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It is Day 4 of the Woodland Christmas Mini Amigurumi Crochet Along and today we have another little animal. This little Festive Fox has a little scarf to keep him warm, and a tiny Christmas Tree.
The little fox has pointy, black tipped ears and a big bushy tail. His simple scarf has a little fringe on the end. His tiny, freshly chopped Christmas Tree is ready to be decorated. You could make him without the tree for more of a winter amigurumi and less Christmas, but I thought a little tree would be cute.
The fox has a lot of little pieces, more than any of the other patterns so far, but it still works up pretty fast. The assembly is very similar to the other animals as far as arms, legs, ears, tail, and nose being attached to the head and body piece. There are a couple of color changes to get the white part of the face, and an extra little triangle shaped stripe to go on the top of the nose.
The little scarf is made in two pieces, one short and one long. The long one wraps around the neck, and the short piece hangs down with a little fringe on one end. The tree is made in two pieces, the tree and the trunk. The tree is sewn onto the fox's body with the arm wrapped around like it is holding it.
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How to Crochet a Festive Fox
Finished Size about 4" tall sitting
You will need:
- Worsted weight yarn in orange, white, black, green, brown, and scarf color (Sample made with Red Heart Super Saver in Carrot, White, Black, Gold, Hunter Green and Cafe Latte)
- G crochet hook (4/4.25 mm)
- 2- 6mm safety eyes
- 8 or 9 mm safety nose
- stuffing
- yarn needle
- stitch markers
- scissors
Instructions:
All of the pieces, except the scarf and nose stripe, are made in the round beginning with a magic ring, the head and body made in one piece, the arms, legs, tail, and ears made separately and sewn on. Safety eyes and nose attached where directed, if you choose two embroider the eyes and nose (better for small children) just embroider in the same spot. The scarf and tree are made separately and sew on at the end.
Body/Head
Make 1 starting with orange yarn, changing to white where directed, beginning with magic ring
Round 1: in mr, ch 1, 6 sc (6 sc)
Round 2: 2 sc in each st (12 sc)
Round 3: [2 sc in first st, 1 sc in next st] repeat around (18 sc)
Rounds 4-8: 1 sc in each st (18 sc)
Begin stuffing and continue stuffing as you work
Round 9: sc2tog around (9 sc)
change to white yarn
Round 10: 2 sc in each st (18 sc)
Round 11: [2 sc in first st, 1 sc in next 2 sts] repeat around (24 sc)
Round 12: 1 sc in each st (24 sc)
Change to orange yarn
Rounds 13-15: 1 sc in each st (24 sc)
Round 16: [sc2tog, sc in next 2 sts] repeat around (18 sc)
Insert safety eyes between rounds 13 and 14 about 3 stitches apart
Round 17: [sc2tog, sc in next st] repeat around (12 sc)
Round 18: sc2tog around (6 sc)
Finish off, weave in ends
Nose
Make 1 with white yarn, beginning with a magic ring
Round 1: in mr, ch 1, 6 sc (6 sc)
Round 2: [2 sc in first st, 1 sc in next 2 sts] repeat (8 sc)
Round 3: [2 sc in first st, 1 sc in next 3 sts] repeat (10 sc)
Finish off and cut yarn, leaving long tail for sewing
Insert safety nose, or embroider, to tip of nose
Add a tiny bit of stuffing to nose and stitch in place on face below/between eyes
Nose Stripe
Make 1 with orange yarn, beginning with a chain
ch 3
Row 1: starting in ch closest to hook sc in first ch, hdc in next ch, dc in last ch (1 sc, 1 hdc, 1 dc)
Finish off and cut yarn, leaving long tail for sewing
Place stripe on top of nose piece so that the wider side of the triangle is against the face and the point is at the tip of the nose, stitch in place
Ears
Make 2 starting with black yarn and changing to orange where directed, beginning with a magic ring
Round 1: in mr, ch 1, 4 sc (4 sc)
change to orange yarn
Round 2: [2 sc in first st, 1 sc in next st] repeat (6 sc)
Round 3: [2 sc in first st, 1 sc in next 2 sts] repeat (8 sc)
Finish off and cut yarn, leaving long tail for sewing
Flatten the ears and sew ears to the top of the head
Arms
Make 2 starting with black yarn and changing to orange where directed, beginning with a magic ring
Round 1: in mr, ch 1, 6 sc (6 sc)
Round 2: [2 sc in first st, 1 sc in next st] repeat around (9 sc)
Round 3: [sc2tog, sc in next st] repeat around (6 sc)
change to orange yarn
Rounds 4-5: 1 sc in each st (6 sc)
Finish off and cut yarn leaving a long tail for sewing
Sew the 2 arms to the side of the body between the body and head
Legs
Make 2 starting with black yarn and changing to orange where directed, beginning with a magic ring
Round 1: in mr, ch 1, 6 sc (6 sc)
Round 2: [2 sc in first st, 1 sc in next st] repeat around (9 sc)
Round 3: [sc2tog, sc in next st] repeat around (6 sc)
change to orange yarn
Rounds 4-6: 1 sc in each st (6 sc)
Finish off and cut yarn leaving a long tail for sewing
Sew the 2 legs to the bottom side of the body in a sitting position
Tail
Make 1 starting with white yarn and changing to orange where directed, beginning with a magic ring
Round 1: in mr, ch 1, 6 sc (6 sc)
Round 2: [2 sc in first st, 1 sc in next 2 sts] repeat (8 sc)
Round 3: [2 sc in first st, 1 sc in next 3 sts] repeat (10 sc)
Round 4: [2 sc in first st, 1 sc in next 4 sts] repeat (12 sc)
Change to orange yarn, begin stuffing lightly and continue as you work
Rounds 5-6: 1 sc in each st (12 sc)
Round 7: [sc2tog, sc in next 2 sts] repeat around (9 sc)
Round 8: 1 sc in each st (9 sc)
Round 9: [sc2tog, sc in next st] repeat around (6 sc)
Round 10: 1 sc in each st (6 sc)
Finish off and cut yarn leaving a long tail for sewing
Sew the tail to back of body
Scarf
Make 1 of each piece (1 long, 1 short) with yarn in desired color (sample made with Red Heart Super Saver in Gold), beginning with chain
Long Piece
ch 19
turn, sk first ch, sc in each ch to the end (18 sc)
Finish off and cut yarn leaving a long tail for sewing
Short Piece
ch 5
turn, sk first ch, sc in each ch to the end (4 sc)
Finish off and cut yarn leaving a long tail for sewing
Cut a piece of yarn about 6-8" long, fold in half, pull the center through the finished end of the short piece, then pull the cut ends through the loop you just pulled through, pull ends to secure (larks head knot), trim ends to make a short fringe
Wrap the long piece around the neck and stitch ends together in the back
Stitch the short end to the front of the scarf, hanging down in from of the fox (make sure you stitch the small piece to the opposite side that you plan on putting the tree
Tree
Make 1 Tree and 1 trunk, both beginning with a magic ring
Tree
Make 1 with green yarn
Round 1: in mr, ch 1, 4 sc (4 sc)
Round 2: [2 sc in first st, 1 sc in next st] repeat (6 sc)
Round 3: [2 sc in first st, 1 sc in next 2 sts] repeat (8 sc)
Round 4: [2 sc in first st, 1 sc in next 3 sts] repeat (10 sc)
Round 5: [2 sc in first st, 1 sc in next 4 sts] repeat (12 sc)
Round 6: 1 sc in each st (12 sts)
Round 7: [2 sc in first st, 1 sc in next 5 sts] repeat (14 sc)
Round 8: 1 sc in each st (14 sc)
Round 9: [2 sc in first st, 1 sc in next 6 sts] repeat (16 sc)
Stuff the tree
Round 10: working in blo sc2tog around (8 sc)
Finish off, weave around opening to close, weave in ends
Trunk
Make 1 with brown yarn
Round 1: in mr, ch 1, 6 sc (6 sc)
Round 2: 1 sc in each st (6 sc)
Finish off and stitch to the bottom of the tree
Stitch the tree to the fox, wrapping one arm around the tree and stitch in place to secure
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