Penguin Pal and Small Crocheted Hat Pattern

A friend asked me to do him a penguin for a Christmas gift. I had trouble settling on a pattern that I liked but I finally decided on The Ageing Young Rebel's Amigurumi Penguin pattern. 

I am pretty happy with how he turned out!! His eyes are a little buggy for my taste but I think he's still pretty cute. The pattern calls for a knitted hat, but I'm not much of a knitter so I crocheted it instead. He's all ready for winter!!

Here's the pattern for the crocheted hat/scarf.

Hat:

Make a Magic Loop, chain 1 and SC 6 in the magic loop

R1: 2 sc in each stitch around (12)

R2: *1 sc, 2 sc in next sc* repeat around (18)

R3: *2 sc, 2 sc in next sc* repeat around (24)

R4: *3 sc, 2 sc in next sc* repeat around (30)

R5: *4 sc, 2 sc in next sc* repeat around (36)

R6-9: sc around (36)

R10: *5 sc, 2 sc in next sc* repeat around (42)

R11-15: sc around (42)

R16: *5 sc, sc2tog* repeat around

R17: sc around in the front loops only

Finish off, leaving a long tail to tack to the head of the penguin (or whatever it is you're crocheting)

For the pom pom, I used a Clover pom pom maker (which I LOVE, by the way!)

Scarf:

Chain 5

R1: Starting in second chain from hook, sc 4, ch 1 and turn

Repeat R1 until the scarf is at the desired length

Finish off leaving long tail to tack to body.