Little Owl

Free Little Owl crochet tutorial by Alina Zayac.

With this pattern, you can crochet an owl wearing a hat and scarf. The legs, body, and head are crocheted as one piece. The wings are crocheted in as you work. You can make wire glasses for the owl.

Finished toy size is about 22 cm.

Materials and Tools

• Alize Angora Gold yarn (gray 21 and white 62) for the body, held double
• Alize Lanagold Classic 800 yarn (azure 386) for the hat, boots, and scarf, single strand
• 2 mm and 2.5 mm crochet hooks
• Safety eyes
• Toy stuffing
• Needle for sewing parts
• Pins
• Scissors

Abbreviations

• MR - magic ring
• sc - single crochet
• dc - double crochet
• hdc - half double crochet
• tr - treble crochet
• dtr - double treble crochet
• trtr - triple treble crochet
• inc - increase
• dec - decrease
• (...) x n - repeat n times

Little Owl Amigurumi Crochet Pattern

The body is crocheted with yarn held double, and the clothes are crocheted with a single strand.

Wings

1. 6 sc in MR
2. 6 inc = 12
3. (1 sc, inc) x 6 = 18
4. (2 sc, inc) x 6 = 24
5-9. 24 sc
10. (2 sc, dec) x 6 = 18
11-17. 18 sc

Fold the piece in half and crochet sc through both layers.

Legs

Start with the boots.

1. 6 sc in MR
2. 6 inc = 12
3. (1 sc, inc) x 6 = 18
4. (2 sc, inc) x 6 = 24
5. 24 sc in back loop only
6-9. 24 sc
10. 6 sc, 6 dec, 6 sc = 18
11. 6 sc, 3 dec, 6 sc = 15
12-14. 15 sc
15. 15 sc in back loop only
16. 15 sc
Switch to gray yarn
17. (1 sc, inc) x 7, 1 sc = 22
18-21. 22 sc

In round 15, crochet sc into the unused front loops.

Body

1. Hold the legs together, 1 ch between them, 46 sc
2. sc, 3 inc in the center belly area, sc = 49
3. sc, 3 inc in the middle of the belly area, sc = 52
4-7. 52 sc
8. 10 sc, 3-st dec, 25 sc, 3-st dec, 11 sc = 48
9. 9 sc, 3-st dec, 23 sc, 3-st dec, 10 sc = 44
10. 8 sc, 3-st dec, 21 sc, 3-st dec, 9 sc = 40
11-14. 40 sc
15. (3 sc, dec) x 8 = 32
16. (2 sc, dec) x 8 = 26
17. Crochet in the wings, positioning them symmetrically on both sides = 26 sc
18. 26 sc
19. 7 sc, dec, 7 sc, dec, 8 sc = 24

Head

20. (3 sc, inc) x 6 = 30
21. (4 sc, inc) x 6 = 36
22. (5 sc, inc) x 6 = 42
23. (6 sc, inc) x 6 = 48
24-36. 48 sc (13 rounds)
37. (6 sc, dec) x 6 = 42
38. (5 sc, dec) x 6 = 36
39. (4 sc, dec) x 6 = 30
40. (3 sc, dec) x 6 = 24
Stuff with polyester filling
41. (2 sc, dec) x 6 = 18
42. (1 sc, dec) x 6 = 12
43. dec x 6, tighten the opening, hide the yarn tail.

Belly Patch

With white yarn:

1. 6 sc in MR
2. 6 inc = 12
3. (1 sc, inc) x 6 = 18
4. (2 sc, inc) x 6 = 24
5. (3 sc, inc) x 6 = 30
6. (4 sc, inc) x 6 = 36
7. (5 sc, inc) x 6 = 42
8. (6 sc, inc) x 6 = 48

Leave a long tail for sewing.

Muzzle

With white yarn:

Make 7 ch + 1 turning chain 1. 6 sc, 3 sc in the last chain, 5 sc, inc = 16
2. inc, 5 sc, 3 inc, 5 sc, 2 inc = 22
3. sc, inc, 5 sc, (sc, inc) x 3, 5 sc, (sc, inc) x 2 = 28
4. 2 sc, inc, 5 sc, (2 sc, inc) x 3, 5 sc, (2 sc, inc) x 2 = 34
5. 2 sc, skip 2 sc and crochet into the 3rd stitch: (2 dc, 2 tr, 2 dtr, 2 trtr), into the next stitch: (2 dtr, 2 tr, 1 dc), sc, (1 dc, 2 tr, 2 dtr) into 1 st, into the next st: (2 trtr, 2 dtr, 2 tr, 2 dc), sc in each st to the end of the round.

Leave a long tail for sewing.

Beak

1. 6 sc in MR
2-4. 6 sc, leave a long tail for sewing

Scarf

Make 75 ch
Crochet 8 turning rows of sc in back loop only

Hat

Make 60 ch
1. 60 sc
2-4. 1 x 1 ribbing with front post and back post dc
5-10. 60 hdc
11. dec x 30
12. dec x 15

Tighten the opening and hide the yarn tail.

Toy Assembly

• Pin the muzzle on the head and the belly patch on the tummy, sew in place, and hide yarn tails.
• Position and sew on the eyes (I used button-style eyes).
• You can add sculpting if desired.
• You can sew a pom-pom onto the hat.

Your toy is ready!