Crochet Owl Amigurumi in a Hat: Free Winter Pattern

Size: about 10 cm (3.9 in) tall in worsted yarn (approximate; it depends on your tension)

Yarn: Worsted weight (CYC 4). A (warm brown) about 25 yd (23 m), B (cream) about 5 yd (5 m), C (orange) about 5 yd (5 m), D (sky blue) about 5 yd (5 m), E (white) about 5 yd (5 m); F (dark brown) small amount

Hook: 3.5-4.0 mm (smaller than the yarn label, for a tight fabric with no stuffing showing)

Notions: a little yarn for the embroidered details, fiberfill stuffing, stitch marker, yarn needle

ABBREVIATIONS (US terms): MR magic ring, sc single crochet, inc 2 sc in one stitch, dec single crochet 2 together (invisible decrease recommended), st(s) stitch(es), sl st slip stitch, FO fasten off, Rnd(s) round(s)

Notes: Worked in continuous spiral rounds; move your stitch marker up each round. The number in brackets is the stitch count at the end of the round.

Body (make 1, colour A), about 5.6 cm (2.2 in) across at its widest

• Rnd 1 6 sc in MR 6
• Rnd 2 inc in each st around 12
• Rnd 3 (sc, inc) x 6 18
• Rnd 4 (sc 2, inc) x 6 24
• Rnd 5 sc, inc, (sc 3, inc) x 5, sc 2 30
• Rnds 6-10 sc in each st around 30
• Rnd 11 (sc 3, dec) x 6 24
• Rnd 12 sc, dec, (sc 2, dec) x 5, sc 18

Stuff firmly, and keep stuffing as you close.

• Rnd 13 (sc, dec) x 6 12
• Rnd 14 dec in each st around 6

FO, weave the tail through the front loops of the last 6 stitches and pull closed.

Eye (make 2, colour B), about 2.2 cm (0.9 in) across at its widest

• Rnd 1 6 sc in MR 6
• Rnd 2 inc in each st around 12

Sl st in the next st to finish. FO, leaving a long tail.

Wing (make 2, colour A), about 2.2 cm (0.9 in) across at its widest

• Rnd 1 6 sc in MR 6
• Rnd 2 inc in each st around 12
• Rnds 3-5 sc in each st around 12

FO, leaving a long tail for sewing.

Beak (make 1, colour C), about 1.5 cm (0.6 in) across at its widest

• Rnd 1 4 sc in MR 4
• Rnd 2 sc in each st around 4
• Rnd 3 inc in each st around 8
• Rnds 4-5 sc in each st around 8

FO, leaving a long tail for sewing. Stuff lightly if you like.

Hat (make 1, colour D), about 2.2 cm (0.9 in) across at its widest

• Rnd 1 6 sc in MR 6
• Rnd 2 sc in each st around 6
• Rnd 3 inc in each st around 12
• Rnd 4 sc in each st around 12

Change to colour E.

• Rnd 5 sc in each st around 12

FO, leaving a long tail for sewing. Stuff lightly if you like.

Assembly

1. Stuff the Body firmly before closing it, and leave a long tail of colour A.
2. Flatten each wing (do not stuff) and sew its open end closed.
3. Sew the eyes to the body between Rnds 6 and 8. Side by side on the front, edges almost touching.
4. Embroider the big brown pupil on the eye around Rnds 1-2 with colour F. In the centre of each eye.
5. Sew the beak to the body at Rnd 9. Point out, centred between and just below the eyes.
6. Sew the wings to the body between Rnds 9 and 11. One on each side, angled down.
7. Sew the hat to the body at Rnd 3. The open edge all the way around the head at Rnd 3, the point flopping to one side.
8. Pompom: wrap colour E around two fingers about 30 times, tie the middle and trim it into a ball about 1.5 cm across. Sew it to the tip of the Hat.
9. Scarf: with colour E, ch 51. Row 1: sc in the 2nd ch from the hook and in each ch across (50). FO and weave in.
10. Wrap the Scarf around the Body at Rnds 9-10, below the beak, cross the ends at the front and tack them in place with a few stitches so they hang down.
11. Thread a length of colour A through the top of the head beside the hat and tie into a hanging loop.
12. Weave in all ends.