Penley was designed and crocheted for my good friend Ann to represent her at the 2015 Zombie Knitpocalypse. Penley loved the retreat so much and I hope Ann had fun living the retreat through him. :) Hugs to you Ann, you are so awesome!

You can crochet Penley with any weight yarn. Make a giant penguin with super bulky yarn or a wee penguin with fingering or lace weight yarn. Just use a crochet hook 2 sizes smaller than what the ball band suggests…you want a tight fabric so that the stuffing doesn’t show through.

Yarn – Any Weight Yarn, approximately 150 yards main color, 25 yards of belly color (contrast color 1), 25 yards of bow tie color (contrast color 2),40 yards of foot/beak color (contrast color 3), depending on the yarn you use.

Hook – Crochet Hook size B (2.75mm)

Enjoy!

A Little about penguins from Wikipedia:
Penguins (order Sphenisciformes, family Spheniscidae) are a group of aquatic, flightless birds living almost exclusively in the Southern Hemisphere, especially in Antarctica. Highly adapted for life in the water, penguins have countershaded dark and white plumage, and their wings have evolved into flippers. Most penguins feed on krill, fish, squid and other forms of sealife caught while swimming underwater. They spend about half of their lives on land and half in the oceans.

Although all penguin species are native to the Southern Hemisphere, they are not found only in cold climates, such as Antarctica. In fact, only a few species of penguin live so far south. Several species are found in the temperate zone, and one species, the Galápagos penguin, lives near the equator.

The largest living species is the emperor penguin (Aptenodytes forsteri): on average adults are about 1.1 m (3 ft 7 in) tall and weigh 35 kg (77 lb) or more. The smallest penguin species is the little blue penguin (Eudyptula minor), also known as the fairy penguin, which stands around 40 cm (16 in) tall and weighs 1 kg (2.2 lb). Among extant penguins, larger penguins inhabit colder regions, while smaller penguins are generally found in temperate or even tropical climates (see also Bergmann’s rule). Some prehistoric species attained enormous sizes, becoming as tall or as heavy as an adult human. These were not restricted to Antarctic regions; on the contrary, subantarctic regions harboured high diversity, and at least one giant penguin occurred in a region not quite 2,000 km south of the equator 35 mya, in a climate decidedly warmer than today.