Adorable Crochet Pudgy Penguin Pattern Your New Cuddly Friend
The penguin’s bright, beady eyes sparkle with kindness, inviting warm smiles and hugs. This crochet pudgy penguin is more than just a handmade toy; it’s a tiny treasure, bringing warmth and cheer to anyone lucky enough to give it a squeeze.
Materials Needed:
Yarn:
- Size 7 Jumbo Yarn (e.g., Sweet Snuggles, Parfait XL)
- Colors: Main color (blue or pink), white, and yellow (for beak and feet)
Crochet Hook:
- Recommended: 11.5 mm
- Used in the tutorial: 10 mm
Other Supplies:
- Polyester fiberfill stuffing
- 20 mm safety eyes
- Felt squares (optional, for eye backing)
- Lighter (optional, to melt eye backs)
- Scissors
- Yarn needle
- Stitch marker
- Acrylic yarn (for sewing wings and feet)
Steps to Crochet Pudgy Penguin:
Body:
Magic Ring:
- Using main color (blue)
- 8 single crochet in the magic ring
- Round 1: 8 increases (total 16 stitches)
- Round 2: 1 single crochet, increase (total 24 stitches)
- Round 3: 2 single crochet, increase (total 32 stitches)
- Round 4-11: Continue increasing and color changing as per the video’s instructions to form the penguin’s head and body shape. Detailed color change instructions provided from round 5, for the widow’s peak.
Adding Eyes:
- Place safety eyes between rows 7 and 8, about 5-6 stitches apart.
- Sew and secure with felt backing and melt eye backs with a lighter.
Rounds 13-15:
- 12 blue single crochet, 16 white single crochet, 12 blue single crochet.
Rounds 16-21:
- Various decreases and single crochets to form the body’s lower part, ending with 8 decreases in the last round.
Stuffing:
- Use polyester fiberfill. Stuff evenly and firmly as desired.
Closing:
- Use yarn needle to sew the bottom closed. Secure tightly.
Beak:
Magic Ring with yellow yarn
- 4 single crochet in the ring, close with slip stitch
- Sew on the beak in between the widow’s peak and bottom white section.
Wings:
Magic Ring with blue yarn
- Round 1: 4 single crochet
- Round 2: 1 single crochet, increase (total 6 stitches)
- Round 3: 1 single crochet, increase (total 9 stitches)
- Rounds 4-5: 9 single crochet each
- Round 6: 1 single crochet, decrease (total 6 stitches), slip stitch and finish off.
Sew onto body between rows 11-12.
Feet:
Magic Ring with yellow yarn
- Round 1: 5 single crochet
- Round 2: 5 increases (total 10 stitches)
- Round 3: 4 single crochet, decrease, 4 single crochet
Sew onto bottom corners of white section between rounds 16-18.
Hair:
- Attach blue yarn to the penguin’s head
- Chain three stitches and slip stitch back onto head
- Repeat to form three tufts, secure and weave in ends.
Tidying Up:
- Use white yarn to cover any blue spots showing in the widow’s peak area at the top of the head.
