Skills required

• Crocheting in spiral
• Chain, slip, single, half double and double crochet stitch (US terms).
• Magic ring
• Increasing
• Decreasing
• Finishing an open piece.
• Joining pieces with whip stitch.

Size
• About 6,5cm (2.6”), with worsted weight cotton yarn and a 2,25 mm crochet hook (US size 1/B).
• About 5 cm (2") with fingering weight cotton yarn and a 1,75 mm crochet hook.

Materials & Tools

• Yarn. I used worsted weight 100% cotton yarn, 50g = 92m (50g = 100yd) / 10ply / 9wpi / 4: medium. You will
need about 17g or 31m (34yds) of yarn – 12g for the body and 5g for details.
• 2,25 - 2,75 mm crochet hook (US size 1/B - 2/C) or according to the yarn.
• Polyester fiberfill, wool, wadding etc. for stuffing
• 9mm (1/3”) safety toy eyes or buttons, beads, felt etc.
• Embroidery floss.
• Yarn needle, scissors, stitch marker.

Abbreviations
mr, sc n = magic ring - crochet n (number) single crochet stitches into the loop.
ch = chain stitch
sl st = slip stitch (single crochet in UK and Australia)
sc = single crochet stitch (double crochet in UK and Australia)
hdc = half double crochet stitch (half triple ot treble crochet in UK and Australia)
dc = double crochet stitch (triple ot treble crochet in UK and Australia)
tc = triple crochet stitch (double triple ot treble crochet in UK and Australia)
sc n = make n single crochet stitches (or ch, hdc etc.), one in each stitch
inc = increase – crochet two single crochet stitches in the same stitch
inc3 = double increase – crochet three single crochet stitches in the same stitch
dec = decrease – crochet two stitches together using the invisible decrease method
(sc 2, inc) x n = repeat the pattern between parentheses n times
[hdc, dc, tr] = crochet all stitches between brackets in one stitch
(24) = number of stitches in a round after finishing round
Notes
• Work in a continuous spiral, do not join rounds or turn your work, unless instructed otherwise in the pattern.
• Use a stitch marker or a piece of yarn to mark the end or the beginning of a round. Move the marker up after
completing each round.
• All stitches are worked into both loops, unless instructed otherwise in the pattern.

Body
Worked from bottom to top.
1: mr, 6 = (6)
2: (sc, inc3x 2) x 2 = (14)
3: sc 3, inc3x 2, sc 5, inc3x 2, sc 2 = (22)
4: sc 4, inc x 3, sc 8, inc x 3, sc 4 = (28)
5: sc 6, inc x 2, sc 12, inc x 2, sc 6 = (32)
Place a stitch marker (or a piece of yarn) into
the 19th stitch on round 11. This marks the
center of the face.
6-12: sc in each stitch = (32)
13: sc 10, dec, sc 14, dec, sc 4 = (30)
14: sc 14, dec, sc 4, dec, sc 8 = (28)
15: sc 6, dec, sc 18, dec = (26)
16: sc 2, dec, sc 11, dec, sc 9 = (24)
17: sc, dec, sc 8, dec, sc 3, dec, sc 6 = (21)
18: sc, dec, sc 4, fasten off = (20)
Make a slip stitch into the next stitch. Cut
the yarn, leaving a long tail, and fasten off.
Attach safety eyes and then stuff the body.
Leave the top seam open for now, this way
you can fasten all yarn tails securely with a
knot inside the body.

Eye patch - safety eyes

Join all rounds with a slip stitch (sl st) to get
perfectly round eye patches.
1: mr, 7, sl st in the first sc = (7)
Insert the safety eye into the loop and draw the
loop tightly closed around it. If you are using
larger eyes, you may need to increase the number
of single crochet stitches on round 1.
2: ch 1, inc x 7, sl st in the first sc = (14)
Cut the yarn, leaving a long yarn tail for sewing,
and fasten off cleanly.

Eye patch - embroidered eyes

Join all rounds with a slip stitch (sl st) to get
perfectly round eye patches.
1: mr, 7, sl st in the first sc = (7)
2: ch 1, inc x 7, sl st in the first sc = (14)
Cut the yarn, leaving a long yarn tail for sewing,
and fasten off cleanly.
Left wing
1: mr, 6 = (6)
2: inc x 2,[sc,hdc],[hdc,dc],[dc,tc,tc] =
(11)

Right wing
1: mr, 6 = (6)
2: [sl st, ch 3, tc, dc], [dc, hdc], [hdc, sc],
inc x 2 = (11)
Cut the yarn and weave in the yarn tail.
Finish
the edge by crocheting around it with
single
crochet stitches (see below).

Finishing the wings

2. Make four sc-s into the stitch at

the tip of the wing. Finish the edge
and fasten off cleanly.

1. Attach the yarn with a slip stitch.

Continue crocheting with sc-s,
increasing after every two stitches.
Assembling the owl

2. Make sure you are satisfied with the

placement before pushing the washer
into place. 1. Place the eyes to either side of the
stitch marker.
 4. Embroider the eye(s) and beak.

3. Sew the eye patches to the body.

6. Add a bit more stuffing and close up

the top seam, using the long yarn tail
left on the body.

5. Sew the wings to the body, making

a few stitches through the center and
around the top edge.

8. Draw a few yarn pieces through the

top corner. Make a knot and push it
close to the body. Cut off extra yarn.

7. Fasten all yarn tails securely and

hide them inside the body.
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