Owl Hat

I have been wanting to design a crochet owl hat for a while now. I don't know what took me so long. Designing animal hats is one of my favorite crochet projects. There are just so many animals to work with! But, I've finally come up with my own original crochet owl hat design. Moreover, I'm really happy with how this little guy turned out. I hope you like my pattern!

How to Customize Your Crochet Owl Hat

I decided to go with a really colorful design for my crochet owl hat. However, if you want a design that's truer to an owl's actual colors, then all you need to do is switch out the main yarn color for this project. Look for browns, whites, and grays that call out to you. You can also make the eyes a little bit smaller or the ears a little bit larger if you want to further customize this crochet owl hat.

I have a printable PDF available in my Etsy shop for the Toddler, Child & Adult sizes of this hat. Click here to go to the listing.

- Crochet Hook: H 5 mm & I 5.5 mm or hook needed to obtain gauge
- tapestry needles
- stitch markers
- Yarn: worsted weight in black, white, mint green, light purple and yellow

0/3 months - adult

15 dc= 4" and 10 rows= 4"

CLICK HERE to watch my Owl Hat Tutorial

-you are crocheting in the round

-hat is worked from the top down

-the ch 2 at the beginning of each round never counts as your first stitch

CLICK HERE to visit my Basic Beanie pattern for more information on how I size my hats.

Crochet hook: I 5.5mm
Yarn: mint green

Instructions between two asterisks should be repeated for the remainder of the round.

Rnd 1: magic ring, ch 2, 11 dc, join with sl st in top of first dc [11]

Rnd 3: ch 2, 2 dc in same st, dc in next st, *2 dc in next st, dc in next st*, join [33]

Rnd 4: ch 2, 2 dc in same st, dc in next 2 sts, *2 dc in next st, dc in next 2 sts*, join [44]

Rnd 5: ch 2, 2 dc in same st, dc in next 10 sts, *2 dc in next st, dc in next 10 sts*, join [48]

Rnds 6– 13: ch 2, dc in same st, dc in each rem st, join [48]

Rnd 14: ch 2, *skip a st, 4 dc in next st, skip a st, slip st in next st* (repeat between the * all the way around), join, fasten off and weave in ends.

Crochet hook: I 5.5mm
Yarn: mint green

Instructions between two asterisks should be repeated for the remainder of the round.

Rnd 1: magic ring, ch 2, 11 dc, join with sl st in top of first dc [11]

Rnd 3: ch 2, 2 dc in same st, dc in next st, *2 dc in next st, dc in next st*, join [33]

Rnd 4: ch 2, 2 dc in same st, dc in next 2 sts, *2 dc in next st, dc in next 2 sts*, join [44]

Rnd 5: ch 2, 2 dc in same st, dc in next 10 sts, *2 dc in next st, dc in next 10 sts*, join [48]

Rnd 6: ch 2, 2 dc in same st, dc in next 11 sts, *2 dc in next st, dc in next 11 sts*, join [52]

Rnds 7– 15: ch 2, dc in same st, dc in each rem st, join [52]

Rnd 16: ch 2, *skip a st, 4 dc in next st, skip a st, slip st in next st* (repeat between the * all the way around), join, fasten off and weave in ends.

Crochet hook: I 5.5mm
Yarn: mint green

Instructions between two asterisks should be repeated for the remainder of the round.

Rnd 1: magic ring, ch 2, 11 dc, join with sl st in top of first dc [11]

Rnd 2: ch 2, 2 dc in same st, 2 dc in each rem st, join [22]

Rnd 3: ch 2, 2 dc in same st, dc in next st, *2 dc in next st, dc in next st*, join [33]

Rnd 4: ch 2, 2 dc in same st, dc in next 2 sts, *2 dc in next st, dc in next 2 sts*, join [44]

Rnd 5: ch 2, 2 dc in same st, dc in next 10 sts, *2 dc in next st, dc in next 10 sts*, join [48]

Rnd 6: ch 2, 2 dc in same st, dc in next 11 sts, *2 dc in next st, dc in next 11 sts*, join [52]

Rnd 7: ch 2, 2 dc in same st, dc in next 12 sts, *2 dc in next st, dc in next 12 sts*, join [56]

Rnds 8– 16: ch 2, dc in same st, dc in each rem st, join [56]

Rnd 17: ch 2, *skip a st, 4 dc in next st, skip a st, slip st in next st* (repeat between the * all the way around), join, fasten off and weave in ends.

Crochet hook: I 5.5mm
Yarn: mint green

Instructions between two asterisks should be repeated for the remainder of the round.

Rnd 1: magic ring, ch 2, 11 dc, join with sl st in top of first dc [11]

Rnd 2: ch 2, 2 dc in same st, 2 dc in each rem st, join [22]

Rnd 3: ch 2, 2 dc in same st, dc in next st, *2 dc in next st, dc in next st*, join [33]

Rnd 4: ch 2, 2 dc in same st, dc in next 2 sts, *2 dc in next st, dc in next 2 sts*, join [44]

Rnd 5: ch 2, 2 dc in same st, dc in next 10 sts, *2 dc in next st, dc in next 10 sts*, join [48]

Rnd 6: ch 2, 2 dc in same st, dc in next 11 sts, *2 dc in next st, dc in next 11 sts*, join [52]

Rnd 7: ch 2, 2 dc in same st, dc in next 12 sts, *2 dc in next st, dc in next 12 sts*, join [56]

Rnd 8: ch 2, 2 dc in same st, dc in next 13 sts, *2 dc in next st, dc in next 13 sts*, join [60]

Rnds 9– 18: ch 2, dc in same st, dc in each rem st, join [60]

Rnd 19: ch 2, *skip a st, 4 dc in next st, skip a st, slip st in next st* (repeat between the * all the way around), join, fasten off and weave in ends.

Crochet hook: I 5.5mm
Yarn: mint green

Instructions between two asterisks should be repeated for the remainder of the round.

Rnd 1: magic ring, ch 2, 11 dc, join with sl st in top of first dc [11]

Rnd 2: ch 2, 2 dc in same st, 2 dc in each rem st, join [22]

Rnd 3: ch 2, 2 dc in same st, dc in next st, *2 dc in next st, dc in next st*, join [33]

Rnd 4: ch 2, 2 dc in same st, dc in next 2 sts, *2 dc in next st, dc in next 2 sts*, join [44]

Rnd 5: ch 2, 2 dc in same st, dc in next 10 sts, *2 dc in next st, dc in next 10 sts*, join [48]

Rnd 6: ch 2, 2 dc in same st, dc in next 11 sts, *2 dc in next st, dc in next 11 sts*, join [52]

Rnd 7: ch 2, 2 dc in same st, dc in next 12 sts, *2 dc in next st, dc in next 12 sts*, join [56]

Rnd 8: ch 2, 2 dc in same st, dc in next 13 sts, *2 dc in next st, dc in next 13 sts*, join [60]

Rnd 9: ch 2, 2 dc in same st, dc in next 14 sts, *2 dc in next st, dc in next 14 sts*, join [64]

Rnds 10– 19: ch 2, dc in same st, dc in each rem st, join [64]

Rnd 20: ch 2, *skip a st, 4 dc in next st, skip a st, slip st in next st* (repeat between the * all the way around), join, fasten off and weave in ends.

Crochet hook: I 5.5mm
Yarn: mint green

Instructions between two asterisks should be repeated for the remainder of the round.

Rnd 1: magic ring, ch 2, 11 dc, join with sl st in top of first dc [11]

Rnd 2: ch 2, 2 dc in same st, 2 dc in each rem st, join [22]

Rnd 3: ch 2, 2 dc in same st, dc in next st, *2 dc in next st, dc in next st*, join [33]

Rnd 4: ch 2, 2 dc in same st, dc in next 2 sts, *2 dc in next st, dc in next 2 sts*, join [44]

Rnd 5: ch 2, 2 dc in same st, dc in next 10 sts, *2 dc in next st, dc in next 10 sts*, join [48]

Rnd 6: ch 2, 2 dc in same st, dc in next 11 sts, *2 dc in next st, dc in next 11 sts*, join [52]

Rnd 7: ch 2, 2 dc in same st, dc in next 12 sts, *2 dc in next st, dc in next 12 sts*, join [56]

Rnd 8: ch 2, 2 dc in same st, dc in next 13 sts, *2 dc in next st, dc in next 13 sts*, join [60]

Rnd 9: ch 2, 2 dc in same st, dc in next 14 sts, *2 dc in next st, dc in next 14 sts*, join [64]

Rnd 10: ch 2, 2 dc in same st, dc in next 15 sts, *2 dc in next st, dc in next 15 sts*, join [68]

Rnds 11– 21: ch 2, dc in same st, dc in each rem st, join [68]

Rnd 23: ch 2, *skip a st, 4 dc in next st, skip a st, slip st in next st* (repeat between the * all the way around), join, fasten off and weave in ends.

Crochet hook: H 5 mm
Yarn: black, white, light purple

Instructions between two asterisks should be repeated for the remainder of the round.

black yarn Rnd 1: magic ring, ch 2, 9 dc, join with sl st in top of first dc [9]

light purple yarn Rnd 2: ch 1, 2 sc in same st, 2 sc in each rem st, join [18]

white yarn Rnd 3: ch 2, 2 dc in same st, dc in next st, *2 dc in next st, dc in next st*, join [27]

white yarn Rnd 4: ch 2, 2 dc in same st, dc in next 2 sts, *2 dc in next st, dc in next 2 sts*, join [36]

Stop here for sizes 0/3 months - 6/12 months.

white yarn Rnd 5: ch 2, 2 dc in same st, dc in next 3 sts, *2 dc in next st, dc in next 3 sts*, join [45]

Crochet hook: H 5 mm
Yarn: yellow

Row 1: chain 9, sc in second ch from hook, sc in each rem ch, ch 1, turn [8]

Row 2: sc2tog, sc 4, sc2tog, ch 1, turn [6]

Row 3: sc in each st, ch 1, turn [6]

Row 4: sc2tog, sc 2, sc2tog, ch 1, turn [4]

Row 5: sc in each st, ch 1, turn [4]

Row 6: sc2tog, sc2tog, ch 1, turn [2]

row 7: sc in each st, ch 1, turn [2]

Row 8: sc2tog, and continue to sc around entire beak

Crochet hook: H 5 mm
Yarn: mint green

Pattern for 0/3 months - 6/12 months

Row 1: chain 7, sc in 2nd ch from the hook, turn [6]

Row 2: ch 1, sc2tog, sc 2, sc2tog, turn [4]

Row 3: ch 1, sc in each st, turn [4]

Row 4: ch 1, sc2tog, sc2tog, turn [2]

Row 5: ch 1, sc in each st, turn [2]

Row 6: ch 1, sc2tog and sc around entire shape

Pattern for toddler - adult. 

Row 1: chain 9, sc in 2nd ch from the hook, turn [8]

Row 2: ch 1, sc2tog, sc 4, sc2tog, turn [6]

Row 3: ch 1, sc in each st, turn [6]

Row 4: sc2tog, sc 2, sc2tog, turn [4]

Row 5: ch 1, sc in each st, turn [4]

Row 6: ch 1, sc2tog, sc2tog, turn [2]

Row 7: ch 1, sc in each st, turn [2]

Row 8: ch 1, sc2tog and sc around entire shape

Tie a piece of mint green and light purple yarn to the top of each ear. 

Sew the beak, eyes and ears onto hat as seen in this picture.

I hope you like my pattern. Please tag me on Instagram lovable_loops if you make your own!

If you like my crochet owl hat pattern then you might also like my other animal hat crochet patterns including:

Bear Hat

Deer Hat

Penguin Hat

Seal Hat

Goat Hat