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Tuxedosam Crochet Doll

Everybody loves this personable penguin who likes to eat all the time. Make yourself a dapper Tuxedosam crochet doll with an ice cream cone for extra sweetness. 

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!

Tuxedosam

Skill Level: 2

Material:

  • White, turquoise, yellow, navy, pink, cyan, and light brown yarn
  • Dark brown and red embroidery floss
  • Two 4-mm pink brads
  • Crochet hooks sizes 2.3 mm and 1.75 mm
  • Darning needle
  • Polyester fiberfill

Basics:

Body

Use turquoise yarn and follow the pattern for Basic Body until Round 4, then continue as follows:

  • Round 5: [Inc, sc 3] around {30}.
  • Round 6: [Inc, sc 4] around {36}.
  • Round 7: [Inc, sc 5] around {42}.
  • Rounds 8–22: Sc around {42}.
  • Round 23: [Inv dec, sc 5] around {36}.
  • Round 24: [Inv dec, sc 4] around {30}.
  • Round 25: [Inv dec, sc 3] around {24}.
  • Round 26: [Inv dec, sc 2] around {18}. Stuff.
  • Round 27: [Inv dec, sc 1] around {12}.
  • Round 28: [Inv dec] around {6}. Fasten off and weave in ends.

Tummy

Use white 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}. Flatten. Whipstitch to close the open end.

Arms

Use turquoise yarn to make 2 Basic Arms:

  • 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

Use yellow yarn to make 2 Basic Webbed Feet:

  • Round 1: Sc 5 in magic ring {5}. Round 2: [Inc] around {10}.
  • Rounds 3–5: Sc around {10}. Flatten. The following will be made by working across both sides of the piece.
  • Round 6: Start with sc 1 in the same st where your hook is now attached. Ch 2, sl st to the next st, 3 hdc in next st, sl st to the next st, sc in the next st, ch 2, sc in the same st.

Fasten off and thread the tail end through to the center of the feet. 

Beak

Use yellow yarn.

  • Round 1: Sc 5 in magic ring {5}.
  • Round 2: [Inc] around {10}.
  • Round 3: Sc around {10}. Fasten off and leave a long end for sewing.

Hat

Use white yarn.

  • Round 1: Sc 5 in magic ring {5}. Round 2: [Inc] around {10}.
  • Rounds 3–5: Sc around {10}. Round 6: [Inc] around {20}.
  • Round 7: [Inv dec] around {10}. Fasten off and leave a long end for sewing. Bring a new yarn, in navy, to the hook.
  • Round 8: Sc around {16}.
  • Round 9: [Inc] around {32}. Sl st to first st. Fasten off and weave in ends.

Fold up hat corners, sailor-style.

Bow

Use red embroidery floss and 1.75 mm hook.

  • Row 1: Ch 5, sc 3, inc in last st. Rotate work.
  • Row 2: Inc, sc 6, inc. Rotate work.
  • Row 3: Inc, sc 8, inc. Fasten off. Thread the tail end through to the center of the bow. Use the same tail end to make 3 loops over the bow and secure at the back by knotting it with the starting tail.

Details

  • With dark brown embroidery floss: Sew eyes below Round 10 and about 6 stitches apart by making 12 vertical backstitches (going back and forth in the same 2 stitches from Round 10 to 11).
  • Glue pink brads onto cheeks.

Assembly

  1. Stitch beak onto head at Round 11.
  2. Sew on tummy with a backstitch.
  3. Position arms as you wish. Stitch onto body.
  4. Stitch feet onto the bottom front of body, with one overlapping the tummy.
  5. Stitch bow onto the top center of tummy.
  6. Position hat on top-right corner of head. Unfold corners. Using the white tail end, stitch hat in place, making sure the stitches fall only on the protruding part of the hat (to make seams invisible). Curl up hat corners when you’re done sewing.

Ice Cream Cone

For the cone, use light brown yarn.

  • Round 1: Sc 5 in magic ring {5}.
  • Round 2: [Inc] around {10}.
  • Round 3: Sc around in back loop only {10}.
  • Rounds 4–5: Sc around {10}. Round 6: [Inc, sc 1] around {15}.
  • Round 7: Sc around {15}. Fasten off and leave a long end for sewing.

For the base scoop, use pink yarn.

  • Round 1: Sc 6 in magic ring {6}.
  • Round 2: [Inc] around {12}.
  • Round 3: [Inc, sc 1] around {18}.
  • Rounds 4–6: Sc around {18}.
  • Round 7: [Inv dec, sc 1] around {12}. Stuff.
  •  Round 8: [Inv dec] around {6}. Fasten off and weave in ends.

Use white and cyan yarn to make 2 more scoops. 

Follow the pink ice- cream scoop pattern until Round 5. Clean fasten off. Stitch scoops together and then onto cone.