Gingerbread Man Blanket Pattern: Chunky Knit Chart (Free)

Stitch-by-stitch guide

Yarn colors

A Cream 1125 stitches
B Brown 489 stitches
K Black 12 stitches
W White 36 stitches
R Red 18 stitches

Written rows

How to read a row: 5 B means five stitches of color B in a row. Row 1 is the top row of the chart, and the stitches of each written row are listed from left to right. Read the rows in the order your method needs.

Work the rows from the top: row 1 first. Each row lists its stitches from left to right.
Row   1 (30 stitches): 30 A
Row   2 (30 stitches): 30 A
Row   3 (30 stitches): 30 A
Row   4 (30 stitches): 30 A
Row   5 (30 stitches): 30 A
Row   6 (30 stitches): 13 A, 4 B, 13 A
Row   7 (30 stitches): 12 A, 6 B, 12 A
Row   8 (30 stitches): 11 A, 8 B, 11 A
Row   9 (30 stitches): 11 A, 8 B, 11 A
Row  10 (30 stitches): 11 A, 8 B, 11 A
Row  11 (30 stitches): 10 A, 2 B, 2 K, 2 B, 2 K, 2 B, 10 A
Row  12 (30 stitches): 10 A, 2 B, 2 K, 2 B, 2 K, 2 B, 10 A
Row  13 (30 stitches): 10 A, 2 B, 2 K, 2 B, 2 K, 2 B, 10 A
Row  14 (30 stitches): 10 A, 10 B, 10 A
Row  15 (30 stitches): 11 A, 2 B, 1 W, 2 B, 1 W, 2 B, 11 A
Row  16 (30 stitches): 11 A, 2 B, 4 W, 2 B, 11 A
Row  17 (30 stitches): 12 A, 2 B, 2 W, 2 B, 12 A
Row  18 (30 stitches): 12 A, 6 B, 12 A
Row  19 (30 stitches): 10 A, 10 B, 10 A
Row  20 (30 stitches): 10 A, 10 B, 10 A
Row  21 (30 stitches): 4 A, 1 B, 1 W, 18 B, 1 W, 1 B, 4 A
Row  22 (30 stitches): 4 A, 1 B, 1 W, 18 B, 1 W, 1 B, 4 A
Row  23 (30 stitches): 3 A, 2 B, 1 W, 8 B, 2 R, 8 B, 1 W, 2 B, 3 A
Row  24 (30 stitches): 3 A, 2 B, 1 W, 8 B, 2 R, 8 B, 1 W, 2 B, 3 A
Row  25 (30 stitches): 4 A, 1 B, 1 W, 8 B, 2 R, 8 B, 1 W, 1 B, 4 A
Row  26 (30 stitches): 4 A, 1 B, 1 W, 18 B, 1 W, 1 B, 4 A
Row  27 (30 stitches): 5 A, 20 B, 5 A
Row  28 (30 stitches): 9 A, 5 B, 2 R, 5 B, 9 A
Row  29 (30 stitches): 9 A, 5 B, 2 R, 5 B, 9 A
Row  30 (30 stitches): 9 A, 5 B, 2 R, 5 B, 9 A
Row  31 (30 stitches): 9 A, 12 B, 9 A
Row  32 (30 stitches): 9 A, 12 B, 9 A
Row  33 (30 stitches): 9 A, 5 B, 2 R, 5 B, 9 A
Row  34 (30 stitches): 9 A, 5 B, 2 R, 5 B, 9 A
Row  35 (30 stitches): 9 A, 5 B, 2 R, 5 B, 9 A
Row  36 (30 stitches): 10 A, 10 B, 10 A
Row  37 (30 stitches): 10 A, 10 B, 10 A
Row  38 (30 stitches): 10 A, 10 B, 10 A
Row  39 (30 stitches): 10 A, 10 B, 10 A
Row  40 (30 stitches): 9 A, 5 B, 2 A, 5 B, 9 A
Row  41 (30 stitches): 9 A, 5 B, 2 A, 5 B, 9 A
Row  42 (30 stitches): 9 A, 5 B, 2 A, 5 B, 9 A
Row  43 (30 stitches): 9 A, 5 B, 2 A, 5 B, 9 A
Row  44 (30 stitches): 9 A, 5 B, 2 A, 5 B, 9 A
Row  45 (30 stitches): 9 A, 4 B, 4 A, 4 B, 9 A
Row  46 (30 stitches): 8 A, 5 B, 4 A, 5 B, 8 A
Row  47 (30 stitches): 8 A, 1 W, 4 B, 4 A, 4 B, 1 W, 8 A
Row  48 (30 stitches): 8 A, 4 W, 1 B, 4 A, 1 B, 4 W, 8 A
Row  49 (30 stitches): 8 A, 2 B, 3 W, 4 A, 3 W, 2 B, 8 A
Row  50 (30 stitches): 8 A, 5 B, 4 A, 5 B, 8 A
Row  51 (30 stitches): 8 A, 5 B, 5 A, 4 B, 8 A
Row  52 (30 stitches): 8 A, 4 B, 6 A, 4 B, 8 A
Row  53 (30 stitches): 8 A, 4 B, 6 A, 4 B, 8 A
Row  54 (30 stitches): 8 A, 4 B, 6 A, 4 B, 8 A
Row  55 (30 stitches): 30 A
Row  56 (30 stitches): 30 A

This gingerbread man blanket pattern shows a smiling gingerbread man with black eyes, three red buttons and white icing on his hands and feet, on a cream background. The blanket is 30 stitches wide and 56 rows long, in 5 colors of very chunky yarn: the smile and the icing are white, the three buttons are red and sit one under the other.

Follow the chart row by row: row 1 is the top row of the picture. If your method builds the blanket from the bottom edge up, start at row 56 and work up to row 1 so the gingerbread man is not upside down. Rows 1 to 5 are plain cream. The written rows and the stitch-by-stitch guide above list every run of stitches with its color.

Preview of the gingerbread man blanket

These pictures are previews made on the computer from the chart, stitch by stitch: they are not photos of a real blanket, and nobody has knitted this one yet. Every stitch sits where the chart puts it.

Up close: two black eyes and a white smile.

On a bed and on the wall

The same preview, laid across a bed and hung from a wooden rod, to help you picture the blanket at home.

Other colors

The PDF gives the gingerbread man in the colors of the first picture. The same chart works in other colors: pick your own yarn, one color for each letter of the chart, like the same gingerbread man on red with green buttons, and in caramel on sage green.

How to use this blanket chart

This chart is 30 stitches wide and 56 rows tall, with 5 yarn colors: 1,680 stitches in all. Every square is one stitch. Row 1 is the top row of the chart, and the written rows list their stitches from left to right.

What you need

Very thick yarn, such as chunky chenille, in the colors below
Your hands for finger knitting, or very large knitting needles

Stitch count by color

A Cream: 1,125 stitches
B Brown: 489 stitches
K Black: 12 stitches
W White: 36 stitches
R Red: 18 stitches

Steps

Make 30 stitches for the first row.
Work row 1 of the chart, changing yarn wherever the color changes. The written rows and the guide list the stitches in order.
Continue row by row to row 56.
Finish the last row and secure the end.

The size of the finished blanket depends on your yarn, your method and your tension. Knit a small sample first and measure it before you buy yarn for the whole blanket. Read the rows in the order your method needs.

This chart was drawn and checked by software and has not yet been knitted by a person. The colors on screen are close matches, not exact ones: compare them with your real yarn before you start.