Little Fox

Difficulty Level: easy

Crochet amigurumi little fox

Free crochet pattern for Little Fox by Olga Zimina @igrushki_kukolki.

With this pattern, you can crochet a fox. Any cotton blend yarn will work well for this amigurumi: YarnArt Jeans, Alize Cotton Gold, Gazzal Baby Cotton, and others. You can use a satin ribbon to decorate the toy.

The finished toy is about 22 cm tall.

Materials and Tools

  • YarnArt Jeans yarn: orange, black, white
  • 1.75 mm crochet hook
  • Safety eyes
  • Toy stuffing
  • Ribbon
  • Needle for sewing pieces together
  • Scissors

Abbreviations

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

Crochet Amigurumi Fox Pattern

Head

1. 6 sc in MR
2. 6 inc (12)
3. (sc, inc) x 6 (18)
4. (2 sc, inc) x 6 (24)
5. (3 sc, inc) x 6 (30)
6. (4 sc, inc) x 6 (36)
7. (5 sc, inc) x 6 (42)
8. (6 sc, inc) x 6 (48)
9. (7 sc, inc) x 6 (54)
10. (8 sc, inc) x 6 (60)
11. (9 sc, inc) x 6 (66)
12-23. 66 sc (12 rounds)
24. (9 sc, dec) x 6 (60)
25. (8 sc, dec) x 6 (54)
Insert the eyes between rounds 15 and 16, 10 stitches apart.
26. (7 sc, dec) x 6 (48)
27. (6 sc, dec) x 6 (42)
28. (5 sc, dec) x 6 (36)
29. (4 sc, dec) x 6 (30)
30. (3 sc, dec) x 6 (24)
31. (2 sc, dec) x 6 (18)
Stuff the head.
32. (sc, dec) x 6 (12)
33. 6 dec

Pull the opening closed, secure the yarn, and cut it.

Muzzle

Crochet in white:

1. 6 sc in MR
2. 6 inc (12)
3. 12 sc
4. (sc, inc) x 6 (18)
5. (5 sc, inc) x 3 (21)
6. (6 sc, inc) x 3 (24)
7. (7 sc, inc) x 3 (27)
8. (8 sc, inc) x 3 (30)
9. 30 sc

Leave a yarn tail for sewing. Embroider the nose and mouth on the muzzle.

Ears (Make 2)

1. 6 sc in MR (start with white yarn)
2. (inc, 2 sc) x 2 (8)
3. (inc, 3 sc) x 2 (10)
4. 10 sc
5. (inc, 4 sc) x 2 (12)
6. (inc, 5 sc) x 2 (14)
7. (inc, 6 sc) x 2 (16)
Change to orange yarn.
8. (inc, 7 sc) x 2 (18)
9. (inc, 8 sc) x 2 (20)
10. (inc, 9 sc) x 2 (22)
11. (inc, 10 sc) x 2 (24)
12. (inc, 11 sc) x 2 (26)
13. (inc, 12 sc) x 2 (28)
14. (inc, 13 sc) x 2 (30)
15-16. 30 sc

Leave a yarn tail for sewing.

Crochet amigurumi little fox. Ears

Arms (Make 2)

1. Start with black yarn: 6 sc in MR
2. 6 inc (12)
3. (sc, inc) x 6 (18)
4. (8 sc, inc) x 2 (20)
5-8. 20 sc
9. (8 sc, dec) x 2 (18)
10-11. 18 sc
Change color.
12. (7 sc, dec) x 2 (16)
13-14. 16 sc
15. (6 sc, dec) x 2 (14)
16-24. 14 sc (9 rounds)

Stuff only the lower part of the arm. Fold both sides of the piece together and crochet 7 sc through both layers. Leave a yarn tail for sewing.

Legs (Make 2)

1. Ch 7, starting in the second ch from the hook: inc, 4 sc, 6 sc in the last stitch, 4 sc, inc (18)
2. 2 inc, 4 sc, 6 inc, 5 sc, inc (27)
3. (sc, inc) x 2, 4 sc, (sc, inc) x 6, 6 sc, inc (36)
4. 2 sc, inc, 11 sc, (sc, inc) x 4, 13 sc, inc (42)
5-7. 42 sc
8. 12 sc, (dec, sc) x 6, 12 sc (36)
9. 13 sc, 6 dec, 11 sc (30)
10. 10 sc, 6 dec, 8 sc (24)
11. 11 sc, 2 dec, 9 sc (22)
12-18. 22 sc (7 rounds)
19. 6 sc, inc, 10 sc, inc, 4 sc (24)
20-22. 24 sc

Stuff the legs very firmly. Do not cut the yarn on the second leg; crochet 9 more sc. Continue crocheting.

Body

Ch 3 and join to the second leg (the beginning of the round is at the back).

1. 24 sc along the left leg, 3 sc along the chain, 24 sc along the right leg, 3 sc along the chain (54)
2. 54 sc
3. 5 sc, inc, 21 sc, inc, 17 sc, inc, 8 sc (57)
4-10. 57 sc (7 rounds)
11. (17 sc, dec) x 3 (54)
12. 54 sc
Stuff the body fairly firmly as you crochet!
13. (7 sc, dec) x 6 (48)
14-15. 48 sc
16. (6 sc, dec) x 6 (42)
17. 42 sc
18. (5 sc, dec) x 6 (36)
19-21. 36 sc (3 rounds)
22. (4 sc, dec) x 6 (30)
23-24. 30 sc
25. (3 sc, dec) x 6 (24)
26. 24 sc

Finish stuffing the body.

Crochet amigurumi little fox. Body

Tail

Start with white yarn:

1. 6 sc in MR
2. 6 inc (12)
3. 12 sc
4. (sc, inc) x 6 (18)
5. 18 sc
6. (2 sc, inc) x 6 (24)
7. 24 sc
Change color.
8-9. 24 sc
10. (3 sc, inc) x 6 (30)
11-17. 30 sc (7 rounds)
18. (8 sc, dec) x 3 (27)
19. 27 sc
Stuff the tail as you close the stitches!
20. (7 sc, dec) x 3 (24)
21-23. 24 sc
24. (6 sc, dec) x 3 (21)
25. 21 sc
26. (5 sc, dec) x 3 (18)
27. 18 sc
28. (4 sc, dec) x 3 (15)
29. (3 sc, dec) x 3 (12)
30. 12 sc
31. 6 dec

Leave a yarn tail for sewing.

Belly

With white yarn:

1. Ch 10, starting in the second ch from the hook: inc, 7 sc, 4 sc in the last stitch, 7 sc, inc
2. 2 inc, 7 sc, 4 inc, 7 sc, 2 inc
3. (sc, inc) x 2, 7 sc, (inc, sc) x 4, 7 sc, (sc, inc) x 2
4. (2 sc, inc) x 2, 7 sc, (2 sc, inc) x 4, 8 sc, (2 sc, inc) x 2

Finishing the Toy

  • Sew the ears and muzzle to the head
  • Embroider the eyelashes
  • Sew the head, arms, tail, and belly to the body