Amigurumi Gingerbread Friend

I needed a change of pace for a couple days so I’ve been working on some amigurumi-style stuffed toys.  This one is an adorable gingerbread friend.  You could easily add a yarn loop at the top and turn it into an ornament as well.

I have the finished gingerbread man in my shop on Etsy.com here.  If you would like to make one of your own, here’s the pattern below.  If you do make one of these, could you send me a picture?  I’d love to see how it turns out.

Materials:
1 ball brown yarn
1 ball cream or ecru yarn
small amount red yarn
2 plastic safety eyes or small amount black yarn
small amount pink yarn
fiberfill stuffing
Size G crochet hook
stitch markers or scraps of yarn to mark rounds

Note: Work in continuous rounds.  Do not join or turn unless specifically stated in the instructions.

Head and Body:
Begin at the top of the head, with brown ch 2.
Round 1: Work 6 sc in first ch.  Place marker or yarn scrap in first st to mark beginning of round.  Move marker up as each round is completed.
Round 2: Work 2 sc in each sc around - 12 sts.
Round 3: *2 sc in next st, sc in next st, repeat from * around - 18 sts.
Round 4: *2 sc in next st, sc in each of next 2 sts, repeat from * around - 24 sts.
Round 5: *2 sc in next st, sc in each of next 3 sts, repeat from * around - 30 sts.
Rounds 6-11: sc in each st around.
Round 12: *sc2tog, sc in each of next 3 sts, repeat from * around - 24 sts.
Round 13: *sc2tog, sc in each of next 2 sts, repeat from * around - 18 sts.  If using safety eyes, attach them now.  Begin stuffing head, continuing to stuff piece as work progresses.
Round 14: sc in each sc around.
Round 15: *2 sc in next st, sc in each of next 2 sts, repeat from * around - 24 sts.
Rounds 16-23: sc in each sc around.
Round 24: *sc2tog, sc in each of next 2 sts, repeat from * around - 18 sts.
Round 25: *sc2tog, sc in next st, repeat from * around - 12 sts.
Round 26: *sc2tog, repeat from * around - 6 sts.  Fasten off, leaving a long yarn end.  Thread yarn into a large-eye yarn needle and gather stitches tightly together, fasten off again.

Arms and Legs (Make 4 total)With brown, ch 2.
Round 1: Work 6 sc in first ch.  Place marker or yarn scrap in first st to mark beginning of round.  Move the marker up as each round is completed.
Round 2: Work 2 sc in each sc around - 12 sts.
Round 3: sc in each sc around.  Change to cream.
Round 4: sc in each sc around.  Change to brown.
Rounds 5-7: sc in each sc around, stuffing as work progresses.
Round 8: *sc2tog, sc in each of next 2 sts, sc2tog, repeat from * around - 8 sts.  Fasten off.

Buttons (Make 2) With red, ch 2.  Work 4 sc in first ch.  Fasten off, leaving a long yarn end to use to sew buttons onto body.

Finishing:
Sew arms and legs to body.  Sew buttons to chest.  With red, embroider a smile.  With pink yarn, embroider cheeks.  (I used a satin stitch for the cheeks, but you could also do a french knot.)  If not using safety eyes, embroider eyes with black yarn.  (I used a satin stitch, but you could also do a french knot.)  Weave in yarn ends.