A pair of sweet crochet owls
Two crochet owl friends to make and love! When it’s bright outside, Day Owl closes her eyes and settles down to sleep. And when the stars come out, Night Owl is ready to play! Day Owl has a sweet rainbow on her belly and Night Owl dons a collection of stars. Whether night or day, you can make a magical crochet owl with this free pattern. Scroll down to see the written pattern and the video tutorial!
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MATERIALS (what I recommend in parentheses)
- Yarn: Lightweight yarn (light worsted, DK weight, or 8-ply) (Rico Ricorumi Cotton DK yarn or Patons Grace Yarn)
- Night Owl colors – eyes & stars (Ricorumi in Pastel Yellow), body (Ricorumi in Midnight Blue), and wings & head feathers (Ricorumi in Lilac)
- Day Owl colors – eyes & rainbow (Ricorumi in Pastel Yellow), body (Rico Design Baby Cotton Soft DK in Mint), wings & rainbow (Ricorumi in Candy Pink), rainbow (Ricorumi in Orange), rainbow (Ricorumi in Lilac), rainbow & head feathers (Ricorumi in Blue)
- Hook: 2.75mm (C) hook (Clover Amour)
- Toy stuffing (Fairfield Poly-Fil)
- Stitch markers (Clover Quick Locking Stitch Markers Small – I LOVE these, they don’t leave big holes in your work!)
- Embroidery floss in black for face (DMC Embroidery Floss in black)
- Embroidery needle (DMC Embroidery Needles)
- Tapestry needle (DMC Tapestry Needle Size 16)
- Scissors (Gingher Stork Scissors)
- Sewing pins to help attach pieces
- Optional: water soluble marking pen for drawing on your face before embroidering (Wrights Water Soluble Marking Pen)
AMIGURUMI OWL FINISHED SIZES
The finished height of the owls is 4 inches. Keep your tension tight and consistent to avoid stuffing showing through.
STITCHES & ABBREVIATIONS
US TERMINOLOGY
ch – chain
inc – increase
inv dec – invisible decrease
rnd(s) – round(s)
RS – right side
sc – single crochet
sl st – slip stitch
st(s) – stitch(es)
WS – wrong side
[ ] or { } – repeat steps between brackets for the specified number of times
( ) – the number of stitches you should have at the end of each round
SPECIAL TECHNIQUES
- Embroidering on crochet – See tutorial here.
- Finish off – Watch tutorial here.
- Invisible decrease – Watch tutorial here.
- Magic ring – Watch tutorial here.
- Standing sc – Start with a slipknot on your hook. Insert hook into stitch and make a single crochet as normal. See tutorial here.
NOTES
- Body & eye circle worked in a continuous round, wing & rainbow worked in rows.
- Mark the beginning of each round with a stitch marker.
- All stitches are written in US terminology.
- Demonstration photos are shown using right-handed crochet.
VIDEO TUTORIAL
DAY & NIGHT OWL CROCHET PATTERN

BODY
rnd 1: In body color, start with a magic ring, sc 6 into ring (6 sts)
rnd 2: Inc 6 (12 sts)
rnd 3: [sc 1, inc 1] 6 times (18 sts)
rnd 4: [sc 1, inc 1, sc 1] 6 times (24 sts)
rnd 5: [sc 3, inc 1] 6 times (30 sts)
rnd 6: Sc around (30 sts)
rnd 7: [sc 2, inc 1, sc 2] 6 times (36 sts)
rnds 8-9: Sc around (36 sts for 2 rnds)
rnd 10: [sc 9, {inc 1, sc 2} 3 times] 2 times (42 sts)
rnds 11-24: Sc around (42 sts for 14 rnds)
rnd 25: [sc 5, inv dec 1] 6 times (36 sts)
• • • Body continues after star embroidery tutorial. Click here to jump to continued body section. • • •
EMBROIDER STARS • Night Owl only
Embroider the stars using lightweight yellow yarn. I’m using the same yarn as the eye circles. Thread your embroidery needle with 30 inches of yarn. Double knot end. To embroider stars, remember how to draw a five point star and mimic it with your embroidery needle.
Check out this blog post for more tips on embroidering on crochet!









BODY continued
rnd 26: [sc 4, inv dec 1] 6 times (30 sts)
• • • Start stuffing body now & continue stuffing firmly until closed. • • •
rnd 27: [sc 3, inv dec 1] 6 times (24 sts)
rnd 28: [sc 2, inv dec 1] 6 times (18 sts)
rnd 29: [sc 1, inv dec 1] 6 times (12 sts)
rnd 30: Inv dec 6 (6 sts)
Sl st 1 into next st. Fasten off & finish off.
EYE CIRCLE
rnd 1: In eye color, start with a magic ring, sc 7 into ring (7 sts)
rnd 2: Inc 7 (14 sts)
rnd 3 (partial rnd): [sc 1, inc 1] 4 times, sl st 1 (18 sts)
Fasten off, leaving a 10-inch tail for attaching. See embroidery photos and attaching tutorial below.
EMBROIDERING & ATTACHING EYES
You’ll now be embroidering and attaching the owl’s eyes. The key to embroidering on crochet is to make sure to insert your needle through your stitches and not in a hole between stitches so your thread remains secure. With black embroidery thread and needle, embroider eyes on eye circles. For sleepy eyes, make sure eye circle’s yarn tail is on the right and for happy eyes the tail is on the left. Embroider eyes on rnd 2 and eyelashes on rnd 3 of eye circle.





WING • make 2
row 1: (WS) Using wing color, start with a magic ring, sc 4 into ring (4 sts)
row 2: (RS) Ch 1, turn, inc 4 (8 sts)
row 3: Ch 1, turn, [inc 1, sc 1] 4 times (12 sts)
row 4: Ch 1, turn, [sc 1, inc 1, sc 1] 4 times (16 sts)
row 5: Ch 1, turn, [sc 3, inc 1] 4 times (20 sts)
row 6: Ch 1, turn to work down straight edge, sc 1 in same st as last inc of row 5, sc 8, ch 1, sl st 1 into 1st st of row 5. (9 sts). See photos A & B below.
Fasten off, leaving a 15-inch tail for attaching to body. See attaching tutorial below.


ATTACHING WINGS






EMBROIDERING THE BEAK




RAINBOW • Day Owl only
row 1: In orange, ch 6, sc 4 starting in 2nd ch from hook, sc 3 in next ch st, turn to work down other side of chain, sc 4, fasten off (11 sts)
• • • Start rows 2-5 in first st of previous row. • • •
row 2: Standing sc 1, sc 3, inc 3, sc 4, fasten off (14 sts)
row 3: Standing sc 1, sc 4, inc 4, sc 5, fasten off (18 sts)
row 4: Standing sc 1, sc 4, [inc 1, sc 1] 4 times, sc 5, fasten off (22 sts)
row 5: Standing sc 1, sc 6, [inc 1, sc 1] 4 times, sc 7 (26 sts)
Fasten off, leaving a 20-inch tail for attaching. Weave in all tails except for long tail. See attaching tutorial on page 8.




ATTACHING THE RAINBOW






I hope you enjoyed this crochet owl pattern! If you have any questions about this pattern, leave a comment below!
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These are absolutely adorable and so clever! I love them!
Thanks so much! And just saw your work on your site, it’s absolutely beautiful 🙂
Oh goodness, that means so much. Thank you!
I don’t use Etsy. Can you make these available on a Ravelry?
Hi! It’s available on Ravelry here: https://www.ravelry.com/patterns/library/day–night-owls and I’ve added a Ravelry link to the post.
Love it Cute
thank you!!
Oh, my gosh, these are so cute! The day and night eyes are so clever!
Thanks so much for your sweet comment! I’m glad you like them 🙂
How do we do the ears/ear tufts?
Hi! Sorry it’s not included in the photo tutorial. You can see the tutorial for the head tufts in the video tutorial around the 1:26:00 mark!
Sooo beautiful, made them twice already. Thank you!