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Posted by: As_Weasley_as_I_wannabe Jul 22 2008, 12:55 AM

Supplies
A small amount of wool yarn in at least two colors
17 mm safety eyes
E/4 (3.5 mm) crochet hook
Polyfil
Yarn needle

Instructions
Base
Make a crochet circle the size of the base you would like. The example is around 1.77 inches (4.50 cm) in diameter.

http://gallery.the-leaky-cauldron.org/picture/217969

Body
Continue crocheting in the round, without increasing, so you make a type of bucket.

Do this until it is as tall as the base circle diameter, so that the base diameter is the same height as the owl.

http://gallery.the-leaky-cauldron.org/picture/217970

Stuff and fix eyes.

Sew up top of head.

http://gallery.the-leaky-cauldron.org/picture/217971
Stitch several times in each ear, so that the ears stick up and the body becomes rounded.

http://gallery.the-leaky-cauldron.org/picture/217972
Using the contrasting color, crochet into the body from one ear to the next.

Keep the same amount of stitches by using a turning chain until the end of the top of the head is reached.

Decrease stitches by not using a turning chain until you have just one stitch left.

Finish off.

http://gallery.the-leaky-cauldron.org/picture/217973

Posted by: As_Weasley_as_I_wannabe Jul 22 2008, 12:56 AM

Thread a needle onto the end of yarn.

Thread through the body of the owl and secure.

Weave in all ends.

http://gallery.the-leaky-cauldron.org/picture/217967

Final Product

http://gallery.the-leaky-cauldron.org/picture/217968
Credit
Roman Sock's tutorial was taken with permission from http://littlegreen.typepad.com/romansock/instant-crochetification.html.

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Posted by: hardhat_cat Jul 31 2008, 11:31 PM

This tutorial can now also be found on the main site http://www.the-leaky-cauldron.org/features/crafts/crochet/owlets.

You can also get to it by clicking the link in the title of the tutorial!