Have you ever dreamed of having your very own Badtz-Maru?! Well this crochet craft will help you create a snuggly little mischievous penguin that you can keep or gift to a friend.
You can find more crochet crafts like this from The Hello Kitty Crochet: Supercute Amigurumi Patterns For Sanrio Friends by Mei Li Lee. Available online at Barnes and Noble: https://bit.ly/3bqII8J
Before we get started, let’s go over what Amigurumi is:
In Japanese, amigurumi refers to knitted or crocheted stuffed dolls. Making amigurumi is a fine art that requires practice and patience. Having a whimsical imagination helps, too. For each step you will see abbreviations. Please see the chart below on what each abbreviation means.
- CH = CHAIN
- SC = SINGLE CROCHET
- DC = DOUBLE CROCHET
- HDC = HALF-SOUBLE CROCHET
- DTR = DOUBLE TRIPLE CROCHET
- INC = INCREASE
- DEC = DECREASE
- INV DEC = INVISIBLE DECREASE
- SL ST(S) = SLIP STITCH(ES)
- ST(S) = STITCH(ES)
In the patterns, brackets [ ] indicate a group of stitches to be made all at once or repeated a specified number of times. Parentheses ( ) within brackets further set off stitches. Curly brackets { } at the end of the line indicate the number of stitches you should end up with.
Let’s get started!
Skill Level: 2
Materials Needed:
- Black, white and yellow yarn
- Yellow and black embroidery floss
- White felt
- Two 4-mm black brads
- Two 4-mm pink brads
- Crochet hooks sizes 2.3 mm and 1.75 mm
- Darning needle
- Polyester fiberfill
Basics:
Head
- Use black yarn.
- Round 1: Sc 6 in magic ring {6}.
- Round 2: [Inc] around {12}.
- Round 3: [Inc, sc 1] around {18}.
- Round 4: [Inc, sc 2] around {24}.
- Round 5: [Inc, sc 3] around {30}.
- Round 6: [Inc, sc 4] around {36}.
- Round 7: [Inc, sc 5] around {42}.
- Rounds 8–12: Sc around {42}.
- Round 13: [Inv dec, sc 5] around {36}.
- Round 14: [Inv dec, sc 4] around {30}.
- Round 15: [Inv dec, sc 3] around {24}.
- Round 16: [Inv dec, sc 2] around {18}. Stuff.
- Round 17: [Inv dec, sc 1] around {12}.
- Round 18: [Inv dec] around {6}.
- Fasten off and weave in ends.
Body
Use black yarn.
- Round 1: Sc 6 in magic ring {6}.
- Round 2: [Inc] around {12}.
- Round 3: [Inc, sc 1] around {18}.
- Round 4: [Inc, sc 2] around {24}.
- Rounds 5–9: Sc around {24}.
- Round 10: [Inv dec, sc 2] around {18}. Fasten off and leave a long end for sewing. Stuff.
Arms
Use black yarn.
- Round 1: Sc 7 in magic ring {7}.
- Rounds 2–5: Sc around {7}. Fasten off and leave a long end for sewing. Flatten.
Feet
Make 2 with yellow yarn.
- Round 1: SC 3 in magic ring {3}.
- Round 2: [INC] around {6}.
- Rounds 3–4: SC around {6}. Fasten off and leave a long end for sewing. Flatten piece.
Beak
Use yellow embroidery floss and 1.75-mm hook.
- Round 1: SC 3 in magic ring {3}.
- Round 2: [INC] around {6}.
- Round 3: [INC, SC 1] around {9}. Fasten off. Flatten. Whipstitch to close the open end. Leave a long tail for sewing.
Tummy
Use white yarn.
- Round 1: SC 5 in magic ring {5}.
- Round 2: [INC] around {10}.
- Rounds 3–5: SC around {10}. Fasten off. Flatten. Whipstitch to close the open end. Leave a long tail for sewing.
Spikes
Make 4 with black yarn.
- Round 1: SC 3 in magic ring {3}.
- Round 2: [INC] around {6}.
- Round 3: [INC, SC 1] around {9}.
- Rounds 4–5: SC around {9}. Fasten off and leave a long end for sewing. Flatten.
Tail
Use black yarn.
- Round 1: SC 3 in magic ring {3}.
- Round 2: [INC] around {6}. Fasten off and leave a long end for sewing.
Details
• Stitch beak onto the center of the head below Round 9. With black embroidery floss, sew an upside down V across the middle.
• To make eyes, cut white felt into a small, thin rectangle. Round the corners and cut the rectangle in half. You should have 2 U shapes. Snip a tiny hole near the top-right corner of each felt piece and pop a black brad in each hole. Glue eyes onto the head below Round 8, about 3 stitches apart.
• Glue pink brads onto cheeks.
Assembly
1. Stitch head and body together.
2. Stitch arms onto the sides of the body. Gently squeeze the ends to give them a pointy look.
3. Stitch tummy, feet, and tail onto body.
4. Spread spikes on top of the head and stitch in place.
Now you have a mischievous little penguin named Badtz-Maru!