Crochet Penguin Christmas Coaster

Christmas is my favourite holiday of all. I love all about Christmas…the preparation, the decoration, all the joy and coziness it brings. If you still are searching for gift ideas here is a really easy but super cute penguin coaster you can make 🙂

What you’ll need?

I’ve used a mix of 55% cotton and 45% acrylic yarn in blue, white and orange
3 mm and 2,5 mm crochet hook
Felt in black, white, orange and blue
Sewing needle and thread in black, white, orange and blue
Scissors and darning needle
Christmas hat button (optional)

To crochet the penguin coaster, you would need the following skills:

crocheting a chain
magic ring (m.r.)
single crochet (sc)
half double crochet (hdc)
double crochet (dc)
treble crochet (tr)
slip stitch (sl. st.)
increase/decrease (inc. / dec.)

Body:

Using the blue yarn make:

1r. Make a magic ring and crochet 3 chains, then crochet 12 dc into the ring, join with sl st on top of the first dc (12)

2r. 2r. Ch 3 (count as 1^st dc), dc in same st, 2 dc next st, 2 dc in each st till the end of the round, join with sl st in top of first dc (24)

3r. Ch 3 (count as 1^st dc), dc in same st, dc in next st, [2 dc in next st, dc in next st] – repeat till the end of the round, join with sl st in top of first dc [36]

4r. Ch 3 (count as 1^st dc), dc in same st, dc in next 2 st, [2 dc in next st, dc in next 2 st] – repeat till the end of the round, join with sl st in top of first dc [48]

5r. Ch 3 (count as 1^st dc), dc in same st, dc in next 3 st, [2 dc in next st, dc in next 3 st] – repeat till the end of the round, join with sl st in top of first dc [60]

6r. Ch 3 (count as 1^st dc), dc in same st, dc in next 4 st, [2 dc in next st, dc in next 4 st] – repeat till the end of the round, join with sl st in top of first dc [72]

7r. Ch 1, sc, hdc, 2 dc in the next st, (tr, chain 1, tr, chain 1, tr) – all in the next st, 2 dc in next st, sc, hdc in the next 11 st, dc in next st, tr in the next 6 st, 2 tr in next 2 st, tr in the next 6 st, dc in next st, hdc in next 11 st, sc, 2 dc in next st, (tr, chain 1, tr, chain 1, tr) – all in next st, 2 dc in next st, sc in next 22 st, finish with a sl st. and fasten off;

Belly:

Using white yarn and 3 mm crochet hook:

1r. Make a magic ring and crochet 3 chains, then crochet 12 dc into the ring, join with sl st on top of the first dc (12)

2r. Ch 3 (count as 1^st dc), dc in same st, 2 dc next st, 2 dc in each st till the end of the round, join with sl st in top of first dc (24)

3r. Ch 3 (count as 1^st dc), dc in same st, dc in next st, [2 dc in next st, dc in next st] – repeat till the end of the round, join with sl st in top of first dc [36]

4r. Ch 3 (count as 1^st dc), dc in same st, dc in next st, [2 dc in next st, dc in next st] – repeat till the end of the round, join with sl st in top of first dc [54]

Finish with a sl st, fasten off and leave a long tail for sewing.

Legs (Make 2):

Finally, we are going to crochet the legs. Use yellow or orange color yarn and 2,5 mm crochet hook. If you prefer you can use orange felt and cut 2 pieces for the legs.

1r. 6 sc in magic ring (6)

2r. Inc in every st (12)

3r. Slip st in first, chain 1, 3 dc in next st, sl. st in next st, 3 dc in the next st, sl. st in next st, 3 dc in the next st, sl st in next st; finish off and leave a long tail for sewing.

For the eyes use felt and cut 2 white and 2 smaller black circles and for the beak cut an orange triangle.

Assembly:

First using darning needle sew the white belly at the bottom of the blue part. Then using darning needle again sew the legs on the white part. Using black thread first sew the black circles on the white ones. Then using white thread sew the eyes just above the belly. Using orange thread sew the beak just below the eyes.