Little Owl

A free crochet tutorial for Little Owl by Irina Vasilchenko.

With this pattern, you can crochet an owl with a collar. For this amigurumi project, any acrylic, cotton, or cotton blend yarn and a suitable crochet hook will work.

Finished toy size is about 7.5 cm.

Materials and tools

• Yarn (100 g / 438 m, light green) and Coco Vita Cotton (50 g / 240 m, orange and white)
• Crochet hook
• Safety eyes
• Fiberfill
• Wire
• Needle for sewing parts together
• Scissors

Abbreviations

• MR - magic ring
• ch - chain stitch
• sl st - slip stitch
• sc - single crochet
• dc - double crochet
• inc - increase
• dec - decrease
• (...) x n - repeat n times

Crochet amigurumi little owl pattern

The toy is crocheted in "X stitches"; if you crochet in "V stitches," you will need additional offset stitches.

Head

Place the marker at the back center.

1. 6 sc in MR, 8 ch, 6 sc in the 2nd ch from hook
2. (6 sc along ch, 6 sc along ear) x 2 (24)
3. (3 sc, inc) x 6 (30)
4-6. 30 (3 rows)
7. (4 sc, inc) x 6 (36)
8-9. 36 (2 rows)
10. (5 sc, inc) x 6 (42)
11-12. 42 (2 rows)
13. (5 sc, dec) x 6 (36)
14. (4 sc, dec) x 6 (30)
15. (3 sc, dec) x 6 (24)
16. (2 sc, dec) x 6 (18)
17. (1 sc, dec) x 6 (12)
18. 6 dec (6)

Eye (make 2)

1. 6 sc in MR
2. 6 inc (12)
3. 12 sc in crab stitch

Fasten off and leave a long tail for sewing.

Foot (make 2)

Marker on the side:

1. 4 ch, starting in the 2nd ch from hook make inc, 1 sc, 4 sc in one stitch, 1 sc, inc (10), 1 offset sc
2. (4 sc, inc) x 2 (12)
2-4. 12 (2 rows)
5. (2 sc, dec) x 3 (9)
6. (1 sc, dec) x 3 (6)

Pull the opening closed, fasten off, and hide the yarn tail.

Beak

6 sc in MR, 6 sl st

Fasten off and leave a long tail for sewing.

Legs-body

Work 10 sc around the foot.

1. (inc, 4 sc) x 2 (12)
On the first leg, cut and fasten off the yarn; on the second leg, continue crocheting.
2. (3 sc, inc) x 3 on one leg, 2 sc along ch, (3 sc, inc) x 3 on the second leg, 2 sc along ch (34)
3. 15 sc, 2 inc, 17 sc (36)
4. 36
5. 7 sc, dec, 17 sc, dec, 8 sc (34)
6. 12 sc, dec, 6 sc, dec, 12 sc (32)
7. 32
8. 7 sc, dec, 14 sc, dec, 7 sc (30)
9. (3 sc, dec) x 3 (24)
10. (6 sc, dec) x 3 (21)
11. (5 sc, dec) x 3 (18)

Fasten off and leave a long tail for sewing.

Wing (make 2)

1. 6 sc in MR
2. (1 sc, inc) x 3 (9)
3. (2 sc, inc) x 3 (12)
4. (3 sc, inc) x 3 (15)
5-6. dec, 5 sc, 2 inc, 4 sc, dec (2 rows)
7. dec, 5 sc, dec, 4 sc, dec (12)
8. dec, 3 sc, dec, 3 sc, dec (3)
9. (dec, 1 sc) x 3 (6)

Pull the opening closed and leave a long tail for sewing.

Collar

Chain 20 and join into a ring:

1. 20 inc in sc (40)
2. (1 dc, inc dc) x 20 (60)

I crocheted the collar on an already finished little owl, that is, I joined the ring of 20 ch directly around the neck of the completed, fully assembled little owl.