crocheted penguin & piggy!

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i based these off of amigurumi photographs, but i free-formed them with no pattern. crocheted with an h-hook, 100% acrylic yarn, and stuffed with polyester fiber-fill. given to my boyfriend as gifts around his birthday? or christmas time? i forgot which.

EDIT! i forgot! i typed out patterns as i made them. hopefully they are easy to follow! :) i used an h-hook for everything, regular worsted weight acrylic yarn (like red heart or caron sayelle), and polyester fiber-fill to stuff them.


penguin pattern
EYES (make two)
With black, chain 2.
Round 1: 4 sc in first sc. Join to first stitch, cut and finish off.

HEAD
With white, form a ring.
Round 1: 4 sc in ring. Do not join. (4)
Round 2: 2 sc in first sc, 1 sc in next sc, 2 sc in next sc, 1 sc in next sc. (6)
Round 3: *2 sc, 1 sc*, repeat. (9)
Round 4: *2 sc, 1 sc*, repeat. (14)
Round 5: sc in every sc (14)
Round 6: (Switch to white) 2 sc in every sc (28)
Round 7-9: sc in every sc (28)
Round 10: (Switch to black) *6 sc, 2 sc in next sc* repeat. (32)
Round 11: sc in every sc (32)
Round 12: *7 sc, 2 sc in next sc*, repeat. (36)
Round 13: *7 sc, decrease over next 2 sc*, repeat. (32)
Round 14: *6 sc, decrease over next 2 sc*, repeat. (28)
Round 15: *5 sc, decrease over next 2 sc*, repeat. (24)
(( At this point, sew on the two eyes. ))
Round 16: *4 sc, decrease over next 2 sc*, repeat. (20)
Round 17: *3 sc, decrease over next 2 sc*, repeat. (16)
(( At this point, stuff with poly-fil. ))
Round 18: *2 sc, decrease over next 2 sc*, repeat. (12)
Round 19: *1 sc, decrease over next 2 sc*, repeat. (8)
Round 20: Decrease over every 2 stitches. (4), slip stitch in next stitch and cut yarn.
Leave a long tail, weave it through all 4 stitches and pull tight.

BODY:
With white, form a ring.
Round 1: 5 sc in ring. Do not join. (5)
Round 2: 2 sc in every sc (10)
Round 3: *1 sc, 2 sc*, repeat. (15)
Round 4: *1 sc, 1 sc, 2 sc*, repeat. (20)
Round 5: *1 sc, 1 sc, 1 sc, 2 sc*, repeat. (25)
Round 6: *1 sc, 1 sc, 1 sc, 1 sc, 2 sc*, repeat. (30)
Round 7: Increase as before until you have 35 stitches.
Round 8: Increase as before until you have 40 stitches.
Round 9-12: sc in every sc (40)
Round 13: *6 sc, decrease over next 2 sc*, repeat. (35)
Round 14: (Switch to black) *5 sc, decrease over next 2 sc*, repeat. (30)
Round 15: *4 sc, decrease over next 2 sc*, repeat. (25)
Round 16: sc in every sc (25)
Round 17: *3 sc, decrease over next 2 sc*, repeat. (20)
Round 18: *2 sc, decrease over next 2 sc*, repeat. (15)
Round 19: *1 sc, decrease over next 2 sc*, repeat. (10)

ARMS: (make two)
With black, form a ring.
Round 1: 5 sc in ring. Do not join. (5)
Round 2: 2 sc in every sc. (10)
Round 3: *1 sc, 2 sc*, repeat. (15)
Round 4-7: sc in every sc.

FEET: (make two)
With yellow, form a ring.
Same as arms but only for Rounds 1-5.



piggy pattern
SNOUT
With light pink, form a ring.
Round 1: 5 sc in ring.
Round 2: 2 sc in every sc (10)
Round 3-4: sc in every sc (10)
Tie off and leave a long tail for sewing.
With black, embroider two nostrils.

EARS: (make two)
With light pink, chain 5.
Row 1: sc in 2nd ch from hook and in every ch (4)
Row 2: sc in every sc (4)
Row 3: two sc-decreases (2)
Row 4: one sc-decrease (1 stitch remains)
Finish & cut yarn.

HEAD:
With light pink, form a ring.
Round 1: 5 sc in ring.
Round 2: 2 sc in every sc (10)
Round 3: 2 sc in every other sc (sc in all others) (15)
Round 4: 2 sc in every 3 sc (sc in all others) (20)
Round 5: 2 sc in every 4 sc (sc in all others) (25)
Round 6: 2 sc in every 5 sc (sc in all others) (30)
Round 7-10: sc in every sc (30)
Row 11: decrease (in same style as increases) to 25
Row 12: decrease to 20
Row 13: decrease to 15
At this point, sew eyes & snout (stuff snout with poly-fil) & ears.
Stuff with polyester fiber-fill.
Row 14: decrease to 10
Row 15: decrease to 5, sl st in next stitch and cut yarn.
Weave tail th rough 5 stitches and pull tightly closed.

ARMS & LEGS (make two arms, two legs):
form ring.
Round 1: 5 sc in ring.
Round 2: increase to 10.
Round 3-5: sc in every sc (10).

BODY:
With light pink, form a ring.
Round 1: 5 sc in ring.
Round 2: increase to 10
Round 3: increase to 15
Round 4: increase to 20
Round 5: increase to 25
Round 6: increase to 30
Round 7: increase to 35
Round 8-13: sc in every sc (35)
Round 14: decrease to 30
Round 15: decrease to 25
Round 16: decrease to 20
Round 17: sc in every sc (20)
Finish and tie off.
Attach arms and legs.

TAIL
Cut a strand of yarn and fold in half. Attach to body where you want tail to be and, with the double-stranded yarn, make a chain as long as you'd like the tail and cut.

Stuff body with poly-fil and sew head on.