Penguin

I designed and made this little guy for the Ravelry $10 Amigurumi Swap group. Super-easy to make, but super-cute, he stands about 2½" (6.4cm) high in worsted yarn!

Materials:

• Worsted weight yarn, about 60 yards (55m) black and 10 yards (9m) white
• Orange pipe cleaner
• Safety eyes (4mm shown)
• F (3.75mm) hook, or size needed to get firm gauge

All abbreviations using American crochet terms.

Body:

6sc in magic circle in black yarn

Row 1: Inc around (12st)

Row 2: (inc, sc) X 6 (18st)

Row 3: (sc, inc, sc) X 6 (24st)

Row 4: (2sc, inc, sc) X 6 (30st)

Row 6-19: sc around

Around here, if using safety eyes, place them under row 6 or so.

Take approximately 3in (7.5cm) of pipe cleaner, fold in half. Leaving short lengths on the end, twist the beak slightly. Poke through the face between the eyes, and bend the ends out a little on the inside to secure. You can also add a dab of glue to the back for extra security.

Firmly stuff most of body at this point, taking care not to disturb the beak.

Row 20: (dec, 3sc) X 6 (24st)

Row 21 (do all st on this row only through the back loop (tbl)): (dec, sc) X 8 (16st)

Finish stuffing body.

Row 22: dec X 8 (8st)

Fasten off.

Wings (x2):

6sc in magic circle in black yarn

Row 1: 2sc, inc, 3sc, inc, sc (8st)

Row 2-4: sc around

Fasten off.

Belly:

8sc in magic ring in white yarn

Row 1: inc around (16st)

Row 2: (inc, sc) X 8 (24st)

Fasten off.

Sew wings to side of body using whipstitch. Sew belly to belly using backstitch.

Legs:

Cut two lengths of pipe cleaner approximately 8in (20cm) long. Fold in half, and bend pointy toes on either side. Twist a few times right below the toes, then fold up the two ends to 90-degree angle. Shove these up through the bottom of the body, making sure they're symmetrical and look right. Put a dab of fabric glue where each leg enters the body for extra security.

August 2009

This pattern for "Penguin" is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial-Share Alike 3.0 United States License. Finished objects made from this pattern are for personal use only (to keep or to give as a gift). Neither the pattern nor finished objects made from the pattern are to be sold without written permission from the author. Please contact me by sending an email to gmail.com user knittincrap if you have questions.