The finished bird, when worked in 4ply yarn, will measure approximately 16cm high and 9cm tummy to tail. This will of course vary with weights of yarn and hook/tension. For a larger bird work in double knit, aran or chunky but there will be a difference in looks.

This pattern is fairly easy to follow but requires basic crochet knowledge. It is written in US terms but easy to convert to UK.

It is worked in African Flower shapes with instructions in both graph and written form with photographs and handy hints to follow for assembly.

This pattern is written in English but uses US terms

For this penguin I used 4 ply yarn. 20g of White and 30g of Black and 15g of Yellow Gold Scheepjes Catona. You can obviously use any colours or brand you fancy but the results will be different. The egg is made from a scrap of pale grey. You can make this in any weight yarn, but use the smallest hook you can manage, but again the size of the end result will differ. Mercerised cotton yarn prevents too much stretch so the stuffing doesn’t show plus it isn’t fluffy so the pattern of the African Flower shape shows more clearly. Scheepjes Catona is my all time favourite yarn for african flower work. Other names for 4 ply are 2 weight sport yarn, fingering, baby etc Please check your countries equivalent.
I used a 2mm crochet hook, a long darning needle, toy stuffing
11 or 12mm safety eyes, stitch markers and dressmakers pins.
Abbreviations Instructions are written in English but use US terms
sc = single crochet dc = double crochet hdc = half double crochet
tc = treble crochet (yarn round 2x) dt = double treble crochet (yarn round 3x)
inc = increase dec = decrease mc = magic circle/magic ring sl st = slip stitch

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