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Free crochet penguin pattern: a Penguin Ball Squishy amigurumi, about 7 cm tall in DK yarn with a 2.5 mm hook. It is a plump, ball-shaped penguin with a charcoal back, a white tummy, round pink cheeks, big shiny eyes, an orange beak, tiny flippers and little orange feet. You need about 45 m of yarn: 25 m charcoal, 10 m white, 5 m orange and 5 m pink. Plan on roughly 2 hours. It makes a soft squishy desk buddy or a gift for penguin lovers, and it is quick enough for a first colour-change project. Spin the 3D model and follow the round-by-round pattern.
How to crochet the Penguin Ball Squishy
Beginner-friendly · 7 cm tall · about 2 h · DK yarn · 2.5 mm hook
- Crochet the 8 pieces in rounds: Penguin ball, Beak, Flipper ×2, Foot ×2, Cheek ×2 (42 rounds in all).
- Stuff and put it together in 5 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
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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
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- Size before assembly: about 7.6 cm at the widest, 6.9 cm long; 27 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.
- colours of round 1 in order: 1 sc in white, 3 sc in charcoal, 2 sc in white
- → 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.
- Size before assembly: about 1.1 cm at the widest, 0.9 cm long; 3 rounds.
- Fasten off leaving a long tail (30–40 cm) for sewing. Stuff lightly, then press the piece slightly flat (oval cross-section; flattened 30 %).
- Size before assembly: about 1.1 cm at the widest, 2.3 cm long; 7 rounds.
- Fasten off leaving a long tail (30–40 cm) for sewing. Do not stuff. Press the piece flat (the opening becomes a straight line), front and back walls together.<!-- flattened 80 % -->
- Size before assembly: about 1.4 cm at the widest, 0.9 cm long; 3 rounds.
- Fasten off leaving a long tail (30–40 cm) for sewing. Stuff lightly only and press it flat to about 6 mm thick.<!-- flattened 60 % -->
- 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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