Happy Gingerbread baby
By Teresa Alvarez (July 2012)
About copyright: It's really something great when people like what I have designed. You can sell the final item or whatever you like, but it would be nice to reference where you found the pattern! If there is anything you do not understand or there are any mistakes, please, send me a message! As you can see in the way I write, English is not my first language. So, you could come across some mistakes and grammatical inconsistencies@. Sorry and my apologies!
ABOUT YARN:
Any yarn would do nicely. I've used a cheap acrylic yarn. The yardage is 40 gr. = (+/-) 55 meters. I think that a lovely yarn for this project is Natura, there are lots and lots of lovely shades.
ABOUT GAUGE:
It is not important, as far as you are consistent with your tension.
ABOUT HOOK:
It depends on the yarn. I've used a 4 mm hook. Remember that when making amigurumis, stitches should be tight.
YOU WILL NEED:
·Yarn for the gingerbread baby in brown and pink (just the embellishments) and a bit of black for the mouth. ·Two black eyes. ·Stuffing. ?Tapestryneedle.
ABOUTCROCHET TERMS:
I've followed the US terminology. Stitch: st Chain: ch Slip stitch: sl st Single crochet: sc FLO: Front Loop Only BLO: Back Loop Only Sc2tog: decreasing two sc (i.e., 2 st become 1) Sc3tog: decreasing 3 sc (i.e. 3 stitches become 1) Sc4tog: decreasing 4 sc (i.e. 4 stitches become 1) Picot: ch3, sl st at the base of the 1st st. NOTE: I've made all the decreases as invisible decreases ABOUT THE PATTERN:
All the pattern is worked in spirals, so do not join at the end/beginning of a row.
The gingerbread baby is worked almost in one piece.
Sole of the foot (make 2) Using brown
Round 1: magic ring, 6 sc (alternatively, 2 ch and 6 sc in 2nd ch from hook). Round 2: 2sc in next 6 st, (12 sts) Round 3: [2sc in next st, 1sc in next st] repeat 6 times (18 sts) Round 4: [1sc in next st., 2sc in next st, 1sc in next st] repeat 6 times (24 sts) Round 5: [2sc in next st, 1sc in next 2st] repeat 6 times (30 sts) Fasten off
Neck's embellishment Using pink Chain 30, fasten off Belly Buttons (make 2) Using pink Round 1: magic ring, 4 sc (alternatively, 2 ch and 4 sc in 2nd ch from hook). Round 2: 2sc in next 4 st, (8 sts) Fastenoff
Arm's bracelet (make 2) Using pink
Row 1: ch 19, sl st in 2nd ch from hook, picot, [sl st in next 3st., picot] repeat all the way through.
Hair
Using pink
Row1: [ch5, sl st in 2nd ch from hook and in next 3 st.] repeat 3 times (note: the last sl st should be made in the first chain, so the three hairs will be together at the base)
Head, arms, body and legs Using brown
Round 1: magic ring, 6 sc (alternatively, 2 ch and 6 sc in 2nd ch from hook). Round 2: 2sc in next 6 st, (12 sts) Round 3: [2sc in next st, 1sc in next st] repeat 6 times (18 sts) Round 4: [1sc in next st., 2sc in next st, 1sc in next st] repeat 6 times (24 sts) Round 5: [2sc in next st, 1sc in next 2st] repeat 6 times (30 sts) Round 6: [1sc in next 2st., 2sc in next st, 1sc in next 3st] repeat 6 times (36 sts) Round 7: [2sc in next st, 5sc in next 2st] repeat 6 times (42 sts) Round 8: [sc in next 3st., 2sc in next st, 1sc in next 3st] repeat 6 times (48 sts) Round 9-15: sc in each st across (48 sts) Round 16: [sc2tog, sc in next 6 st. ] repeat 6 times (42sts) Round 17: [sc2tog, sc in next 5st.] repeat 6 times (36 sts) Round 18: [sc in next 2st, sc2tog, sc in next 2st.] repeat 6 times (30 sts) Round 19: [sc2tog, sc in next 3st.] repeat 6 times (24 sts) Round 22-27: sc in each st across (64 st) Round 28: (this row we close a bit the extremes/corners of the arms). Sc in each st across except here and here that we sc3tog (to make more noticeable the lower part of the ar ms.
Round 20: {ch 15, sc in 2nd ch from hook and in next 13 st -using ONLY one loop of the chain-, (now we enter the base of the head), [2sc in next st, 1sc in next 3st] repeat 3 times} repeat 2 times
Round 21: (the unused loops of the 15chs have to be worked, so we obtain the other side of each arm). [Sc in next unused 14 loops, in the turning chain crochet 3sc, sc in next 14 st (the 14 sc that were crocheted in last row), (now we enter the body) 1sc in next 15st] repeat 2 times (64 st)
Now with embroidery needle and some yarn sew together both sides of the arms. I've used the whip stitch. Important: sew the same number of stitches at each side and leave the same number of stitches at each side of the body: 15 at each side.
Round 29: sc in each st across (30 st) Round 30: we are going to increase 6 stitches, 3 at each side: 2sc at the three stitches closest to the underarms:
Sc in each st across, except at the underarms at explained above (36st) Round 31: we increase 6 stitches, 3 at each underarm, using the increases of previous row as reference: when reaching the 1st increase of previous row [2sc, 1sc] repeat 3 times (three increases made!) Sc in each st across, except at the underarms at explained above (42st) Round 32-36: sc in each st across (42 st) At this point, it is also a good idea to put eyes in place, embroider the mouth and stuff head and arms.
(At rounds 37, 38, 40 and 42 we make 2 increases, 0ne at each side of the toy. This way the toy will have a more triangular shape:
Round 37: sc in each st across except at the sides (following the line of the underarms or the point we go from the front to the back @) 2sc (44 st) Round 38: sc in each st across except one increase at each side (46 st) Round 39: sc in each st across (46 st) Round 40: sc in each st across except one increase at each side (48 st) Round 41: sc in each st across (48 st) Round 42: sc in each st across except one increase at each side (50 st) Round 43: (beginning with one leg) There are 50 stitches, 25 for each leg. So, we can begin at any point ... See with the photo:
For example, if we begin our row here /, when we reach the last stitch of this side, then we crochet the next st at the other sidel (of course, we place both sides closer!) So, this round is 25sc, we are going to crochet this leg and then repeat the steps for the other leg Round 44: sc in each st across (25sts).
Round 45: we go from 25sts to 28, we can place them at any st of the row. Round 46: sc in each st across (28sts). Round 47: one increase placed at the outer side of the leg, sc in remaining st. (29sts) Round 48: sc in each st across (29sts). Round 49: one increase placed at the outer side of the leg, sc in remaining st. (30sts) Round 50: sc in each st across (30sts). Fasten off. (if you prefer the legs a bit longer, just crochet one or two additional rows) Repeat rounds 43-50 for the other leg. Stuff body and legs.
Finishing the legs:
Using pink, sc through both thickness (leg and sole of the foot) across (30 st). Fasten off and weave ends. Repeat for the other leg.
(as you can see in the photo, I've finished one leg, before beginning with the other. It doesn't matter, do as you feel more comfortable)
Finishing touches
The embellishments have to be sewn on place: neck, arms and button-bellies!
