Introduction
For people who have no clue what these things are, let me clarify it for a bit! Prinnies are creatures from the video game series Disgaea. They look like penguins with peg legs, battle with baseball bats and swords that they pull out of their messenger pouch, call everyone “Dood”, have the silliest expressions ever, and explode on impact when thrown. Seriously, how can you not love them?
Ever since I learned how to crochet, I wanted to make a Prinny, but I soon found out that there were no patterns for these little buggers to be found. :( So in the end I just decided to make one myself, and because they turned out pretty awesome (imo) I decided to share the pattern for other Prinny fans. :)
This pattern’s difficulty is intermediate. Most of it is pretty straightforward amigurumi, but some parts like the pouch require some other techniques so I wouldn’t recommend it if you’ve never picked up a crochet hook in your life. ^^;
There are lots of pictures of what all the parts are supposed to look like, maybe it’s a bit overkill, but I always find pictures in patterns extremely helpful.
You will need:
- Crochet hook
- Yarn in colors blue, white, brown, black and yellow
- Small piece of white felt
- Fabric glue or embroidery yarn & needle
- Polyfill stuffing
- Yarn needle
Notes:
- Exact gauge is not important, just use your favorite yarn & hook combination. My Prinnies were made with Catania yarn (sports weight) and a 2.5mm hook, and are approximately 10cm tall.
- I used fabric glue to attach the eyes because I don’t really like the look of sewn-on felt eyes, but feel free to use whatever method works best for you.
- All parts are worked in continuous rounds, except the pouch which uses a combination of back & forth crochet and rounds, and the wings which are just totally weird.
Crochet terms used (US terms):
- Ch: Chain Stitch
- Sc: Single Crochet
- Hdc: Half Double Crochet
- Dc: Double Crochet
- Tr: Treble Crochet
- Sl St: Slip Stitch
- St: Stitch
- Blo: Work in back loop only.
- Inc (Increase): Work two sc into one st
- Dec (Decrease): Work one sc into two sts (I always use the Invisible Decrease)
- Magic Ring
Parts between ** are to be repeated until the end of the round. Numbers between ( ) indicate the amount of stitches you should have at the end of that round.
Pattern
White and blue pear! ^_^ ... sort of
Body
Start with blue.
Start with a magic ring
Rnd 1: 6 sc in magic ring. (6st)
Rnd 2: inc around. (12 st)
Rnd 3: *1 sc, inc* around. (18 st)
Rnd 4: *2 sc, inc* around. (24 st)
Rnd 5: *3 sc, inc* around. (30 st)
Rnd 6-12: sc around. (30 st)
Rnd 13: *4 sc, inc* around. (36 st)
Rnd 14-15: sc around. (36 st)
Rnd 16: *5 sc, inc* around. (42 st)
Rnd 17-19: sc around. (42 st)
Rnd 20: *6 sc, inc* around. (48 st)
Rnd 21-23: sc around. (48 st)
Rnd 24: *6 sc, dec* around. (42 st)
Switch color to white.
Rnd 25: *5 sc, dec* around. (36 st)
Rnd 26: *4 sc, dec* around. (30 st)
Rnd 27: *3 sc, dec* around. (24 st)
Rnd 28: *2 sc, dec* around. (18 st)
Start stuffing.
Rnd 29: *1 sc, dec* around. (12 st)
Rnd 30: *dec* around. (6 st)
Join with a sl st to the first sc of the round and finish off.
The two flippers and the tail, after flattening and stitching closed.
Arms/flippers (2x)
Work in blue.
Start with a magic ring
Rnd 1: 3 sc in magic ring. (3 st)
Rnd 2: inc around. (6 st)
Rnd 3: sc around. (6 st)
Rnd 4: *1 sc, inc* around. (9 st)
Rnd 5: sc around. (9 st)
Rnd 6: *2 sc, inc* around. (12 st)
Rnd 7: sc around (12 st)
Rnd 8: *3 sc, inc* around. (15 st)
Rnd 9-13: sc around. (15 st)
Flatten the piece and sl st across through both layers to close. Leave a tail for sewing the piece to the body.
Tail
Work in blue.
Start with a magic ring
Rnd 1: 3 sc in magic ring. (3 st)
Rnd 2: inc around. (6 st)
Rnd 3: sc around. (6 st)
Rnd 4: *1 sc, inc* around. (9 st)
Rnd 5: *2 sc, inc* around. (12 st)
Rnd 6: *3 sc, inc* around. (15 st)
Rnd 7: sc around (15 st)
Flatten the piece and sl st across through both layers to close. Leave a tail for sewing the piece to the body.
Belly
Work in white.
Start with a magic ring
Rnd 1: 6 sc in magic ring. (6st)
Rnd 2: inc around. (12 st)
Rnd 3: *1 sc, inc* around. (18 st)
Rnd 4: *2 sc, inc* around. (24 st)
Rnd 5: *3 sc, inc* around. (30 st)
Rnd 6: *2 sc, inc, 2 sc* around. (36 st)
Join with a sl st to the first sc of the round and finish off. Leave a tail for sewing the piece to the body.
Stubby little legs. <3
Legs (2x)
Start with brown
Start with a magic ring
Rnd 1: 3 sc in magic ring. (3 st)
Rnd 2: inc around. (6 st)
Rnd 3-5: sc around (6 st)
Switch to white
Rnd 6: sc around (6 st)
Rnd 7: inc around. (12 st)
Rnd 8: sc around. (12 st)
Rnd 9: *1 sc, inc* around. (18 st)
Join with a sl st to the first sc of the round, finish off, and stuff the piece. Leave a tail for sewing the piece to the body.
The beak: Basically two little triangles.
Beak (opened)
Work in yellow
Upper part
Start with ch 7, turn
Row 1: 6 sc, turn (6 sc)
Row 2: skip the first sc, 5 sc across, turn (5sc)
Row 3: skip the first sc, 4 sc across, turn (4sc)
Row 4: skip the first sc, 3 sc across, turn (3sc)
Row 5: skip the first sc, 2 sc across, turn (2sc)
Row 6: skip the first sc, 1 sc across, turn (1sc)
Rnd 7: sc around the edge of the piece
Join with a sl st to the first sc of the round and finish off. Leave a tail for sewing the piece to the body.
Lower part
Start with ch 5, turn
Row 1: skip the first sc, 4 sc across, turn (4sc)
Row 2: skip the first sc, 3 sc across, turn (3sc)
Row 3: skip the first sc, 2 sc across, turn (2sc)
Row 4: skip the first sc, 1 sc across, turn (1sc)
Rnd 5: sc around the edge of the piece
Join with a sl st to the first sc of the round and finish off. Leave a tail for sewing the piece to the body.
Visual help for making the pouch (click to enlarge)
Pouch
Work in brown.
Start with ch 9, work back and forth
Row 1: sc in 2nd chain from loop, sc across, ch 1, turn (8 st)
Row 2-4: sc across, ch 1, turn (8 st)
Row 5: sc across, don’t turn at the end (8 st)
Start working in the round
Rnd 6: sc around the edges of your piece (26 st)
Rnd 7: sc around blo (26 st)
Rnd 8-10: sc around (26 st)
Ch 1 , turn, start working back and forth again
Row 11: 8 sc, ch 1, turn (8 st)
Row 12: 8 sc blo, ch 1, turn (8 st
Row 13-17: 8 sc, ch 1, turn (8 st)
Row 18: 8 sc blo, ch 1, turn (8 st)
Row 19: 8 sc (8 st)
Finish off with a sl st and weave in the end.
For a neat finishing, join a new yarn at the start of the pouch flap and sc an edging around it. The flap should be folding over by itself a bit on the blo rows, you might wanna help it a a bit and crease it into a pouch shape.
Pouch strap
Work in brown
ch 50
They sort of look like wings.. right?
Wings (2x)
Work in black or brown
Ch 15
Row 1: sl st in 2nd ch from loop, sc, hdc, (dc, tr, dc in same stitch), hdc, sc, sl st in remaining stitches till end of chain.
Turn so you work in the bottom of the chain now
Row 2: sl st, sc, hdc, dc, tr, dc, hdc, sc, sl st until end of the chain.
Finish off with a sl st. Leave a tail for sewing the piece to the body.
Assembly
Sewing time! ♥ Because written instructions for this kind of stuff are usually sort of vague, I just made a photo compilation of sewing everything together, with a few tips for placements.
And now you have your very own Prinny! Enjoy! Please don’t hesitate to contact me if something is wrong in the pattern; it is my first pattern after all so little errors may have sneaked in while writing it out. :)
Copyright stuff
Prinnies belong to Nippon Ichi, this is merely a fan creation.
This crochet pattern is an original pattern and is © by Rianne de Kok / Pink Penguin. If you wish to share this pattern, please do not reprint/sell/repost it on your site, but provide a link back to this post instead. Selling items made from this pattern is ok with me, as long as it’s small-scale production, no hyper-commercial mass production please (though be aware that this character is copyrighted).
