I’m pretty excited to share this pattern with you all. Not only does this crochet owl blanket wrap up my hexagon series, but I’m happy of the end result of the this Night Owl blanket. It’s just simple hexagon motifs arranged to make the owl, then joined.
I just have to take a moment to praise the yarn for this project. It didn’t take long for me to get that “stand back and get that awe moment” when making this blanket. The Red Heart Soft Yarn truly made this blanket look fantastic. The softness of the yarn made it a pleasure to work with and the finished polished look the yarn produced was awe worthy.
Naming this blanket proved to be a bit of a challenge. I really wanted some clever owl pun but my hubs dubbed it the Night Owl blanket early on, thinking it will keep you warm at night. It was catchy, and my cleverness didn’t provide a better name so the hubs gets total credit for naming this guy.
This is a simple blanket to make, using the easy to learn hexagon motif, in various colors all joined to create this cute guy or gal owl. After making this blanket you should be very comfortable with the hexagon and half hexagons. This pattern was a lot of fun to play with colors and surprisingly entertaining. I decided to break my steps up in stages and crochet a little, sew a little, and block a little, every time getting more excited at the results. Anyhow enough rambling, I truly hope you enjoy this project as much as I did, if you decide to let this be your night owl I would love to see how it turned out.
I’ve updated this pattern to now include 6 sizes, thank you all for the interest! Please note this is based on measurements from my original design. The written pattern is for the Toddler size and I can confirm the size. Please feel free to comment or email me if you need any assistance.
Skill:
Easy
Finished Size:
42in. by 52in. – Toddler/Small Throw (Size confirmed, this size is shown in pattern.)
53in. by 70in. – Large Throw
64in. by 82in. – Twin
75in. by 94in. – Full
86in. by 91in. – Queen
97in. by 102in. – King
Gauge:
Not super important just maintain the same throughout. I got about 4 stitches and 1 rounder inch.
Supplies:
- Red Heart Soft (1698/2916/3209/3500/3560/3834 yards total)
- White (760/1457/1603/1749/1663/1791 yards or 3/6/7/7/7/7 skeins)
- Black (22/36/40/43/47/50 yards or less than 1 skein)
- Tangerine (75/125/137/150/162/175 yards or less than 1 skein)
- Guacamole (192/320/352/384/416/448 yards or 1/2/2/2/2/2 skein)
- Teal (350/480/528/576/624/672 yards or just under 2/2/3/3/3/3 skeins)
- Charcoal (160/267/294/320/347/374 yards or less than 1/2/2/2/2/2 skein)
- Berry (139/231/255/278/301/324 yards or less than 1/1/1/2/2/2 skein)
- 6.0 mm clover crochet hook
- Blocking supplies (blocking board and pins or desired tools)
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Stitches/Abbreviations:
CH – Chain
DC – Double Crochet
HDC – Half Double Crochet
MR – Magic RIng
SC – Single Crochet
SS – Slip Stitch
Notes:
- Save this free pattern to your ravelry queue here.
- If you prefer to purchase an AD-FREE version of this pattern, please click here.
- The entire pattern is written in Toddler size, there are notes throughout regarding other sizes.
- Please follow the appropriate text color defined below for sizes other than Toddler:
- Large Throw
- Twin
- Full
- Queen
- King
- A * to * indicates a repeated stitch sequence.
- The Hexagon is worked in rounds all facing up, the half hexagon motifs are worked in rows and are turned after each row.
- This post contains affiliated links.
Night Owl Crochet Hexagon Blanket – Free Pattern:
Making the owl blanket is quite simple, we start off with making up the 3 types of hexagon motifs, the whole hexagon, and the two, half hexagons. The motifs are made up of 3 to 8 rounds depending on the size you are making. I have listed below the colors, type, and amount of motifs needed for each blanket size. Hopefully its lined out for you well enough for you to make your own color pics, which I would very much love to see!
For Toddler, Small Throw, Queen and King Sizes:
Whole Hexagons:
27 Teal – for the main body color for the owl
15 Charcoal – for the outline of the owls belly
13 Berry – for the belly of the owl
7 Tangerine – for the beak and feet
2 Black – for the pupils in the eyes
17 Guacamole – for the log
12 White – for the eyes
43 White – for the background
136 – Total
Pointed Halves:
22 White – for the top and bottom edges background
22 – Total
Squared Halves:
12 White – to even out the sides of the background
2 Guacamole – for the sides of the log
14 – Total
For Large Throw, Twin, and Full Sizes:
Whole Hexagons:
27 Teal – for the main body color for the owl
15 Charcoal – for the outline of the owls belly
13 Berry – for the belly of the owl
7 Tangerine – for the beak and feet
2 Black – for the pupils in the eyes
17 Guacamole – for the log
12 White – for the eyes
64 White – for the background
157 – Total
Pointed Halves:
22 White – for the top and bottom edges background
22 – Total
Squared Halves:
14 White – to even out the sides of the background
2 Guacamole – for the sides of the log
16 – Total
Hexagon Motif (make 136/157 **see above for colors**):
Depending on the size you are making you will want 3 to 8 rounds for each hexagon. Follow the color coding for your specific size. Here is my video on how to crochet the whole hexagon, you can check out the detailed written/photo pattern on the hexagon right here, or continue for simple written instructions:
Make a MR, CH2,
Round 1:
*Place 2DC into the MR, CH2,* 6 times, SS to the first stitch of the round. (12DC, 6-CH2 spaces)
Round 2:
SS in the next stitch, DC in the same stitch, *place (DC, CH2, DC) in the next CH2 space, DC in each stitch until you reach the next CH2 space,* 5 times, (DC, CH2, DC) in the last CH2 space, DC in each stitch, SS to the first stitch of the round. (24DC, 6-CH2 spaces)
Round 3:
SS in the next stitch, DC in the same stitch, *place (DC, CH2, DC) in the next CH2 space, DC in each stitch until you reach the next CH2 space,* 5 times, (DC, CH2, DC) in the last CH2 space, DC in each stitch, SS to the first stitch of the round. (36DC, 6-CH2 spaces)
*Stop here for Toddler/Small Throw Sizes**
Round 4:
SS in the next stitch, DC in the same stitch, *place (DC, CH2, DC) in the next CH2 space, DC in each stitch until you reach the next CH2 space,* 5 times, (DC, CH2, DC) in the last CH2 space, DC in each stitch, SS to the first stitch of the round. (48DC, 6-CH2 spaces)
*stop here for large throw*
Round 5:
SS in the next stitch, DC in the same stitch, *place (DC, CH2, DC) in the next CH2 space, DC in each stitch until you reach the next CH2 space,* 5 times, (DC, CH2, DC) in the last CH2 space, DC in each stitch, SS to the first stitch of the round. (60DC, 6-CH2 spaces)
*stop here for twin*
Round 6:
SS in the next stitch, DC in the same stitch, *place (DC, CH2, DC) in the next CH2 space, DC in each stitch until you reach the next CH2 space,* 5 times, (DC, CH2, DC) in the last CH2 space, DC in each stitch, SS to the first stitch of the round. (72DC, 6-CH2 spaces)
*stop here for full*
Round 7:
SS in the next stitch, DC in the same stitch, *place (DC, CH2, DC) in the next CH2 space, DC in each stitch until you reach the next CH2 space,* 5 times, (DC, CH2, DC) in the last CH2 space, DC in each stitch, SS to the first stitch of the round. (84DC, 6-CH2 spaces)
*stop here for queen*
Round 8:
SS in the next stitch, DC in the same stitch, *place (DC, CH2, DC) in the next CH2 space, DC in each stitch until you reach the next CH2 space,* 5 times, (DC, CH2, DC) in the last CH2 space, DC in each stitch, SS to the first stitch of the round. (96DC, 6-CH2 spaces)
*stop here for large throw*
Pointed Half Hexagon (make 22):
Follow the color coding for your specific size. The complete tutorial for the Pointed and Squared Half Hexagon can be found here, or just follow along:
Make a MR, CH2,
Round 1:
DC into the MR, *CH2, 2DC into the MR,* 2 times, CH2, DC into the MR, pull MR closed. (6DC, 3-CH2 spaces)
Round 2:
CH1, turn your work, *DC in each stitch until you reach a CH2 space, (DC, CH2, DC) in the CH2 space,* 3 times, DC in each remaining stitch. (12DC, 3-CH2 spaces)
Round 3:
CH1, turn your work, *DC in each stitch until you reach a CH2 space, (DC, CH2, DC) in the CH2 space,* 3 times, DC in each remaining stitch. (18DC, 3-CH2 spaces)
*stop here for toddler/small throw sizes*
Round 4:
CH1, turn your work, *DC in each stitch until you reach a CH2 space, (DC, CH2, DC) in the CH2 space,* 3 times, DC in each remaining stitch. (24DC, 3-CH2 spaces)
*stop here for large throw*
Round 5:
CH1, turn your work, *DC in each stitch until you reach a CH2 space, (DC, CH2, DC) in the CH2 space,* 3 times, DC in each remaining stitch. (30DC, 3-CH2 spaces)
*stop here for twin*
Round 6:
CH1, turn your work, *DC in each stitch until you reach a CH2 space, (DC, CH2, DC) in the CH2 space,* 3 times, DC in each remaining stitch. (36DC, 3-CH2 spaces)
*stop here for full*
Round 7:
CH1, turn your work, *DC in each stitch until you reach a CH2 space, (DC, CH2, DC) in the CH2 space,* 3 times, DC in each remaining stitch. (42DC, 3-CH2 spaces)
*stop here for queen*
Round 8:
CH1, turn your work, *DC in each stitch until you reach a CH2 space, (DC, CH2, DC) in the CH2 space,* 3 times, DC in each remaining stitch. (48DC, 3-CH2 spaces)
*stop here for king*
Squared Half Hexagon (make 14/16 **see above for colors**):
Follow for color coding for size.
Make a MR, CH2,
Round 1:
*2DC, CH2, into the MR,* 2 times, 2DC into the MR, pull MR closed. (6DC, 2-CH2 spaces)
Round 2:
CH1, turn your work, place 2DC in the first stitch, *DC in each stitch until you reach a CH2 space, (DC, CH2, DC) in the CH2 space,* 2 times, DC in each stitch until you reach the last stitch, place 2DC in the last stitch. (12DC, 2-CH2 spaces)
Round 3:
CH1, turn your work, place 2DC in the first stitch, *DC in each stitch until you reach a CH2 space, (DC, CH2, DC) in the CH2 space,* 2 times, DC in each stitch until you reach the last stitch, place 2DC in the last stitch. (18DC, 2-CH2 spaces)
*stop here for toddler/small throw*
Round 4:
CH1, turn your work, place 2DC in the first stitch, *DC in each stitch until you reach a CH2 space, (DC, CH2, DC) in the CH2 space,* 2 times, DC in each stitch until you reach the last stitch, place 2DC in the last stitch. (24DC, 2-CH2 spaces)
*stop here for large throw*
Round 5:
CH1, turn your work, place 2DC in the first stitch, *DC in each stitch until you reach a CH2 space, (DC, CH2, DC) in the CH2 space,* 2 times, DC in each stitch until you reach the last stitch, place 2DC in the last stitch. (30DC, 2-CH2 spaces)
*stop here for twin*
Round 6:
CH1, turn your work, place 2DC in the first stitch, *DC in each stitch until you reach a CH2 space, (DC, CH2, DC) in the CH2 space,* 2 times, DC in each stitch until you reach the last stitch, place 2DC in the last stitch. (36DC, 2-CH2 spaces)
*stop here for full*
Round 7:
CH1, turn your work, place 2DC in the first stitch, *DC in each stitch until you reach a CH2 space, (DC, CH2, DC) in the CH2 space,* 2 times, DC in each stitch until you reach the last stitch, place 2DC in the last stitch. (42DC, 2-CH2 spaces)
*stop here for queen*
Round 8:
CH1, turn your work, place 2DC in the first stitch, *DC in each stitch until you reach a CH2 space, (DC, CH2, DC) in the CH2 space,* 2 times, DC in each stitch until you reach the last stitch, place 2DC in the last stitch. (48DC, 2-CH2 spaces)
*stop here for king*
Joining the Hexagons:
Before you join your motifs you may want to block them first, I used a light spray of water and pinned them to my blocking board, this really gave it that polished neat, gorgeous, I just love this yarn, look in the end.
Below is the layout of the owl with hexagons, this is how you’ll want to arrange your color scheme. You may choose to work all your hexagons then join them at once or just join them as you go along. I used the “mattress stitch” to join my hexagons, which I’ll explain in a moment. You can however, use a “whip stitch” or even a slip stitch from the back side. These should show no seam provided you use a matching yarn color and work in the Back Loops Only (BLO). Whatever method you are most comfortable with should work, :-).
Mattress Stitch:
If you would like to use the mattress stitch as I have, I have provided some instructions for you.
- With your hexagons facing down and the back side facing you line up 2 hexagons in the order they should be joined.
- Starting in the CH space that is next to the first stitch to join on both motifs, insert needle in the BLO through both CH spaces.
- Pull yarn through and insert the needle in the BLO through the same CH spaces, to secure the yarn.
- Insert your needle through the BLO in the next stitch that is next to where your yarn ended up from the prior stitch.
- Weave needle through the matching stitch in the BLO on the adjacent motif, pull yarn through.
- From here repeat steps 4 and 5 until you have joined along all sides.
- Keep in mind that you want to line up the CH2 spaces so that they match up to each adjacent hexagon
If you need more help check out this link, Make & Do Crew has a great tutorial on the mattress stitch.
Add a Border:
After you have your hexagons and half hexagons joined, its time to add the border. I decided to keep it slightly simple, as to not take away from the owl.
Round 1:
Starting along one side join your white yarn in the first stitch, SC in each stitch, SC once in each CH2 space, and SC along the row ends. I added 2 SC per row. When you reach the corner, place 3SC in the corner space. Work your SC all the way around in the manner until you reach the first stitch of the round, SS to the first stitch and fasten off.
Round 2:
With Teal, join yarn, I joined in the same stitch that I fastened off-ed in round 1. HDC in each stitch around, place 3HDC stitches in the corner stitch (this is the center stitch from the 3SC that you added in round 1), SS to the first stitch of the round and fasten off.
Round 3:
Join white yarn, SC in each stitch, place 3SC in each corner stitch, SS to the first stitch of the round, fasten off and weave in ends.
Form here just stand back an admire, until next time, happy crocheting.
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33 Comments
So cute! It is on my list
Yay I can’t wait to see what colors everyone uses!
Adoreable. How could I make it smaller for a baby blanket?
Hi Dianne,
Thats a great question, If it were me I would make the hexagons motifs one to 2 rounds, instead of the 3 rounds indicated, from there you could put the pattern together just as instructed. If you use 2 round you should get a blanket roughly 31in. by 41n. Let me know if this helps.
I would try and use a 4mm hook instead of a 6mm. And I would use baby yarn instead of the yarn recommended here as well.
Thanks for the tip Dianne, it may size down smaller than what I have but it should be close! Thanks for sharing baby yarn would be a great touch for the little ones.
This is so lovely! I’d like to try it in this size but using #10 crochet thread, can I do that? If so, how do the count and rounds of motif change? Would appreciate your advise and expertise!
Hi Julia, You can use the thread and smaller hook and follow the pattern exactly, it will just come out much smaller. I’m not sure what size you would end up with, please share if you do do this, I would love to know how it works out. But you can still follow the pattern stitch for stitch, you could alter the pattern by making more or less rounds on the hexagon motifs as well. If you decide to do that just be sure you make all your motifs the same amount of rounds. What were you going to make with it? I imagine a hot pad or something. Thread crochet would defiantly give it a whole new element, very cool idea!
Thanks loads for your quick reply Kristyn! Was thinking either a throw for any furniture, or a hanging tapestry, or simply framed art for gifts to owl-lovers. Whichever I end up cpmaking, I will surely post it to show you.
Ohhh, so I have to tell ya sense you mentioned a wall hanging, I ended up hanging him in my son’s room for a curtain, I know silly but its great and its like an owls hanging out in the window lite up at night. I will share some photos once I get his room cleaned!
Wow that’s so awesome, I can just imagine it but will wait for your picture. Thanks again for your input 🙂
What a cute blanket! I’m going to make it for my nephew and his wife!
Yay!! Thank you so much, if you have a chance I would love to see how it turns out for you, good luck!
What can I do to make it bigger for a twin size bed?
Hi Tara,
If you make the hexagons and half hexagons 6 rounds instead of 3 this should get you roughly 70in by 105in. If you want a little extra overhang you could even go up t 7 rounds.
Or you could add more rows and columns in the back ground color around the owl it would just have more white space around the owl. Let me know if this helps.
P.S. Feel free to email me or comment here if you need more help on this, I would love to see him twin size. email: kristyn@kristyncrochets.com
Love this blanket my daughters has a Queen size bed could you help me to figure out how many motif I would need Thank you
Hi Tammy,
I just updated the pattern to include more sizes, I’m thrilled to see different sizes. Let me know if the updated version helps.
Thanks
Kristyn
Thank you. Can’t wait to try it. My granddaughter is in a toddler bed now but will be soon moving up to a toddler bed and would love to make it for her! 🙂
Oh I would love to see a girl owl. I just updated the pattern to include more sizes 🙂 Thanks Tara
I love it. I’m going to make one for my granddaughter for her toddler bed.
Yay, so glad to hear that.
Question on squared half hexagon, I only have 2 ch 2 spaces like the picture. What an I doing wrong?
I had written this so many times I made an error, the pattern is corrected now, thanks for letting me know 🙂
Hi Kristyn is there any other way to start these hexagons other than the magic circle for some reason I just can’t get the hang of making the magic circle. Would love to make this but will need another way to start the hexagon. Thanks Sue
You sure can, thanks for asking. Instead of the MR, CH2, you can begin by a CH4, then SS to the first stitch of the round to form a ring. From there just do a CH1 and then place 12DC into the ring, to complete round 1. Let me know if this helps and I’ll update the pattern to include this method as well.
This is a great pattern – thanks for sharing it. We tend to have a bit of an owl theme in our family so I look forward to giving it a go.
You are so welcome, I had not idea how much love owls get!! I see future owl designs for sure! Thanks for reaching out, enjoy Karen!
Your blanket is beautiful. My daughter is an owl fanatic. I have started the blanket and your instructions for making the hex’s are fantastic. I read the instructions, watched the video to start the first couple and I was off and running. I just have a couple of questions because I am slightly confused. For each size you have added rounds, I am working on a full size, which would mean 6 rounds. I am using an I hook and RHSS yarn. I did the full 6 rounds and then counted the number of hex’s across. Each row has 10 or 11 full hex’s. When I lay them out across my queen size bed they went all the way across and draped a couple of inches. Also when I read the rest of the instructions, I need more hex’s for each up-sizing. So the question is, are you telling us two different ways to get the size we want? Is the blanket supposed to have a big amount of drape so it lays like bedspread? Are the extra hex’s meant to be added to the top and bottom to add length? Thank you so much for the pattern and the time you have taken to answer everyone’s questions.
Michele,
Aww thank you so much, I’m so glad your making him/her you’ll love it.
I did try to use standard sizes for blankets if you were to buy them, however I did not make all the sizes myself so it could vary a little. I wouldn’t be surprised if the twin spans across a queen but to have it drape across the queen seems a little large.
When you look at the grid, the extra rows are added to the top and its for the full and twin sizes for extra length. Because we make the hexagons larger for the queen and king size beds, they may not need the extra row as they have more width. Of course one can be added if you like more drape. The extra row works best for the longer blanket sizes like twin and full size beds, this is so that the blanket covers like a spread so yes, I do expect some drape.
Can you measure just one hexagon and tell me what it’s size is? Then I can quickly calculate around what you’ll end up with.
Thank you so much for reaching out, all these things will help for future makers 🙂
PPS If any of this is confusing just let me know I’m still on my first cup ‘o coffee this am 🙂
Hi Kristyn. My question is about joining the two colors. Does it matter which color is used? Such as with the orange beak section. There are five color combinations and I’m not sure about darker color showing through. Thanks for the help. Debi Titus
Hi Debi,
It shouldn’t matter really if you are doing an invisible join, it shouldn’t show through, as long as you work in the back loops and from the back side. I however, did use at least one matching color when joining, just to be sure. Because I sew-ed mine as I went along this worked well for me. If your sewing them all up at the end I would just try to use a color that matches at least one of the hexagons you are joining, so you may want to switch between the colors. Are you sewing them or using a slip stitch on the back to join?
Thanks
Kristyn