About the Pattern:
The Gnome Bottle Topper is the perfect small project for gift giving. It works up quick, displays beautifully and will have the whole room talking. It is also ideal as a craft fair or bazaar item! It is a beginner level project using mostly single crochet plus a very small section of single crochet mixed with double crochet for the ribbing on the brim of the hat. The pattern uses a very small amount of yarn so it is an excellent stash or scrap buster. I used Lion Brand Heartland for this project because I love the soft texture, the ease of using acrylic, and the large color selection. You can get away with any worsted weight yarn though, some good contenders are Hobby Lobby’s I Love This Yarn, Stylecraft Special Aran, or Red Heart Super Saver.
The pattern starts with a magic circle and works in the round, increasing less often at first and then more often towards the opening of the hat. Then you will embroider the cross-stitch pattern of your choice on with a yarn needle and additional yarn in a contrasting color. Last, we’ll sew on the beard/pigtails and the nose with a sewing needle and some thread the same color as the hat. If you don’t have a thread collection, a thread sampler kit or a small sewing repair kit works well for this as they tend to have many different colors of thread in them.

Gauge:
-4sc wide and 4 rows high = 1 sq inch

Finished Size:
-hat alone is 11.75” long, with beard or pigtails it will be approx. 17.5” long

Hook Size:
-5.0mm (H) hook

Yarn:
-Lion Brand Heartland, 5oz = 251 yards/230 meters
Assorted colors, I used approx. 45 yards for the hat and 1.5 yards for the embroidery

Other Materials You’ll Need:
-Scissors
-Yarn Needle
-Stitch Marker (optional, for the beginning of each row)
-Scrap faux fur, approx. 5” width x 7” tall
-Sewing Needle
-Thread
-Small pom poms in flesh tones for gnome noses