If you’ve been following my social media at all, you’ll know that I designed and crocheted this little pastel gingerbread village for my local yarn shop, ImagiKnit, here in San Francisco. With a full-time job, I definitely would not have been able to pull this off without help from two of my trusty crochet elves and my bff. It was a team effort! And we made a village!
Here’s a video of it in action, because the coolest part of the display is the yarn-bombed electric train!
The little people/elves that inhabit this village were heavily inspired by Mochimochi Land’s gnomes. I made little wire stands for them so that they could stand up in the display.
Manda helped me lay out the village, and we decided that a Big Tree in the center would be perfect. Time was really not on my side, so while I would’ve loved to crochet a tree, I decided to yarn-wrap a styrofoam cone instead. Still cute!
And no snowy village is complete without abominable snowmen or yetis! This pattern is based on the Abominable Snowman crochet class I have on Creativebug, but this one is a bit smaller and constructed slightly differently. While I was taking photos of the window, a woman and her son were watching the train go around. When her son realized that the monster was eating a person, he said he didn’t like it! Sorry, kiddo!
I hope that if you’re a Bay Area local, you’ll get a chance to stop by ImagiKnit. If the train isn’t going, just ask them! I’ll provide links to various crochet patterns in this project in the next few blog entries.
I love your village! The colors are wonderful and the village is so creative and magical! You did a WONDERFUL job!
This is so cute! Great imagination and the train is really fun. Thank you for sharing your creative talent!
Thank you for the wonderful window display. And who knows maybe the gingerbread house cozy would be at the nearest Michael’s craft store in New York City. Happy holidays to you and your family.
I hope you had a wonderful holiday, Karen!
Very nicely done Twinkie!
So gorgeous. You make the most amazing things Twinkie. Wish you’d come to Australia. Merry Christmas.
Greetings Ms. Twinkie and I really love those Gingerbread houses in different colors. I was wondering will the Gingerbread house cozy kit be on sale probably at Michael’s in N.Y.C. I will keep looking. Happy Holidays to you and your family.
Everything so cute!!! Just bought your gingerbread house cozy and those little elf patterns from your Esty store. Can’t wait to make a little Twinkie crochet magic ❤️ Happy Christmas Twinkie
Awesome village! Have you watched the most recent season of Fuller House? One new character referred to the egg and bacon scarf as iconic 🙂
Aw, no, actually I haven’t watched any of Fuller House, except for the trailer of the first season 😛
PLEASE bring back WIWT! I loved those blogs and seeing all the outfits you came up with. Also, this village is amaze balls.
Aw you’re so sweet! Sorry I didn’t respond before. I’ve been locked out of my blog!
Re: WIWT, I stopped doing them because a) my best friend moved in with me, which changed my space around, and I don’t have a good spot for outfit photos anymore. b) I feel like my style is changing and is a bit less fun, and I feel like they aren’t very blog-worthy most of the time!
I absolutely adore this whimsical winter scene! You are a true artist.
Thank you, Erica. That is so very kind!
Wow!!! This is one of the most fantastic things I have ever seen! LOVE the color choices and the way you made a true holiday classic fresh and original. Your art is awesome!
Thank you!!! You’re so kind!
I need this in my life. I’m going to have to make one as soon as i’m done with my stand mixer cover!
How did you make the cute houses? Could you provide a link for where to get the pattern? I’d love to make this and surprise my mom! She has a Christmas village that she can’t put up anymore due to a baby living in her house and this would be a good one that could be touched and not be broken! Thank you for the help!
– Hannah
I sell the pattern in my Etsy shop! 🙂 https://www.etsy.com/listing/661091847/gingerbread-house-tissue-box-cozy
I just came across this while looking for crochet gingerbread house patterns. I love this so much and want this display in my own house. My daughter even said we “NEED” it. Lol. I guess I will be buying some patterns.
I found this beautiful village while searching for a crochet gingerbread house pattern. I had planned to make my own village, but love this so much more than what I had planned! I want this in my house! Even my daughter says I need to make this! I guess I will be buying some patterns from you. Lol
Aw I’m glad you love it!! There are definitely lots of lovely different gingerbread houses/villages out there. I’m sure yours will be beautiful no matter what 🙂