Free crochet gingerbread house pattern — ten pieces, 94 rounds written out
This is a crochet gingerbread house free pattern for a house 15 cm tall and about 14 cm across the base, worked on a 4.0 mm hook in five colours, about nine hours' work. The four walls are one closed tube of 88 stitches, 22 to a face, so there are no corner seams anywhere; the door and the windows arrive as colour inside those rounds rather than as pieces sewn on — an eight-stitch cherry block through rounds 1 to 9 that narrows to six on round 10, and two six-stitch buttercup blocks through rounds 12 to 17. Six lists make ten pieces, and all 94 rounds are written out below, with the number of stitches it leaves you on printed beside it.
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Why it is rated High
High for the colourwork and the assembly. Two colours are carried inside 88-stitch rounds without pulling the wall tight, then a base, a wall tube, two gables and a roof are seated and sewn square.
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00What you need before you start
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What you need before you start
Yarn — five colours, all weight 4
2 x 100 g skeinsWorsted / aran, CYC 4, smooth acrylic or cotton
1 x 100 g skein, with plenty left for the surface icingWorsted / aran, CYC 4
small ball, about 20 gWorsted / aran, CYC 4
scrapsWorsted / aran, CYC 4
scraps, about 10 gWorsted / aran, CYC 4
Tools
5 you probably own, 3 to buyYou likely have
Tapestry needle
Scissors
Stitch markers
Pins
Measuring tape
You need to buy
Polyester stuffing (~40 g, for the roof and the gables)
Craft foam or thin card, about 1 mm, for four 14 x 10 cm wall liners
Two 14 x 9 cm liners for the roof panels
Optional
A row counter
A stitch marker in a contrast colour for the round start
Gauge and finished size
the last check before you cast onTension
Tight enough that the stuffing and the liners do not show between stitches. A looser hand gives a bigger house on the same counts, and the liners want cutting to fit it.
Finished size
~15 cm tall, and ~14 cm across the base
The icing lattice and the outlines round the door and windows are surface embroidery worked once the house is together, so they can be left off. The eaves are two plain white rounds standing in for a scalloped edge this format cannot count.
How to make the gingerbread house, piece by piece
Switching rewrites every round:US8 sc in mrUK8 dc in mrWork a US sc as a UK single crochet and the fabric comes out looser and taller.
1
01The base
A flat white square worked from the middle out, eight increases a…11 RNDS
starts in icing· magic ring· Piece 1 of 6
First six rounds[8] [16] [24] [32] [40] [48]
1[8]
2[16]
3[24]
4[32]
5[40]
6[48]
7[56]
8[64]
9[72]
10[80]
11[88]
US termsmrmagic ringscsingle crochetincincreasedecdecreasest(s)stitch, or stitches
When this piece is doneDo not fasten off. The walls start straight out of these 88 stitches.
2
02The walls
One tube of 88 stitches, 22 to each face, straight up for 20 rounds…20 RNDS
starts in gingerbread· picked up· Piece 2 of 6
First six rounds[88] [88] [88] [88] [88] [88]
The door
RND 1–101[88]
2[88]
3[88]
4[88]
5[88]
6[88]
7[88]
8[88]
9[88]
10[88]
Plain
RND 11–1111[88]
The windows
RND 12–1712[88]
13[88]
14[88]
15[88]
16[88]
17[88]
Up to the eaves
RND 18–2018[88]
19[88]
20[88]
US termsmrmagic ringscsingle crochetincincreasedecdecreasest(s)stitch, or stitches
When this piece is doneIt will look like a soft brown bag until the liners go in. That is expected.
3
03The gables
Two the same, one for the front and one for the back. A flat tube off…10 RNDS
starts in gingerbread· picked up· Piece 3 of 6· make 2
First six rounds[44] [40] [36] [32] [28] [24]
1[44]
2[40]
3[36]
4[32]
5[28]
6[24]
7[20]
8[16]
9[12]
10[8]
US termsmrmagic ringscsingle crochetincincreasedecdecreasest(s)stitch, or stitches
When this piece is doneA light handful of stuffing between the two layers keeps the triangle standing.
4
04The roof
One long flat tube, white for two rounds, gingerbread for thirty-two…36 RNDS
starts in icing· picked up· Piece 4 of 6
First six rounds[52] [52] [52] [52] [52] [52]
1[52]
2[52]
3[52]
4[52]
5[52]
6[52]
7[52]
8[52]
9[52]
10[52]
11[52]
12[52]
13[52]
14[52]
15[52]
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17[52]
18[52]
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20[52]
21[52]
22[52]
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31[52]
32[52]
33[52]
34[52]
35[52]
36[52]
US termsmrmagic ringscsingle crochetincincreasedecdecreasest(s)stitch, or stitches
When this piece is doneSlide a liner into each half before you sew it down, so the slopes stay flat instead of sagging.
5
05The wreath
A mint rope of six stitches, thirteen rounds long. Curl it round and…13 RNDS
starts in mint· magic ring· Piece 5 of 6
First six rounds[6] [6] [6] [6] [6] [6]
1[6]
2[6]
3[6]
4[6]
5[6]
6[6]
7[6]
8[6]
9[6]
10[6]
11[6]
12[6]
13[6]
US termsmrmagic ringscsingle crochetincincreasedecdecreasest(s)stitch, or stitches
When this piece is doneSew it above the door, and add three red stitches on top for berries if you like.
6
06The gumdrops
Four tiny balls, two in cherry and two in mint. Four rounds each, a…4 RNDS
starts in cherry· magic ring· Piece 6 of 6· make 4
First four rounds[6] [12] [12] [6]
1[6]
2[12]
3[12]
4[6]
US termsmrmagic ringscsingle crochetincincreasedecdecreasest(s)stitch, or stitches
When this piece is doneScatter them along the roof and beside the door wherever the house looks bare.
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Ten notes on the gingerbread house
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01An original Crochet Genie design.
02Every piece is smooth single crochet worked in continuous rounds. There is no ribbing, no openwork and no gap anywhere in the fabric — the house reads as a solid, slightly stiff panel on every face.
03The four walls are one closed tube of 88 stitches, 22 to a face, so there are no corner seams to sew. The corners appear when the liners go in.
04The gable and the roof each begin on a foundation chain worked around both sides, which makes a flat tube. Pressed flat it gives a double-thick panel that holds its own shape: the gable is 22 stitches wide, the roof panel 26.
05The roof is one long piece folded over the ridge, 18 rounds to each slope, so the ridge needs no seam either. The two icing rounds at each end land along the eaves.
06The door and the windows are tapestry colourwork carried inside the wall rounds, not separate pieces. Carry the spare colour loosely behind the block and catch it every few stitches.
07The door arch is approximated: the block narrows from 8 stitches to 6 on the last round rather than curving. It reads as an arch once the icing outline goes on.
08The icing lattice on the roof and the outlines around the door and windows are surface embroidery in the white yarn, worked once the house is together. They are decoration, so leave them off if you would rather.
09The eaves are two plain white rounds rather than a scalloped edging — a shell edge needs stitches this format does not work, and a smooth white line under the roof reads as piped icing.
10Assembly is most of the job. Seat the wall tube on the base and whip-stitch all the way round, slide a liner behind each face, sew a gable to the top of the front and the back, then sit the folded roof over both gables and sew along the top of each side wall.
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