Crochet Tutorial: Cabbage Patch Gnome Cottage – Free Crochet Pattern

This Cabbage Patch Gnome Cottage is a detailed crochet garden scene featuring a round cream cottage, a brown arched door, green framed windows, layered cabbage-leaf roof, chimney, tiny gnomes, baskets, vegetables, snails, ladybugs, mushrooms, flower boxes, hanging planters, stepping stones, daisies, signs, and a fenced cabbage patch yard.

Please note: I strive for accuracy in every pattern, but occasional errors can happen. Thank you for understanding and for enjoying my designs.

Skill Level

This pattern is written for confident beginners to intermediate crocheters. The cottage uses basic amigurumi shaping, flat leaf pieces, small appliques, simple embroidery, and careful assembly. Most parts are worked with a 2.5 mm hook and worsted or DK yarn held firmly for a neat miniature display finish.

• Main techniques: magic ring, single crochet, half double crochet, double crochet, slip stitch, increases, decreases, front loop only, back loop only, surface details, embroidery, and sewing.
• Finished size: about 10 in wide, 9 in deep, and 8.5 in tall when made with the listed yarn and hook.
• Gauge: 6 sc and 7 rounds measure about 1 in. Exact gauge is less important than keeping all pieces firm.

Materials

• 2.5 mm crochet hook for most pieces.
• 2.0 mm crochet hook for tiny vegetables, flowers, ladybugs, and sign details.
• Worsted or DK cotton/acrylic yarn in cream, medium brown, dark brown, tan, moss green, sage green, light green, dark green, gray, white, yellow, red, black, orange, blue, teal, beige, pink, and silver gray.
• Fiberfill stuffing.
• Plastic canvas or firm cardboard for the round base, cottage floor, gate, and signs.
• Yarn needle, stitch markers, scissors, sewing pins.
• Small wooden bead or crocheted bobble for the door knob.
• Optional floral wire for hanging basket ropes and sign stems.
• Optional fabric glue for securing signs, stones, and very tiny pieces.

Abbreviations in US Terms

• MR: magic ring
• ch: chain
• sl st: slip stitch
• sc: single crochet
• hdc: half double crochet
• dc: double crochet
• tr: treble crochet
• inc: 2 sc in the same stitch
• dec: single crochet 2 stitches together
• BLO: back loop only
• FLO: front loop only
• st: stitch
• sts: stitches
• FO: fasten off

Pattern Notes

Work amigurumi pieces in continuous rounds unless the pattern says to join. Use a stitch marker at the first stitch of each round. Stuff the cottage wall firmly enough to hold its cylindrical shape, but do not overstuff small garden pieces because they should sit naturally on the base.

The photo has a hand-built miniature look, with rounded crochet shapes and layered texture. For the best match, sew each cabbage roof leaf so the lower edge overlaps the cream cottage wall, then angle the next row slightly upward. The roof should look like a cabbage head opening around the top.

Round Garden Base

Large Green Base Cover

Use moss green yarn and the 2.5 mm hook. This base is a flattened oval-round platform, wide enough for the cottage, garden beds, fence, stepping stones, and gate.

1. R1: MR, 8 sc in ring. Do not join. 8 sts.
2. R2: inc in each st around. 16 sts.
3. R3: sc 1, inc, repeat around. 24 sts.
4. R4: sc 2, inc, repeat around. 32 sts.
5. R5: sc 3, inc, repeat around. 40 sts.
6. R6: sc 4, inc, repeat around. 48 sts.
7. R7: sc 5, inc, repeat around. 56 sts.
8. R8: sc 6, inc, repeat around. 64 sts.
9. R9: sc 7, inc, repeat around. 72 sts.
10. R10: sc 8, inc, repeat around. 80 sts.
11. R11: sc 9, inc, repeat around. 88 sts.
12. R12: sc 10, inc, repeat around. 96 sts.
13. R13: sc 11, inc, repeat around. 104 sts.
14. R14: sc 12, inc, repeat around. 112 sts.
15. R15: sc 13, inc, repeat around. 120 sts.
16. R16: sc 14, inc, repeat around. 128 sts.
17. R17: sc 15, inc, repeat around. 136 sts.
18. R18: sc 16, inc, repeat around. 144 sts.
19. R19: sc 17, inc, repeat around. 152 sts.
20. R20: sc 18, inc, repeat around. 160 sts.
21. R21: sc 19, inc, repeat around. 168 sts.
22. R22: sc 20, inc, repeat around. 176 sts.
23. R23: sc 21, inc, repeat around. 184 sts.
24. R24: sc 22, inc, repeat around. 192 sts.
25. R25: sc 23, inc, repeat around. 200 sts.
26. R26: sc evenly around. 200 sts.
27. R27: BLO sc evenly around. 200 sts.
28. R28: sc evenly around. FO, leaving a long tail.

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Cut a firm plastic canvas oval or circle slightly smaller than the crocheted base. Place it under the crochet base. Sew the final round to the underside edge so the base stays flat. The visible edge should be rounded and green, like the photo.

Cream Round Cottage Body

Cottage Floor

Use cream yarn. This piece forms the bottom of the cylindrical cottage and sits in the center-back area of the garden base.

1. R1: MR, 8 sc. 8 sts.
2. R2: inc around. 16 sts.
3. R3: sc 1, inc, repeat around. 24 sts.
4. R4: sc 2, inc, repeat around. 32 sts.
5. R5: sc 3, inc, repeat around. 40 sts.
6. R6: sc 4, inc, repeat around. 48 sts.
7. R7: sc 5, inc, repeat around. 56 sts.
8. R8: sc 6, inc, repeat around. 64 sts.
9. R9: sc 7, inc, repeat around. 72 sts.
10. R10: sc 8, inc, repeat around. 80 sts.
11. R11: sc 9, inc, repeat around. 88 sts.
12. R12: sc 10, inc, repeat around. 96 sts.
13. R13: BLO sc evenly around. 96 sts.

Cottage Wall

1. R14-R39: sc evenly around for 26 rounds. 96 sts per round.
2. R40: sc 10, dec, repeat around. 88 sts.
3. R41: sc evenly around. 88 sts.
4. R42: sc 9, dec, repeat around. 80 sts.
5. R43: sc evenly around. 80 sts.
6. R44: sc 8, dec, repeat around. 72 sts.
7. R45: BLO sc evenly around. 72 sts. FO with a long tail.

Stuff the body firmly. Insert a plastic canvas circle into the floor if needed. The cottage should stand as a smooth cream cylinder with a gently narrowing upper edge, matching the cottage under the leafy cabbage roof.

Brown Arched Front Door

Use medium brown yarn. The door is tall, rounded at the top, and ribbed vertically. Work in rows.

1. Row 1: ch 13, sc in 2nd ch from hook and across. 12 sts.
2. Rows 2-15: ch 1, turn, BLO sc across. 12 sts.
3. Row 16: ch 1, turn, dec, sc 8, dec. 10 sts.
4. Row 17: ch 1, turn, dec, sc 6, dec. 8 sts.
5. Row 18: ch 1, turn, dec, sc 4, dec. 6 sts.
6. Row 19: ch 1, turn, dec, sc 2, dec. 4 sts.
7. Row 20: ch 1, turn, dec twice. 2 sts.
8. Border: ch 1, sc evenly around the entire door, placing 2 sc in each lower corner and 3 sc over the top curve. FO.

With dark brown yarn, embroider two short horizontal hinge straps on the left side of the door. With tan yarn, sew or crochet a small bobble knob on the right side at round 10 height. Sew the door centered on the cottage front, beginning about 3 rounds above the base.

Door Frame

Use dark green yarn. Ch 32. Starting in the 2nd ch from hook, sl st in 6 sts, sc in 7 sts, hdc in 5 sts, dc in 5 sts, hdc in 5 sts, sc in 3 sts. FO. Sew around the door edge as an arched green frame.

Round Cottage Windows

Window Glass, Make 3

Use light green yarn and the 2.0 mm hook. Make one window for each side of the door and one slightly hidden side window.

1. R1: MR, 6 sc. 6 sts.
2. R2: inc around. 12 sts.
3. R3: sc 1, inc, repeat around. 18 sts.
4. R4: sc 2, inc, repeat around. 24 sts. FO.

Window Frame, Make 3

Use dark green yarn. Join yarn to any stitch of the glass circle.

1. R1: sc evenly around, working through the edge of the glass. 24 sts.
2. R2: sl st around for a raised rim. FO.

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Embroider one vertical bar and one horizontal bar across each window with dark green yarn. Sew one window on each side of the door, at the same height as the top half of the door. Sew the third window on the right side of the cottage, partially visible beneath the roof leaves.

Window Boxes

Brown Window Basket, Make 2

1. Use brown yarn. Ch 10.
2. Row 1: sc in 2nd ch from hook and across. 9 sts.
3. Rows 2-3: ch 1, turn, sc across. 9 sts.
4. Border: sc around the rectangle. FO.

Sew one basket below each front window. Add three tiny flowers to each basket: with yellow or white yarn, MR, ch 2, sl st into ring five times, pull closed, FO. Sew the flowers into the baskets and add tiny green straight stitches for leaves.

Cabbage Leaf Roof

The roof is made from layered flat leaves. Each leaf has a pointed tip, rounded sides, and visible vein embroidery. The lower row is largest and hangs over the cottage wall. The upper row is smaller. A cabbage rosette sits at the top center.

Large Roof Leaf, Make 12

Use sage green yarn and the 2.5 mm hook. Work around both sides of a foundation chain.

1. Ch 17.
2. Side 1: sc in 2nd ch from hook, sc 3, hdc 4, dc 5, hdc 2, sc 1, 3 sc in last ch.
3. Side 2: working along the opposite side of the chain, sc 1, hdc 2, dc 5, hdc 4, sc 4. Sl st to first sc.
4. R2: ch 1, sc 5, hdc 4, dc 5, 3 dc in tip st, dc 5, hdc 4, sc 5, sl st to join. FO.

With light green yarn, embroider one long center vein from base to tip. Add three angled vein stitches on each side. Shape the leaf by gently curving the base inward and the tip downward.

Medium Roof Leaf, Make 10

1. Use sage green yarn. Ch 14.
2. Side 1: sc in 2nd ch from hook, sc 2, hdc 4, dc 4, hdc 1, sc 1, 3 sc in last ch.
3. Side 2: sc 1, hdc 1, dc 4, hdc 4, sc 3. Sl st to join.
4. R2: sc 4, hdc 4, dc 4, 3 dc in tip, dc 4, hdc 4, sc 4, sl st to join. FO.

Embroider veins the same way. These medium leaves form the second overlapping row above the large lower leaves.

Small Top Leaf, Make 8

1. Use light green and sage green mixed as desired. Ch 10.
2. Side 1: sc in 2nd ch from hook, sc 2, hdc 3, dc 2, 3 sc in last ch.
3. Side 2: dc 2, hdc 3, sc 3. Sl st to join.
4. R2: sc 3, hdc 3, dc 2, 3 dc in tip, dc 2, hdc 3, sc 3. FO.

Roll and overlap these small leaves into a cabbage crown at the top of the cottage. The top should look like curled cabbage leaves, not a flat flower.

Roof Assembly

1. Sew the 12 large leaves around the upper cottage edge, with each leaf base attached at R42-R45 and each tip pointing outward and slightly downward.
2. Sew the 10 medium leaves above the first row, offset between the large leaves so the layers look full.
3. Sew the 8 small leaves in a circular cluster over the top opening, overlapping the bases tightly.
4. Add extra stitches through the center top to secure the rosette and hide the cottage opening.

Chimney

Use medium brown yarn. The chimney is a small cylinder rising behind the roof on the right side.

1. R1: MR, 6 sc. 6 sts.
2. R2: sc 1, inc, repeat around. 9 sts.
3. R3: BLO sc around. 9 sts.
4. R4-R11: sc around. 9 sts.
5. R12: FLO sc around for the rim. FO.

Stuff lightly. Sew the chimney behind the top cabbage leaves, leaning straight upward. Leave the rim visible above the leaves like the photo.

Hanging Planters

Small Hanging Basket, Make 2

1. Use brown yarn. R1: MR, 6 sc. 6 sts.
2. R2: inc around. 12 sts.
3. R3: BLO sc around. 12 sts.
4. R4-R5: sc around. 12 sts.
5. R6: sl st around. FO.

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Add two green leaf clusters in each basket. For each cluster, ch 5, sc in 2nd ch, hdc, dc, sl st, FO. Sew several leaves into the basket. Add one red ladybug to each basket. For the hanging cords, attach three brown yarn strands to the basket rim and knot them above the window height.

Picket Fence Around the Garden

The fence in the photo surrounds the garden in a warm tan color with vertical rounded slats and a front gate. The crochet version uses individual padded slats sewn to two long rails.

Fence Slat, Make 36

1. Use tan yarn. Ch 6.
2. Row 1: sc in 2nd ch from hook and across. 5 sts.
3. Rows 2-9: ch 1, turn, sc across. 5 sts.
4. Row 10: ch 1, turn, dec, sc 1, dec. 3 sts.
5. Row 11: ch 1, turn, sc 3. FO.

Fold each slat lengthwise around a narrow strip of plastic canvas if you want a firmer fence. Sew the side edges together. This makes rounded fence pieces like small wooden boards.

Fence Rails, Make 2

1. Use medium brown yarn. Ch 145.
2. Row 1: sc in 2nd ch from hook and across. FO.

Pin the fence slats around the outer edge of the green base, leaving a gap at the front center for the gate. Sew the two rails across the inside of the slats, one near the bottom and one halfway up. Curve the fence gently around the base.

Front Gate

1. Make 7 tan slats using the fence slat instructions.
2. Make 2 short rails: ch 31, sc across each rail. FO.
3. Sew the 7 slats to the two rails.
4. Add a brown vertical stitch line down each slat to mimic wood grain.
5. Add a tiny brown or tan bobble as a gate knob.

Sew the gate to the front opening. Angle it slightly outward so it looks like a separate garden entrance. Place the stepping stones leading through the gate toward the cottage door.

Stepping Stone Path

Gray Stone, Make 12

1. Use gray yarn. R1: MR, 6 sc. 6 sts.
2. R2: inc around. 12 sts.
3. R3: sc 1, inc, repeat around. 18 sts.
4. R4: sc 2, inc, repeat around. 24 sts.
5. R5: sl st loosely around. FO.

Make some stones with only 18 sts and some with 24 sts so the path looks natural. Sew the stones from the gate to the door in a curved line. Add two stones outside the fence, as seen near the daisies.

Vegetable Garden Beds

Dark Soil Patch, Make 4

1. Use dark brown yarn. Ch 13.
2. Row 1: sc in 2nd ch from hook and across. 12 sts.
3. Rows 2-5: ch 1, turn, sc across. 12 sts.
4. Border: sc around, placing 2 sc in each corner. FO.

Sew the soil patches around the cottage front and left side. The photo shows small planted beds with cabbages, carrots, leafy greens, signs, and ladybugs.

Round Cabbage, Make 5

1. Use light green yarn. R1: MR, 6 sc. 6 sts.
2. R2: inc around. 12 sts.
3. R3: sc 1, inc, repeat around. 18 sts.
4. R4: sc 2, inc, repeat around. 24 sts.
5. R5: sc 2, dec, repeat around. 18 sts.
6. R6: sc 1, dec, repeat around. 12 sts. Stuff lightly.
7. R7: dec around. 6 sts. FO and close.

Cabbage Outer Leaves, Make 4 Per Cabbage

1. Use medium green. Ch 7.
2. Sc in 2nd ch, hdc, dc 2, hdc, 3 sc in last ch.
3. Work along the other side: hdc, dc 2, hdc, sc. FO.

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Sew four leaves around each cabbage ball. Use dark green yarn to add a spiral stitch on top. Place two cabbages near the left fence, one near the front center, and two in baskets or beds.

Carrots, Make 6

1. Use orange yarn. R1: MR, 5 sc. 5 sts.
2. R2: sc around. 5 sts.
3. R3: sc 1, inc, repeat twice, sc 1. 7 sts.
4. R4: sc around. 7 sts.
5. R5: sc 2, inc, repeat twice, sc 1. 9 sts.
6. R6: sc around. 9 sts. FO.

Stuff very lightly. For carrot tops, use green yarn and join at the wider end. Ch 5, sl st back down the chain, repeat 3 times, then FO. Sew carrots into a soil patch with some tops standing upright.

Leafy Greens, Make 8

1. Use dark green or teal green. Ch 6.
2. Sc in 2nd ch, hdc, dc, hdc, sc. FO.

Sew three to five leafy greens together at the base to form loose garden clusters. Place them in the front basket, side basket, and soil patches.

Large Garden Baskets

Front Vegetable Basket

1. Use tan yarn. R1: MR, 6 sc. 6 sts.
2. R2: inc around. 12 sts.
3. R3: sc 1, inc, repeat around. 18 sts.
4. R4: BLO sc around. 18 sts.
5. R5-R8: sc around. 18 sts.
6. R9: sl st around. FO.

For the handle, ch 18, sc back across, FO, and sew both ends to the basket rim. Fill the basket with three leafy greens and one small cabbage. Sew it to the front right of the path.

Small Side Basket

1. Use tan yarn. R1: MR, 6 sc.
2. R2: inc around. 12 sts.
3. R3: BLO sc around. 12 sts.
4. R4-R6: sc around. 12 sts.
5. R7: sl st around. FO.
6. Handle: ch 14, sc back across, FO. Sew to rim.

Place this basket near the gnome or beside the door. Add small green vegetables inside.

Watering Can

Use silver gray yarn and the 2.0 mm hook. This tiny watering can sits to the left of the door near the path.

Can Body

1. R1: MR, 6 sc. 6 sts.
2. R2: inc around. 12 sts.
3. R3: sc 1, inc, repeat around. 18 sts.
4. R4: BLO sc around. 18 sts.
5. R5-R8: sc around. 18 sts.
6. R9: sc 1, dec, repeat around. 12 sts.
7. R10: dec around. 6 sts. FO and close.

Spout

1. Use gray yarn. Ch 8.
2. Sc in 2nd ch from hook and across. 7 sts.
3. FO and sew into a narrow tube if desired.

Handle

1. Ch 12.
2. Sc in 2nd ch from hook and across. 11 sts. FO.

Sew the spout to one side of the can and angle it outward. Sew the handle to the opposite side. Add a tiny gray circle to the spout tip: MR, 6 sc, FO.

Garden Gnomes

The photo shows two small gnomes. One stands at the left holding a cabbage. One sits on a small chair at the right. Both have tall green hats, round peach noses, white beards, and compact bodies.

Standing Gnome Body

1. Use blue or teal yarn. R1: MR, 6 sc. 6 sts.
2. R2: inc around. 12 sts.
3. R3: sc 1, inc, repeat around. 18 sts.
4. R4-R8: sc around. 18 sts.
5. R9: sc 1, dec, repeat around. 12 sts. Stuff.
6. R10: dec around. 6 sts. FO and close.

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Standing Gnome Hat

1. Use light green yarn. R1: MR, 4 sc. 4 sts.
2. R2: sc around. 4 sts.
3. R3: sc 1, inc, repeat twice. 6 sts.
4. R4: sc around. 6 sts.
5. R5: sc 2, inc, repeat twice. 8 sts.
6. R6: sc around. 8 sts.
7. R7: sc 3, inc, repeat twice. 10 sts.
8. R8: sc around. 10 sts.
9. R9: sc 4, inc, repeat twice. 12 sts.
10. R10: sc around. 12 sts.
11. R11: sc 5, inc, repeat twice. 14 sts.
12. R12: sc around. 14 sts.
13. R13: sc 6, inc, repeat twice. 16 sts.
14. R14: FLO sc around for brim. FO.

Gnome Beard and Nose

1. Beard: use white yarn. Ch 8, sc in 2nd ch, hdc, dc 3, hdc, sc. FO.
2. Nose: use peach yarn. MR, 6 sc, sl st to join, FO.

Sew the beard to the front of the body. Sew the hat over the upper body so the brim touches the beard. Sew the peach nose at the center, partly tucked under the hat. Add tiny brown feet: MR, 6 sc, FO, make 2.

Standing Gnome Arms, Make 2

1. Use blue or teal yarn. Ch 6.
2. Sc in 2nd ch from hook and across. 5 sts. FO.

Sew one arm to each side. Place a small cabbage in the gnome’s hands by sewing it across the front body. Attach the standing gnome on the left side of the garden near the fence.

Sitting Gnome

Make the body, hat, beard, nose, and arms the same as the standing gnome, but use only R1-R7 for the body before decreasing. Make two legs with brown yarn: ch 6, sc in 2nd ch and across, FO. Sew the legs forward so the gnome sits on the chair.

Tiny Chair

1. Seat: use brown yarn. Ch 8, sc in 2nd ch and across. 7 sts. Work 5 rows. FO.
2. Back: ch 8, sc in 2nd ch and across. 7 sts. Work 6 rows. FO.
3. Legs, make 4: ch 5, sl st in 2nd ch and across. FO.
4. Sew the back to one edge of the seat. Sew the legs underneath.

Sew the sitting gnome onto the chair. Place the chair to the right of the cottage, just inside the fence, angled slightly toward the front.

Snails

Small Snail, Make 3

1. Shell: use brown yarn. R1: MR, 6 sc. 6 sts. R2: inc around. 12 sts. FO. Embroider a spiral with dark brown yarn.
2. Body: use beige yarn. Ch 8, sc in 2nd ch, sc 4, hdc 1, 3 hdc in last ch. FO.
3. Antennae: attach two short beige yarn strands near the head and knot the ends.

Sew one snail on a roof leaf at the left front, one near the garden sign, and one near the fence. Keep the shells upright and the bodies flat.

Ladybugs

Ladybug, Make 8

1. Use red yarn. R1: MR, 6 sc. 6 sts.
2. R2: inc around. 12 sts.
3. R3: sc around. 12 sts.
4. R4: dec around. 6 sts. FO and close.

Use black yarn to embroider a head, center line, and two tiny spots on each ladybug. Sew ladybugs to the garden base, hanging baskets, leaves, soil patch, and near the stepping stones.

Mushrooms

Large Mushroom, Make 3

1. Stem: use beige yarn. R1: MR, 6 sc. R2-R5: sc around. FO and stuff.
2. Cap: use dark brown yarn. R1: MR, 6 sc. R2: inc around. 12 sts. R3: sc 1, inc, repeat around. 18 sts. R4: sc around. FO.

Sew the cap onto the stem. Add tiny white straight stitches on the cap. Place the mushrooms outside the fence on the right front edge and near the garden corner.

Small Mushroom, Make 2

1. Stem: MR, 5 sc, sc around for 3 rounds, FO.
2. Cap: MR, 6 sc, inc around to 12 sts, FO.

Sew these near the larger mushrooms to create the clustered mushroom patch shown at the front right.

Daisies

Daisy Flower, Make 3

1. Center: use yellow yarn. MR, 6 sc, sl st to join. FO.
2. Petals: join white yarn to any stitch. Ch 4, sc in 2nd ch, hdc, sc, sl st into next center stitch. Repeat 6 times. FO.

Sew the daisies outside the front fence, near the gate and stones. The white flowers should sit flat with yellow centers facing forward.

Garden Signs

Main Cottage Sign

1. Use cream yarn. Ch 13.
2. Row 1: sc in 2nd ch from hook and across. 12 sts.
3. Rows 2-7: ch 1, turn, sc across. 12 sts.
4. Border with tan yarn: sc around, placing 2 sc in each corner. FO.

Embroider the words “Cabbage Patch Cottage” with dark brown yarn. If embroidery is too small, stitch short dark lines to suggest lettering. Sew the sign to the front left fence area, slightly outside the garden.

Small Plant Markers, Make 4

1. Sign board: use cream yarn. Ch 6, sc in 2nd ch and across. 5 sts. Work 3 rows. FO.
2. Post: use tan yarn. Ch 7, sl st in 2nd ch and across. FO.
3. Sew the board to the post.

Embroider tiny words or marks for “Cabbage,” “Carrot,” “Radish,” and one extra garden label. Sew the markers into the soil patches at the front left and center garden beds.

Mini Radishes

Radish, Make 4

1. Use pink yarn. R1: MR, 5 sc. 5 sts.
2. R2: inc around. 10 sts.
3. R3: sc around. 10 sts.
4. R4: dec around. 5 sts. FO.
5. Root tip: attach white yarn to the bottom, ch 3, sl st back down, FO.
6. Leaves: attach green yarn to the top, ch 4, sl st back down, repeat 2 times, FO.

Place radishes in the soil patch near the small sign. Keep at least one pink radish visible in the front garden bed.

Green Border Vines

The cottage has green plant texture around the bottom wall and garden edge. Use dark green yarn and a 2.0 mm hook for small vines.

1. Ch 45 for a long vine.
2. Sl st in 2nd ch from hook, ch 4, sl st back into same chain, sl st in next 3 chains.
3. Repeat the leaf loop every 3 or 4 chains until the vine is finished. FO.

Make two vines. Sew one vine around the lower cottage wall beside the door. Sew the other along the left side garden bed near the fence. Add tiny flower knots with yellow, blue, or white yarn.

Extra Cabbage Roof Texture

For the thick handmade look in the photo, add surface crochet or embroidery lines on several roof leaves. Use light green yarn. Work one long straight stitch down each center vein, then add short diagonal stitches. Do not pull too tightly, or the leaf will curl too much.

On the top cabbage rosette, sew the small leaves in a tight overlapping spiral. Add two light green leaves and two darker green leaves at alternating angles. The top should look puffy, layered, and organic.

Final Assembly and Facial Detailing

1. Sew the cottage body to the back-center of the green base, leaving room for the front path and garden beds.
2. Sew the door first, then windows, window boxes, vines, and hanging planters.
3. Sew the cabbage roof leaves from largest to smallest, securing each base firmly while leaving the leaf tips loose.
4. Add the chimney behind the top leaves.
5. Sew the fence around the base and place the gate at the front.
6. Arrange the stepping stones from the gate to the cottage door.
7. Sew soil patches, cabbages, carrots, radishes, baskets, watering can, mushrooms, daisies, snails, and ladybugs in balanced clusters.
8. Attach both gnomes last so their feet and chairs sit naturally on the base.

For gnome faces, keep the details simple. The hat brim covers the eyes. The round peach nose sits centered over the white beard. Add two very small cheek stitches with pink yarn if desired, but leave the face mostly hidden for the classic garden gnome look.

Care Notes

• Spot clean only with a soft damp cloth.
• Do not machine wash because the fence, signs, baskets, and roof leaves may bend.
• Keep the cottage away from direct sunlight to protect the green and cream yarn colors.
• Let the piece dry flat if it becomes damp.

Quick Checklist Before You Finish

• The cream cottage body is round, firm, and centered on the garden base.
• The brown arched door has dark hinge stitches and a small knob.
• Three green windows have crossbars and two front flower boxes.
• The roof has large lower leaves, medium upper leaves, and a curled cabbage top.
• The chimney is visible behind the roof.
• The garden includes cabbages, carrots, radishes, leafy greens, baskets, watering can, signs, stones, daisies, mushrooms, snails, ladybugs, and two gnomes.
• The front gate and curved fence frame the whole scene.

Detailed Cleaning and Preservation Guidelines

Use a clean makeup brush or soft paintbrush to dust between the roof leaves, fence slats, vegetables, and stepping stones. Support delicate pieces with one hand while cleaning with the other. For small marks, dab gently with cool water and mild soap, then blot dry.

Store the cottage in a breathable box with tissue paper around the roof leaves and fence. Do not press the top cabbage rosette flat. Keep heavy objects away from the gnomes, hanging baskets, signs, and mushrooms so the miniature garden keeps its detailed shape.