Penguin

Free crochet pattern for a Penguin by @beary_bearnita_.

With this pattern, you can crochet a small penguin. Any acrylic, cotton, or cotton blend yarn and a suitable crochet hook will work for this amigurumi.

Materials and Tools

• Black, white, and yellow yarn
• 2.0-2.5 mm crochet hook
• 5-6 mm safety eyes
• Toy stuffing
• Pastels or blush for the cheeks
• Needle for sewing pieces together
• Scissors

Abbreviations

• MR — magic ring
• ch — chain stitch
• sc — single crochet
• sl st - slip stitch
• inc — increase
• dec — decrease
• BLO — back loop only
• (...) x n — repeat n times

Crochet Amigurumi Penguin Pattern

Body

Start with black yarn:

1. 8 sc in MR (8)
2. 8-inc (16)
3. (sc, inc) x 8 (24)
4. (2 sc, inc) x 8 (32)
5. sc, inc, (3 sc, inc) x 7 (40)
6-7. 40 sc (40)
8. (4 sc, inc) x 8 (48)
9. (black) 19 sc, (white) 3 sc, (black) 3 sc, (white) 3 sc, (black) 20 sc (48)
10. (black) 17 sc, (white) 6 sc, (black) 1 sc, (white) 6 sc, (black) 18 sc (48)
11. (black) (5 sc, inc) x 2, 4 sc, (white) sc, inc, (5 sc, inc) x 2, sc, (black) 4 sc, inc, (5 sc, inc) x 2 (56)

Insert the eyes between rounds 11 and 12. Leave about 8 sc between them.

12-14. (3 rounds) (black) 17 sc, (white) 20 sc, (black) 19 sc (56)
15-20. (6 rounds) (black) 18 sc, (white) 19 sc, (black) 19 sc (56)
21. (black) 19 sc, (white) 18 sc, (black) 19 sc (56)
22. (black) 20 sc, (white) 16 sc, (black) 20 sc (56)
23. (black) 21 sc, (white) 14 sc, (black) 21 sc (56)
24. (black) (5 sc, dec) x 3, 2 sc, (white) 3 sc, dec, 5 sc, (black) dec, (5 sc, dec) x 3 (48)
25. 48 sc (48) (black to the end)
26. (4 sc, dec) x 8 (40)
27. (3 sc, dec) x 8 (32)
28. (2 sc, dec) x 8 (24)
29. BLO (sc, dec) x 8 (16)
30. 8-dec (8)

Cut the yarn, leaving a tail for sewing.

Beak

With yellow yarn:

1. 4 sc in MR (4)
2. (sc, inc) x 2 (6)
3. (2 sc, inc) x 2 (9), sl st

Cut the yarn, leaving a tail for sewing.

Wings (2 Pieces)

1. 4 sc in MR (4)
2. 4-inc (8)
3. (3 sc, inc) x 2 (10)
4. (4 sc, inc) x 2 (12)
5-9. (5 rounds) 12 sc (12)

Cut the yarn, leaving a tail for sewing.

Feet (2 Pieces)

Ch 2, insert the hook into the first stitch, make 3 sc, 1 ch, 1 sl st.

Cut the yarn, leaving a tail for sewing.

Your Baby Penguin Is Ready!