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Free crochet gingerbread ornament pattern: a Gingerbread Man Ornament amigurumi, about 10 cm tall in fingering yarn with a 2 mm hook. A cheerful brown gingerbread man with white icing zigzags on his collar, hands and feet, three red buttons, pink cheeks, a small smile and a red loop on top. You need about 45 m of yarn: 35 m light brown, 5 m red and 5 m pink. Plan on roughly 2 hours. Hang it on the tree, tie it to a gift or keep it as a desk buddy; it is a sweet handmade present for baking fans. You can spin the 3D model and follow the round-by-round pattern.
How to crochet the Gingerbread Man Ornament
Beginner-friendly · 10 cm tall · about 2 h · fingering yarn · 2 mm hook
- Crochet the 11 pieces in rounds: Body and head, Whole leg ×2, Arm ×2, Red gumdrop button ×3, Cheek ×2, Hanging loop (50 rounds in all).
- Stuff and put it together in 8 steps; each one lights up where it goes on the 3D model.
- Add the face: safety eyes by round and stitch, or embroider them for a child under 3.
Every round with its stitch count is in the Pattern tab below, and in the free printable PDF.
What you'll need
0 of 8 gathered
Gauge
1 sc ≈ 3 mm wide, 1 round ≈ 2.7 mm tall (10 cm ≈ 33 sc × 37 rounds); yarn about 1.4 mm thick. The gauge sets the size of the toy; crochet tightly so the stuffing does not show.
Worked in
Continuous spiral rounds. Don't join. Move a stitch marker up every round.
Parts
0 of 38 rounds done
- Size before assembly: an oval about 5.3 × 4.1 cm at the widest, 7 cm long; 30 rounds. The piece is oval: the rounds go around the chain, and on the finished toy the chain (the long side of the oval) runs side to side; the starting chain is at the bottom of the piece (on the finished toy). The round-start marker is in the middle of a long side (the piece's centre line), while R1 starts at a turn: after R1 shift the round start — sc 2 more (not counted in any round) and place the marker there. The increases fall on the turns.
- With light brown: ch 6.
- → Insert the safety eyes now (positions: see “Face”) and fix the backs. Start stuffing (firmly) and keep adding as you decrease.
- Press the piece flat to about 3.7 cm thick (oval cross-section).<!-- press the piece flat by 30 % --> Top up the stuffing if needed. Fasten off leaving a 15 cm tail; with the needle weave it through the front loops of all 6 stitches of the last round, pull tight and hide the end inside.
- Size before assembly: about 1.4 cm at the widest, 1.7 cm long; 7 rounds.
- Fasten off leaving a long tail (30–40 cm) for sewing. Stuff firmly just before sewing it on; a little less near the edge, then add a pinch when the seam is nearly done.
- Size before assembly: about 1.2 cm at the widest, 2.1 cm long; 8 rounds.
- Fasten off leaving a long tail (30–40 cm) for sewing. Stuff moderately just before sewing it on; a little less near the edge, then add a pinch when the seam is nearly done.
- Of these: no. 1 — 1; low — 1; no. 3 — 1. A flat circle about 0.8 cm across; 1 rounds.
- Fasten off leaving a long tail (30–40 cm) for sewing. Do not stuff.
- A flat circle about 1.1 cm across; 2 rounds.
- Fasten off leaving a long tail (30–40 cm) for sewing. Do not stuff.
- Size before assembly: about 1.5 cm at the widest (lies flat); 2 rounds. Each piece is two circles (front and back): make 2 circles — 1 as below and 1 plain in red (same rounds, no colour changes).
- Fasten off. Hold a front and a plain circle wrong sides together and sc around through both layers: 16 sc. Do not stuff. Leave a long tail (~30 cm) for sewing.
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