Helping our users. Crochet Gingerbread Man.
You’ll need:
Dapper Dreamer Combed Cotton yarn in Gingerbread color;
Crochet hook 4 and 5 mm;
Small size white buttons for the eyes and any other color of your choice for decorating the body;
White zigzag ric rac lace ribbon for the arms and legs decoration.
Size: 6 inches
Notes
Every separate piece will be worked in continuous rounds, do not join rounds with a slip stitch or chains unless otherwise stated.
Mark the first stitch of each round by using a stitch marker or a piece of yarn.
Instructions
Arms
Make 2.
Begin with a magic ring.
Round 1: sc 6
Round 2: inc 6 times (12 sts)
Round 3: sc around
Round 4: sc around
Round 5: sc around
Round 6: sc around
Round 7: sc around
Fasten off and leave a short yarn tail. Set both piece aside for now.
Legs
Make 2.
Begin with a magic ring.
Round 1: sc 6
Round 2: inc 6 times (12 sts)
Round 3: sc around
Round 4: sc around
Round 5: sc around
Round 6: sc around
Round 7: sc around
Fasten off and leave a short yarn tail. Repeat the same steps to make the second leg but do not fasten off, do not cut yarn.
Body
Round 1: Join legs with a single crochet in the first stitch of Round 7 of the first leg. Place your stitch marker in the single crochet stitch you just made (counted as your first stitch for the body), sc in each of the remaining 11 sts of first leg and in the next 12 sts of second leg (24 sts)
Round 2: sc around
Round 3: sc around
Round 4: sc 5, dec, sc 10, dec, sc 5 (22 sts)
Round 5: sc around
Round 6: sc 4, dec, sc 10, dec, sc 4 (20 sts)
Round 7: sc around
Round 8: sc 4, dec, sc 8, dec, sc 4 (18 sts)
Round 9: sc around
Round 10: sc 4, dec, sc 7, dec, sc 3 (16 sts)
Round 11: sc 3, dec, sc 7, dec, sc 2 (14 sts)
Round 12: sc 3, dec, sc 5, dec, sc 2 (12 sts)
Do not fasten off, proceed to next steps to crochet the head.
Head
Round 1: [sc, inc] 6x (18 sts)
Round 2: [sc 2, inc] 6x (24 sts)
At this point, sew each arm at the side between Round 7 to Round 12 of the body using whip stitch method (total of 12 whip sts from front to back of each arm).
Now is also the best time to sew the 3 buttons onto the center of the body. This way, you will be able to hide the stitches inside the work. Once done, continue to next Rounds.
Round 3: sc around
Round 4: sc around
Round 5: sc around
Round 6: [sc 2, dec] 6 times (18 sts)
Round 7: sc around
Sew the white buttons at this point between Round 5 and Round 6 of head. Once done continue to next steps to complete the head.
Lastly, cut out some zigzag ric rac lace ribbon then place on both arms and legs as shown on photos using fabric glue.