Gingerbread Cookies

Free crochet tutorial for Gingerbread Cookies by Elena Lukashova @tim_elena_luk.

With this pattern, you can crochet a gingerbread man. Any yarn will work for this amigurumi. You will need about 30-40 grams of yarn. To decorate the gingerbread cookie, you can use any colorful beads, seed beads, and buttons.

Materials and Tools

• Yarn: white and light brown
• Crochet hook
• Embroidery floss for embroidering the nose and eyebrows
• Safety eyes
• Fiberfill
• Seed beads
• Buttons
• Needle for sewing pieces together
• Scissors

Abbreviations

• MR - magic ring
• ch - chain stitch
• sl st - slip stitch
• sc - single crochet
• inc - increase
• dec - decrease
• (...) x n - repeat n times

Crochet Amigurumi Gingerbread Cookies Pattern

All parts of the toy are worked in a spiral through both loops. To make your work easier, use a stitch marker or a contrasting thread to mark the beginning of the round. If the marker line shifts to the right while you crochet, work one extra stitch at the end of the round.

Arms (2 Pieces)

The marker runs along the center of the palm. Make sure the increases and decreases are aligned. Crochet with brown yarn.

6 sc in MR

Round 1: 6 inc (12)
Rounds 2-3: 12 sc (2 rounds)
Round 4: dec, 8 sc, dec (10)
Round 5: 1 sc, dec, 4 sc, dec, 1 sc (8)
Rounds 6-9: 8 sc (4 rounds)
Change color to white
Round 10: 8 sc (8)
Change color to brown
Round 11: work 8 sc in BLO (8)
Rounds 12-13: 8 sc (2 rounds)
Change color to white
Round 14: 8 sc (8)
Change color to brown
Round 15: work 8 sc in BLO (8)
Rounds 16-18: 8 sc (3 rounds)

Stuff only the palm (the lower part); the upper part of the arm does not need to be stuffed. Fold the piece in half and work 4 sc through the stitches of both layers. Cut the yarn, fasten off, and hide the end.

Join white yarn to Round 10 and work the edging in FLO:

(sl st, ch) x repeat to the end of the round.

Join white yarn to Round 14 and work the edging in FLO:

(sl st, ch) x repeat to the end of the round.

Legs (2 Pieces)

The marker runs along the back of the leg (the center of the heel). Crochet with brown yarn:

6 sc in MR

Round 1: 6 inc (12)
Round 2: (1 sc, inc) x 6 (18)
Rounds 3-4: 18 sc (2 rounds)
Round 5: 5 sc, 4 dec, 5 sc (14)
Round 6: 4 sc, 3 dec, 4 sc (11)
Round 7: 11 sc (11)
Change color to white
Round 8: 11 sc (11)
Change color to brown
Round 9: work 11 sc in BLO
Round 10: 4 sc, inc, 1 sc, inc, 4 sc (13)
Round 11: 6 sc, inc, place an additional marker after the first stitch of the increase, 6 sc (14)

Cut the yarn, fasten off, and hide the end. Stuff firmly. Join white yarn to Round 8 and work the edging in FLO:

(sl st, ch) x repeat to the end of the round

Crochet the second leg in the same way, but do not cut the yarn. Continue with this yarn to crochet the body.

Body

Stuff as you go. The body should be soft.

Round 1: on the right leg: 1 sc, inc, 5 sc, 4 ch; work on the left leg, starting from the additional marker: 5 sc, inc, 2 sc, inc, 5 sc; 4 sc along the 4 ch; on the right leg: 5 sc, inc, 1 sc (40)
Work 10 sc (8 along the leg and 2 along the ch), place a new marker for the beginning of the round (center of the back)
Round 2: 40 sc
Round 3: 8 sc, inc, 2 sc, inc, 16 sc, inc, 2 sc, inc, 8 sc (44)
Round 4: 44 sc (44)
Change color to white
Round 5: 44 sc (44)
Change color to brown
Round 6: work 44 sc in BLO (44)
Rounds 7-8: 44 sc (2 rounds)
Round 9: 8 sc, dec, 2 sc, dec, 16 sc, dec, 2 sc, dec, 8 sc (40)
Round 10: 40 sc
Round 11: 7 sc, dec, 2 sc, dec, 14 sc, dec, 2 sc, dec, 7 sc (36)
Rounds 12-13: 36 sc (2 rounds)
Round 14: 6 sc, dec, 2 sc, dec, 12 sc, dec, 2 sc, dec, 6 sc (32)
Round 15: 32 sc
Round 16: 5 sc, dec, 2 sc, dec, 10 sc, dec, 2 sc, dec, 5 sc (28)
Rounds 17-18: 28 sc (2 rounds)
Round 19: 4 sc, dec, 2 sc, dec, 8 sc, dec, 2 sc, dec, 4 sc (24)

Align the marker. Crochet the arms in.

Round 20: 4 sc, 4 sc through the left arm and body, 8 sc, 4 sc through the right arm and body, 4 sc (24)
Round 21: 5 sc, dec, 10 sc, dec, 5 sc (22)
Change color to white
Round 22: 22 sc (22)
Change color to brown
The body is finished. Next, crochet the head. Stuff as you go.
Round 23: work in BLO: 4 sc, inc, 1 sc, inc, 8 sc, inc, 1 sc, inc, 4 sc (26)
Round 24: 5 sc, inc, 1 sc, inc, 10 sc, inc, 1 sc, inc, 5 sc (30)
Round 25: 4 sc, inc, 2 sc, inc, 2 sc, inc, 8 sc, inc, 2 sc, inc, 2 sc, inc, 4 sc (36)
Round 26: 6 sc, inc, 4 sc, inc, 12 sc, inc, 4 sc, inc, 6 sc (40)
Round 27: 8 sc, inc, 2 sc, inc, 16 sc, inc, 2 sc, inc, 8 sc (44)
Round 28: 8 sc, inc, 4 sc, inc, 16 sc, inc, 4 sc, inc, 8 sc (48)
Rounds 29-36: 48 sc (8 rounds)
Round 37: 8 sc, dec, 4 sc, dec, 16 sc, dec, 4 sc, dec, 8 sc (44)
Round 38: 44 sc (44)
Round 39: 8 sc, dec, 2 sc, dec, 16 sc, dec, 2 sc, dec, 8 sc (40)
Round 40: 40 sc (40)
Change color to white
Round 41: 6 sc, dec, 4 sc, dec, 12 sc, dec, 4 sc, dec, 6 sc (36)
Round 42: work in BLO: 4 sc, dec, 2 sc, dec, 2 sc, dec, 8 sc, dec, 2 sc, dec, 2 sc, dec, 4 sc (30)
Round 43: (3 sc, dec) x 6 times (24)
Round 44: (2 sc, dec) x 6 times (18)
Round 45: (1 sc, dec) x 6 times (12)
Round 46: 6 dec (6)

Stuff the head firmly. Pull the remaining loops closed, weave in the yarn end, and cut it.

Turn the toy upside down.

Join white yarn to Round 5 of the body and work the edging in FLO:
(sl st on the body, 3 ch, 2 sl st along the ch chain (starting from the second chain from the hook), 2 sl st on the body, 2 ch, 1 sl st into the second chain from the hook, sl st on the body) x repeat to the end of the round.

Join white yarn to Round 22 of the body (neck) and work the edging in FLO:
(sl st on the body, 3 ch, 2 sl st along the ch chain (starting from the second chain from the hook), 2 sl st on the body, 2 ch, 1 sl st into the second chain from the hook, sl st on the body) x repeat to the end of the round

Face Details

At this stage, sew on the eyes and embroider the nose and eyebrows. You can create your own look, so do not be afraid to experiment. I sewed the eyes to Round 9 of the head, 5-6 stitches apart.

Now all that is left is to decorate the top of the gingerbread cookie. Let your imagination run free: use seed beads or add embroidery.

Turn the toy upside down. Join white yarn to Round 41 of the head and work the edging in FLO: (sl st on the body, 3 ch, 2 sl st along the ch chain (starting from the second chain from the hook), 2 sl st on the body, 2 ch, 1 sl st into the second chain from the hook, 2 sl st on the body, 5 ch, 4 sl st along the ch chain (starting from the second chain from the hook))* repeat to the end of the round. The sequence of long and short chains can be different, at your discretion.

If desired, you can sew the chain tails to the head. Sew colorful buttons onto the belly. Your gingerbread cookie is ready!