Ever since I decided to crochet a Christmas ornaments collection, a gingerbread man with a chef hat on is a must for me. In order to match the ball-shaped head theme with my other projects, once again, I improvised as a brave beginner.

Here are the steps of how I completed my Chef G. I used regular cheap acrylic yarns in brown and white for the most parts. A little bit of baby blue, blue and red, but these three are changeable. I used only single crochet (sc), and didn’t join for a smoother look.

Head-Brown & White (a basic ball shape)

Start with brown yarn
R1 6 (magic ring with 6 sc)
R2 12 (2 sc in each st)
R3 18 (2 sc in 1st st and sc in next st, repeat 6 times)
R4 24 (2 sc in 1st st and sc in next 2 st, repeat)
R5 30 (2 sc in 1st st and sc in next 3 st, repeat)
R6 36 (2 sc in 1st st and sc in next 4 st, repeat)
Change to white yarn
R7 36 (sc in each st)
Change to brown yarn again
R8-13 36 (sc in each st)
R14 30 (sc2tog in 1st st and sc in next 4 st, repeat)
R15 24 (sc2tog in 1st st and sc in next 3 st, repeat)
R16 18 (sc2tog in 1st st and sc in next 2 st, repeat)
R17 12 (sc2tog in 1st st and sc in next st, repeat)
R18 6 (sc2tog in each st)
FO

Note Don’t worry about the gap of the white circle, because we can easily cover it up with the hat!

Hat-White (a basic cone shape using the same increasing and decreasing system as showed above)

R1 6
R2 12
R3 18
R4 24
R5 30
R6 36
R7 42
R8-10 48
R11 42
R12 36
R13-20 30
R21-22 36
FO

Nose-Baby Blue

R1 6
R2-3 12
R4 6

To finish off, add the eyes, form the eyebrows and mouth by chaining scraps of blue and red yarns (or whatever materials at hand) and then sew them on. I arched the eyebrows of my grumpy chef G on purpose, so he will be yelling “Stop eating those cookies! They are for Christmas!” by my cookie jar.