Step 1: Body
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Cut off the band at the top of the sock.
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Growing up, my mother used beans or rice to weight the bottom, but you can fill your gnome however you'd like. Leftover thread or scrap fabric work great!
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Tie off the top with yarn and trim the extra.
Step 2: Hat
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Put your other sock over the body.
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Trim and tie the top. Add extra stylings to make your hat one of a kind! You can dress up your gnome in your favorite sports team's colors, or celebrate a graduate by making it the colors of their alma mater.
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Make sure it stays in place with a dab of hot glue.
Step 3: Beard
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Wrap yarn around your fingers, around 20/30 times.
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Cut the end, then take the loop off your hand. Tie the middle of your loop so it looks like the picture.
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Cut the smaller loops as shown. Glue yarn below the brim of the hat, arranging it to make a beard. Trim as you see fit.
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Try out different kinds of yarn. With a red beard, this little guy could become a leprechaun!
Step 4: Nose and Extras
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Glue on your pom pom between the hat and beard.
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Accessorize however you’d like!
You can dress up your gnome in your favorite sports team's colors, or celebrate a graduate by making it the colors of their alma mater.