penguin

Hey Lovelies! A little Penguin for day 9! Well, I am still deciding if I should call it a penguin, but let’s go with it for now. I think he’s cute anyway, what do you think? He’s not really Christmassy, I just had to include him. Plus, coming up with 24 Christmas related items that could have eyes was kinda a challenge. Some ideas I just kept throwing into trash. Do you sometimes struggle as well with coming up with new ideas? Anyway, enough babbling, let’s go to the pattern.

For this pattern you’ll need:
♥ Yarn in the colors Light Blue, White and Yellow/Orange. (I used Stylecraft Special DK)
♥ Crochet hook. ( I used 3mm)
♥ Stuffing.
♥ Yarn Needle.
♥ Sewing Pins.
♥ Stitch Marker.
♥ Safety Eyes, 6mm.

Stitches used (US Terms):
Magic Ring.
CH = Chain.
SLST = Slip Stitch.
SC = Single Crochet.
HDC = Half Double Crochet.
DC = Double Crochet.
TR = Treble Crochet.
ST = Stitch.
Inc = Increase.
Dec = Decrease.
(…) = Repeat the space in brackets the given number of times.
[…] = Total number of stitches.

This pattern is made with continues rounds, unless stated otherwise. Use a stitch marker to mark your first/last stitch of your row.

♥ Pattern Christmas Penguin

Face
Use the color White.

Crochet in a Magic Ring; Ch2, 2TR, 1DC, 1HDC, 3SC, 1HDC, 1DC, 2TR, CH2, SlSt and pull the ring tight.
Fasten off and leave a long tail for sewing.

Body
Use the color Light Blue.
Prepare 3 strings of Light Blue yarn of about 8cm, tie these together.

1: 6SC in a Magic Ring. [6]
Add the 3 strings of White yarn to the magic ring, the close it up.
2: 2SC in each st around. [12]
3: (3SC, inc) 3 times. [15]
4: (4SC, inc) 3 times. [18]
5: 18SC. [18]
6: (5SC, inc) 3 times. [21]
Add the safety eyes between row 4 and 5, but make sure to add the ‘face’ in between the eyes and the body.
7: 21SC. [21]
8: (6SC, inc) 3 times. [24]
9: 24SC. [24]
10: 24SC. [24]
11: 24SC. [24]
12: (2SC, dec) 6 times. [18]
13: (1SC, dec) 6 times. [12]
Stuff the body.
14: Dec all around. [6]
Fasten off and weave in tail.

Beak
Use the color Orange/Yellow

5SC in a Magic Ring, SlSt in the first st. [5]
Fasten off and leave a long tail for sewing.

Feet (Make2)
Use the color Orange/Yellow.

1: 6SC in a Magic Ring. [6]
2: 6SC. [6]
3: (2SC, inc) 2 times. [8]
Fasten off and flatten the piece, sew the last row together.

Wings (Make 2)
Use the color Light Blue.

1: 6SC in a Magic Ring. [6]
2: (1SC, inc) 3 times. [9]
3: (2SC, inc) 3 times. [12]
4: 12SC. [12]
5: 12SC. [12]
6: 12SC. [12]
Fasten off and leave a long tail for sewing.

♥ Assembling

Whenever I start assembling Amigurumi, I’d like to use sewing pins to position all parts first until I’m happy. Then I will sew them on. I recommend you do so as well.

First, sew along the edge of the face, to secure it better. Cut his ‘Hair’ to the length you want and unraffle the yarn with a needle to make it fluffy. Then sew on his beak, feet and wings nicely.
If you want to hang it, don’t forget to add a loop to the top.

I hope you enjoyed today’s pattern! I think it’s adorable. If you decided to make any of the blogmas amigurumi, please show me on Twitter or Instagram  with #DelinleaDIY. I’d love to see what you make using my patterns.

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Have a wonderful day and I’ll see you tomorrow!

Love
Danielle

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// ©2020 Delinlea / Danielle Kaal // Items made with this pattern may be sold in a limited number. Credit to ‘Delinlea’ is appreciated. Not allowed for mass production or commercial purposes. You may not reproduce, translate, share, freely distribute or sell this pattern as your own in digital or printed from.