Free Pattern Friday: Mini Owl Amigurumi

A 4" tall amigurumi of a little owl. The pattern is available on Ravelry or you can find it written below. If you have any questions, feel free to email me at icrochetthings@gmail.com.

Materials:

▪  Worsted weight yarn in brown, cream, white, yellow

▪  E hook (3.50 mm)

▪  Stuffing

▪  9 mm safety eyes

▪  Scissors

▪  Tapestry needle

Difficulty: Easy

You should know how to work in the round, increase, and decrease.

Pattern:

This is an icrochetthings original pattern © 2014-2016. Do not claim as your own. Do not copy, sell, or distribute this pattern. Do not sell any products made from this pattern.

Key

2 Eye Patches

Starting with cream

1.  ch 2, 6 sc in 1st ch  (6)

2.  [inc] around  (12)

F/O, leave long tail for sewing

Body

Starting with brown

1.  ch 4, [sc] across, working on the opposite side of the chs: [sc] across  (6)

2.  [inc] around  (12)

3.  [sc, inc] around  (18)

4.  [2 sc, inc] around  (24)

5.  [sc] around  (24)

6.  [3 sc, inc] around  (30)

7.  [sc] around  (30)

8.  [4 sc, inc] around  (36)

9 – 20.  [sc] around  (36)

21.  [4 sc, dec] around  (30)

22.  [3 sc, dec] around  (24)

Before attaching the safety eyes to the body, push the eyes through the center of the eye patches

 Stuff and attach safety eyes (I placed mine between rounds 10 and 11 at about 10 sts apart)

23.  [2 sc, dec] around  (18)

24.  [sc, dec] around  (12)

25.  [dec] around  (6)

F/O, sew shut

2 Ear Tufts

Starting with brown

1.  ch 2, 5 sc in 1st ch  (5)

2.  4 sc, inc  (6)

3.  5 sc, inc  (7)

4.  6 sc, inc  (8)

F/O, leave long tail for sewing

Beak

Starting with yellow

1.  ch 2, 4 sc in 1st ch  (4)

2.  [sc] around  (4)

F/O, leave long tail for sewing

2 Wings

Starting with brown

1.  ch 2, 6 sc in 1st ch  (6)

2.  [sc, inc] around  (9)

3 – 5.  [sc] around  (9)

Stuff

6.  Fold in half and [sc] across  (4)

F/O, leave long tail for sewing

Belly Patch

Starting with white

1.  ch 2, 6 sc in 1st ch  (6)

2.  [inc] around  (12)

3.  [sc, inc] around  (18)

4.  [2 sc, inc] around  (24)

5.  [3 sc, inc] around  (30)

F/O, leave long tail for sewing

2 Feet

Starting with yellow

1.  ch 2, 5 sc in 1st ch  (5)

2 – 3.  [sc] around  (5)

F/O, leave long tail for sewing

Assembly

See pictures above if you need help with placement

▪  Sew the eye patches onto the body

▪  Sew the ear tufts on either side of the body, stuffing as you go

▪  Sew the belly patch onto the front of the body

▪  Sew the beak onto the front of the body

▪  Sew the wings on either side of the body

▪  Sew the feet onto the bottom of the body

▪  Use brown yarn to embroider 5 “v” shapes onto the belly patch