Macrame Gnomes Christmas Ornaments

Instructions

How To Make Macrame Gnomes Hats

1. Make a loop for hanging and secure it with glue.
   
   
2. Make a loop at the bottom that is a little larger than the hanging loop. You’ll learn to adjust for size, but around 3″ works fine. Pinch the loop at the bottom section of the hanging loop.
   
   
3. Wrap behind that hanging loop and bring it around to the front. Pinch again. It’s hard to show this in the images, but I use a dot of hot glue here and there to keep securing things in place.
   
   
4. You’ll repeat this process keeping in mind that you’re making the hat from top to bottom. Align each new loop on the hat along the bottom of the last loop. Don’t pull too tight because you want to maintain a hat shape. Secure with dots of glue as you go.
   
   
   
5. When the hat is complete either tie the cord off in the back or glue the end to the back of the ornament.
   

How To Make Macrame Gnome Beards

I have an entire post about How To Make A Gnome Beard Out of Yarn. You may want to take a look and choose the style you like best. You can also mix macrame and yarn for a different texture.

1. The easiest way to make one is to wrap yarn macrame cord around 3 or four of your fingers about ten times. Tie the loops together with a knot and then snip through all of the loops at the bottom. Hold the bundle tightly at the knot and use a comb to brush through the cord to make it fluffy.
2. The easiest way to do this is to start at the very bottom of the cords and comb the strands at the bottom then work your way to the top. Trim the beard into a nice shape.
   
   
3. Glue the bundle to the bottom of the hat by putting a dot of glue on the tip of the beard and glue up inside the loops at the bottom of the hat and then glue the nose.