Crochet Gingerbread Man free pattern

Gingerbread is tasty, but this Crochet Gingerbread Man free pattern is even more delightful! I am so happy with the results of this design and I hope you will be too! With its skinny, posable arms and legs, it’s ready to spread holiday cheer wherever you place it. Hang it on your tree, pose it on a mantel, or let it dangle from a festive garland—this little Gingerbread Man will surely bring smiles all around!

The Crochet Posables Collection

Looking for more festive and fun decorations? The Posable Crochet Collection is all about adding character and movement to your creations! Along with this Gingerbread Man, you can also find a posable bunny, a cheerful chick, a sweet little Eagle, and even a patriotic Uncle Sam. These flexible designs make perfect seasonal decorations, bringing a playful touch to holidays and special occasions.

Posable Gingerbread Man Pattern

List of Materials

• 2mm crochet hook;
• Light brown, white, red, green, and yellow – cotton sports weight yarn;
• Black and red thread to embroider the face. A little bit of white for the eye detail;
• Sewing needle;
• Stuffing material;
• Scissors.

Finish size

This toy is crocheted using sports-weight yarn and a 2 mm hook. The finished size is approximately 16 cm (6 inches) tall.

Gauge

You don’t need to worry too much about the gauge for this pattern. Just choose a hook that works well with your yarn. I always like to use a slightly smaller hook than the yarn label suggests—this helps keep the stitches nice and tight, so the stuffing doesn’t poke through. If your stitches look a bit loose, try going down a hook size.

But if you’d like to check the gauge I got with my yarn, here it is:
Using sports weight yarn and a 2 mm hook, 5 rounds (ending with 30 stitches) measure about 1.6″ (4.5 cm) across.

Gingerbread Man Pattern Instructions

Legs

With light brown yarn chain 5, skip the first chain and start,

1 rnd  3sc, 4sc in the last chain turning the work and continue working on the other side, 2sc, 3sc in the last chain. Total 12sts

2 rnd  12blsc

3 rnd  1sc, 4dec, 3sc Total 8sts

• Chain 16, skip first st and make 15sl
• Cut the yarn, leaving a bit of leftover for sewing the feet.
• With the leftover yarn, sew the 4 stitches of one side with the 4 stitches of the other side of the feet together, closing it.

Arms

With light brown yarn, start

1 rnd  6sc in a magic ring

2 and 3 rnd  6sc

• Fold the hand in half, having 3sc on one side and 3 on the other.
• For the next round, you will crochet together one side to the other, closing the hand.

4 rnd    1sc, (chain 16, skip first chain, 15sl), skip the central   stitch, 1sc

• Cut the yarn and fasten it off.
• Make another one following the same instructions

Body

With light brown yarn start,

1 rnd    6sc in a magic ring

2 rnd    6inc Total 12sts

3 rnd    (1sc, 1inc) repeat 6 times Total 18sts

4 rnd    (2sc, 1inc) repeat 6 times Total 24sts

5 rnd    24BLsc

• For the next round, you will crochet together with the legs

6 rnd  (3sc, 1inc) repeat 2 times, 1sc together with one leg,   (2sc, 1inc) repeat 2 times, 1sc together with one leg,   (3sc, 1inc) repeat 2 times Total 30sts

• Change to white

7 rnd  30sc

• Change back to brown

8 and 9 rnd  30sc

10 rnd  (3sc, 1dec) repeat 6 times Total 24sts

11 to 13  rnd  24sc

14 rnd  (2sc, 1dec) repeat 6 times Total 18sts

• Change to white

15 rnd    18sc

• Change back to brown
• For the next round, you will crochet together with the arms
• If your starting stitch is not in the same position as mine when you follow the pattern, the arms might not stay central. If that is the case, find the 4 stitches in the central part of the front of the Grinch’s body. That is the distance between the 2 arms. And adapt the round 16 acordinately.

16 rnd  5sc, 1sc with the hand, 4sc, 1sc with the hand, 7sc

17 rnd  (1sc, 1dec) repeat 6 times Total 12sts

Head

18 rnd    12blsl

• Add stuffing material before continuing to the next round.
• For the next round you will work on grabbing the remaining front loop from round 17.

19 rnd  12inc Total 24sts

20 rnd  (3sc, 1inc) repeat 6 times Total 30sts

21 rnd  (4sc, 1inc) repeat 6 times Total 36sts

22 to 27 rnd  30sc

28 rnd  (4sc, 1dec) repeat 6 times Total 30sts

29 rnd  (3sc, 1dec) repeat 6 times Total 24sts

30 rnd  (2sc, 1dec) repeat 6 times Total 18sts

• Stop here to finish adding stuffing material.

31 rnd  (1sc, 1dec) repeat 6 times Total 12sts

• Cut the yarn and fasten it off.

Frosting

With red yarn start,

1 rnd  6sc in a magic ring

2 and 3 rnd  6sc

• Change to white yarn
• Bring the remaining red yarn outside of the cherry to create the cherry stem

4 rnd  6blsl

5 rnd  BL 6inc Total 12sts

6 rnd  (1sc, 1inc) repeat 6 times Total 18sts

7 rnd  (2sc, 1inc) repeat 6 times Total 24sts

8 rnd  (3sc, 1inc) repeat 6 times Total 30sts

9 rnd  (4sc, 1inc) repeat 6 times Total 36sts

10 rnd  36sc

11 rnd  (skip 1, 3dc in same st, chain 1, join with sl)   repeat 12 times

• Cut the yarn and fasten it off. Leave a tail for sewing later.

Confetti

1. With red, make 6sc inside a magic ring. Join with a slip stitch. Cut the yarn and fasten it off. Leave a tail for sewing.
2. Make another one in green.

Assembly

1. With the help of pins, fasten the frosting on top of the Gingerbread man`s face. Sew it around.
2. With yellow yarn, embroider sprinkles on top of the frosting.
3. Embroider the eyes in round 24 with black thread, leaving 3 stitches between them.
4. With read thread, embroider the mouth one round under the eyes.
5. Sew the confetti in the central part of his body.

Congratulations!

 You finished your Crochet Gingerbread Man amigurumi Christmas Ornament!

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Happy crocheting!

Ana