Amigurumi Penguin Pattern

Have fun!
Materials needed: Yarns-

(I use Redheart super saver yarns for Amigurumi)

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Black felt Fiberfill of your choice

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White black Orange yarn -OR- orange embroidery thread

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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.

Things you will need to know:

Abbreviations used:

Body: (in black) Round 1: 6 sc into magic ring (6) Round 2: 2 sc in each st around (12)

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

Rounds 6- 9: sc around (30)

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

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Rounds 11-14: sc around (36)

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

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

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

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What a magic ring is How to decrease

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

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. ote: it is much smaller than the one done in yarn)

Round 5: 2 sc in each st around (12) F/O leaving long tail to attach to body -ORBeak in yarn:

Round 1: 6 sc into magic ring (6) Rounds 2-3: sc around (6)

F/O leaving long tail to attach to body Tummy:

(in white)

Round 1: 6 sc into magic ring (6)

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

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

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Rounds 2-4: sc around (6)

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Round 1: 6 sc into magic ring (6)

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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)

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)

F/O weave in ends Assembly:

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

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

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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

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Followed by the eye whites:

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

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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!

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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 ^_^

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