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 that looks like this.

On Friday I will be doing a crochet pattern dress so that there is a nice crochet 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 US terminology, if you would like to get the UK version go to Crochet Gingerbread Man Pattern (UK Version).

Crochet Gingerbread Man Pattern 

Abbreviations

• st – stitch
• sts – stitches
• ch – chain
• sl st – slip stitch
• sc – single crochet
• hdc – half double crochet
• dc – double 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 dc into loop and pull tight. Slip st. into 3rd ch.
Row 2:  3 ch. 1 dc in same place. Work 2 dc into each dc. Join with a sl st in 3rd ch.  Fasten off.

Arms and Body

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

Join cotton for body 4 sts back from the centre st. (1^st row of body is worked on 9 sts.)

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

1^st Leg

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

To Neaten Edges

With the cotton from the leg work 1 ch and 1 sc 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 sc into circle.  Pull circle tight and join with a sl st in ch.  Fasten off.

Bow tie

Make a magic loop
3 ch, 1 dc, 3 ch, sl st in circle, 3 ch, 1 dc, 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.