Osvaldo the Penguin by Marie Segares

Osvaldo the Penguin

Crochet
April 2024
Super Bulky (5-6 wpi) ?
12 stitches = 4 inches
in See Pattern Notes.
5.5 mm (I)
111 - 145 yards (101 - 133 m)
One Size.
US
English
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This crochet penguin pattern works up quickly with super bulky yarn. This pattern was designed as part of the seventh annual Softie Crochet Along with CAL Central Crochet: https://undergroundcrafter.com/2024/03/18/2024-softie-cro....

This pattern is available for FREE on my blog HERE.

The free version is supported by advertising on my website. The downloadable PDF for sale on Ravelry includes the full pattern in one printable file without advertisements.

Skills Used
Basic crochet stitches: chain, single crochet, slip stitch
Crocheting in the round, increasing, crocheting flat in rows
Crocheting in the back loop only, crocheting in the front loop only (includes links to video tutorials)
Changing colors, crocheting over your yarn tails, joining with single crochet seam (includes video tutorials)
Embellishing with embroidery (includes link to video tutorials)
Seaming with the whipstitch (includes link to photo tutorial)
Special stitches: bob, FPdc (includes written instructions in pattern and video tutorials)
Special stitch: sc2tog (includes written instructions in pattern and link to video tutorial)

Skill Level
Easy

Finished Size
One Size: Approximately 10.5” (26.5 cm) height when stuffed.

Materials
Lion Brand Hometown (94% acrylic/6% rayon, 5 oz/113 g, 64 yd/59 m) – 2 skeins 303J Cambridge Tweed (CA) and 1 skein each in 238 Catskills Corner (CB) and 233J San Juan Sunset (CC), or approximately 90 yd (82.5 m) in CA, 45 yd (41 m) in CB, and 10 yd (9 m) in CC in any super bulky weight yarn.

Clover Amour US Size I-9/5.5 mm crochet hook, or size needed to obtain gauge.

Yarn needle.

Ball head/quilting pins (for assembly).

Fiber filling.

Gauge
12 sc = 4” (10 cm) across. Exact gauge is not critical for this pattern. Stitches should be small so fiber filling doesn’t show.