| Size | 17 × 17 beads |
|---|---|
| Colours | 7 · Perler |
| Total beads | 249 |
| Difficulty | Easy (2/5) |
| Finished size | 3.3 × 3.3 in (8.5 × 8.5 cm) |
| Pegboards | 1 square 29 × 29 board |
| Licence | CC BY-NC 4.0 — free for personal use with credit |
Materials
About this design
The owl’s face is all about the eyes: two large rings of White with Black pupils and a single Yellow bead in each, set against a Light Brown head with pointed ear tufts. A small Orange beak sits between them, and two Orange feet poke out at the bottom. The chest is Tan dotted with Brown speckles in a staggered pattern, like feathers. The design is symmetrical apart from the speckles, so it is easy to check as you go.
You will need roughly 75 Light Brown, 65 Black, 52 Tan, 36 White, 10 Brown, 9 Orange and 2 Yellow beads. Buy a few spares of each, because the odd bead always rolls away.
Placing the beads
At 17 × 17 beads the design fits easily on one large square pegboard. Place the eye rings first; everything else on the head lines up with them.
Ironing and finishing
Ironing is a job for an adult. Cover the beads with ironing paper, set a dry iron to medium and move it in slow circles until the beads just begin to merge, then let it cool, turn it over and press the back. Cool it flat under a heavy book so it stays straight. At about 8.5 × 8.5 cm in midi beads it makes a woodland-themed magnet, a bookmark charm or a classroom decoration.
Colour plan
Perler 80-19021 Light Brown does the most work, 30% of the 249 beads, followed by Perler 80-19018 Black at 26%. Perler 80-19004 Orange (9) and Perler 80-19003 Yellow (2) are used only a little: small details worth marking on the chart so you don't miss them. 14% of the grid is left empty.
Working notes
All the beads touch along a full side, so it irons into one solid piece.
Hama and Artkal S equivalents
The nearest Hama and Artkal S colour for each Perler colour in this pattern, measured as ΔE 2000: up to 3 is very close, up to 6 close, up to 10 approximate.
| Perler | Hama | Artkal S |
|---|---|---|
| 80-19018 | H18 ΔE 9.6 · approximate | S13 ΔE 2.9 · very close |
| 80-19021 | H76 ΔE 5.4 · close | S17 ΔE 6.1 · approximate |
| 80-19001 | H01 ΔE 3.1 · close | S01 ΔE 3.3 · close |
| 80-19003 | H03 ΔE 3.5 · close | S14 ΔE 1.5 · very close |
| 80-19004 | H79 ΔE 3.7 · close | S97 ΔE 3.2 · close |
| 80-19035 | H27 ΔE 6.1 · approximate | S93 ΔE 5.2 · close |
| 80-19012 | H111 ΔE 8.2 · approximate | S16 ΔE 2.3 · very close |
This is an original CraftPatterns design, licensed CC BY-NC 4.0: stitch it, share it and gift what you make — please credit craftpatterns.app and don't sell the pattern itself. Want to change it? Open it in the fuse beads editor.
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