Gnome For Christmas

I am in love with the Crochet and Knitted Gnomes I've seen around.  So I decided we need one for tatting too.  Your job is to let me know if there are any mistakes.  

Gnome For Christmas
Vicki Clarke 2019

Materials:

Hat Red or Blue thread

Beard thread

Nose thread

Needle or shuttle

Crochet hook

Terms:

vsp very small picot

R- ring

C- chain

SCMR- self closing mock ring

lj- lock join

Hat 

Center

R1        6 vsp 6 vsp 6 vsp 6

Round 1

C1        4 vsp 4 lj (1^st vsp of R1)

C2       4 vsp 4 vsp 4 lj (2^nd vsp of R1)

C3       4 vsp 4 lj (3^rd vsp of R1)

C4       4 vsp 4 lj (beginning of round)

Round 2

C5       4 lj (vsp of C1) 4 p 4 lj (vsp of C1) 4 (lj of C1)

C6       4 lj (1^st vsp of C2) 4

SMCR 1          4 p 4

C7       4 lj (2^nd vsp of C2) 4 lj (lj C2)

C8       4 lj (vsp of C3) 4 p 4 lj (vsp of C3) 4 join to lj of C3, cut and hide ends

Beard

Choose a beard color, you will also need the nose thread for this part

Wind on 1 yard of beard thread onto shuttle CTM with ball

R         4 + (last lock join of Hat) 4

C9       4 vsp 4 vsp 4

For the nose: change to a shuttle with nose colored thread. 

R         6 +(vsp on C4) 6 vsp 6

Before closing the ring pass the beard shuttle through the ring, this helps to hold the ring in place and you can hide the ends of the nose in the next chain.

Cut the nose thread so you can hide the ends, you no longer need the nose thread

Using the beard shuttle:

C10     4 vsp 4 vsp 4 lj(vsp on nose)

C11     4 vsp 4 vsp 4

R         4 + (1st lock join of Hat) 4 tw slt

C12     8 lj (vsp C11) 4

SCMR                        4

C13     4 lj (next vsp C11) 6

SCMR                        4

C14     6 lj (vsp C10) 8

SCMR                        4

C15     8 lj (next vsp C10) 6

SCMR                        4

C16     6 lj (vsp C9) 4

SCMR                        4

C17     4 lj (next vsp C9) 8

join to beginning of beard, hide ends