What does amigurumi means?
The word Amigurumi comes from Japanese. The Japanese call handicrafts knitted with crochet and needle as Ami. The Japanese call the toys that are filled with objects such as fibers or cotton as Nuigurumi. The word Amigurumi is derived as a combination of these two words.
Amigurumi knitting techniques are very easy. You can find many handcrafts prepared with these techniques on my site. What is Amigurumi for beginners in Amigurumi handwork? How to knit amigurumi? In this blog, where you can find the answers to the questions with pictures, you will be able to learn about Amigurumi in all details.
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Todays daily new amigurumi free crochet pattern is Christmas Ornament Crochet Penguin Free Pattern
I want to give you some informations about this pattern ;
Use this free amigurumi pattern to create a Christmas ornament penguin head for decorating your tree. The penguin is wearing a red winter hat with a pompom. It is about 9 cm (3.5″) tall.
Yarn: YarnArt Jeans, Alize Softy white yarn
Hook size: 2.00 mm
8.00 mm safety eyes
Abbreviations:
R = row
mc = magic circle
ch = chain
sc = single crochet
st = stitch
sl st = slip stitch
inc = 2 sc in the next stitch
dec = single crochet 2 stitches together
F.o. = finish off
= 12 = number of stitches you should have at the end of the row
( ) * 6 = repeat whatever is between the brackets the number of times stated
Basis
With black yarn:
R 1: 6 sc in mc = 6
R 2: (inc) * 6 = 12
R 3: (1 sc, inc) * 6 = 18
R 4: (2 sc, inc) * 6 = 24
R 5: (3 sc, inc) * 6 = 30
R 6: (4 sc, inc) * 6 = 36
R 7: (5 sc, inc) * 6 = 42
R 8: (6 sc, inc) * 6 = 48
R 9-16: 48 sc (8 rows)
R 17: (6 sc, dec) * 6 = 42
R 18: (5 sc, dec) * 6 = 36
R 19: (4 sc, dec) * 6 = 30
R 20: (3 sc, dec) * 6 = 24
R 21: (2 sc, dec) * 6 = 18
R 22: (1 sc, dec) * 6 = 12
R 23: (dec) * 6 = 6
F.o.
Beak
With orange yarn:
R 1: 6 sc in mc = 6
R 2: 6 sc
R 3: (2 sc, inc) * 2 = 8
R 4: 8 sc
R 5: (3 sc, inc) * 2 = 10
R 6: 10 sc, sl st
F.o and leave a long tail for sewing.
Eyes (make 2)
With white yarn:
R 1: 6 sc in mc = 6
R 2: (inc) * 6 = 12
R 3: (1 sc, inc) * 6 = 18
R 4: (2 sc, inc) * 6 = 24
R 5: (3 sc, inc) * 6 = 30, sl st
F.o and leave a long tail for sewing.
Hat
With red yarn:
R 1: 6 sc in mc = 6
R 2-21: 6 sc (20 rows)
R 22: (inc) * 6 = 12
R 23: (3 sc, inc) * 3 = 15
R 24: (4 sc, inc) * 3 = 18
R 25: (5 sc, inc) * 3 = 21
R 26: (6 sc, inc) * 3 = 24
R 27: 24 sc
With white Alize Softy yarn:
R 28: 24 sc, sl st
F.o and leave a long tail for sewing.
Make a pompom with white yarn and sew it to the hat.
Sew details together. Make a loop at the top of head, and this Christmas ornament is ready to hang.
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