#beginner pattern

Here's a free, beginner-level crochet pattern, the first one ever posted on my blog! Just in time for New Years.

Materials

Red Heart Super Saver yarn

4.0 mm crochet hook

16 mm safety eyes (optional)

Embroidery thread

Stuffing

Pattern

Wings:

Magic Circle 6 sc (6)

Row 1: 6 sc (6)

Row 2: 6 inc (12)

Fold in half, and use remaining yarn to sew the edges together - this forms a half-circle.

Body: 

Magic circle

Row 1: 6 sc (6)

Row 2: 6 inc (12)

Row 3: 6(1 sc, 1 inc) (18)

Row 4: 18 sc (18)

Row 5: 3(4 sc, dec) (15)

Row 6: 3(3 sc, dec) (12)

Row 7 and Row 8: 12 sc (12)

Row 9: 3(2 sc, dec) (9)

Optional: Insert safety eyes between Row 8 and Row 9

Fill with stuffing

Sl st from the first stitch into the fifth stitch

5 sc, then stitch closed. Cut yarn. This forms the first “ear” of the owl.

Pull yarn through an open stitch on the open end of your work. This will form the second “ear” of the owl.

5 sc, then stitch closed. Cut yarn.

Sew wings onto the sides of the owl. 

Take your embroidery thread and sew a large “v” shape to create the "beak" for your owl.

Knit a Cosy Basket 🧡🧺

Add warmth to your home with this handmade storage basket, perfect for organising yarn, toys or household items. Practical stylish solutions for any room and easy to make 🧶

Whenever a crocheter needs to get a fellow crocheter a gift, it’s nearly impossible to figure out what to make for them. After more than my fair share of hours trying to come up with gift ideas, I realised that the only thing any crocheter ever needs is a versatile, portable crochet hook holder. It’s a small piece that’s fairly quick to make and can be done with any spare yarn. 

This is a holder that has enough room for 18 hooks and can hold sizes from 2mm to 10mm. The back portion is a square done in moss stitch and the top of the piece becomes the lower pocket, so the whole project needs to be flipped to be used as the photo shows.

Difficulty: Beginner

Yarn: light weight. Any colour

Hook size: 3.5mm

Stitches used: chain, single crochet, slip stitch

One of our customers at the quilt shop told me they had fun making a few of cats from my “Modern Kitty” pattern (that I designed as an intermediate simple plush doll to make), and she was nice enough to bring one in to show me! She even did her own unique embroidered face. Margarat Snyder made this with her granddaughter. 💕 She said she made some more cats as gifts, awww! 😁