Small Owls - Male sovice

Skills required
Crocheting in round, single crochet stitch, magic ring, increasing, invisible decreasing, finishing an open piece (see tutorial 3), fastening yarn tails.

Size
About 6,5cm (2.6”), with worsted weight cotton yarn and a 2,25 mm crochet hook (US size 1/B).

Materials & Tools
- Yarn. I used worsted weight cotton, 92m/50g (100yds/50g) / 10ply / 9wpi / 4: medium. You will need about 17g or 31m (34yds) of yarn – 12g for the body and 5g for details.
- 2,25 mm crochet hook (US size 1/B).
- Stuffing - polyester fiberfill, wool, wadding etc.
- 9mm (1/3”) safety toy eyes or buttons, beads, felt etc.
- Embroidery floss.
- Yarn needle, scissors, stitch marker.

Abbreviations
- mr, n = magic ring - crochet n single crochet stitches in to the loop.
- sc = single crochet stitch
- sc n = make n single crochet stitches, one in each stitch
- inc = increase – make two single crochet stitches in to the same stitch
- inc3 = double increase – three single crochet stitches in to the same stitch
- dec = decrease – crochet two stitches together
- (sc 2, inc) x 6 = repeat the pattern between brackets six times
- (24) = number of stitches in a round after finishing said round

Notes
- Do not join at the end of each round, work in a continuous spiral.
- Use a stitch marker or a piece of yarn to mark the end or the beginning of a round. Move the marker up after completing each round.
- All stitches are worked into both loops.

Body Worked from bottom to top. 1: mr, 6 = (6) 2: (sc, inc3x 2) x 2 = (14) 3: sc 3, inc3x 2, sc 5, inc3x 2, sc 2 = (22) 4: sc 4, inc x 3, sc 8, inc x 3, sc 4  (28) 5: sc 6, inc x 2, sc 12, inc x 2, sc 6  (32) Place a stitch marker (or a piece of yarn) in to the 19th stitch on round 11. This marks the center of the face. 6-12: sc in each stitch = (32) 13: sc 10, dec, sc 14, dec, sc 4 = (30) 14: sc 14, dec, sc 4, dec, sc 8 = (28) 15: sc 6, dec, sc 18, dec = (26) 16: sc 2, dec, sc 11, dec, sc 9 = (24) 17: sc, dec, sc 8, dec, sc 3, dec, sc 6 = (21) 18: sc, dec, sc 4, fasten off = (20) Make a slip stitch in to the next stitch. Cut the yarn, leaving a long tail and draw the end through the stitch. Attach safety eyes and then stuff the body. Leave the top seam open for now.

Eye patch - safety eyes Note! Join all rounds with a slip stitch (sl st) to get perfectly round eye patches. 1: mr, 7, join round with a sl st = (7) NB! Insert the safety eye in to the loop and draw the loop tightly closed around it. 2: ch 1, inc, around = (14) Fasten off cleanly and weave in the yarn tail on the wrong side. Eye patch - embroidered eyes Note! Join all rounds with a slip stitch (sl st) to get perfectly round eye patches. 1: mr, 7, join round with a sl st = (7) 2: ch 1, inc, around = (14) Fasten off cleanly and weave in the yarn tail on the wrong side.

Left wing
1: mr, 6 = (6)
2: inc x 2,[sc,hdc],[hdc,dc],[dc,tc,tc] = (11)
Right wing
1: mr, 6 = (6)
2: [sl st, ch 3, tc, dc], [dc, hdc], [hdc, sc],
inc x 2 = (11)
Cut the yarn and weave in the yarn tail. Finish
the edge by crocheting around it with single
crochet stitches (see below).