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

Basic Body 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 8–22: 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 (page 93). Basic Arm 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 (page 94).

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.

This project is excerpted with permission from Hello Kitty Crochet: Supercute Amigurumi Patterns for Sanrio Friends by Mei Li Lee (Quirk Books).