I didn’t mean to design a fruit, but while experimenting with another animal plush, I realized the bottom of a part I was working on looked just like a strawberry.

A little buddy designed to resemble an emperor penguin. You will need two main colors to represent the black and white on a real penguin, and a tiny bit of a third one to represent the orangey-red on the beak. Some black for the eyes is also suggested, unless you would like to use buttons or pins.

At roughly 4’4” with 263 rounds, this stuffed snake is just about the size of a real female ball python. The whole thing is worked in the round through a series of increases and decreases, and there’s room for some personalization regarding body curves and face shape.

If you know the double crochet stitch, and how to work front and back post stitches, you can make this bag! You’ll need two to three colors of any worsted weight yarn, a 4mm hook, and a darning needle for sewing on the handle.