Festive Holiday Penguin

Materials

• Vanna’s Choice medium (worsted) weight acrylic yarn (31/2 oz/170 yds/100g per ball):
  • Black (#860-153)—1 ball
  • White (#860-100)—1 ball
  • Scarlet (#860 – 113)—1 ball
  • Terracotta (#860-734)—1 ball
• Poly-fil® fiberfill
• Scrap of Black Felt—large enough to cut two ¼ circles for eyes
• Embroidery Floss—black and white
• Crochet Hook—Size G/6/4mm
• Lion Brand Split Ring Stitch Markers
• Fabric Glue
• Tapestry needle
• Scissor

Gauge

Gauge is not important for this project. The goal is to create tight stitches to prevent the fiberfill from showing or coming out.

Pattern Notes

• Rounds are worked in continuous spirals; do not join. Do not turn work at the end of each round.
• sc2tog (sc dec) (Insert hook into next st and draw up a loop) twice, yarn over and draw through all 3 loops on hook – 1 sc decreased

 

Crochet Penguin Instructions

Head

Rnd 1: With black, ch 2, 8 sc in 2nd ch from hook. Place marker. (8 sc)

Rnd 2: 2 sc in each sc around. (16 sc)

Rnd 3: [Sc in next sc, 2 sc in next sc] around. (24 sc)

Rnd 4: [Sc in each of next 2 sc, 2 sc in next sc] around. (32 sc)

Rnds 5-7: Sc in each sc around.

Rnd 8: [Sc in each of next 2 sc, sc dec in next 2 sts] around. (24 sc)

Rnd 9: Sc in each sc around.

Rnd 10: [Sc in each of next sc, sc dec in next 2 sts] around. (16 sc)

Rnds 11-13: Sc in each sc around.

Start Body

Rnd 14: [Sc in each of next sc, sc dec in next 2 sts] around. (24 sc)

Rnd 15: Sc in each sc around.

Rnd 16: [Sc in each of next 2 sc, sc dec in next 2 sts] around. (32 sc)

Rnd 17-24: Sc in each sc around.

Rnd 25: [Sc dec in next 2 sts] around.  (16 sc)

Stuff.

Rnd 26: Sc in each sc around.

Rnd 27: [Sc dec in next 2 sts] around.  (8 sc)

Fasten off and leave a tail for sewing. Sew closed and weave in yarn ends.

 

Body Overlay

Row 1: With white yarn, ch 7. Sc in the second ch from hook and remaining ch sts. (6 sc)

Row 2: Ch 1, turn, 2 sc in sc, sc in 4 sc, 2 sc in sc. (8 sc)

Row 3: Ch 1, turn sc in each sc.

Row 4: Ch 1, turn, 2 sc in sc, sc in 6 sc, 2 sc in sc. (10 sc)

Rows 5-10: Ch 1, turn sc in each sc.

Row 11: Ch 1, turn, sc2tog, sc in 6 sc, sc2tog. (8 sc)

Row 12: Ch 1, turn, sc2tog, sc in 4 sc, sc2tog. (6 sc)

Finish off the sides by working evenly spaced sc—approximately 12 sc per side. Fasten off yarn and weave in yarn ends.

 

Face Overlay

The face is slightly heart shaped.

Rnd 1: With white, ch 2, 5sc in second ch from hook. Place marker. (5 sc)

Rnd 2: 2 sc in each sc around. (10 sc)

Rnd 3: [Sc in next sc, 2 sc in next sc] around. (15 sc)

Rnd 4: Slp in sc, sc in sc, hdc in sc, work the following in the same stitch—dc, tr, and dc in the next sc, hdc in sc, slp st in 2 sc, hdc in sc, work the following in the same stitch —dc, tr, and dc in the next sc, hdc in sc, sc in sc, slp st in next sc. Fasten off and leave a tail for sewing.

 

Wing (make 2)

Row 1: With black, ch 2. Work 3 sc into the second ch from hook. (3 sc)

Row 2; Ch 1, turn, sc in each sc.

Row 3: Ch 1, turn, sc in sc, 2 sc in sc, sc in sc. (4 sc)

Row 5: Ch 1, turn, 2 sc in sc, sc in 2 sc, 2 sc in sc. (6 sc)

Row 6: Ch 1, turn, sc in each sc.

Row 7: Ch 1, turn, 2 sc in sc, sc in 4 sc, 2 sc in sc. (8 sc)

Row 8: Ch 1, turn, sc2tog, sc in 4 sc, sc2tog. (6 sc)

Fasten off and leave a tail for sewing.

 

Foot (make 2)

Leave a tail below the ch 2 that is long enough for sewing the foot into place.

Row 1: With terracotta, ch 2, 3 sc in second chain from hook. (3 sc)

Rows 2-3: Ch 1, turn, sc in each sc.

Row 4: Ch 1, turn, 2 sc in sc, sc in sc, 2 sc in sc. (5 sc)

Row 5: Ch 1, turn, sc in each sc.

Fasten off .

 

Beak

Rnd 1: With terracotta, ch 2, 4 sc in second ch from hook. Place marker. (4 sc)

Rnd 2: 2 sc in sc, sc in sc, repeat twice. (6 sc)

Rnd 3: Sc in each sc around.

Fasten off and leave a tail for sewing.

 

Scarf

With scarlet, ch 76, sc in the second ch from the hook and the remaining ch sts. (75 sc)

Fasten off. Weave in yarn ends. Adding fringe is easy. First, cut short pieces of yarn and thread the needle. Second, pass the needle through the end of the scarf. Third, remove the needle, tie the yarn ends into a knot and separate the yarn into strands. Repeat to achieve the desired look.

 

Hat

Rnd 1: With scarlet, ch 2, 8 sc in 2nd ch from hook. Place marker. (8 sc)

Rnd 2: 2 sc in each sc around. (16 sc)

Rnd 3: [Sc in next sc, 2 sc in next sc] around. (24 sc)

Rnds 4-5 : Sc in each sc around

Rnd 6: Join with slp st to first sc and ch 1. Sc in each sc. Join with slp st to first sc.

Fasten off and weave in yarn ends.

Ribbing

Row 1: With white yarn, ch 3. Sc in the second and third ch from hook.

Row 2: (Repeat until piece is long enough to wrap around the hat.) Ch 1, turn, sc into the back loop only of each sc. Fasten off and leave a tail for sewing. Sew the two ends together.

Sew ribbing to hat with the seam side facing you. Stitch to hat by passing through the outside loop of the hat. Weave in yarn ends and trim. Fold ribbing up so that the seam is not visible.

 

How to Assemble the Crochet Penguin

1. Face overlay and body overlay — sew them into place using the photo for reference. Weave in yarn ends and trim.
2. Wings — sew to attach to body. Weave in yarn ends and trim. Placement reference points—I placed the wings so that they slightly overlapped the white belly. I sewed the front top edge of the wing into round 12  and the back top edge to round 15.
3. Feet — center them on the bottom of the body. Sew into place, weave in yarn ends, and trim.
4. Beak attachment. Center it approximately 1/2″ above the bottom “point” of the face overlay. Sew it into place, weave in yarn ends, and trim ends. Give the beak the appearance of having two parts by using three strands of black embroidery floss. Sew straight stitches along the outside edge of the beak.
5. Eye — create, attach, and embellish. Cut two circles with 1/4″ diameter from black felt. You will use all strands of the white embroidery floss to add highlights to the eyes. Sew a small straight stitch on each eye. Glue into place. Make sure that the white stitch is in the same spot for on both eyes.
6.  Hat and scarf — if you would like them to be permanent, then sew them into place. Weave in yarn ends and trim. I made the scarf extra long so that it could be wrapped around the neck twice and tied.

 

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