Gingerbread Man

Safety eyes and noses go in before the piece is stuffed and closed (see the pieces above); embroidery is easier before the piece is sewn on.

• Safety eyes with a printed glint 12 mm (on the body and head): between rounds 20 and 21, 7 st apart (count along round 20: about 3.5 st each side of the centre front line).
• Embroidery in icing white thread (on the body and head), straight stitches through: (in round 19, 1.5 st from the centre front line, toward the toy's right ) → (in round 18, 1 st from the centre front line, toward the toy's right ) → (between rounds 17 and 18, on the centre front line ) → (in round 18, 1 st from the centre front line, toward the toy's left ) → (in round 19, 1.5 st from the centre front line, toward the toy's left ).
• Embroidery in icing white thread (on the arm) (2: one on each arm; the left one is described, the right is its mirror), straight stitches through: (in round 3, 2.5 st from the centre front line, upward ) → (in round 4, 1.5 st from the centre front line, upward) → (in round 3, 0.5 st from the centre front line, upward ) → (in round 4, on the centre front line ) → (in round 3, 1 st from the centre front line, downward) → (in round 4, 2 st from the centre front line, downward ) → (in round 3, 2.5 st from the centre front line, downward ).
• Embroidery in icing white thread (on the leg) (2: one on each leg; the left one is described, the right is its mirror), straight stitches through: (in round 3, 2.5 st from the centre front line, toward the toy's right ) → (in round 4, 2 st from the centre front line, toward the toy's right ) → (in round 3, 1 st from the centre front line, toward the toy's right ) → (in round 4, on the centre front line ) → (in round 3, 1 st from the centre front line, toward the toy's left ) → (in round 4, 2 st from the centre front line, toward the toy's left ) → (in round 3, 3 st from the centre front line, toward the toy's left ).