How to Crochet an Adorable Penguin
Materials
2.75 mm crochet hook
Gray worsted weight yarn
White worsted weight yarn
Black worsted weight yarn
Orange yarn scrap
Tapestry needle
Optional Materials
Wire bristle brush
Needle felting pad (I just used a sponge instead.)
Needle felting needles (unfortunately there are no substitutes for these.)
Abbreviations (US Terms)
BLO – back loop only
dec – single crochet decrease
inc – single crochet increase
mc – magic circle
sc – single crochet
st – stitch
Pattern Notes
Worked in joined rounds.
Save your yarn scraps to felt on later.
Pattern Instructions
Body
With gray:
Row 1: 6 sc in mc (6)
Row 2: 6 inc (12)
Row 3: *sc, inc* repeat from *to* 6 times (18)
Row 4: *BLO 2 sc, BLO inc* repeat from *to* 6 times (24)
Row 5: 6 sc, inc, 10 sc, inc, 6 sc (26)
Rows 6-9: 29 sc (26)
Row 10: 6 sc, dec, 10 sc, dec, 6 sc (24)
Row 11: *2 sc, dec* repeat from *to* 6 times (18)
With black:
Row 12: *2 sc, inc* repeat from *to* 6 times (24)
With black and white:
Row 13: 9 sc black, 7 sc white, 8 sc black (24)
Row 14: 9 sc black, 3 sc white, sc black, 3 sc white, 8 sc black (24)
With black only:
Row 15: *2 sc, dec* repeat from *to* 6 times (18)
Row 16: *sc, dec* repeat from *to* 6 times (12)
Stuff.
Row 17: 6 dec (6)
Finish off.
Wings (Make 2)
With gray:
Row 1: 4 sc in mc (4)
Row 2: *sc, inc* repeat from *to* 4 times (6)
Rows 3-4: 6 sc (6)
Finish off.
Assembly
Use orange yarn to embroider a beak around a white stitch between rows 13 & 14.
Stitch the wings on either side of the penguin's face between rows 14 & 15.
Brush white and black yarn scraps until you have some fluff to felt onto the penguin’s face.
Use white fluff to outline the face.
Make 2 small balls of black fluff. Felt these onto the face as the eyes.
