Adorable Owl Amigurumi

Could it be!?

Yes. The long promised owl post is finally here.

Adorable Owl Amigurumi (Sachet)

Supplies:

1. 4.00 mm hook

2. Worsted weight yarn in two colors. (I used Impeccable Grey and Brown.)

3. A small piece of felt

4. Two small black safety eyes.

5. (Optional) Lavender, or whatever other sachet herbs or potpourri you wish to use, in a small bag or pouch that has been sewn shut.

TUMMY:

Chain 2, in alternate color (grey)

Row 1: Sc 6 into furthest ch from hook, join with a sl st (6)

Row 2: Sc 2 into each st around (12)

Row 3: *Sc 1 in first st, sc 2 in next stitch.* repeat from * to * around. (18)

Row 4: *Sc 1 in first 2 stitches, then sc 2 in the 3^rd stitch. * Repeat from * to  * around. (24). Bind off, and weave in ends.

WINGS:

Chain 2, in body color (brown)

Row 1: Sc 6 into furthest ch from hook. Join with a sl st. (6)

Row 2: Sc 2 into each st around. (12)

Row 3: *Sc 1 in first st, sc 2 in next stitch.* repeat from * to * around. (18)

Row 4: *Sc 1 in first 2 stitches, then sc 2 in the 3^rd stitch. * Repeat from * to  * around. (24)

Row 5: For a cute wing accent as pictured, switch to alternate color here. Then, sc half way around the circle. Bind off and weave in ends. (30)

Fold wings in half to form semi-circles. Sew around the semi circle to hold it in place. 

EYE CIRCLES:

 Chain 2, in alternate color (grey)

Row 1: Sc 6 into furthest ch from hook, join with a sl st (6). Bind off and weave in ends. Make 2.

BEAK: Cut a small triangle out of felt.

BODY

Chain 2, in body color (brown)

Row 1: Sc 6 into furthest ch from hook, join with a sl st (6)

Row 2: Sc 2 into each st around (12)

Row 3: *Sc 1 in first st, sc 2 in next stitch.* repeat from * to * around. (18)

Row 4: *Sc 1 in first 2 stitches, then sc 2 in the 3^rd stitch. * Repeat from * to  * around. (24)

Row 5: *Sc 1 in first 3 stitches, then sc 2 into the 4^th stitch. * Repeat from * to  * around. (30)

Row 6: *Sc 1 in first 4 stitches, then sc 2 into the 5^th stitch. * Repeat from * to  * around. (36)

Rows 7-8: Sc in each st around (36)

Row 8: *Sc 1 in first 5 stitches, then sc 2 into the 6^th stitch. * Repeat from * to  * around. (42)

Rows 9-19: Sc 1 in each st around. (42)

At this point, the owl’s body should be over half finished. If you haven’t made the other parts of the owl yet, now is the time to do them. I recommend sewing them onto the body with a needle and thread at this point in the body because it is so much easier than doing it later.

Row 20: *Sc 1 in first 5 stitches, then sc2tog in the 6^th stitch. * (36)

Row 21: Sc around. (36)

Row 22-End: Sc 1, Sc2tog around. Repeat until the hole at the top of the head is closed.

The ending above is a little bit sudden, but I am always so impatient to be done! If you want your owl to have more of a rounded head than the one pictured, you can instead crochet as follows:

Row 22: *Sc 1 in first 4 stitches, then sc2tog. * Repeat from * to  * around. (30)

Row 23: *Sc 1 in first 3 stitches, then sc2tog. * Repeat from * to  * around. (24)

Row 24: *Sc 1 in first 2 stitches, then sc2tog. * Repeat from * to  * around. (18)

Row 25: *Sc 1 in first stitch, sc2tog. * repeat from * to * around. (12)

Row 26: Sc2tog around (6)

Row 27: Sc2tog around. (1) Bind off and weave in ends. Done!

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 Hey Ravellers! I know you are probably here to just grab the pattern and scram, but I hope you might consider checking out some of my other posts to see what I am all about, and if you like those, consider following my blog. Thanks!

The Long Overdue Post: Bee Pattern and Botanical Pictures

Hullo! 

Here is a pattern that I have been putting off posting for ages, but finally have done! I wanted to make a cute round bumble bee, but didn't find anything to suit my fancy, so I decided to adapt another pattern, and I made so many little changes that I think it is quite my own now.  So here it is!

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Bumblebee Pattern

Body:

R1: Ch 2 in yellow.
R2: 6 sc in first ch.
R3: 2 sc in each sc – 12 sts.
R4: *2 sc in next st, sc in next st, rep from * around - 18 sts.
R5: *2 sc in next st, sc in each of next 2 sts, rep from * around – 24 sts.
R6: *2 sc in next st, sc in each of next 3 sts, rep from * around – 30 sts.
R7: *2 sc in next st, sc in each of next 4 sts, rep from * around – 36 sts.
R8: Switch to black or brown. Sc around, 36 sts. Repeat through R11
R12: Switch to yellow. Sc around, 36 sts, repeat through R15
R16: Switch to black or brown. Sc around, 36 sts. Repeat through R19
Rnd 20: Switch to yellow. *Sc2tog, sc in each of next 4 sts, rep from * around – 30 sts. (Somewhere around here is generally a good idea to sew on the wings, put in the eyes, and begin stuffing.)
Rnd 21: *Sc2tog, sc in each of next 3 sts, rep from * around – 24 sts.
Rnd 22: *Sc2tog, sc in each of next 2 sts, rep from * around – 18 sts.
Rnd 23: *Sc2tog, sc in next st, rep from * around – 12 sts.
Rnd 24: *Sc2tog, rep from * around – 6 sts. Fasten off.

Wings:
R1: Ch 2 in white or cream.
R2: 6 sc in first ch.
R3: 2 sc in each sc – 12 sts.
R4: *2 sc in next st, sc in next st, rep from * around - 18 sts.
R5: *2 sc in next st, sc in each of next 2 sts, rep from * around – 24 sts.
R6: *2 sc in next st, sc in each of next 3 sts, rep from * around – 30 sts. Finish off. Sew to body using white or cream.

Stinger:
R1: With black, ch 2.
R2: 4 sc in first ch.
R3: *2 sc in next st, sc in next st, rep from * around - 6 sts.
R4: *2 sc in next st, sc in each of next 2 sts, rep from * around – 8 sts. Finish off. Sew to bee with black yarn.

Finished! 

I made this dahling little bee as a present for my friend and dormie E, who actually kept bees in high school and missed them at college. Bees are amazing creatures, but recently they have been disappearing from hives all around the country, causing huge problems for farmers both commercial and home growers. Click here to learn more about this phenomenon known as Colony Collapse Disorder.

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 How is this for some color? These are the leftover pictures from Memorial day weekend when we went to my university's botanical garden. My cousin and I felt pretty cool when we got in for free by showing our student IDs. And then we were like, oh wait, our parents are paying thousands of dollars for our tickets, really. Haha. ha. err. Anyway!

This is my favorite one. ^

 

So that's all for now, at least until I finish my other owl sachet pattern. 

Ta!

The Secret Post: Revealed!

Now, the alliance of magicians would frown on revealing any magic trick, but this is long overdue. The hints, the coquetting, all of it is at an end now. So, would you like to know?

There he is in all of his smoldering glory! May I present, Mister Fitzwilliam Darcy <3!!! Some more glamour shots of the fellow... "Ready for my close up"

"Take me! Take me!"

So, for this fine fellow I used various colors of Lily Sugar&Cream cotton yarn, and a bit of embroidery thread for the nose. The pattern I used was from Geek Central Station, although it needed just a bit of tweaking for the head. It would have turned out looking like an outright bobble head otherwise, so around row 22 or 23 I just stopped increasing, and did them all just in sc, then proceeded to dec at an appropriate juncture. The jacket was of my own design,  and the pattern goes a little like so:

R1: sc 20
R2: sc 20
R3: sc 20
R4: *sc 4 inc* repeat all around (24 sts)
R5: sc 24
R6: *dc 2, dc 2 in 1 st* (32 sts)
R7: *dc3, dc2 in 1 st* (40 sts)
R8-R10: dc 40 sts, finish off

Yay! Obviously very carefully thought out and not haphazardly thrown together at all! I sewed the arms onto the jacket, then sewed the jacket onto the torso. The hair was my brainchild as well, just a simple round bit of crochet that starts with 6 sts, then inc in each sc to 12 sts, then sc 1 inc 1 to 18 sts and so on until the toupee covers as much of the head as you want it to. (Not really much of a brain child, eh?) I did a bit of embroidering around the hairline and the sideburns so that his mane would look more tousled and less Mr. Collins, but I am not sure it turned out quite how I wanted.

Anyway, best of luck to anyone attempting to craft a twin, because who doesn't want a Darcy to warm their bed at night? Heh.

{ Mr. Darcy Amigurumi, Darcy Ami, Mr. Darcy Ami, Pride and Prejudice Amigurumi }