Onto the Beard!

 I love this little piece: Gnome Santa by Janet Zickler Casey

First, I played thread chicken with the Fyre Werks ribbon on the plaid. But I had just enough to finish his hat:

Then I worked on his beard which required padding:

I did it incorrectly, so out it came! Again, I had enough thread in the kit to restitch the padding:

Now on to the final layer of beard. Which is actually two steps, but who is counting?