Thursday, April 16, 2020

Crochet Owl Keychain


This is a key chain size crochet owl.






Yarn used
Body + Ears + wings : Caron Cake (acrylic), Hook : 3.75mm
Eyes : White color red heart Soft Baby Steps, Hook : 3.25mm  Black Mercerized cotton yarn to sew the eye lids.  
Beak : Mustard color Marvel 8ply, Hook : 3.25mm

Other things you need :
1. Stuffing for the owl
2. A key ring
3. Sewing needle

Pattern

Body
Row 1 - 6 sc in magic circle (6)
Row 2 - 2sc in each stitch (12) 
Row 3 - 1sc, 2sc (repeat 6 times) (18) 
Row 4 - 1sc, 1sc, 2sc (repeat 6 times) (24) 
Row 5 to  Row 14 - 1sc for each of the 24 stitches
Row 15 - 2sc, sc2tog (repeat 6 times) (18)
Row 16 - 1sc, sc2tog (repeat 6 times) (12) 
Add stuffing 
Row 17  - sc2 tog (repeat 6 times) (6) 
Row 18 - Cut yarn leaving a long tail, use a sewing needle to close up the loop. Put the remaining yarn through the top of the body to attach the key ring.  


Eyes
Row 1 - 6 sc in magic circle (6)
Row 2 - 2sc in each stitch (12)
Slip stitch , cut and leave a tail for sewing
Use a sewing needle and black yarn to sew the eye lids.


Ears /beak
Row 1 - 4 sc  in magic circle (4)
Row 2 - 2sc , 1sc , 2sc, 1sc (6) 
Slip stitch , cut and leave a tail for sewing

Wings ( make 2 semicircles) 
Row 1 - 4sc in magic circle (4)
Row 2 - chain 1 and turn, 2sc in each of the next 4 stitch,(8). Dont pull into a circle. Rather , pull to form a semi circle as shown. 


To form the straight part of the semicircle, do 1sc across. You will need 3 stitches to get across as shown below. Lastly slip stitch , cut and leave a tail for sewing
 (Total stitch for the wing is 11) 


Assemble 
Using a sewing needle , attach the ears , eyes, beak and  wings. Using the yarn for the wings, sew some 'v' stitches below the beak. 


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