Chubby Penguin Amigurumi Free Crochet Pattern

Welcome to the second edition of amigurumi Christmas Ornaments! This year, once again, the collection has four characters: Mrs. Claus, the Nutcracker Soldier, Gingerbread Man, and now, this adorable Chubby Penguin amigurumi free pattern.

More Crochet Christmas Characters to Enjoy

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Chubby Penguin Amigurumi Free Pattern

Materials

• 2mm crochet hook 
• White, blue, red, green, and yellow 100% cotton sports weight yarn. The brand I used for this amigurumi is Mondial Lane basic cotton. For a similar yarn with the same quality and thickness, I recommend this one, which I also use for many of my projects.
• Black thread for embroidering the eyes. 
• Stuffing material
• Scissors
• Sewing needle.
• Or, you can use safety eyes! The position is at the end of this post.

Finish size

The finished Chubby Penguin amigurumi measures approximately 3″ (7 cm) tall. However, the final size may vary depending on your stitch tension and the materials used.

Gauge

Gauge is not crucial for this pattern, so feel free to use a hook size that matches your chosen yarn. I always recommend using a slightly smaller hook to keep the stitches tight and prevent the stuffing from showing through. If needed, adjust your hook size for a neater finish.

However, if you’d like to know the gauge for my chosen yarn and materials, here it is:
With sport-weight yarn and a 2mm crochet hook, the gauge for 5 rounds (increasing to 30 stitches) measures approximately 1.6″ (4.5 cm).

Terms and abbreviations (US terms):

Slip stitch (sl): insert the hook into the stitch and pull up a loop, now, pull it through the loop on your needle.

Single crochet (sc): insert the hook into the stitch, and pull up a loop yarn over the needle, you will have two loops on the hook, yarn over the needle, and pull it through the two loops.

Double Crochet (dc): yarn over the needle, insert the hook into the stitch, pull up a loop, yarn over the needle, pull through the first two loops of your needle, yarn over the needle, inside all loops on the needle.

Increase (inc): make two single crochet inside the same stitch.

Decrease (dec): Insert the hook into the front loop only of the next two stitches, yarn under, and pull through, you will have two loops on the hook. Yarn under and pull through both loops on the hook.

Chubby Penguin Amigurumi Video Tutorial Part 1

Pattern Instructions

Body

With white yarn, start

1 rnd  6sc in a magic ring

2 rnd  6inc Total 12sts

3 rnd  (1sc, 1inc) repeat 6 times Total 18sts

4 rnd  (2sc, 1inc) repeat 6 times Total 24sts

5 rnd  (3sc, 1inc) repeat 6 times Total 30sts

6 rnd  (4sc, 1inc) repeat 6 times Total 36sts

7 rnd  (5sc, 1inc) repeat 6 times Total 42sts

8-16 rnd  42sc

17 rnd  (5sc, 1dec) repeat 6 times Total 36sts

18 rnd  (4sc, 1dec) repeat 6 times Total 30sts

19 rnd  (3sc, 1dec) repeat 6 times Total 24sts

20 rnd  (2sc, 1dec) repeat 6 times Total 18sts

• Stop here to add stuffing material before continuing to round 21.

21 rnd  (1sc, 1dec) repeat 6 times Total 12sts

• Cut the yarn and fasten off. Weave the tail through the front loops of all 12 stitches and pull tight to close the circle. Hide the remaining tail inside the toy.

Hands

With blue yarn start,

1 rnd  4sc in a magic ring

2 rnd  (1inc, 1sc) repeat 2 times Total 6sts

3 rnd  (1inc, 2sc) repeat 2 times Total 8sts

4 rnd  8sc

5 rnd  4sc (crocheting the sides together, closing the   hands)

• Cut the yarn and fasten it off. Leave a small tail for sewing.
• Make another one following the same instructions.

Feet

With yellow yarn start,

1 rnd  6sc in a magic ring

2 rnd  6inc Total 12sts

3 rnd  (5sc, 1inc) repeat 2 times Total 14sts

4-6 rnd  14sc

7 rnd  (5sc, 1dec) repeat 2 times Total 12sts

8 rnd  12sc

9 rnd  6sc (crocheting the sides together, closing the feet)

• Cut the yarn and fasten it off. Leave a small tail for sewing.
• Make another one following the same instructions.

Blue Cover

With blue yarn start,

1 rnd  6sc in a magic ring

2 rnd  6inc Total 12sts

Chubby Penguin Amigurumi Video Tutorial Part 2

3 rnd  (1sc, 1inc) repeat 6 times Total 18sts

4 rnd  (2sc, 1inc) repeat 6 times Total 24sts

5 rnd  (3sc, 1inc) repeat 6 times Total 30sts

6 rnd  (4sc, 1inc) repeat 6 times Total 36sts

7 rnd  (5sc, 1inc) repeat 6 times Total 42sts

8 rnd  6sc, 3dc in the same st, 35sc

• From here on, start working in rows.
• Chain 1, turn your work (wrong side facing you) and continue,

9 row  29sc, chain 1, turn

10-16 row  29sc, chain 1, turn

17 row  29sc

• Now, go back to working in the round for round 18. Here, you will work on the contour of the detail, following,

18 rnd  3sc in same st in the corner, 7sc going up on the   side, 1sc in the foundation st, 7sc, 3dc in same st, 7sc, 1sc in the foundation, 7sc going down on   the other side, 4sc in the same st in the corner, 31sc

• Chain 13, skip the first chain and make 12sc. Join with an sl.
• Cut the yarn and fasten it off. Leave a long tail for sewing it.

Scarf

With green yarn chain 55. Skip the first chain and start,

1 rnd  54sc

• Change to red yarn and make blsl all around the detail.

Assembly

1. Add the blue cover on top of the body and fasten it well with pins to prevent moving. Sew it all around the body. Sew the 12 single crochet you made at the end of the blue cover, connecting to the other side.
2. Sew the feet under the body.
3. Sew the hands in row 15 of the blue cover.
4. Embroider the eyes 2 rounds under the blue cover and 2 stitches away from the central part.
5. With yellow yarn, embroider the penguin’s mouth on the tip of the blue cover.
6. Dress the scarf in the penguin and give one stitch in the front, to connect and hold the scarf together.

Congratulations!!!

Your Chubby Penguin amigurumi Christmas ornament is ready!

I hope you enjoy this pattern, and if you have any questions or comments in general, leave them in the comment box below.

See you next time!

Love,

Ana

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