Gnandad LUXE kit PREORDER

Join me (and hundreds of other knitters) in making a knitted gnome in December to celebrate the approaching solstice.

Gnome designer Sarah Schira (Imagined Landscapes) creates a mystery gnome experience each year for the long, dark days of December, starting December 1st and leading up to the longest night on the solstice. Each day, she sends us an email with part of the pattern or a recipe or a part of the story about the gnome we are knitting. I have done this for a few years now, and it is absolutely, positively, the most delightful part of my December.

Altogether, it’s a relatively small amount of knitting—less than 80 grams of fingering-weight yarn, spread out a little bit, most days, for three weeks. If you have never knit a toy before, this is a do-able project. There’s tons of encouragement and help in Sarah’s Ravelry group.

And, if you’d like 1:1 help from me, you can grab one of my paid newsletter memberships for the month and grab time during my office hours. I’ll be hosting office hours every Friday plus one Saturday from December 1 to 21.

This listing is for a KIT (but not the pattern) for Sarah’s 2025 Mystery Gnome-A-Long, Gnandad. Buy the pattern separately here.

You will get:

• 4 mini-skeins in your choice of the colors you see here (fingering weight yarn, in a crisp US-grown and spun untreated merino)
• 2 skis (one set)
• Wire-rim doll glasses
• Poly-pellets and 100% wool fleece, suitable for weighting and stuffing your gnome
• 2 candles: a votive-sized beeswax hive and a larger (4.5 inch tall) beeswax tree-shaped candle to enjoy while you knit your gnome
• A 4-ounce jar of my popular, handmade Avocado Balm to give your hands a little gentle soothing during the cold and dry month of December (ingredients list here)

Shipping timeframe: I will be making and assembling kits in November, and they will ship ~November 20, or just before Thanksgiving. The gnome-a-long starts December 1, so you’ll have your kit in plenty of time to cast on!