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🏖️ AUSSIE BEACH GNOMES VOL 1 — 12 original knitting patterns (PDF, 51 pages) 🌊
Twelve tall-hat gnomes knitted for the Australian beach — the all-season coastal crew from our Aussie family shop. There is a lifesaver in a red-and-yellow quartered surf-cap with his rescue tube at the ready, a surfer with zinc on his nose and a board under his arm, a seagull mate losing the chip negotiation in real time, and a rock-pool gnome whose bucket currently contains one very small, very calm octopus. Every gnome shares one honest skeleton (a 30-stitch body, a tall cone hat — or the lifesaver's quartered surf cap worked on the same ladder — a tapered beard and a round nose sitting on top of it), so you learn the bones once and then spend your evenings on the fun part: the characters.
These twelve were designed for the beach as Australians actually meet it — thongs held up like trophies, an esky guarded with genuine seriousness, a sandcastle defended against the tide, beach cricket argued about long after the wickets are packed, and an ice-cream eaten against the sun at full sprint. Knit one for a shelf, a pair for a gift, or work through the whole dozen and line them up along a windowsill or the beach-house mantel: a little coastal parade that works all year round, no season required.
✨ WHAT'S INSIDE ✨
🛟 Lifesaver Gnome
🏄 Surfer Gnome
🩴 Thongs Gnome
🧊 Picnic Esky Gnome
🐦 Seagull Mate Gnome
🏰 Sandcastle Gnome
🤿 Snorkel Gnome
🍦 Ice Cream Gnome
🏏 Beach Cricket Gnome
🦀 Crab Gnome
⛱️ Beach Umbrella Gnome
🐙 Rock Pool Gnome
Each of the 12 patterns includes:
• A dedicated photo page for its own gnome
• A pattern-at-a-glance box (type, finished size, pieces, colours, level)
• Full round-by-round instructions with stitch counts on every round — every ladder is arithmetic-checked
• Step-by-step assembly, including how each prop is attached
• A maker's tip from the design table
They make wonderful gifts for anyone who loves Australia, the coast or a good gnome — knit one to match its human (every family has a lifesaver, a shade strategist and a person who takes beach cricket far too seriously) and watch it become the present everybody talks about. A full set also makes a charming beach-house, caravan or classroom display for Aussie summer units.
Skill level: Confident beginner. DK (8-ply) yarn, 3.25 mm (US 3) double-pointed needles, knitted in the round (flat pieces are clearly marked "worked flat"). Finished size: about 15 cm (6 in) body, 28 cm (11 in) total with tall hat.
KNITTING PATTERN only — not finished items.
📥 INSTANT DOWNLOAD 📥
• 1 printable PDF — 51 pages
• 12 original knitted gnome patterns
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💛 MORE FROM ALANDTINA — YOU MAY ALSO LIKE: 💛
• Aussie Beach Gnomes Vol 1 (Crochet) — the same twelve beach gnomes as crochet amigurumi patterns
• Aussie Beach Gnomes Vol 2 (Knitted) — twelve more beach characters in the same tall-hat knitted gnome line
• Aussie Christmas Gnomes Vol 1 (Knitted) — twelve tall-hat Aussie Christmas gnomes, from Santa in board shorts to the pavlova guardian
Original designs © Alandtina. For personal use only. Listing photos are AI-generated concept images.
Created with the help of an AI generator.
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