About this author

“Once upon a time, there was a knitter who loved gnomes. She was always cold and couldn’t understand why she was knitting and knitting (and knitting) gnomes rather than cardigans. All she knew was that as she stitched on the beard and the gnome popped into itself, complete with a personality and a life history, she would instantly wonder about doing it again.”

Sarah Schira is a knitting designer who loves gnomes. A lot. Her gnome patterns on her Ravelry shop and own website have sold in their thousands, and she has an adoring gnome-loving following across multiple platforms she has over 22,000 followers on Instagram alone. To her delight, many knitters have joined her hashtag, #nevernotgnoming.

When Sarah’s not knitting gnomes, she’s working on knitting accessories for everyday adventures, filming knitting tutorials for her YouTube channel, and recording her podcast with her sister Katie that covers their favourite patterns, tea, knitting events and you guessed it gnomes.

Sarah lives in Manitoba, Canada, with her husband.

• Ravelry ravelry.com/groups/imagined-landscapes
• YouTube @imaginedlandscapes
• Podcast imaginedlandscapes.com/podcast