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Baa-realis Fibre and Imagined Landscapes
Here we gnome again... It's time for another MKAL...
This time with a pumpkin theme!!
And this time I'm excited that Sarah from Imagined Landscapes has used my yarn for her sample gnomes!
In the lands of Willowdell, where dozens of streams crisscross each other in meandering paths and the gardens burst with good things to eat, the gnomes have a particularly gourd-geous look to them.
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Gnumpkin is a very pumpkin-y gnome. Gnettle takes that pumpkin-y base and adds a witchy look. Gnumpkin and Gnettle are fraternal twins - similar, but different. They are fundamentally the same pattern, but a few changes create a big personality difference. Perhaps Gnettle is Gnumpkin dressed up for Halloween? Or Gnumpkin is the unassuming secret identity for Gnettle when she’s not saving the world? Or perhaps they’re just really close cousins.
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Either way, they’re similar enough to be the same pattern but different enough to deserve their own place on your shelf if you want to knit both.
As this gnome progressed and took shape, Sarah realized that with just a few modifications, the pumpkin gnome could have a wonderfully witchy twist. For those who love the spookier side of autumn, this one is for you! I made two different witchy kits for Gnettle. I just couldn't decide between green and purple... they both scream classic witch to me.
Can you decide?? (or do you gneed both??)
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Here are the two options for Gnettle!
All three of these kits (Gumpkin, and both colours of Gnettle) are also available on a DK base, if big gnomes are up your alley. These come as 3 x 50 gram sets.
If you would like more information on this knit along, please follow this link to the Imagined Landscapes information page. Sarah's got all the answers to all your MKAL questions!
A note to our friends in the USA... Unfortunately shipping to the US is still on hold for right now. There's too much uncertainty about tariffs and how those are playing out. Our yarn should be covered under the current free trade agreement (CUSMA) and once we can get proper documentation and once Canada Post figures out their systems, we should be able to ship to the US again. Maybe even before this MKAL starts??? But that might be wishful thinking. Be assured that I'm working on it as much as I can from my end. Maybe instead of buying my yarn this time around, you can find another small business near you to support. These sure are hard times for small businesses, and they could use all the support you're able to offer!
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​​​If you want to hear more about how the gnoming goes from my end, or future projects I'm working on, scroll down to sign up for emails from Baa-realis Fibre. Don't worry, I won't clutter up your inbox, just a few pretty yarn pics once a month or less. Or sheep pics. Or yarn in nature. Or yarn and sheep. Or... well, you get the idea. And be sure to post pictures of your gnomes on Ravelry and Instagram! Tag #baarealisfibre on Instagram and add Baa-realis Fibre tweed sock yarn or DK Merino/Nylon on your Ravelry project page so I can see what amazing things you make! Also, use the hashtags #GnomeMKAL18 and #NeverNotGnoming to share your gnome with the whole gnome community!
For this MKAL I'm offering a variety of kits -
three different colour combinations, on two different bases.
Sarah has knit her sample gnomes in the tweed fingering base. When she first broached the idea of working on a pumpkin gnome for this fall, my absolute first thought was "we gneed tweed!" I have always loved autumn, and I have always loved tweed, and somehow they just fit together. Her colour request was "I’d love to go moody autumnal, more Anne of Green Gables in October than Halloween" and I think we hit the nail on the head here...
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Here are the kits for Gnumpkin!
