Made each of my family members an owl for last christmas! I started like 2 weeks before Christmas, i was crocheting sooo much every day my hands were BURNING, but all worth it!!
We’ve all been there with the last minute gift crocheting lol.
This is such a lovely idea but I have to ask, who got the big ones Vs the little ones and why? 😅
i individually packaged them so you couldn’t tell the size, them gave them out randomly! 😅 i wouldnt have finished in time if i made them all big haha. But it just so happened that the kids got the small ones, so it looked like i did it on purpose!
Those are adorable! I haven’t crocheted much this last year, but I started working a round a couple nights ago, intending to freehand some owls. Owls are just so cute <3 very nice work!
pattern from this YouTube video: https://youtu.be/TERZHJeMjIk
to not have to skip back and forth, i made a text only version of the pattern in the YouTube comments, here it is:
US terms, crochet in Spiral Rounds, mark the first stich of your round with stitch marker or piece of yarn, number of stitches at the end of round is written in parentheses. Do inv-sc2tog to decrease like shown in the video, looks better with amigurumi.
Body: R1: 6 ch into Magic Ring (6) R2: 6 inc (12) R3: (inc, 1 sc)x6 (18) R4: (inc, 2 sc)x6 (24) R5: (inc, 3 sc)x6 (30) R6: (inc, 4 sc)x6 (36) R7: (inc, 5 sc)x6 (42) R8: (inc, 6 sc)x6 (48)
R9-22: 48 sc (48)
R23: (dec, 6 sc)x6 (42) R24: (dec, 5 sc)x6 (36) R25: (dec, 4 sc)x6 (30) R26: (inc, 4 sc)x6, cut off the yarn, leaving a 20cm long tail. You will use this tail to weave together the top of the head later on. (30)
Set the Body aside and make the eyes by making flat circles. Either use Eye pins for pupils, alternatively you can start off by making the first few rounds using black yarn, then switch to white to make the rest of the eye.
Eyes: R1: 6 ch into Magic Ring (6) R2: 6 inc (12) R3: (inc, 1 sc)x6 (18) R4: (inc, 2 sc)x6, sl st into next stitch, fasten off leaving a 20cm tail. You will use this tail to attach the eyes onto the body.
Make two eyes, attach them to the body with pins or stitch markers until it looks right, then use the tail of the eyes to attach them onto the body, going through the last round of the eyes and into the body.
Nose: Use orange yarn and yarn needle to make a V shaped nose underneath the eyes, go back and forth multiple times to give the desired width of the nose.
Body Details: use white yarn to make little V’s in two rows where the stomach of the owl is. Two rows, top row 4 V’s, bottom row 3 's center alligned to give a little bit of a texture for the Owl-tummy
Closing off the body of the owl at the top: Lay the owl flat on the table, and press together the open part of the body, the owl face facing you. Using a yarn needle, weave through the stitches of the last round of the owl body, going through two stitches every times, making a straight line to the other side. as shown in the video.
Wings: make two flat circles 4 rounds big in the body colour, pinch the top part of the circles together and attach them onto the body as shown in the video.
Ear details: cut two 15cm long stands of white yarn, put them together and attach them to the ends of the last round of the owl body as shown in the video. cut the attached white yarn to desired length.
