This Back to School Pocket Pal Owl is getting ready for his first day of school. He has his backpack and books all ready to go.
Little ones will love the interactive play this Premium Pattern has to offer with a removable backpack and books. They will spend hours placing the books into and out of the backpack pretending to go to and from school. My kids sure have! They scooped up the owls as soon as they were off my hook.
The Back to School Pocket Pal Owl was designed using medium weight (4) Scheepjes Stone Washed XL which I found on the Love Crafts Website. This is the first time I’ve used this yarn and I’m absolutely in love with it. The colours are amazing and it works up beautifully!
While I 100% recommend Scheepjes Stone Washed XL yarn for this project, it would also look great in just about any other yarn.
Check out the Free Version of the Original Pocket Pal Owl Here!
All the Pocket Pal animals work up quickly and easy, featuring a minimal sewing construction. The head/body/limbs are all worked in 1 piece to minimize the amount of sewing (and the amount of time) it take to make them. This makes them perfect for a quick and cute gift or craftshow.
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What you will need to make your Back to School Pocket Pal Owl.
Materials:
Hook size – 4.0mm (G)
Yarn – Worsted Weight Scheepjes Stone Washed XL
| Main Colour | |
| Larimar | 60 yards |
| Accent Colours | |
| Coral Lemon Quartz Garnet Moon Stone | 20 yards 20 yards small amount small amount |
- Polyester filling – small amount
- 2 – 10.5 mm black safety eyes (not suitable for children under 3) As an altereantive see video for embroidering sleepy eye
- 15mm button for backpack
- Stitch Markers
- Safety pins to help with sewing placement
- Yarn needle to weave in the ends
Gauge:
4 Rounds of Gauge Pattern = 1.75 inch diameter
Gauge Pattern:
Create a Magic Ring
Round 1: 6sc in the ring (6)
Round 2: 2sc in each st (12)
Round 3: *sc, 2sc* 6 times (18)
Round 4: *sc in the next 2 sts, 2sc* 6 times (24)
Abbreviations:
| ch | chain |
| FSC | foundation single crochet |
| hdc | half double crochet |
| sc | single crochet |
| scdec | single crochet decrease |
| ss | slip stitch |
| st(s) | stitch(es) |
| *to* | repeat the sequence between the ** the number of times indicated |
Special Stitches and Techniques
Foundation Single Crochet – https://youtu.be/79kx-zTK8NI
Magic ring – https://youtu.be/s3xHu-fmQ6k
No Sew Attaching Feet: https://youtu.be/CbX1g5guZA8
No Sew Attaching Wings: https://youtu.be/dy5prH-AtTg
Sleepy Eyes – https://youtu.be/4kO0XAkXMGo
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