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It is Day 9 of The Bitty Blizzard Crochet Along, that means we are three-quarters of the way done and only have 3 days left to go. For today's mini amigurumi pattern I have a Pint-Sized Penguin.

I was kind of on the fence about whether or not to include a penguin in this set, because I had a penguin in the Mini Amigurumi Advent Crochet Along and I didn't know whether or not I should do another. But I decided to include it for a couple of reasons, and I am glad I did because I think it turned out pretty cute. Once I decided to include the Polar Bear I decided to include the penguin too, since I feel like they are probably the two animals most associated with cold weather, one from the North Pole and one from the South Pole.

The other reason that I decided to go ahead and include it is that that was my very first mini amigurumi crochet along, and at that time I was kind of just figuring out each pattern as I went. Since then I have made a lot of mini amigurumi and some I still have to figure as I design them, but for things like animals and people I have come up with a more consistent style using the same basic base pattern for each one, adding and changing things as needed to turn it into the animal or character I am trying to make. So with that in mind I decided to make another penguin but this time in the same style as many of my other animals.

For this little guy I used a dark charcoal gray (Red Heart Super Saver in Charcoal) for the body, you could use black but I prefer the less harsh dark gray and I feel like it works better when adding the safety eyes too. I used a little bit of white (Red Heart Super Saver in White) for the belly, and yellow (Red Heart Super Saver in Saffron) for the beak and feet. Then I gave him a little scarf and earmuffs. You could use any color for those, I chose a coral color for the scarf (Red Heart Super Saver in Flamingo), and 2 shades of purple (Red Heart Super Saver in Lavender and Light Jasmine) for the earmuffs.

We are 9 days down with only 3 more days to go! Come back tomorrow to see what Day 10 will be.

How to Crochet a Pint-Sized Penguin

Finished size: about 4" tall

You will need:

medium weight yarn in dark gray or black, white, yellow, and any colors you want for scarf and earmuffs (Sample made with Red Heart Super Saver in Charcoal, White, Saffron, Flamingo, Lavender, and Light Jasmine)
G Crochet Hook (4.25 mm)
2- 6mm safety eyes
fiberfill
yarn needle
stitch markers

Instructions:

The body and head are made in one piece, the other pieces are made separately and sew on. Most pieces are made beginning with a magic ring (mr), the beginning of each piece will indicate if it starts with a magic ring or a chain.

Body

Make 1 with dark gray or black, beginning with magic ring

Round 1: in mr, ch 1, 6 sc (6 sc)
Round 2: 2 sc in each st (12 sc)
Round 3: [2 sc in first st, 1 sc in next st] repeat around (18 sc)
Rounds 4-8: 1 sc in each st (18 sc)

Begin stuffing and continue stuffing as you work

Round 9: sc2tog around (9 sc)
Round 10: 2 sc in each st (18 sc)
Round 11: [2 sc in first st, 1 sc in next 2 sts] repeat around (24 sc)
Round 12-15: 1 sc in each st (24 sc)
Round 16: [sc2tog, sc in next 2 sts] repeat around (18 sc)

Insert safety eyes between rounds 13 and 14 about 3 stitches apart

Round 17: [sc2tog, sc in next st] repeat around (12 sc)
Round 18: sc2tog around (6 sc)

Finish off, weave in ends

Belly

Make 1 with white yarn, beginning with ch (you will work on both sides of the chain and continue in the round)

ch 4
Round 1: 1 sc in 2nd ch from hook, 1 sc in next ch, 3 sc in last ch turning as you work to continue in unworked side of chains, 1 sc in next st (same st as previous 1 sc), 2 sc in last st (same st as first sc in round) (8 sc)
Round 2: 2 sc in first st, 1 sc in next st, 2 sc in each of next 3 sts, 1 sc in next st, 2 sc in each of next 2 sts (14 sc)

Finish off and cut yarn leaving long tail for sewing

Stitch belly to the front of the penguin

Beak

Make 1 with yellow yarn, beginning with magic ring

Round 1: in mr, ch 1, 4 sc (4 sc)
Round 2: [2 sc in first st, 1 sc in next st] repeat (6 sc)

Finish off and cut yarn, leaving long tail for sewing

Flatten and sew the beak to the head below the eyes

Feet

Make 2 with yellow yarn, beginning with magic ring

Round 1: in mr, ch 1, 6 sc (6 sc)

Round 2: 1 sc in each st (6 sc)

Flatten and work 3 sc across the edge working through both layers and closing the foot

Finish off and cut yarn leaving a long tail for sewing

Sew the feet to the bottom of the body with the flat edge out

Wings

Make 2 with dark gray or black yarn, beginning with magic ring

Round 1: in mr, ch 1, 6 sc (6 sc)
Round 2: [2 sc in first st, 1 sc in next st] repeat around (9 sc)

Round 3: [2 sc in first st, 1 sc in next 2 sts] repeat around (12 sc)

Round 4: [sc2tog, 1 sc in next 2 sts] repeat around (9 sc)

Round 5: [sc2tog, 1 sc in next st] repeat around (6 sc)

Finish off and cut yarn leaving a long tail for sewing

Flatten the wings and sew one to each side of the body

Scarf

Make 1 with any color, beginning with a ch

ch 36
turn, hdc in third ch from hook and each ch to the end (34 sc)

Finish off and cut yarn leaving long tail for sewing

Wrap the scarf around the penguin's neck and tie, use tail to tack in place in a couple places to secure if desired

Earmuffs

Make 1 headband and 2 ear covers

Headband

Make 1 with any color, beginning with chain

ch 13

turn, sc in second ch from hook and each ch to the end (12 sc)

Finish off and cut yarn leaving long tail for sewing

Sew the headband to the top of the head wrapping from one side to the other over the top of the head

Ear Covers

Make 2 with any color, beginning with magic ring

Round 1: in mr, ch 1, 6 sc (6 sc)

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

Round 3: [sc2tog, 1 sc in next st 2 sts] repeat around (9 sc)