Free Crochet Pattern for Fox Amigurumi

Free crochet pattern for a sweet fox amigurumi with little pumpkins. A lovely fall give away for friends and relatives. Also, a great fall decoration. This is a very simple design. It works up very quickly, is super cute and can easily be finished within one or two episodes of Once Upon a time. Happy crocheting!

SUPPLIES YOU WILL NEED

cotton yarn (e.g. Schachenmayr Catania 125m/50g) in two colors: orange and white, a bit of black for the eyebrows, crochet hook 3 mm, safety eyes or 2 black little beads, scissors, yarn needle, Fiberfil stuffing, black bead or button for the nose.

SKILL LEVEL

Easy

SIZE  

The ready amigurumi is approx. 20 cm, can be made bigger or smaller depending on the yarn and hook you use.

SKILLS YOU NEED

chain, single crochet, double crochet, half double crochet, slip stitch, increase, decrease

ABBREVIATIONS

Ch =chain

St = stitch

Sc =single crochet

Sl st = slip stitch

Dec = decrease stitch (two single crochets together)

Inc = increase stitch (two single crochets in the one stitch)

Dc = double crochet

Rnd = Round

* = repeat instructions for the times indicated

(...) = total amount of stitches

TIPS

• Do not join rounds, work in a continuous spiral.
• Use a stitch marker or piece of yarn to keep track of the last stitch in each round
• All stitches are worked into both loops, unless stated otherwise in the pattern.
• When filling with polyester stuffing, pull apart each large chunk into many smaller chunks. This ensures an even distribution of firmness within the amigurumi
• Amigurumi can be made in any desired colors.

Seamless way of changing color when working in the round

Pick up the new color at the end of the round: inset your hook into the stitch, yarn over the new color and pull through the stitch and the loop on your hook to complete the stitch.

INSTRUCTIONS

The fox consists of several parts which you crochet separately and then you will sew them together.

To make a magic ring

1. Loop the thread twice around your middle finger
2. Put the hook under both loops, pull the yarn under the loops and hook the thread again
3. Pull the thread through the new loop. The first crochet stitch is ready!
4. Repeat the needed number of times.
5. Pull the inner threads to tighten the ring.

ARM (2x)

Start with white color yarn.

Round 1: 6 single crochets into Magic Ring

Round 2: increase 6 times (12 stitches)

Round 3: *single crochet in the next 3 stitches, increase* (15 stitches)

Rounds 4-6: single crochet in each of next 15 stitches

Change the yarn color to orange.

Round 7 (working into the back loop): single crochet in each of next 15 stitches

Rounds 8-14: single crochet in each of next 15 stitches

Stuff slightly.

Round 15: *decrease, single crochet in each of next 3 stitches* (12 stitches)

Rounds 16-17: single crochet in each of next 12 stitches

Bind off. Work the second arm the same way.

LEG (2x)

Start your work using white color yarn.

Round 1: 6 single crochets into Magic Ring

Round 2: increase 6 times (12 stitches)

Round 3: *single crochet in the next stitch, increase* (18 stitches)

Rounds 4-7: single crochet in each of next 18 stitches

Change the yarn color to orange.

Round 8 (working into the back loop): single crochet in each of next 18 stitches

Rounds 9-15: single crochet in each of next 18 stitches

Round 16: *single crochet in each of next 4 stitches, decrease* (15 stitches)

Round 17: single crochet in each of next 15 stitches

Stuff slightly.

Round 18: *decrease, single crochet in each of next 3 stitches* (12 stitches)

Stuff slightly.

Bind off. Work another leg the same way.

MUZZLE

Start your work using white color yarn.

Round 1: 6 single crochets into a Magic Ring

Round 2: single crochet in each of next 6 stitches

Round 3: *single crochet in the next stitch, increase* (9 stitches)

Round 4: single crochet in each of next 9 stitches

Round 5: *single crochet in each of next 2 stitches, increase* (12 stitches)

Round 6: *single crochet in each of next 3 stitches, increase* (15 stitches)

Round 7: *single crochet in each of next 4 stitches, increase* (18 stitches)

Change the yarn color to orange.

Round 8 (working into the back loop): single crochet in each of next 18 stitches

Round 9: *single crochet in each of next 2 stitches, increase* (24 stitches)

Round 10: single crochet in each of next 24 stitches

Round 11: *single crochet in each of next 3 stitches, increase* (30 stitches)

Bind off leaving a long tail for sewing.

BODY and HEAD

Work shift stitch every 3-4 round.

SHIFT STITCH

Sometimes during a work of the spiral amigurumi, you need to keep the work symmetrically. As work tends to twist to the right you need to adjust position of the marker periodically (beginning of the round).

Shift stitch is an extra stitch you work at the end of a round to make your work look symmetrical. If you notice that marker moves right, you need to work one extra stitch in the end of the round and move marker for one stitch (now second stitch of the round becomes 1st). this is shift stitch.

The shift stitch is not included in the round description. To check if it’s time to work shift stitch fold your work in half and check if marker still goes straight or use a yarn that marks a straight line.

You may think this is an increase, but it isn’t. This way you don’t increase or decrease the number of stitches. The stitches count remains the same.

Round 1: 6 single crochets into Magic Ring

Round 2: increase 6 times (12 stitches)

Round 3: *single crochet in the next stitch, increase* (18 stitches)

Round 4: *single crochet in each of next 2 stitches, increase* (24 stitches)

Round 5: *single crochet in each of next 3 stitches, increase* (30 stitches)

Round 6: *single crochet in each of next 4 stitches, increase* (36 stitches)

Round 7: *single crochet in each of next 5 stitches, increase* (42 stitches)

Round 8: *single crochet in each of next 6 stitches, increase* (48 stitches)

Round 9: single crochet in each of next 48 stitches

Round 10: *single crochet in each of next 7 stitches, increase* (54 stitches)

Round 11: single crochet in each of next 54 stitches

In the next round attach the legs (ensure that the legs are located in the middle and make several shift stitches if needed):

Round 12: single crochet in each of next 11 stitches, 6 single crochets both through hand and body, single crochet in each of next 21 stitches, 6 single crochets both through hand and body, single crochet in each of next 10 stitches.

Rounds 13-20: single crochet in each of next 54 stitches

Round 21: *decrease, single crochet in each of next 7 stitches* (48 stitches)

Round 22: single crochet in each of next 48 stitches

Start stuffing the body.

Round 23: *decrease, single crochet in each of next 6 stitches* (42 stitches)

Round 24: *decrease, single crochet in each of next 5 stitches* (36 stitches)

Round 25: single crochet in each of next 36 stitches

Round 26: *decrease, single crochet in each of next 4 stitches* (30 stitches)

In the next round attach the hands (ensure that the hands are located in the middle and make several shift stitches if needed):

Round 27: single crochet in each of next 5 stitches, 6 single crochets both through hand and body, single crochet in each of next 10 stitches, 6 single crochets both through hand and body, single crochet in each of next 3 stitches.

Round 28: *decrease, single crochet in each of next 3 stitches* (24 stitches)

Round 29: single crochet in each of next stitch till the end of the round.

Stuff the body firmly. Do not bind off.

HEAD

Continue crocheting in rounds using orange color yarn.

Round 1: *single crochet in the next stitch, increase* (36 stitches)

Round 2: *single crochet in each of next 2 stitches, increase* (48 stitches)

Round 3: *single crochet in each of next 7 stitches, increase* (54 stitches)

Round 4: *single crochet in each of next 8 stitches, increase* (60 stitches)

Rounds 5-15: single crochet in each of next 60 stitches

Round 16: *decrease, single crochet in each of next 8 stitches* (54 stitches)

Round 17: single crochet in each of next 54 stitches

Round 18: *decrease, single crochet in each of next 7 stitches* (48 stitches)

Round 19: *decrease, single crochet in each of next 6 stitches* (42 stitches)

Mark where you want the safety eyes to be placed with pins and attach them with the distance of 8-10 stitches to the head of your amigurumi.

Round 20: *decrease, single crochet in each of next 5 stitches* (36 stitches)

Round 21: *decrease, single crochet in each of next 4 stitches* (30 stitches)

Round 22: *decrease, single crochet in each of next 3 stitches* (24 stitches)

Stuff the head firmly.

Round 23: *decrease, single crochet in each of next 2 stitches* (18 stitches)

Round 24: *decrease, single crochet in the next stitch* (12 stitches)

Round 25: *decrease*, repeat 6 times. 

Bind off. Hide yarn ends.

EAR (2x)

Start crocheting with white color yarn.

Round 1: 6 single crochets into Magic Ring

Round 2: single crochet in each of next 6 stitches

Round 3: increase 6 times (12 stitches)

Round 4: single crochet in each of next 12 stitches

Change the yarn color to orange.

Round 5 (working into the back loop): single crochet in each of next 12 stitches

Round 6: *single crochet in the next stitch, increase* (18 stitches)

Rounds 7-9: single crochet in each of next 18 stitches

Bind off leaving a long tail for sewing. Work the second ear the same way.

TAIL

Start crocheting with white color yarn.

Round 1: 6 single crochets into a Magic Ring

Round 2: single crochet in each of next 6 stitches

Round 3: *single crochet in the next stitch, increase* (9 stitches)

Round 4: single crochet in each of next 9 stitches

Round 5: *single crochet in each of next 2 stitches, increase* (12 stitches)

Runde 6: single crochet in each of next 12 stitches

Round 7: *single crochet in the next stitch, increase* (18 stitches)

Rounds 8-9: single crochet in each of next 18 stitches

Change the yarn color to orange.

Round 10 (working into the back loop): single crochet in each of next 18 stitches

Round 11: *single crochet in each of next 2 stitches, increase* (24 stitches)

Rounds 12-16: single crochet in each of next 24 stitches

Round 17: *decrease, single crochet in each of next 2 stitches* (18 stitches)

Rounds 18-19: single crochet in each of next 18 stitches

Round 20: *decrease, single crochet in each of next 4 stitches* (15 stitches)

Rounds 21-22: single crochet in each of next 15 stitches

Round 23: *decrease, single crochet in each of next 3 stitches* (12 stitches)

Round 24: single crochet in each of next 12 stitches

Bind off leaving a long tail for sewing.

ASSEMBLY

Since all the elements of your amigurumi fox are crocheted, it´s time to sew them together. Use a blunt sewing needle.

Sew muzzle to the head of the fox.

Ears are attached to the head now. Position ears and using the yarn left sew them to the head of the fox. Be sure to step back and take a look to make sure they are even.

Attach the tail to the body.

Mark where you want the eyes to be placed with pins and sew them with the distance of 6-8 stitches to the head of your fox.

Embroider eyebrows with black color yarn. You can also add eyelashes and mouth if desired. Hide the yarn tails inside the head.

PUMPKIN

Make your pumpkins with a brown or green stem and the body in orange, vanilla or even white. If you're making this crochet pumpkin for Halloween, you could always add an embroidered jack-o-lantern face with some black thread!

Using your choice of yarn, make a crochet magic loop.

Round 1: 6 single crochets into Magic Ring

Round 2: increase 6 times (12 stitches)

Round 3: *single crochet in the next stitch, increase* (18 stitches)

Round 4: *single crochet in each of next 2 stitches, increase* (24 stitches)

Round 5: *single crochet in each of next 3 stitches, increase* (30 stitches)

Round 6: *single crochet in each of next 4 stitches, increase* (36 stitches)

Round 7: *single crochet in each of next 5 stitches, increase* (42 stitches)

Round 8: *single crochet in each of next 6 stitches, increase* (48 stitches)

Rounds 9-13: single crochet in each of next 48 stitches

Round 14: *decrease, single crochet in each of next 6 stitches* (42 stitches)

Round 15: *decrease, single crochet in each of next 5 stitches* (36 stitches)

Round 16: *decrease, single crochet in each of next 4 stitches* (30 stitches)

Round 17: *decrease, single crochet in each of next 3 stitches* (24 stitches)

Stuff the pumpkin.

Round 18: *decrease, single crochet in each of next 2 stitches* (18 stitches)

Round 19: *decrease, single crochet in next stitch* (12 stitches)

Round 20: *decrease*

Bind off leaving a long tail. Using a wool needle, weave the yarn through the last 6 stitches and pull tight to close.

Now create the shape: wrap thread around the pumpkin, then thread through the top center to the bottom center, pull tight to form a segment. Repeat 5 more times making sure each segment evenly sized. Weave in yarn ends.

STEM

Crochet using dark green color yarn.

Round 1: 6 single crochets into Magic Ring

Round 2: increase 6 times (12 stitches)

Rounds 3-5: single crochet in each of next 12 stitches

Round 6: *decrease, single crochet in each of next 2 stitches* (9 stitches)

Bind off leaving a long tail for sewing.

Sew the stem to the pumpkin.

I hope you enjoyed crocheting the fox with little pumpkins and found the pattern helpful. I would love to see your finished amigurumi, so share a picture here or on Instagram by tagging me @tansuluucrafthaus.

Happy crocheting! Feel free to contact me with any questions. Thank you for stopping by and have a lovely day!