Hello everyone and welcome to my latest crochet pattern. I’ve got an extra pattern for you this week. Today we’ll start with a crochet gingerbread man pattern that looks like this.

On Friday I will be doing a crochet pattern dress so that there is a nice gingerbread couple like this.

For the pattern today I’ve also made a video tutorial that you can follow along with at Crochet Gingerbread Man Tutorial.

This pattern will be using UK terminology, if you would like to get the US version go to Crochet Gingerbread Man Pattern (US Version).

Gingerbread Man Crochet Pattern

Abbreviations

• st –  stitch
• sts –  stitches
• ch –  chain
• sl st –  slip stitch
• dc –  double crochet
• htr –  half treble crochet
• tr –  treble crochet
• dtr –  double treble crochet

Materials Used

• Gingerbread colour, contrasting colour and black cotton or wool.
• Crochet hook.
• Scissors.
• Thread to sew together.
• Sewing needle.
• Darning needle to weave in ends.

Head

Make a magic loop.

Row 1: 3 ch. Work 14 tr into loop and pull tight. Slip st. into 3rd ch.
Row 2:  3 ch. 1 tr in same place. Work 2 tr into each tr. Join with a sl st in 3rd ch.  Fasten off.

Arms and Body

Row 1:  8 ch, (chain for first arm) working one stitch into each of 7 sts on head work 1 tr, 1 htr, 1 dc in each of the next 3 sts, 1 htr and 1 tr into sts on head then work 10 ch.  Turn.
Row 2:   miss 2 ch and work 2 htr in next ch, 1 htr in each of next 3 ch, 2 htr in next st, 1 htr in rest of ch, across body and 1^st 3 ch of other side, 2 htr in next st, 1 htr in each st to last st, 2 htr in last st.
Row 3:  2 ch, 1 joined htr over next 2 sts, 1 htr in each of next 4 sts, 2 htr in next st, 1 htr in each of next 13 sts, 2 htr in next st, 1 htr in each st to last 2 sts, a joined htr over last 2 sts.  Fasten off.

Join cotton for body 4 sts back from the centre st. (First row of body is worked on 9 sts.)

Row 1:  2 ch, work 1 htr in each of the next 8 sts.  Turn.
Row 2:  2 ch, work 1 htr in each of the next 8 sts.  Turn.
Rows 3-6:  2 ch, work 1 htr in each st to end and 1 htr in the top of the 2 ch.  Turn (You get an extra st each row – after the 6^th row you have 2 ch and 12 htr). 

1^st Leg

Row 1:  2 ch, 1 htr in each of next 4 sts, 1 joined htr over next 2 sts.  Turn.
Row 2:  2 ch, A joined htr over 1^st 2 sts, 1 htr in each st to end. 1 htr in top of 2 ch.  Turn
Row 3:  2 ch, 1 htr in same place as ch, 1 htr in each st to last 2, joined htr over last 2 sts.  Turn.
Row 4:  2 ch, joined htr over 1^st 2 sts, 1 htr in each st. 1 htr in top of 2 ch, Turn.
Row 5:  2 ch, work a htr cluster over all sts.  Fasten off.

2^nd Leg

Join cotton to the body in the next st after the 1^st leg.

Row 1:  2 ch, 1 htr in each st and in the top of the 2 ch.  Turn.
Row 2:   2 ch, 1 htr in same place as ch, 1 htr in each st to last 2, joined htr over last 2 sts.  Turn.
Row 3:  2 ch, joined htr over 1^st 2 sts, 1 htr in each st. 1 htr in top of 2 ch, Turn.
Row 4:  2 ch, 1 htr in same place as ch, 1 htr in each st to last 2, joined htr over last 2 sts.  Turn.
Row 5:  2 ch, work a htr cluster over all sts   Don’t fasten off.

To Neaten Edges

With the cotton from the leg work 1 ch and 1 dc in each st around the whole gingerbread man.  Join with a sl st in the ch.  Fasten off.

Eyes and buttons (Make 4)

Make a magic loop.
1 ch, work 4 dc into circle.  Pull circle tight and join with a sl st in ch.  Fasten off.

Bow tie

Make a magic loop.
3 ch, 1 tr, 3 ch, sl st in circle, 3 ch, 1 tr, 3 ch, sl st in circle.  Pull circle tight.  Fasten off leaving a long tail to join the bow tie to the gingerbread man.

To Make Up

Weave in ends.  Embroider on a mouth.

Attach the eyes to the head just above the mouth as shown.

Sew the bow tie on the centre of the neck using the tail to stitch over the centre of the bow tie.

Stitch the buttons on evenly below the bow tie.

I hope that you like this gingerbread man and I’ll be uploading the dress pattern and video tutorial on Friday at the normal time.