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This ornament was inspired by a knitted Christmas tree ornament that my older sister made a couple years ago (scroll down below to see what it looks like). I think she made it for some sort of advent calendar ornament thing. In the past, I would hang this gingerbread house on my bulletin board as a festive decoration. This year, I thought it would be cute to recreate the gingerbread house ornament and make a crochet version! I made a few changes and added a bow to the center of the gingerbread house. I'm very happy with how it came out and if I had a bigger tree maybe I would decorate my tree with them. haha

This project only took me about 30 minutes to make so it's a very quick pattern to crochet. It's a really easy crochet pattern, perfect for beginners. If you crochet this project, you can post it on Ravelry or tag me @mooeyscrochet so that I can see your creation. If you want to learn how to crochet, watch my crochet how-to video here.

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- H/5.00 mm crochet hook

- G/4.25 mm crochet hook

- White worsted weight yarn

- Brown worsted weight yarn

- Various colorful worsted weight yarn

- Slanted tapestry needle

- Scissors

ch(s) - chains

st(s) - stitch(es)

slst - slip stitch (same as join)

sc - single crochet
hdc - half double crochet
dec - decrease (same as sc2tog) (single two st together)

(x_) - repeat (_) amount of times

[x_] - repeat everything inside the [_] times amount of times

Beginner

Pattern Notes
The pattern is written in US terms
This pattern uses a magic circle. Magic circle instructions here.

If you have any problems with this pattern feel free to contact me so that I can make corrections to the pattern.

With H hook and brown yarn

Row 1: ch 11 sts. Total = 10 sts

Rows 2-10: ch 1, sc 10 sts. Total = 10 sts

Row 11: ch 1, dec, sc 6 sts, dec. Total = 8 sts

Row 12: ch 1, dec, sc 4 sts, dec. Total = 6 sts

Row 13: ch 1, dec, sc 2 sts, dec. Total = 4 sts

Row 14: ch 1, 2 dec sts. Total = 2 sts

Row 15: ch 1, dec. Total = 1 sts

Cut off and weave ends

With H hook and white yarn. Insert your hook where the roof of the gingerbread house starts.

slst, *2hdc in same st, slst in next spot, ch 1*

Repeat from * to * until you reach the opposite side of the house. I made 9 icing shells.

With G hook and colored yarn

ch 40 sts

Cut off and leave long yarn tail for sewing

Sew the door to the gingerbread house. To make the windows, just use a tapestry needle and yarn and make long loop marks on the side of the door until you make a square, repeat on the other side. To make the ribbon, tie the long chain into a bow and sew the bottom of the ribbion to the house to stay secure. I didn't sew down the loops of the ribbion because I wanted the loops to stand out.