Felted Pullip Gnome Hat pattern

I love Pullips. They are so beautiful and fun. This is my first Pullip pattern and my first written knitting pattern. So please let me know if I need to change anything.
Materials needed:
Lionbrand Lion Wool in Classic Bright Red (enough for a baby hat)
size 10 (6.0mm) double pointed needles
stitch marker if you need it to mark beginning of round

CO 60 sts
divide sts evenly on needles
join in a circle
Knit in round all sts for 2"
Decrease as follows
Row 1: k1, k2tog, k18, k2tog, k18, k2tog, k to end
Rows 2&3: knit all sts
Row 4: k1, k2tog, k17, k2tog, k17, k2tog, k to end
Rows 5&6 : knit all sts
Row 7: k1, k2tog, k16, k2tog, k16, k2tog, k to end
Rows 8&9: knit all sts
Continue decreasing row and knit rows until you have 6 sts left.
Cut an 8" tail and pull the tail through all 6 sts on the needles and take hat off the needles. Pull tight since Gnomes have pointed hats. (I made a knot which I know is a no no. But since it would be felted I didn't think it would matter. I just didn't want it to come part during felting) Weave in ends.

The hat will look huge next to your doll.
Now felt it in your washer, with hot water with an old pair of jeans (I have an old pair I only use for this so I don't have to worry about ruining a good pair), until it is the size you want.

If you want a shorter less traditional gnome hat then instead of knitting 2 rows between decrease rows knit only one row. But watch it carefully if you do this during felting so it doesn't get to small to fast.

I finally broke down and bought a Pullip. They have the most beautiful faces. Almost fairy like. This is Xiao Fan. I haven't thought of a name for her yet. I'm still looking for the perfect patterns for some welcome home clothes.

Kool aid Purse

I finally finished my Kool Aid Purse yesterday. I spent all day dyeing yarn and knitting it so I could use it. I didn't dye the black but the blue and green are Berry Blue and Lemon Lime kool aid.

For the love of Kool Aid

My favorite thing about wool yarn is that you can dye it with Kool Aid. Its like Christmas looking into the pot and watching it cook.

the new bag

My new tote from the book stand in Central Park and the liner I made from the fabric I bought in Soho!

trip to NYC

Last weekend I spent my second Saturday in a row in NYC. I love this city so much. Its something you have to experience. The weekend before was birthday shopping for two of my boys mixed with a girls day out. This past weekend it was sightseeing with my friend Vicki. She and I are both addicted to knitting. Her request for the day was to find a yarn shop. After we did some shopping we headed down to Soho. I had asked online where a good shop was and Purl seemed to be the favorite. I can SO see why! Soho was beautiful. Its one place in the city I could see myself living. The yarn shop was adorable. Bad news for my husband they also had a fabric shop a couple doors down. I picked up two skeins of blue for a quick something to make for my youngest who just turned 1. Then off to the fabric store. I couldn't believe my eyes. This place had the most beautiful fabric I have ever seen! After my ADD brain stopped spinning I picked up a scrap pack from the basket by the door to make a liner for my new tote I had bought from a book stand in Central Park. I've already told my friends here about the shops. We are now trying to find a day where all our husbands will be home so we can sneak off to the city again.

my perfect if-I-worked-out-of-the-house-job..........

So if I ever had to work outside my home I would work as a paid extra. (yes there is knitting envolved in this post) I did this as a job before I got married but but I was a knitter. I did manage to make really good money and read an entire series of books in two weeks on the set. There's alot of hurry up and wait. So in early April I saw a commerical looking for volunteer extras to be in a Will Ferrell movie called Semi-Pro. Its a basketball movie that takes place in the 70's hense the tacky big hair and clothes) I hadn't done this in years so jumped at the chance. I asked my mom to babysit all four kids so I could spend half a day on set. Then I thought WOW I can take my knitting. I ended up not having any mindless knitting projects on hand so I bought some Noro for a Booga Bag(the picture is of it before felting). After 6 1/2 hours of filming I had half the bag done. I was so happy not only did I get to hang out with my friend Jennifer and watch famous people but I also had tons of knitting time. Which is rare for me to get alot of knitting done with my little ones.

A couple weeks later I got another email needing extras for a Robert DeNiro, Sean Penn movie called What Just Happened which is supposed to be at the Cannes Film Festival (my son snapped the picture as I was brushing the hair away from my face. i am not that much of a ham). This was shooting all night so babysitting wouldn't be a huge problem for mom. (just in case your wondering we are staying with my mom to help her out. normally i wouldn't be able to do this) So off to the set again but this time with my friend Jessica. This time I took a sock to work on and taught Jessica to knit.

So now back to real life and to my job I really love being a military wife and mom to my four little ones.

Trying again

I decided to change my blog title because the other one was waaaaaay to long. Hopefully I'll keep this one up. LOL! I chose Gnomadknitter because I'm almost always knitting on the go. We also have a family gnome (I love gnomes!) that we take with us when we travel. The kids love finding a good place to take her picture in front of. I'll post a picture of her in New Orleans this past May.