1: ch1. 3 sc in each stitch around. Finish off.

Mushroom base
Round 1: 6sc in a MC. (6)
Round 2: inc around (12)
Round 3: sc, incx3, Sc, incx3, sc, incx3 (21)
Finish off, leaving a long tail for sewing.
Cut out a piece of cardboard slightly smaller than the mushroom base. Place a few river stones (you can get these in bags at the dollar tree) and the stalk of the mushroom. Using a yarn needle, begin to sew the base of the mushroom on to the bottom of the stalks. Slip in the piece of cardboard, and finish stitching on the base.

Now we are going to shape the top of the mushroom. Using a long length of white yarn and a yarn needle, insert the needle two rows below where the red cap ends. Bring the needle up to a row above the BLO row on the cap, Skip a stitch, then bring the needle back down. Pull your yarn slightly tight, to give shape to the mushroom. Tie a knot. Work your way around the cap of the mushroom in this fashion to add spots, and give the mushroom shape. Do not finish off. (Refer to photos)

Red
Hold the mushroom so the cap is facing you.
Join red with a slip stitch in one of the front loops from round 8. Ch 1.

Rounds 1-4: sc around (24)

Finish off.

Using white yarn and yarn needle, continue stitching spots onto the remainder of the cap of the mushroom. Finish off.

Notes: To make a taller or shorter mushroom, make more or fewer rows for the stalk (rows 18-22 in the written pattern)

Enjoy!