I’m so excited to present you this pattern! Meet Barnsbie the second, a super-realistic but too-cute-to-be-real crochet barn owl.
When I made my first crochet barn owl pattern, I was rather pleased with its looks. But after I had learned some new techniques while designing the long-eared owls, I didn’t really like old Barnsby anymore. In my eyes he started to look like a silly-looking man.
‘A man?’ Yes, well, whilst I loved the legs when I designed Barnsby, I now really don’t like them any more. All owl species have long legs, you don’t often see them because when they sit on a branch, they are hidden between fluffy feathers. When I designed Barnsby, I wanted to show the legs too. But later I preferred the ‘branching’ look (like bird plushes mostly have too) of just the feet sticking out underneath the belly. And I also wanted to try something different for the face, something more realistic and less ‘big nose’-looking.
So I sat behind my desk and tried all sorts of things. I recently purchased a super-cute but rather silly-looking barn owl plush (I have a thing for plushes), and that was my example. I had to melt for my crochet version, as much as for that wonky-looking plushy.
At some point in the process, I saw my partly-finished new Barnsbie lying in my working basket, and in that moment I knew I had succeeded. I totally loved that look. Especially the face profile looks amazing, and this crochet barn owl has the perfect balance between a realistic and a cute amigurumi.
Here are some more pictures of the little cutie, and below them you can find info about and links to buy the pattern.
This is an intermediate pattern. It’s made with basic stitches. If you’re experienced, you can go for the spotted version, but if you don’t like colour changes too much, you can leave out the grey yarn and just go for a two-coloured owl. The difficulty of this pattern lies in the face shaping. I try to explain it as thorough as possible, but it requires some extra skills rather than just crocheting.
This crochet owl is made with Istex Lett Lopi, a 100% wool with a lot of fuzziness. It’s 5 inch / 13 cm tall. The pattern contains a clear and colour-coded description of how to crochet and assemble the doll, with instruction images with notes next to the text and pictures of the finished doll at the bottom. In the pattern you can also find out what materials you need, the yarn colour numbers — in short, everything you need to know to make your own realistic owl amigurumi. All the additional information you need to know about this pattern you can find in the shop listings. You can purchase it in my shop at Ravelry or Etsy.
And heads up! This pattern has a one dollar release discount till the 16th of May.