I also made this little penguin for my friend Darlene. It is the simplest pattern available on my site thus-far. She decided to name him Olie the Penguin, so Olie is approximately 4 1/2 inches tall.

Have fun!

Materials needed:

Yarns-

(I use Redheart super saver yarns for Amigurumi)

• White
• black
• Orange yarn -OR- orange embroidery thread

Materials-

• Black felt
• Fiberfill of your choice

Tools-

• Size G hook
• Wide eyed needle
• Scissors
• Stitch marker
• Glue gun (optional)

Things you will need to know:

• What a magic ring is
• How to decrease

Abbreviations used:

• SC- Single Crochet
• DEC- Decrease
• ST/STS- Stitch/Stitches
• CH/CHS- Chain/Chains
• HK- Hook
• SL ST- Slip Stitch
• F/O- Fasten Off

Body:

(in black)

Round 1: 6 sc into magic ring (6)

Round 2: 2 sc in each st around (12)

Round 3: sc in next st, 2 sc in next st, around (18)

Round 4: sc in next 2 sts, 2 sc in next st, around (24)

Round 5: sc in next 3 sts, 2 sc in next st, around (30)

Rounds 6- 9: sc around (30)

Round 10: sc in next 4 sts, 2 sc in next st, around (36)

Rounds 11-14: sc around (36)

Round 15: sc in next 5 sts, 2 sc in next st, around (42)

Round 16: sc around (42)

Round 17: sc in next 5 sts, dec over next 2 sts, around (36)

Round 18: sc in next 4 sts, dec over next 2 sts, around (30)

Round 19: (in back loops only) sc in next 3 sts, dec over next 2 sts, around (24)

Round 20: sc in next 2 sts, dec over next 2 sts, around (18)

Round 21: sc in next st, dec over next 2 sts, around (12)

Round 22: dec 6 times

F/O weave in ends

Beak in embroidery thread:

(in orange. The beak on my penguin is done in embroidery thread, because I had no orange yarn. Note: it is much smaller than the one done in yarn)

Round 1: 6 sc into magic ring (6)

Rounds 2-4: sc around (6)

Round 5: 2 sc in each st around (12)

F/O leaving long tail to attach to body

-OR-

Beak in yarn:

(in orange. Note: in my picture of all the completed pieces, this beak is done in blue because I had no orange yarn to work with)

Round 1: 6 sc into magic ring (6)

Rounds 2-3: sc around (6)

Round 4: 2 sc in each st around (12)

F/O leaving long tail to attach to body

Tummy:

(in white)

Round 1: 6 sc into magic ring (6)

Round 2: 2 sc in each st around (12)

Round 3: sc in next st, 2 sc in next st, around (18)

Round 4: sc in next 2 sts, 2 sc in next st, around (24)

Round 25: sc in next 3 sts, 2 sc in next st, sc in next st, 2 sc in next st, sc in next st, 2 sc in next st, sc in next 8 sts, 2 sc in next st, sc in next st, 2 sc in next st, sc in next st, 2 sc in next st, sc in next 3 sts

F/O leaving long tail to attach to body

Eye whites:

(in white, make two)

Round 1: 6 sc into magic ring (6)

Round 2: 2 sc in each st around (12)

F/O leaving long tail to attach to body

Arms/flippers:

(in black, make two)

Ch 5

Row 1: sc in 2nd ch from hk and across (4)

Rows 2-3: ch 1, sc across (4)

Row 4: ch 1, dec 2 times (2)

Row 5: ch 1, sc across (2)

Row 6: ch 1, dec over 2 remaining sc (1)

F/O weave in ends

Assembly:

At this point, these are the pieces your should have:

Now you can start to put things together. First, I attached the tummy:

Followed by the eye whites:

I then attached the beak and arms. For the pupils, I used a glue gun to attach small circles cut from a sheet of black felt. and tada, your penguin should be finished!

I hope you enjoyed this pattern, and I do plan to make a more detailed and realistic penguin in the future, but cute is good too ^_^

-RoboTrish

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