Amigurumi little owl free pattern

The design of this amigurumi little owl is absolutely adorable! Do you want to make it a cute gift for kids or decor for your home? Take the free amigurumi owl pattern with a photo tutorial and enjoy the process. The size of finished owl is about 7 cm (2.7″) without ears and feet.

Designed and photos by @mametova.svetlana
Translated by Amiguroom Toys

Materials:

• YarnArt Jeans yarn (55% cotton, 45% acrylic, 50 g/160 m): brown, mustard, milk/white and blue
• 2.0 mm crochet hook
• Tapestry needle
• Scissors
• Fiberfill

Abbreviations:
R = row
mc = magic circle
ch = chain
st = stitch
sl st = slip stitch
sc = single crochet
inc = 2 sc in the next stitch
dec = single crochet 2 stitches together
F.o. = finish off
( ) = number of stitches you should have at the end of the round/row
( ) * 6 = repeat whatever is between the brackets the number of times stated

Free amigurumi owl pattern

Head-body (one piece)
With brown yarn:
R 1: 5 sc in mc (5)
R 2: (inc) * 5 (10)
R 3: (1 sc, inc) * 5 (15)
R 4: 1 sc, (inc, 2 sc) * 5, 1 sc (20)
R 5: (3 sc, inc) * 5 (25)
R 6: 2 sc, (inc, 4 sc) * 5, 2 sc (30)
R 7: (5 sc, inc) * 5 (35)
R 8-9: 35 sc (2 rows)
R 10: 3 sc, (inc, 6 sc) * 5, 3 sc (40)
R 11-13: 40 sc (3 rows)
R 14: (7 sc, inc) * 5 (45)
R 15-19: 45 sc (5 rows)
R 20: (7 sc, dec) * 5 (40)
R 21: 3 sc, (dec, 6 sc) * 5, 3 sc (35)
R 22: (5 sc, dec) *5 (30)
R 23: 2 sc, (dec, 4 sc) * 5, 2 sc (25)
Stuff with fiberfill.
R 24: (3 sc, dec) * 5 (20)
R 25: (2 sc, dec) * 5 (15)
R 26: (1 sc, dec) * 5 (10)
R 27: (dec) * 3
Cut the yarn, leaving a long tail. Pull off the hole with needle.
Hide the end of yarn inside the body.

Eyes (make 2)
With milk yarn:
R 1: 6 sc in mc (6)
R 2: (inc) * 6 (12)
R 3: (1 sc, inc) * 6 (18)
Make 1 sc, sl st and leave a long tail for sewing.

Wings (make 2)
With brown yarn:
R 1: 6 sc in mc (6)
R 2: (inc) * 6 (12)
R 3: (1 sc, inc) * 6 (18)
R 4: (2 sc, inc) * 6 (24)
Fold top of wing flat, 1 ch and 12 sc through both sides across.
Turn the work and make 3 ch, in the 4th ch from hook: 1 sl st.
Continue crocheting: ((1 sl st, 3 ch, 1 sl st), 1 sl st) * 4
There are three stitches left until the end of the row; we will use them to sew the wing to the body.
F.o. and leave a long tail for sewing.

Ears (make 2)
With blue yarn:
Embroider 3 chain stitches (view the Chain stitch embroidery tutorial) on the top of the head.
Then crochet: (1 sl st, (4 ch, from the 2nd ch from hook: 3 sl st; 1 sl st)) * 3
F.o.

Feet (make 2)
With mustard yarn:
Keep the body upside down, facing you.
In R 22-23 we will crochet the feet. The pattern is the same like for the ears.
Embroider 3 chain stitches on the top of the head.
Then crochet: (1 sl st, (4 ch, from the 2nd ch from hook: 3 sl st; 1 sl st)) * 3
F.o.

Assembly
Sew the ears to the head.
Embroider eyes with black yarn, a beak with mustard yarn.

Sew the wings on the sides of the body.
Use a blue yarn to embroider knots on the body with a French knot or ticks with a simple embroidery stitch.