Crochet Hootie the Owl amigurumi with this easy, free, cute owl crochet pattern for beginners. This adorable bird pattern was first published in my book Amigurumi Made Easy and is now available for free on my DIY Fluffies blog.
Hootie the Owl in the photo was made with sport-weight cotton yarn and a B/1 (2.5 mm) hook. If you use the same yarn, your owl will be 5 inches (12 cm) tall. Use thicker yarn if you want to create a bigger bird.
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A little Story about Hootie the Owl:
Hootie is a kind and friendly owl who loves to bring treats to her friends in the forest. But sometimes, she can be a bit clumsy and drops the goodies while flying. Despite Hootie’s mishaps, her friends always love when she visits them. They know that Hootie means well and they appreciate the thought behind her gifts.
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Basic Stitches Tutorial
If you are a beginner that want to learn how to crochet, check out my beginner-friendly basic stitches tutorial, it has many instructional videos on how to crochet every stitch. It shows you all you need to know to make your very own cute bird Amigurumi with this free owl crochet pattern.
Materials
These are the materials that I used. However, feel free to replace them with other materials of your choice. Furthermore, if you wish to crochet a larger or smaller version of the owl bird amigurumi using this free stuffed animal crochet pattern, you can simply use a thicker or thinner yarn and crochet hook.
Cotton Sport Weight version 15 cm / 6 inch:
– Purple Yarn and Colors Must Have color: 050: 40 gram
– Pink Yarn and Colors Must Have color: 048: 10 gram
– Yellow Yarn and Colors Must Have color: 014: 10 gram
– White Yarn and Colors Must Have color: 001: 8 gram
– Synthetic Poly Filling
– Crochet hook size B/1 (2.5 mm)
– Safety eyes 16 mm
Search for a similar cotton yarn you can buy near you on YARNSUB
Supplies:
– Scissors
– Tapestry needles with blunt point, nr. 16 or 17
– Pins
TIP: Are you using are using Blanket yarn? Then I recommend a L/11 (8.0 mm) crochet hook.
For Super Bulky Chenille yarn I recommend a H/8 (5.0 mm) crochet hook, for bulky velvet yarn a E/4 (3.5 mm) crochet hook.
Abbreviations
Abbreviations (U.S. Terms) used in this free cute owl crochet pattern:
(All abbreviations are explained in my basic stitches tutorial)
Rnd: Round
st: stitch
sc: single crochet
sl st: slip stitch
dec: decrease
inc: increase
Free Cute Owl Crochet Pattern
Eye 2x:
- Use white yarn
- Rnd 1: start 6 sc in a magic ring (6)
- Rnd 2: inc in all 6 st (12)
- Rnd 3: inc in all 12 st (24)
- Rnd 4: sc in all 24 st (24)
- Change to pink yarn (I have a made detailed tutorial on how to color change)
- Rnd 5: (sc in next 3 st, inc in next st) repeat 6 times (30)
- Rnd 6: FLO sc in all 30 st (30)
- Fasten off, leaving a long tail for sewing.
Body:
- Use purple yarn
- Rnd 1: start 6 sc in a magic ring (6)
- Rnd 2: inc in all 6 st (12)
- Rnd 3: (sc in next st, inc in next st) repeat 6 times (18)
- Rnd 4: (sc in next 2 st, inc in next st) repeat 6 times (24)
- Rnd 5: (sc in next 3 st, inc in next st) repeat 6 times (30)
- Rnd 6: (sc in next 4 st, inc in next st) repeat 6 times (36)
- Rnd 7: (sc in next 5 st, inc in next st) repeat 6 times (42)
- Rnd 8: (sc in next 6 st, inc in next st) repeat 6 times (48)
- Rnd 9: (sc in next 7 st, inc in next st) repeat 6 times (54)
- Rnd 10: (sc in next 8 st, inc in next st) repeat 6 times (60)
- Rnd 11 – 13: sc in all 60 st (60)
- Rnd 14: (sc in next 9 st, inc in next st) repeat 6 times (66)
- Rnd 15 – 18: sc in all 66 st (66)
- Rnd 19: (sc in next 10 st, inc in next st) repeat 6 times (72)
- Rnd 20 – 23: sc in all 72 st (72)
- Rnd 24: (sc in next 11 st, inc in next st) repeat 6 times (78)
- Rnd 25 – 27: sc in all 78 st (78)
- Rnd 28: (sc in next 12 st, inc in next st) repeat 6 times (84)
- Rnd 29 – 34: sc in all 84 st (84)
- Rnd 35: (sc in next 12 st, dec) repeat 6 times (78)
- Rnd 36: sc in all 78 st (78)
- Rnd 37: (sc in next 11 st, dec) repeat 6 times (72)
- Rnd 38: sc in all 72 st (72)
- Rnd 39: (sc in next 7 st, dec) repeat 8 times (64)
- Rnd 40: (sc in next 6 st, dec) repeat 8 times (56)
- Position the eye patches between rounds 13-24 of the head, with an interspace of 1 stitch. Sew the remaining back loops of round 5 of the eye patches to the body (photo 1). Insert the safety eyes through the eye patches, between rounds 1 and 2, and push the safety eyes through the body fabric. You can use a chopstick to make a bigger hole if you find it hard to insert the eyes through the eye patch and body at once (photo 2 & 3) .
- Close the washers on the inside of the head. See my video on how to attach washer on safety eyes the easy way. A great help for this free cute owl crochet pattern.
- Rnd 41: (sc in next 5 st, dec) repeat 8 times (48)
- Rnd 42: (sc in next 4 st, dec) repeat 8 times (40)
- Stuff the body with fiberfill and continue stuffing as you go.
- Rnd 43: (sc in next 3 st, dec) repeat 8 times (32)
- Rnd 44: (sc in next 2 st, dec) repeat 8 times (24)
- Rnd 45: (sc in next st, dec) repeat 8 times (16)
- Rnd 46: dec 8 times (8)
- Fasten off, leaving a long yarn tail. Using your yarn needle, weave the yarn tail through the front loop of each remaining stitch and pull it tight to close. Weave in the yarn end.
Beak:
- Use yellow yarn
- Rnd 1: start 4 sc in a magic ring (4)
- Rnd 2: (sc in next st, inc in next st) repeat 2 times (6)
- Rnd 3: (sc in next st, inc in next st) repeat 3 times (9)
- Rnd 4: (sc in next 2 st, inc in next st) repeat 3 times (12)
- Rnd 5 – 6: sc in all 12 st (12)
- Slst in next st. Fasten off, leaving a long tail for sewing. Sew the beak below the eyes of the owl. Stuff with fiberfill before closing the seam.
Wing 2x:
- Use pink yarn
- Rnd 1: start 6 sc in a magic ring (6)
- Rnd 2: inc in all 6 st (12)
- Rnd 3: (sc in next st, inc in next st) repeat 6 times (18)
- Rnd 4: (sc in next 2 st, inc in next st) repeat 6 times (24)
- Rnd 5 – 9: sc in all 24 st (24)
- Rnd 10: (sc in next 2 st, dec) repeat 6 times (18)
- Rnd 11 – 14: sc in all 18 st (18)
- Rnd 15: (sc in next st, dec) repeat 6 times (12)
- Rnd 16: dec 6 times (6)
- Slst in next st. Fasten off, leaving a long tail for sewing. Flatten the wing (photo 4) .
- The wings don’t need to be stuffed. Sew the wings to the sides of the body between rounds 22-33 or your owl (photo 5).
Ear 2x:
- Use purple yarn
- Rnd 1: start 4 sc in a magic ring (4)
- Rnd 2: (sc in next st, inc in next st) repeat 2 times (6)
- Rnd 3: (sc in next st, inc in next st) repeat 3 times (9)
- Rnd 4: sc in all 9 st (9)
- Rnd 5: (sc in next 2 st, inc in next st) repeat 3 times (12)
- Rnd 6: sc in all 12 st (12)
- Rnd 7: (sc in next st, inc in next st) repeat 6 times (18)
- Rnd 8: sc in all 18 st (18)
- Rnd 9: (sc in next 2 st, inc in next st) repeat 6 times (24)
- Rnd 10: sc in all 24 st (24)
- Slst in next st. Fasten off, leaving a long tail for sewing. Stuff the ears with fiberfill.
- Sew the ears to the sides of the head between rounds 8-17.
Feet 2x:
- Use yellow yarn
- Start by making 3 toes.
First and second toe (in yellow yarn)
- Rnd 1: start 6 sc in a magic ring (6)
- Rnd 2: (sc in next 2 st, inc in next st) repeat 2 times (8)
- Rnd 3 – 4: sc in all 8 st (8)
- Fasten off.
Third toe:
- Use yellow yarn
- Rnd 1: start 6 sc in a magic ring (6)
- Rnd 2: (sc in next 2 st, inc in next st) repeat 2 times (8)
- Rnd 3 – 4: sc in all 8 st (8)
- In the next round we will join the 3 toes to create the foot.
- Rnd 5: sc in the next 4 st of the third toe (photo 6) , start in the first stitch of the second toe, sc in next 4 st (photo 7), continue in the first stitch of the first toe, sc in all 8 st, continue in the fifth stitch of the second toe, sc in next 4 st, continue in the fifth stitch of the third toe, sc in next 4 st (24) (photo 8).
- Rnd 6: (sc in next 2 st, dec) repeat 6 times (18)
- Rnd 7: sc in all 18 st (18)
- Rnd 8: (sc in next st, dec) repeat 6 times (12)
- Rnd 9: sc in all 12 st (12)
- Rnd 10: (sc in next st, dec) repeat 4 times (8)
- Fasten off, leaving a long tail for sewing.
- Sew the feet to the bottom front of the body.
Tail:
- Use purple yarn
- Rnd 1: start 6 sc in a magic ring (6)
- Rnd 2: (sc in next st, inc in next st) repeat 3 times (9)
- Rnd 3: sc in all 9 st (9)
- Rnd 4: (sc in next 2 st, inc in next st) repeat 3 times (12)
- Rnd 5: (sc in next st, inc in next st) repeat 6 times (18)
- Rnd 6: sc in all 18 st (18)
- Rnd 7: (sc in next 2 st, inc in next st) repeat 6 times (24)
- Rnd 8: sc in all 24 st (24)
- Rnd 9: (sc in next 3 st, inc in next st) repeat 6 times (30)
- Slst in next st. Fasten off, leaving a long tail for sewing.
- Stuff the tail with fiberfill. Sew the tail to the back of the body between rounds 31-40.
- Embroider feathers on the belly; the top feathers over rounds 28-30, the bottom feathers over rounds 32-34. There are 2 stitches between the top of the feathers and the beak and 3 stitches between the tips of two feathers.
Now Hootie the owl is finished! I hope you enjoyed this free cute owl crochet pattern, there are many more free Amigurumi patterns on my blog.
