Baby Owl Karel is part of Project Arctic. In Project Arctic I crochet different animals that live on or around the poles. They may live on the ice, in the air or in the water. What makes those animals special, is that many of them have a very different appearance when they’re young compared to when they are grown up. And that is very nice to crochet!

The chicks start out grey for camouflage while still in the nest, but when they grow up, the adult males are mostly white with some dark colouring on the wings.

Size
The owl is about 8 cm high and 7 cm wide.

Materials
• 1 ball Phildar Douce Souris
• Leftover black cotton (suitable for 3mm crochet hook) for the eyes and beak
• Piece of black felt for the paws
• Stuffing
• 4 mm crochet hook (US G/6)
• 3 mm crochet hook
• Yarn needle
• Glue or thread to attach the paws to the body

Related patterns
If you like to crochet the other patterns of Project Arctic, have a look at my Ravelry Store.

For example, it might be fun to crochet the mother of Karel: Gwenn the Snowy Owl.