🦉 A Classic Returns – Updated May 2025!
One of my all-time favourites is back and better than ever – Ollie the Owl, the very first of my Zen Tangle designs, has just been updated!
 
✨ Pattern Details
✔ Two techniques: Overlay Mosaic Crochet & Interlocking Filet Crochet
✔ Designed for both left- and right-handed crocheters
✔ Available in three languages: English (UK terms), German, and Dutch
✔ Extensive pattern—X charts, written patterns tips and tutorial links with videos.
Choose your technique, language, and hand preference before printing to save trees! 🌱😊
 
 
🧶 Yarn Information – Ollie the Owl (Zen Tangle Series)
 
Overlay Mosaic Crochet
 
Picture 1 and cover picture, simple border: Stylecraft Special DK (4mm hook, US G)
Note: Colours on the cover photo are inverted.
Pattern Colour A (White) – 8 skeins
Background Colours B (Row ranges + skeins):
Rows 1–40: Petrol – 2 skeins
Rows 42–78: French Navy – 2 skeins
Rows 80–118: Proper Purple – 2 skeins
Rows 118–156: Emperor – 3 skeins (includes simple border)
Rows 158–196: Burgundy – 1 skein
Rows 198–234: Lipstick – 1 skein
Rows 236–274: Spice – 1 skein
Rows 276–313: Sunshine – 1 skein
📏 Finished Size: approx. 130 × 180 cm (51 × 71 inches)
🔗 View project on Ravelry
 
Cotton Yarn (3mm hook, US D)
Colour A (dark): 2240 m / 2450 yds
Border A: 600 m / 660 yds
Colour B (light): 1760 m / 1925 yds
Border B: 750 m / 830 yds
📏 Size: approx. 122 × 140 cm (48 × 55 inches)
 
Acrylic Yarn (4mm hook, US G-6) including pattern border
Colour A (dark): 2950 m / 3200 yds
Colour B (light): 3835 m / 4200 yds
📏 Size: approx. 140 × 190 cm (55 × 75 inches)
 
Pattern Specs:
🧵 231 stitches × 313 rows
🪡 Border: 22 rounds or optional 5-round version
 
 
Interlocking Filet Crochet
 
3mm Hook (US D)
Colour A (dark): 1600 m / 1750 yds
Colour B (light): 1600 m / 1750 yds
📏 Size: approx. 105 × 160 cm (41 × 63 inches)
 
4mm Hook (US F)
Colour A (dark): 2750 m / 3100 yds
Colour B (light): 2700 m / 3050 yds
📏 Size: approx. 150 × 210 cm (59 × 83 inches)
 
🪟 Pattern Window Count: 115 × 155
 
📌 Note: Final size may vary due to yarn thickness, tension, and hook size. Adjustments may require more or less yarn.
 
 
📂 File Information
All PDFs are zipped into one file for an easy download. Before opening them in your favourite crochet app, unzip the file first.
📱 How to Unzip:
🔹 iPhone & iPad – Click here for instructions.
🔹 Android Devices – Click here for instructions.
 
If you haven’t tried it yet, now’s the perfect time to meet this wise little character. 🧶💚