May Gnome C2C Crochet

April showers bring May flowers! The 5th gnome in our 2022 Gnome Project is all about pretty teal colors and sweet tulip flowers! If you missed the big announcement, Jen from Day by Day Clay and Crochet Group and I have team up for a very fun YEAR-LONG collaboration! Each month Jen will create a Gnome Polymer Clay Crochet Hook and I will create a matching Gnome Corner-to-Corner Crochet block. Our designs will be holiday and seasonal themed so for the month of January we made a Winter Gnome, February we created a sweet Valentine Gal Gnome, March we have a Leprechaun, April is an Easter Bunny, and May sports a sweet spring Tulip Flower! I have two pixel graphs for you to choose from: a bearded boy gnome with the flower on the hat and a piggy-tailed girl gnome with a tulip flower on her body!

Grab your Red Heart Super Saver yarn and let’s get make this adorable May flower gnome!

At the end of the 12 months I will be stitching the gnomes together to make a large blanket! The blanket panels will sit 4 across so this May block will be the start of our second row in our blanket and sit under the January winter gnome. I will be sure to include a tutorial at the end of the year that shows how to stitch the gnomes together. I know that C2C is a new technique for many of you so I am going to try and work on some very specific C2C video tutorials to help you through the process of crocheting these gnomes.

Be sure to use the hashtag #2022gnomeproject in your social media posts so we can all follow along and see your finished gnomes!

Below is a sneak peek picture of Jen’s May Gnome polymer clay tulip cane! Jen makes the hooks (and posts them for sale in Day by Day Clay and Crochet Group) and I make the crochet patterns (which are posted for free here each month)! I love hooks with polymer clay handles because not only are the designs fun, festive, and cute, but they create an ergonomic handle which helps to ease pain and tension caused by the motions of crochet. Read more about these crochet hooks HERE.

She will be taking orders for the May Gnome hook soon! There is only a limited amount available!

May Gnome Materials:
– Red Heart Super Saver in Minty (hat), Jade (body), Coral (tulip flower), Spring Green (tulip stem), and Red Heart With Love in Blushing Peach for the background

NOTE ABOUT COLORS: I went with a lighter peach background because I new this block would be sitting under the blue January gnome. Feel free to go with whatever background color and colors for the gnome that you feel suits your project best!

– You probably won’t need more than one skein of taupe brown for the gnome nose. Use the same skein for all 12 or change it up and use any color of your choice for the nose! Feel free to choose your own hair color as well. Change it up or use white for the beard/braids.
– Size H Crochet Hook
-Tapestry needle
– May Gnome Pixel Graph (Girl)
– May Gnome Pixel Graph (Boy)

Finished Size of the Gnome Crochet Rectangle: 20 inches tall x 14 inches wide

Now let’s make the Gnome Corner-to-Corner Crochet Rectangle!

Corner-to-Corner Crochet lets you turn almost any image into a pixel graph and then from a pixel graph into a crocheted piece! The Corner-to-Corner technique basically means the you start in one corner (the lower right hand is most common place to start) and crochet diagonally in rows until you get to the other corner. You follow the pixel graph to create the color changes that make up the picture of the gnome. One pixel square = a chain 2 + 3 HDC stitches. Please note that I am using HDC stitches for the C2C instead of DC. You can use either! The DC is more common but keep in mind that your gnome rectangle will end up slightly bigger if using Double Crochet.

If C2C is confusing to you, don’t worry, my friends at The Crochet Crowd have the perfect beginner tutorial! And the best part is that they chose to use a few of my projects as the examples so you can’t go wrong! Get The Crochet Crowd Corner-to-Corner Crochet using HDC (half double crochet) HERE.

I love how this tulip turned out!

Big THANK YOU to Jennifer Freeman of “My Beautiful Disasters” (Find her HERE on FB!) for writing out the C2C written pattern for the January, February, March, April, and May Gnomes (and the bonus gnome patterns below as well)! This is very helpful since many of you like to use the written rows to crochet instead of following the graph. 

HERE is a downloadable PDF of the May Girl Gnome WRITTEN PATTERN

Or follow along right here from the written pattern below:

May Gnome – Girl

Row 1: Peach x 1 (1 block)

Row 2: Peach x 2 (2 blocks)

Row 3: Peach x 3 (3 blocks)

Row 4: Peach x 4 (4 blocks)

Row 5: Peach x 1, Dark Teal x 3, Peach x 1 (5 blocks)

Row 6: Peach x 1, Dark Teal x 4, Peach x 1 (6 blocks)

Row 7: Peach x 1, Dark Teal x 2, White x 2, Dark Teal x 1, Peach x 1 (7 blocks)

Row 8: Peach x 1, Dark Teal x 2, White x 2, Dark Teal x 2, Peach x 1 (8 blocks)

Row 9: Peach x 1, Dark Teal x 3, White x 2, Dark Teal x 2, Peach x 1 (9 blocks)

Row 10: Peach x 1, Dark Teal x 3, White x 1, Light Teal x 1, White x 2, Dark Teal x 1, Peach x 1 (10 blocks)

Row 11: Peach x 1, Dark Teal x 1, White x 3, Dark Teal x 5, Peach x 1 (11 blocks)

Row 12: Peach x 1, Dark Teal x 5, White x 4, Dark Teal x 1, Peach x 1 (12 blocks)

Row 13: Peach x 1, Light Teal x 1, White x 4, Dark Teal x 6, Peach x 1 (13 blocks)

Row 14: Peach x 1, Dark Teal x 3, Green x 3, White x 5, Light Teal x 1, Peach x 1 (14 blocks)

Row 15: Peach x 1, Light Teal x 2, White x 4, Dark Teal x 1, Green x 3, Dark Teal x 3, Peach x 1 (15 blocks)

Row 16: Peach x 1, Dark Teal x 3, Green x 2, Dark Teal x 3, White x 4, Light Teal x 1, Peach x 2 (16 blocks)

Row 17: Peach x 2, Light Teal x 2, White x 3, Dark Teal x 3, Green x 2, Dark Teal x 4, Peach x 1 (17 blocks)

Row 18: Peach x 1, Dark Teal x 4, Green x 1, Dark Teal x 1, Green x 1, Red x 2, Dark Teal x 1, White x 3, Light Teal x 2, Peach x 2 (18 blocks)

Row 19: Peach x 2, Light Teal x 2, White x 3, Dark Teal x 1, Red x 3, Dark Teal x 1, Green x 1, Dark Teal x 2, White x 2, Dark Teal x 1, Peach x 1 (19 blocks)

Row 20: Peach x 2, Dark Teal x 1, White x 2, Dark Teal x 1, Green x 1, Dark Teal x 1, Red x 4, Dark Teal x 1, White x 2, Light Teal x 3, Peach x 2 (20 blocks)

Row 21: Peach x 3, Light Teal x 2, White x 2, Dark Teal x 1, Red x 4, Dark Teal x 4, White x 2, Dark Teal x 1, Peach x 2 (21 blocks)

Corner

Row 22: Peach x 2, Dark Teal x 1, White x 1, Light Teal x 1, White x 2, Dark Teal x 1, Red x 3, Dark Teal x 3, White x 1, Light Teal x 3, Peach x 3 (21 blocks)

Row 23: Peach x 3, Light Teal x 4, Nose x 2, Dark Teal x 1, Red x 3, Dark Teal x 1, White x 3, Dark Teal x 3, Peach x 1 (21 blocks)

Row 24: Peach x 1, Dark Teal x 2, White x 4, Dark Teal x 1, Red x 1, Dark Teal x 2, Nose x 3, Light Teal x 3, Peach x 4 (21 blocks)

Row 25: Peach x 2, Dark Teal x 1, Peach x 1, Light Teal x 4, Nose x 3, Dark Teal x 1, Red x 1, Dark Teal x 1, White x 4, Dark Teal x 2, Peach x 1 (21 blocks)

Row 26: Peach x 1, Dark Teal x 1, White x 5, Dark Teal x 2, Nose x 4, Light Teal x 3, Peach x 1, Dark Teal x 2, Peach x 2 (21 blocks)

Row 27: Peach x 3, Dark Teal x 1, Peach x 1, Light Teal x 4, Nose x 4, Dark Teal x 1, White x 5, Dark Teal x 1, Peach x 1 (21 blocks)

Row 28: Peach x 1, Dark Teal x 1, White x 5, Dark Teal x 1, Nose x 3, Light Teal x 4, Peach x 2, Light Teal x 1, Peach x 3 (21 blocks)

Row 29: Peach x 3, Light Teal x 2, Peach x 1, Light Teal x 5, Nose x 3, White x 5, Dark Teal x 1, Peach x 1 (21 blocks)

Row 30: Peach x 1, Dark Teal x 1, White x 5, Nose x 2, Light Teal x 6, Peach x 1, Light Teal x 1, Peach x 4 (21 blocks)

Corner

Row 31: Peach x 3, Light Teal x 11, White x 2, Light Teal x 3, Peach x 1 (20 blocks)

Row 32: Peach x 1, Light Teal x 15, Peach x 3 (19 blocks)

Row 33: Peach x 2, Light Teal x 15, Peach x 1 (18 blocks)

Row 34: Peach x 2, Light Teal x 13, Peach x 2 (17 blocks)

Row 35: Peach x 2, Light Teal x 12, Peach x 2 (16 blocks)

Row 36: Peach x 2, Light Teal x 12, Peach x 1 (15 blocks)

Row 37: Peach x 1, Light Teal x 10, Peach x 3 (14 blocks)

Row 38: Peach x 4, Light Teal x 8, Peach x 1 (13 blocks)

Row 39: Peach x 1, Light Teal x 6, Peach x 5 (12 blocks)

Row 40: Peach x 6, Light Teal x 4, Peach x 1 (11 blocks)

Row 41: Peach x 10 (10 blocks)

Row 42: Peach x 9 (9 blocks)

Row 43: Peach x 8 (8 blocks)

Row 44: Peach x 7 (7 blocks)

Row 45: Peach x 6 (6 blocks)

Row 46: Peach x 5 (5 blocks)

Row 47: Peach x 4 (4 blocks)

Row 48: Peach x 3 (3 blocks)

Row 49: Peach x 2 (2 blocks)

Row 50: Peach x 1 (1 block)

HERE is a downloadable PDF of the May Boy Gnome WRITTEN PATTERN

And a BONUS GIRL GNOME PATTERN

Huge thanks to Diane of Stitch Therapy who is completely rockin it with this project and making the gnomes using the POPCORN STITCH! She has very graciously written out the directions for the May Girl Gnome HERE. She is volunteering her time to do this between being working full time as an elementary school librarian. Thank you Diane for all your help! Please pop over to her Facebook page or IG (@StitchTherapyCrochet) and give her a big virtual hug and THANK YOU!If you missed the previous months, click the highlighted links below to go back to where it all begins!

GET THE MAY GNOME POPCORN STITCH PATTERN HERE

If you missed the previous months, click the highlighted links below to go back to where it all begins!

Get the January Gnome HERE

Get the February Gnome HERE

Get the March Gnome HERE

Get the April Gnome HERE

Not the best picture, but this shows that we are now on the second row of our blanket!

Below is a picture of the backside of the gnome! Corner-to-corner crochet is reversible! It’s a mirror image!

There are many ways you can use these pixel graphs!

SpurView Goods is creating Single Crochet Versions of the Gnomes! Find her HERE on Facebook.

Sylvia Johnson is making plastic canvas versions!

And speaking of plastic canvas, Jennifer Freeman also used plastic canvas to make a tissue box cover! How cool and clever!

Badass Knitting is making Knitted Gnomes!

Yvonne Winters is making Perler Bead versions!

My Magical Corner is also creating really cool gnomes out of perler beads!

Please share all your gnomes with me on social media using #2022gnomeproject and by tagging @repeatcrafterme

Is corner-to-corner crochet too confusing? Try my quick and easy Gnome Granny Squares!

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