Gingerbread Man Pattern
Gingerbread Man Pattern
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Materials and Tools :
1. Sport weight/4ply yarn (50g/160m): white, beige, red, pink
2.Crochet hook 1.75 mm
3. Black embroidery thread
4. Safety eyes 6 mm
5. Fiberfill
6. Scissors
7. Needle for sewing pieces and embroidery
8. A couple of tiny buttons
9. Multicolored threads for embroidery sprinkling
Abbreviations:
sc - single crochet
inc - increase (2 sc in one stitch)
dec - decrease (2 sc together)
ch - chain
dc - double crochet
sl st - slip stitch
*6 - number of repeats
(12) - total number of stitches in a round
FLO - front loops only
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Legs - Body - Head:
1. 6 sc in a MR (6)
2. 6 inc (12)
3. (1 sc, inc)*6 (18)
4-8. 18 sc (5 rows)
Fasten off, cut the yarn.
Crochet the second leg in the same way and do not cut the yarn.
Join the first leg with sl st and continue crocheting in a spiral.
9. 36 sc (18 sc on the first leg + 18 sc on the second leg)
10. 36 sc (36)
11. (4 sc, dec)*6 (30)
12. 30 sc (30)
13. (3 sc, dec)*6 (24)
14-16. 24 sc (3 rows)
17. (2 sc, dec)*6 (18)
18-19. 18 sc (2 rows)
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Stuff the toy with fiberfill, spreading it well inside. Then add fiberfill
while you crocheting.
20. (1 sc, dec)*6 (12)
21. FLO (1 sc, inc)*6 (18)
22. 1 sc, inc, (2 sc, inc)*5, 1 sc (24)
23. (3 sc, inc)*6 (30)
24. 2 sc, inc, (4 sc, inc)*5, 2 sc (36)
25. (5 sc, inc)*6 (42)
26-32. 42 sc (7 rows)
Insert safety eyes between rounds 29 and 30 at a distance of 8 sc
between each other.
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33. (5 sc, dec)*6 (36)
34. 2 sc, dec, (4 sc, dec)*5, 2 sc (30)
35. (3 sc, dec)*6 (24)
36. 1 sc, dec, (2 sc, dec)*5, 1 sc (18)
37. (1 sc, dec)*6 (12)
38. 6 dec (6)
Pull the hole closed,, fasten off, cut the
yarn and weave in the yarn ends.
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1. 6 sc in a MR
Icing:
2. 6 inc (12)
3. (1 sc, inc)*6 (18)
4. 1 sc, inc, (2 sc, inc)*5, 1 sc (24)
5. (3 sc, inc)*6 (30)
6. (Skip the one stich, then make 5 dc in one stitch, skip the one
stitch and make sl st into the next stitch)*7, 2 sl st.
Fasten off, leaving a long tail for sewing.
Embroider the sprinkling on the icing and sew this piece slightly
sideways on the head.
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Cheeks (make 2):
1. 6 sc in a MR
Close in a ring with sl st. Fasten off,
leaving a long tail for sewing.
Cherry:
1. 6 sc in a MR (6)
2. 6 inc (12)
3. (1 sc, inc)*6 (18)
4-5. 18 sc (2 rounds)
6. (1 sc, dec)*6 (12)
Stuff the piece a little bit.
7. 6 dec (6)
Pull the hole closed, fasten off and cut the yarn.
Make the cherry stalk: ch 5, fasten off and leave a long tail for sewing .
Sew the cherry with this yarn end so that the chain fits snugly and sticks
out a little, then sew the cherry to the head with the remaining thread
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Assembly and decoration:
Sew on the arms and cheeks, embroider zigzags with white thread
on the legs and arms, embroider a smile and sew on the buttons.
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