Mini Gingerbread Woman Amigurumi – Free Crochet Pattern

Let’s add even more sweetness to the season with the second pattern in the Mini Christmas Ornaments collection: the Mini Gingerbread Woman Amigurumi! Full of charm and easy to make, this little ornament is perfect for adding a handmade touch to your holiday decorations.

If you loved the World of Mini Halloween amigurumi series, you’ll love this Christmas collection too. And there are still six more festive friends on the way—so stay tuned!

More Free Christmas Crochet Patterns

Want to see the rest of the collection? Start with the Mini Santa Claus, and don’t miss other favorites like the Grinch, Gingerbread Man, and Nutcracker.
You can also browse the full Christmas pattern collection right here on the website.

Looking for cute extras to pair with your ornaments? Check out the crochet wings applique and the Christmas tree applique. They’re quick and festive additions!

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Mini Gingerbread Woman Amigurumi Video Tutorial

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Mini Gingerbread Woman Free Crochet Pattern

Materials

• 2mm crochet hook 
• Light brown, white, a little bit of green, and a little bit of red. I used 100% cotton, sports yarn.
• Black and red thread to embroider the face. 
• Stuffing material
• Scissors
• Sewing needle.
• Or, you can use safety eyes! The position is at the end of this post.

Finish size

The finished Mini Gingerbread Woman Amigurumi measures approximately 6 cm (about 2.4 inches) with the hat. Final size may vary depending on your yarn and tension.

Gauge

Gauge is not crucial for this pattern, so feel free to use a hook size that matches your chosen yarn. I always recommend using a slightly smaller hook to keep the stitches tight and prevent the stuffing from showing through. If needed, adjust your hook size for a neater finish.

However, if you’d like to know the gauge for my chosen yarn and materials, here it is:
With sport-weight yarn and a 2mm crochet hook, the gauge for 5 rounds (increasing to 30 stitches) measures approximately 1.6″ (4.5 cm).

Terms and abbreviations (US terms):

Single crochet (sc): insert the hook into the stitch, pull up a loop, you will have two loops on the hook, yarn over the needle, and pull it through the two loops.

Double crochet (dc): yarn over the needle, insert the hook into the stitch, pull up a loop, you will have three loops on the hook, yarn over the needle, inside the first two loops, yarn over the needle and pull it through the two loops left on your needle.

Increase (inc): make two single crochet inside the same stitch.

Decrease (dec): Insert hook into front loop only of next two stitches, yarn under, pull through, you will have two loops on the hook. Yarn under and pull through both loops on the hook.

Back loop Slip stitch (blsl): Insert hook into the back loop only of the stitch, yarn under, pull through both stitch and loop on hook.

Mini Gingerbread Woman Amigurumi Pattern Instructions

Head

With light brown,

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

6 to 10 rnd  30sc

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

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

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

• Add stuffing material to the head before continuing.

14 rnd  12blsl

Body

• For the next round, you will crochet in the remaining front loop from round 13. Round 14 will be facing the inside of the toy.

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

16 rnd  18sc

• Change to white

17 rnd  18sc

• Change back to light brown

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

19 rnd  24blsc

20 and 21 rnd  24sc

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

• Stop here to finish adding stuffing material,

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

• Cut the yarn and fasten it off

Dress

Position the toy upside down, with the back of the head facing you and attach the light brown yarn in the remaining front loop from round 19 and start,

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

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

3 rnd  36sc

• Change to white color yarn,

4 rnd  36sc

• Cut the yarn, and fasten it off.

Frosting

With a white start,

1 rnd  6sc in a magic ring

2 rnd  6inc Total 12sts

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

4 rnd  (3sc, chain 6, skip first chain, 5sc) repeat 6 times

• Cut the yarn and fasten it off.
• Leave a tail to sew it later.

Arms

With a light brown start,

1 rnd  6sc in a magic ring

2 rnd  6sc

• Change to white

3 rnd  6sc

• Change back to light brown

4 rnd    6sc

5 rnd   3sc crocheting the sides together, closing the arm.

• Cut the yarn, fasten it off, and leave a tail for sewing later.
• Make another one following the same instructions.

Assembly

1. Secure the frosting piece on her head. For a “melting” look, you can place it slightly off-center. You have 6 hair pieces: Sew the 3 pieces in the back along their last stitches. For the 3 pieces in the front, sew them near the middle stitch of each piece, allowing the ends to curl up slightly.
2. Sew the arms to the body at round 15, with a gap of 4 stitches between them.
3. Sprinkles on Dress: use green yarn to embroider sprinkles around rounds 1 and 2 of the dress; use red yarn to add sprinkles around rounds 2 and 3.
4. With black thread, embroider the eyes on round 8 of the face, leaving 2 stitches between them. Add a small white line outside each eye for highlight.
5. Embroider the mouth with red thread, placing it one round below the eyes and making it about 2 stitches wide.

Congratulations!!!

Your Mini Gingerbread Woman amigurumi Christmas is ready!

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See you next time!

Love,

Ana

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