Penguin- Mini Amigurumi Advent Day 9

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Today is the ninth day of the Mini Amigurumi Advent, and today's pattern may not be the most Christmasy of all of them, but I think it is still pretty fun. I don't know why penguins so often end up as Christmas decorations when they live at the South Pole, rather than the North Pole, maybe just because they are animals that are associated with snow and winter? I don't know, but when I was trying to come up with 24 ideas for this series a penguin was one of the ones I came up with and I decided to go ahead with it regardless of whether or not is makes sense. 

The funny thing is that this isn't even the first penguin I have made for Christmas. I have a penguin Christmas ornament that I made a few years ago too. 

This little penguin is all ready for Christmas with a scarf around his its neck. It stands about 4" tall, black and white with a little yellow beak and feet. 

This little guy is crocheted in multiple pieces and sewn together, the head and body are one piece, with the white face and stomach sewn on at the end, as well as the wings, beak, and feet. I used safety eyes on my penguin, but you could also embroider the eyes on. 

How to Crochet a Christmas Penguin

Finished Size: about 4" tall

You will need:

• medium weight yarn in black, white, yellow, and red or any color you want for the scarf (sample made with Red Heart Super Saver in Black, White, Saffron, and Loops & Threads Impeccable in Claret)
• G Crochet Hook (4.25 mm)
• 2- 6mm safety eyes
• fiberfill
• yarn needle

Instructions:

The penguin body and head are made in one piece, with wings, beak, feet, and scarf made separately and sewn on after.

Some pieces star with a magic ring, others are worked back and forth in rows. The pattern will specify whether you start with a magic ring, or chain

Body/Head

Make 1 with black yarn, 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)

Round 4: [2 sc in first st, 1 sc in next 2 sts] repeat around (24 sc)
Rounds 5-8: 1 sc in each st (24 sc)

Round 9:  [sc2tog, 1 sc in next 2 sts] repeat around (18 sc)

Rounds 10-11: 1 sc in each st (18 sc)
Round: 12: sc2tog around (9 sc)

Begin stuffing the body continuing to stuff as you work

Round 13: 2 sc in each st (18 sc)

Round 14: [2 sc in first st, 1 sc in next 2 sts] repeat around (24 sc)

Rounds 15-18: 1 sc in each st (24 sc)

Round 19: [sc2tog, 1 sc in next 2 sts] repeat around (18 sc)

Round 20: [sc2tog, 1 sc in next st] repeat around (12 sc)

Round 21: sc2tog around (6 sc)

Finish off and weave in ends

Face

Make 1 with white yarn, working back and forth in rows

ch 4

Row 1: sc in second ch from hook, and each ch to the end (3 sc)

Row 2: ch 1, turn, 2 sc in first st, 1 sc in next st, 2 sc in last st (5 sc)

Row 3: ch 1, turn, 1 sc in each st (5 sc)

Row 4: turn, sk 1 st, 3 hdc in next st, sl st in next st, 3 hdc in next st, sl st in last st (2 small shells)

ch 1, turn 90 degrees so you are working down the side, sc evenly down the side, across the bottom, and up the other side

Finish off and cut yarn leaving long tail for sewing 

Add safety eyes in bumps of the face, where the shell stitches are

Sew the face to the front of the penguin head with the bottom (flat) edge lined up along the neck

Belly

Make 1 with white yarn, working back and forth in rows

ch 4

Row 1: sc in second ch from hook, and each ch to the end (3 sc)

Row 2: ch 1, turn, 2 sc in first st, 1 sc in next st, 2 sc in last st (5 sc)

Rows 3-5: ch 1, turn, 1 sc in each st (5 sc)

Row 6: sc2tog, sc in next st, sc2tog (3 sc)

ch 1, turn, and work sc evenly all the way around the oval, sl st to first sc to join

Finish off and weave in ends leaving long tail for sewing

Sew the belly to the front of the penguin starting at the neck

Wings

Make 2 with black yarn, beginning with a magic ring


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

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

Rounds 4-6: 1 sc in each st (12 sc)

Round 7: sc2tog around (6 sc)

Finish off and cut yarn leaving a long tail for sewing

Sew wings to the side of the penguin close to the neck

Feet

Make 2 with yellow 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 2 sts) repeat around (8 sc)

Flatten the piece and work sc through both layers across (you will work 4 sc, each one through 2 layers which equals the 8 stitches you star with and it will close the open edge of shape making a  sort of triangle shape) (4 sc)

Finish off and cut yarn leaving long tail for sewing

Sew the feet to the bottom of the body with the flattened edge out toward the front

Beak

Make 1 with yellow yarn

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

Finish off and cut yarn leaving long tail for sewing

Sew the beak to the front of the face below the eyes

Scarf

Make 1 of each piece with red yarn, or desired color

ch 25

Row 1: sc in second ch from hook and each ch to the end (24 sc)

Finish off and cut yarn leaving long tail for sewing

ch 6

Row 1: sc in second ch from hook and each ch to the end (5 sc)

Finish off and cut yarn leaving long tail for sewing

Add a couple pieces of yarn to the end of the short piece with a larks head knot to make the fringe

Wrap the long piece around the neck and stitch in place in the back

Stitch the short piece to the front of the scarf, hanging down in front of the penguin