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Mailables -The Craft You Can Send

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Card designs vary and are $5.00 Each

Mailables are fun to send and fun to receive. The main aim of this Family run business is to provide crafters with a creative alternative to a birthday card that can be colored, posted (envelope provided) and then assembled by to recipient. You can create a hand colored 3 dimensional card that can be displayed proudly. I also think these would be perfect for sending to young ones to color in their selves as my 3 year old certainly had fun coloring our review copies.

Not only will Grandparents around the globe love to get these but anyone who cares how much love has gone into each stroke of color by a small child or creative artist. The coloring of these Pop Up like cards can be as simple or as intricate as you like making them suitable for all ages, both to color and to receive.

And to make these even more great they are donating 10% of all profits to Charity.  I would love to see them bring out a pop up invitation and thank you card too.  Lots of fun and a great affordable alternative birthday card that teaches creativity is precious and worth sharing.

Mailables are offering 25% off to all our readers until Sept 30th to grab your discount enter Coupon Code : CRAFT at checkout.

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Gonk Gnome Knitting Patterns

Sometimes I find interesting things in the terms that people are searching on the website. Most of the time them make sense, but other times I’m scratching my head. When “gonk gnomes” turned up, I had to search it to learn that gonks aren’t really gnomes. They’re from Nordic and Scandinavian mythology and are kind of a mix of a gnome and a hobgoblin.

So I don’t know if these gnome knitting patterns really all qualify as gonk gnomes, but I assume it’s the personality that you give them that will decide that.

First of course I have to share this knitting gnome from Sharon Mooney, which you can find on Ravelry. It uses DK weight yarn and while it’s a small project (5.5 inches or 14 cm tall without the hat) there are a lot of techniques packed in, including cables (on the scarf the gnome is knitting), increasing and decreasing, stranded colorwork, knitting flat and in the round, making bobbles (its nose) and I-cord (the legs).

Hélène Magnússon’s Kertasnikiris more specifically a Yule Lad in the Icelandic tradition, who traditionally comes to your house on Dec. 24 and tries to steal your candles (his name means “Candle beggar”). I love all the details on this one, too. His little colorwork boots are the best! A variety of yarns are used for all the different parts, and this one measures 16 inches/40 cm tall. You can find it on Ravelry.

Lots of gonk gnome knitting patterns are seasonal, whether Christmas or some other holiday. You’ll find autumn gonk gnomes from Tanya Oakley Designs on Etsy, and she also has more spring and summer versions decorated with flowers.

January Knits’ rainbow gnomes aren’t necessarily seasonal, but in their pastel colors as shown they’d be lovely for spring, or you could make a set in jewel tones for fall.

I also feel like if you knit gnomes you have to give them a story. Like what are the gnomies by Huggable Bears doing? They look like a bunch a friends headed to the park or something.

If you don’t want to come up with the story on your own, try knitting up Someone to Write Gnome About from Imagined Land Knits. This one’s name is Gnock, and her favorite thing is reading in her hammock.

Or how about Gnana by Sarah Schira? This gnome reminds me of Baba Yaga and looks like she’s cooking up something interesting. The pattern uses fingering weight yarn and includes colorwork on the body and a removable cloak (it’s not safe in the kitchen with a cloak on!). The pattern includes a recipe, coloring page, decorative envelope and storybook file so you can learn all about your new gnome. This one is available from Ravelry.