Free Crochet Owl Purse Pattern

I. am. so. excited. about. this!!!!! Is this not the cutest dang thing ever?!

I love owls. I mean, who doesn't right now? But I am old school. I loved owls before they were so cool, lol!

I wasn't planning on making this at all, but lately I have been on a mission to get rid of some of my craft supplies. I have so much stuff! Especially yarn, so I have been making all sorts of stuff lately. This purse is a great size for a toddler/preschooler. It would be really easy to make bigger too, just by adding some rounds (you can now find my pattern for the "Owl Stuffie/Pillow" which is an enlarged version of this and could either be made into a stuffie or left open to make a larger purse).

What you will need:

Hook Size- H for the body and an F for the eyes and beak.

Yarn- I used Lily Sugar and Cream 100%. I think any worsted weight yarn would work. As you can see I used lots of different colors. I think a solid color purse would be adorable as well.

Other notes: For this pattern I chose to bring my stitches up through both "loops" of the previous chain (you can see this in the second picture below this sentence). I find doing it this way gives the owl a tighter appearance.

Stitches Used: SC-single chain, HDC- half double chain, YO-yarn over

Row 1:You have two options here: you can either ch 3, and then 11 hdc in the first chain of the chain 3 (which is what I did to end up with the picture about), or you can do a magic ring, ch 2, 11 hdc in the middle of the ring, pull tight. For either way, join at top of original ch 3 with the new color (Check out 2 pictures down for a better idea. I forgot to take a pic for this round).

Row 2: Ch 2, hdc in same space, 2 hdc in each space around (see how I use both "loops" of the previous row instead of using the front or the back? Not sure if this makes sense, just email me if you have questions).

Join at the top of the ch 2 with a slip stitch in the new color.

Row 3: Ch 2, hdc in same space, *2 hdc in next space, hdc in next space *. Repeat from * to * around. Join at the top of the chain 2 with a slip stitch in the next color.

Row 4: Ch 2, hdc in same space, *1 hdc in next space, 1 hdc in next space, 2 hdc in next space*. Repeat from * to * around. Join in the top of ch 2 with a slip stitch in the next color.

Row 5: ch 2, 1 hdc in next 14 spaces (Check out pic above, this is going to be the top of the purse where the eyes will go). Ch 2, turn your work, 1 hdc in next 14 spaces). That is side 1 of two for your owl.

Make another side just like the one you just made. I chose to do the second one in a solid color.

For the eyes, switch to your f hook. Start with a magic ring, ch 2, 9 hdc in ring. Pull tight and join with a slip stitch with your white at the top of the chain 2. Ch 2, 1 hdc in same space, 2 hdc in each space around. Join with a slip stitch in the top of the chain 2. Make one more eye (obviously! ;) )

For the beak, use your F hook. Do another magic ring, ch 2, 1 hdc, ch 2, 2 hdc, ch 2, 2 hdc into the ring. Pull tight and join with a slip stitch in the top of the chain 2. This should give you a little triangle.

Now attach your eyes and beak however you want. Do this before you attach the two sides of the purse together, it is much easier! Use a darning needle and some yarn to sew the pieces on.

Now join your two "owl sides" wrong sides together. Try to line up them up so they match. You are going to sc around the outside of them to attach them and you want to them to be perfectly lined up. Now stick your hook through both sides, like I have pictured above. YO and pull the yarn through. Ch 1, insert your hook into both sides again (like pictured above) and sc. Sc in each space of both sides around.

This is what your purse should look like when you are done! Now all you have to do is the strap:

Chain 40.

This is where it gets crazy (not really, it is just hard to explain). Insert your hook into the opposite top corner of the owl (don't twist the strap). YO and pull though. Turn your work so that you can sc back up and over the strap. Join with a slip stitch next to the 1st of you original 40 chains. Make sense? If not, let me know!

Hopefully this is what you ended up with! As you can see, I added some cute little pigtails to the sides of the head. I just used some scrap yarn, pulled them through and tied them.

Like I said, if you have any questions, just shoot me an email!

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