These two penguins were made with cotton blend DK and mohair held together, using a 4.5mm crochet hook.

Knitcraft cotton blend DK is thicker than most DK yarns I have used.

Please note that my sc stitches are made with a yarn under first, then a yarn over, resulting in well defined and tight stitches, thicker fabric, but also a smaller toy.

I wanted the penguins to be a bit larger than the 19cm original size, so I used a 4.5mm hook and also held a strand of mohair, which added a nice texture to the crocheted fabric and worked as a good replacement for the yarn the designer originally used, which I could not find to purchase.

For the head cap I had to use a smaller hook as my first attempt was quite loose when placed on the head. A 4mm hook worked well.

I did not use mohair to make the beak.

Size: 25cm

The baby penguin in some of the pictures is Pew the Baby Penguin, by Khuc Cay, a free pattern you can find here:

https://www.ravelry.com/patterns/library/pew-the-baby-pen...