This crochet owl pattern is very dear to me. Meet Torsbie and the owling, made after the owls that brightened my summer!
Owls are such gorgeous birds and I always wanted to see one for real, but they are very rare these days, and creatures of the night. This winter we often heard a long-eared owl singing in our largest tree, but I couldn’t find it in the daytime. Time went by and and I looked around for traces. White poo under a tree, feathers or pellets would reveal a daytime roosting spot, but I never found any.
Then one night when I was cycling past the nice field where I regularly spotted a hare, I saw a creature disappearing in the bushes. And then I heard unusual sounds, like squeaking doors. ‘Oh my,’ I thought, ‘could this be’? It was too dark to properly see, so I went home and eagerly searched online for owling calls. I had heard it right, there were owlets in those trees!
So I went back the next evening and a dream came true. In a large bush I saw a great ball of fluff with a black face and orange eyes. It was looking at me as surprised as I was looking at it. I walked to a better spot and eventually I saw four chicks. Every evening I visited them and saw them grow up into beautiful young owls. The parents I never saw in the evening, so I went out of bed before sunrise, and then saw one of the gorgeous adults too. How lucky was I that it was just sitting there watching me curiously? It was an amazing experience!
Of course now I had to make a long-eared owl crochet pattern. I could tell you all about the process, but just believe me when I say it was a very challenging pattern to design. These owls have such delicate features and I had to simplify it down to create a do-able pattern. And as a gift to you because of my happiness, I also added the instructions for an owling in the pattern.
Here are some more pictures of the amigurumi long-eared owls and below them you can find info about the pattern.
This is a pattern for experienced crafters. It’s made with basic stitches, but the many colour changes and the shaping of the owl don’t make it suitable for beginners.
This crochet owl is made with Istex Lett Lopi, a 100% wool with a lot of fuzziness. It’s 5 inch / 13 cm tall. The pattern contains a clear and colour-coded description of how to crochet and assemble the doll, with instruction images with notes next to the text and pictures of the finished doll at the bottom. In the pattern you can also find out what materials you need, the yarn colour numbers — in short, everything you need to know to make your own realistic owl amigurumi. All the additional information you need to know about this pattern you can find in the shop listings. You can purchase it in my shop at Ravelry, Etsy or order it here.
And heads up! This pattern has a one dollar release discount till the 28th of September.
Here a some pictures of the amazing owl family, because you must have become curious about them! In the last picture see a grown-up owling.
