Little Fox in a Cloak

Free crochet tutorial for Little Fox in a Cloak by Irina Artemova @irinely_art.

With this pattern, you can crochet a little fox in a cape. For this amigurumi project, any acrylic, cotton, or cotton blend yarn will work. For the eyes, you will also need small circles of white felt.

The finished toy size is about 17 cm.

Materials and Tools

• Alize Baby Best yarn: orange, white, black
• Acrylic yarn: blue
• 2.5 mm crochet hook
• Safety eyes
• Synthetic poly filling
• Thread for sewing pieces together
• White felt (for the eyes)
• Needle for sewing pieces together
• Scissors

Abbreviations

• MR - magic ring
• ch - chain stitch
• tch - turning chain
• sc - single crochet
• dc - double crochet
• inc - increase
• dec - decrease
• (...) x n - repeat n times

Amigurumi Little Fox in a Cloak Crochet Pattern

Arms (2 pieces)

Black yarn:
1: 6 sc in MR
2: 6 inc (12)
3-5: 12 sc (3 rounds)

Change to orange yarn:
6: 12 sc
7: (1 sc, inc) x 6 (18)
8-11: 18 sc (4 rounds)
12: (1 sc, dec) x 6 (12)
13-15: 12 sc (3 rounds)

Stuff lightly. Sewing is optional, these pieces will be crocheted into the body.

Tail

White yarn:
1: 6 sc in MR
2: 6 inc (12)
3: (1 sc, inc) x 6 (18)
4: 18 sc
5: (2 sc, inc) x 6 (24)
6: 24 sc
7: (3 sc, inc) x 6 (30)

Change to orange yarn:
8: 30 sc
9: (4 sc, inc) x 6 (36)
10-16: 36 sc (7 rounds)
17: (4 sc, dec) x 6 (30)
18: (3 sc, dec) x 6 (24)
19-21: 24 sc (3 rounds)
22: (2 sc, dec) x 6 (18)
23-30: 18 sc (8 rounds)
31: (1 sc, dec) x 6 (12)
32: 12 sc

Stuff lightly. Sewing is optional, this piece will be crocheted into the body.

Ears (2 pieces)

White yarn:
1: 6 sc in MR
2: (1 sc, inc) x 3 (9)
3: (2 sc, inc) x 3 (12)
4-5: 12 sc (2 rounds)

Change to orange yarn:
6: 12 sc
7: (1 sc, inc) x 6 (18)
8: (2 sc, inc) x 6 (24)
9-14: 24 sc (6 rounds)

Do not stuff. Sewing is optional, these pieces will be crocheted into the head.

Legs (2 pieces)

Black yarn:
1: 6 sc in MR
2: 6 inc (12)
3: (1 sc, inc) x 6 (18)
4-6: 18 sc (3 rounds)

Change to orange yarn:
7: 18 sc
8: (2 sc, inc) x 6 (24)
9-14: 24 sc (6 rounds)

Body

Orange yarn:
1: Join both legs and crochet 24 sc around one leg, 24 sc around the other leg (48)
2-3: 48 sc (2 rounds)
4: 22 sc, 4 inc, 22 sc (52)
5-8: 52 sc (crochet the tail into the body at the end of round 7 and the beginning of round 8)
9: (24 sc, dec) x 2 (50)
10: (23 sc, dec) x 2 (48)
11: (6 sc, dec) x 6 (42)
12: (5 sc, dec) x 6 (36)
13-17: 36 sc (5 rounds)
18: 36 sc (in this round crochet the arms into the body, leaving 13 sc between them)
19: 36 sc

Stuff firmly.

Head

Stuff as you crochet.

Black yarn:
1: 6 sc in MR
2: (1 sc, inc) x 3 (9)
3: (2 sc, inc) x 3 (12)
4: 12 sc

Change to white yarn:
5: (3 sc, inc) x 3 (15)
6: (4 sc, inc) x 3 (18)
7: (2 sc, inc) x 6 (24)
8: (3 sc, inc) x 6 (30)
9-10: 30 sc (2 rounds)

Change to orange yarn:
11: (4 sc, inc) x 6 (36)
12: (5 sc, inc) x 6 (42)
13: (6 sc, inc) x 6 (48)
14: (7 sc, inc) x 6 (54)
15-16: 54 sc (2 rounds)
17: (8 sc, inc) x 6 (60)
18-20: 60 sc (3 rounds)
21: 60 sc (in this round crochet the ears into the head, leaving 13 sc between them)
22: 60 sc
23: (8 sc, dec) x 6 (54)
24: (7 sc, dec) x 6 (48)
25: (6 sc, dec) x 6 (42)
26: (5 sc, dec) x 6 (36)
27: (4 sc, dec) x 6 (30)
28: (3 sc, dec) x 6 (24)
29: (2 sc, dec) x 6 (18)
30: (1 sc, dec) x 6 (12)
31: 6 dec

Pull the opening closed.

Face Finishing

Cut small circles from white felt. Their diameter should be slightly larger than the safety eyes. Sew the circles on with thin white thread and a needle. Then sew on half-beads or insert safety eyes.

Cloak

Blue yarn:
1: 71 ch
2: Starting in the 2nd ch from the hook, crochet 70 sc, 1 tch, turn
3: 70 sc

Cut the yarn, leaving a small tail to weave in so the work does not unravel.

1: Insert the hook into the 25th stitch, crochet 2 tch, 20 dc, 2 tch, turn
2: 20 dc, 2 tch, turn
3: 2 dc in one stitch, 18 dc, 2 dc in one stitch, 2 tch, turn
4: 22 dc, 2 tch, turn
5: 2 dc in one stitch, 20 dc, 2 dc in one stitch, 2 tch, turn
6: 24 dc, 2 tch, turn
7: 2 dc in one stitch, 22 dc, 2 dc in one stitch, 2 tch, turn
8: 26 dc, 2 tch, turn
9: 2 dc in one stitch, 24 dc, 2 dc in one stitch, 2 tch, turn

Weave in all yarn ends so the work does not unravel.

Then edge the cloak with single crochet in the direction shown in the photo:

Your crocheted amigurumi little fox is ready!

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