Penguin Chocolate Orange Cover Knitting Pattern PDF Christmas Gift Bag DK

Create an adorable festive penguin with this Christmas chocolate-orange cover and miniature gift-bag knitting pattern. Fill it with a chocolate orange, wrapped sweets or another small surprise for a charming handmade Christmas gift.

The penguin features a rounded grey body, shaped white face and tummy, little orange beak, rosy cheeks and a wide ruffled white top finished with a bright red ribbon.

The cover is worked from the top down in one piece on straight needles, with a single seam at the back.

Pattern details:

• Finished height: approximately 12 cm

• Designed as a chocolate-orange cover or miniature gift bag

• Uses DK, 8-ply or light worsted weight 3 yarn

• Knitted flat on 3.25 mm straight needles

• Worked from the ruffled top down

• Stocking stitch and garter stitch construction

• Simple colour changes create the penguin’s face and tummy

• Separate folded knitted beak

• Eyelet row for the ribbon or twisted cord

• Optional rosy cheeks

• Single back seam

• Written in English using standard knitting abbreviations

Materials required:

• Approximately 10g grey DK yarn

• Small amounts of white and orange DK yarn

• Black yarn for embroidered eyes or suitable glue-on eyes

• Approximately 38 cm of ribbon, or yarn for a twisted cord

• 3.25 mm knitting needles

• Sewing needle

A lovely quick-knit project for Christmas gifts, stocking fillers, festive table decorations, Secret Santa presents or handmade gift packaging.

Please note: This listing is for a digital PDF knitting pattern only. The completed penguin cover, chocolates and other materials are not included.