Knitted Owl Pattern

 The Three Little Hoots

INSTRUCTIONS

Material: 3 Size 4 double pointed needles, brown yarn. Yellow, white and orange  wool felt, card board, black and yellow floss. Wool fleece for stuffing.  All stitches are Knitted.

                                               BABY HOOT (MAMA HOOT, DADDY HOOT):

Cast on 2 stitches (3,4)

Working in I-cord:

Row 1: Increase one in each stitch (you will have 4 stitches)

            (Mama Hoot will have 6, Daddy Hoot will have 8.On both                     Mama and Daddy skip to dividing onto needles)

Row 2: Increase one in each stitch (you will have 8 stitches)

   

Divide onto 3 needles

Round (Row) 3: Increase one stitch on the first stitch so each needle will have 3 stitches each knit the remaining stitches in this round.   (Mama Increase into every stitch you will have  12 stitches. Daddy  Increase into every stitch you will have 16 stitches)
 

Round (Row) 4-13: Knit (Mama knit 14 more rows, Daddy knit 17 more rows).

Cast off .

Stuff with wool fleece, you will have a little flap on the end do not tuck this end it will be the owls horn. 

Sew close, then use a crochet hook and make another ear on the other side and tuck in the tail of the yarn.

Eyes:
Cut the white felt into eyes and attach with yellow floss then add a black french knot in the center of the eye (see photo)

Beak: Cut out a triangle and secure it under the center of the eyes.

Feet:
Cut out cardboard into a foot pattern (see photo)  Cut the yellow wool felt in the same shape as the foot but a little larger (make two of these).  I just put my owls bottom down on the cardboard and traced around his body to get the size and then turned it into a bell shape with a notch.  Sandwich the cardboard in between the yellow wool felt and use the brown floss to sew closed (I use the blanket stitch) Then sew the owl onto the feet)