Winnie-the-Pooh with a Honey Pot
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A free pattern for crochet Christmas gifts with a twist: a chubby amigurumi penguin sitting on a wrapped present. The penguin wears a red knit beanie with a white pom-pom, rosy cheeks and a little orange beak, and the green box has a gold ribbon band and bow. It is worked in the round in single crochet with DK yarn and a 2.5 mm hook, with safety or embroidered eyes, and stands about 14 cm (5.4 in) tall. Follow it row by row with stitch counts and turn the interactive 3D model to see how the penguin, box, ribbon and bow fit together.
How to crochet the Penguin on a Present
Advanced · 14 cm tall · about 4 h · DK yarn · 2.5 mm hook
- Crochet the 15 pieces in rounds: Gift box, Bow loop ×2, Bow knot, Penguin body, White face mask, Beanie, Pompom, Beak, Flipper ×2, Foot ×2, Cheek ×2 (96 rounds in all).
- Stuff and put it together in 12 steps; each one lights up where it goes on the 3D model.
- Add the face: safety eyes by round and stitch, or embroider them for a child under 3.
Every round with its stitch count is in the Pattern tab below, and in the free printable PDF.
What you'll need
0 of 14 gathered
Gauge
1 sc ≈ 4 mm wide, 1 round ≈ 3.6 mm tall (10 cm ≈ 25 sc × 28 rounds); yarn about 1.9 mm thick. The gauge sets the size of the toy; crochet tightly so the stuffing does not show.
Worked in
Continuous spiral rounds. Don't join. Move a stitch marker up every round.
Parts
0 of 82 rounds done
- Size before assembly: about 7.7 cm at the widest, 6.7 cm long; 28 rounds.
- Change to ribbon gold (pull it through on the last yarn-over of R12).
- Change to box green (pull it through on the last yarn-over of R14).
- Change to lid green (pull it through on the last yarn-over of R18).
- → Start stuffing (moderately) and keep adding as you decrease.
- Top up the stuffing if needed. Fasten off leaving a 15 cm tail; with the needle weave it through the front loops of all 6 stitches of the last round, pull tight and hide the end inside.
- Size before assembly: about 1.8 cm at the widest, 2.2 cm long; 7 rounds.
- → Start stuffing (lightly) and keep adding as you decrease.
- Press the piece flat to about 7 mm thick (oval cross-section).<!-- press the piece flat by 60 % --> Top up the stuffing if needed. Fasten off leaving a 15 cm tail; with the needle weave it through the front loops of all 6 stitches of the last round, pull tight and hide the end inside.
- Size before assembly: about 1.4 cm at the widest, 1.7 cm long; 5 rounds.
- → Start stuffing (firmly) and keep adding as you decrease.
- Top up the stuffing if needed. Fasten off leaving a 15 cm tail; with the needle weave it through the front loops of all 6 stitches of the last round, pull tight and hide the end inside.
- Size before assembly: about 6.4 cm at the widest, 4.7 cm long; 20 rounds. Multi-colour rounds are listed stitch by stitch from the round-start marker; keep the round start on the piece's centre front line (as it sits on the finished toy). The order is for right-handed crocheting (right to left on the outside); left-handed: reverse it.
- Change to navy (pull it through on the last yarn-over of R12).
- → Insert the safety eyes now (positions: see “Face”) and fix the backs. Start stuffing (firmly) and keep adding as you decrease.
- Top up the stuffing if needed. Fasten off leaving a 15 cm tail; with the needle weave it through the front loops of all 6 stitches of the last round, pull tight and hide the end inside.
- Flat motif — mask (two-lobed mask, worked in rounds, one layer of fabric), about 3.9 × 6.7 cm; 4 rows.
- Fasten off leaving a long tail (~30 cm) for sewing. Do not stuff. Weave in the starting tail, pin the motif out to shape on a soft surface and steam it lightly.
- Size before assembly: about 3.9 cm at the widest, 2.5 cm long; 10 rounds.
- Change to cap white (pull it through on the last yarn-over of R7).
- Fasten off leaving a long tail (30–40 cm) for sewing. Do not stuff.
- Size before assembly: about 2.3 cm at the widest, 1.9 cm long; 7 rounds.
- → Start stuffing (firmly) and keep adding as you decrease.
- Top up the stuffing if needed. Fasten off leaving a 15 cm tail; with the needle weave it through the front loops of all 6 stitches of the last round, pull tight and hide the end inside.
- Size before assembly: about 1 cm at the widest, 0.8 cm long; 3 rounds.
- Fasten off leaving a long tail (30–40 cm) for sewing. Stuff lightly just before sewing it on; a little less near the edge, then add a pinch when the seam is nearly done.
- Size before assembly: about 1.3 cm at the widest, 2 cm long; 6 rounds.
- Fasten off leaving a long tail (30–40 cm) for sewing. Stuff lightly only and press it flat to about 5 mm thick.<!-- flattened 60 % -->
- Size before assembly: about 1.5 cm at the widest, 1.2 cm long; 4 rounds.
- Fasten off leaving a long tail (30–40 cm) for sewing. Stuff lightly only and press it flat to about 8 mm thick.<!-- flattened 50 % -->
- A flat circle about 1.5 cm across; 2 rounds.
- Fasten off leaving a long tail (30–40 cm) for sewing. Do not stuff.
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