I created this owl eye mask pattern years ago when you couldn’t find one on the internet – it was on my old website – you can see it here on the wayback machine from Oct 27, 2016. Since then many people have posted it to their own blogs, it’s flattery – but now that this blog is back up, I’m re-posting the entire post with pattern below:
Through the early stages of my early menopause, my number 2 complaint was my sleep patterns. If the hot flashes and night sweats weren’t enough, I’d be awake all night after them staring at the clock, the moonlight through the window shades, the red light on the smoke detector – basically anything my eyes could focus on.
I had an eye mask that my husband bought for me with a pajama set years back for Christmas but after I have a night sweat in something, I don’t want to put it back on until it’s clean – needed a few more and happened to run across a thousand different patterns on Pinterest for eye masks. I found three I really liked one element or another from and pieced together an owl eye mask that I love!
You can find it everywhere online with little tweaks that customize the crochet owl eye mask for the maker or their intended recipient and I love that about this project.
Soft Cotton Yarn (white, black, and then 2 colors of your choice)
14-15″ of 1/4″ Elastic Band
Size 3.5 -4.0 crochet hook
Tapestry Needle
Outer Owl Eyes
(turquoise) Make 2
Create Magic Ring
16 double crochet into the magic ring and pull together tight
2nd Row:16 single crochet
3rd Row: 32 double crochet
4th Row: 32 single crochet
5th Row: 48 double crochet, cut yarn, and make one more
Inner Owl Eyes
(white)
Create a Magic Ring
16 DC into the magic ring and pull together tight
2nd row: 32 Double Crochet around.
Fasten Off and leave long tail for sewing on to outer eyes.
Use 4-6 slip stitches to join the two eyepieces together depending on how you want it to fit.
Using black thread and a tapestry needle, sew the eyelashes on – use your eye judgment to determine where to stitch.
Owl Eye Mask Nose:
Chain 6
Skip the first stitch and slip stich in the 2nd chain from hook
Single crochet in the 3rd chain from hook
Half Double crochet in the 4th chain
Double Crochet in the 5th stitch
Treble Crochet in the 6th stitch (if needed – sometimes I need this to even it out right.t
Sew outer eyes together with about 7 slip stitches
Optional, SC around joined together outer eyes for a more finished look.
Sew inner eyes on with the tail left after you finished crochet
Attach the inner eyes to the outer eyes and trim and weave in ends.
Attach nose
Attach the 14″ elastic band to each side – you can choose to sew this on – I chose to tie mine on because I knew I’d be covering it up with fringe.
