Gingerbread People Doily

SKILL LEVEL

FINISHED SIZES

20½ inches in diameter

Doily: 13½ inches in diameter

Gingerbread people: 3½ inches tall

MATERIALS

• J. & P. Coats Royale Classic Crochet size 10 crochet cotton (white: 400 yds per ball; solids: 350 yds per ball):

1 ball each #201 white and #131 fudge brown

• Size 7/1.65mm steel crochet hook or size needed to obtain gauge

• Tapestry needle

• Sewing and bead needles

• Brown and white sewing thread

• White seed beads: 54

• ¼-inch-wide red-and-white checked ribbon: 2 yds

• Spray starch

GAUGE

Rnds 1 and 2 = 1½ inches; 5 shell rnds = 2 inches

PATTERN NOTES

Weave in loose ends as work progresses.

Join with a slip stitch unless otherwise stated.

SPECIAL STITCHES

Shell: (3 dc, ch 3, 3 dc) in indicated st.

Beginning shell (beg shell): (Ch 3, 2 dc, ch 3, 3 dc) in indicated st.

GINGERBREAD PEOPLE

Make 18.