Gingerbread Ornaments (pattern)

Description

This pattern includes instructions for both the gingerbread man and the gingerbread woman. The ornaments are worked from the top down in the round in stockinette stitch, starting at the head.

Yarn, gauge, and recommended needles

As gauge is not critical for these ornaments, you can skip knitting a gauge swatch and use any yarn and needle size you prefer.
Choose your needle size based on the yarn's yardage (metres per gram). The thicker the yarn and the larger the needles, the larger your finished ornament will be.

Each pattern includes a small table with suggested needle sizes based on the yarn's yardage.

Stuffing

This ornament is part of my Christmas 2023 collection. The ornaments are designed to be knitted without stuffing, but you can add some if you prefer.

Materials

• Yarn of your choice.
• Circular needles for casting on (optional).
• Double-pointed needles.
• Stitch markers.
• Tapestry needle.
• Ribbon or string for hanging, such as satin ribbon.
• Stuffing (optional).
• Embroidery thread, beads, ribbons, or anything else you'd like to decorate your ornament with.

Relevant techniques

The video tutorials are in Danish, but you can enable subtitles in your preferred language using YouTube's subtitle settings.

• Judy's Magic Cast-On (video tutorial linked in the pattern).
  
• Make two (m2): Knit two stitches into one stitch, increasing by one stitch.
• Increases and decreases.
• Knit through the back loop (ktbl).

• Special decrease technique for working flat (video tutorial linked in the pattern).