Foxes are beautiful animals! This free fox crochet pattern is such a fun design to create. This project is a great choice for intermediate to advanced crocheters; it contains some advanced crochet techniques, which make it difficult for beginners.
It’s crafted with #2 cotton yarn with orange, white, black, red, and green shades, a 2mm crochet hook, safety eyes, stuffing, tapestry needle, scissors, glue, and stitch markers to keep your stitches in line.
This detailed tutorial contains how to make the head, ears, arms, belly, feet, body, flower, neck detail, tail, and how to assemble all parts.
It’s perfect for gifts, décor, or playtime.
Designer: The Looped Crafts
Materials
- 2 mm crochet hook
- #2 Cotton yarn
- 6×8 mm safety eyes
- Fiberfill
- Glue
- Needle
Abbreviations
R – round
Mr – magic ring
sc – single crochet
inc – increase
dec – decrease
st – stitch
sl st – slip stitch
tr – treble crochet
Head
Start with orange.
Rnd 1: 6 sc in Mr (6)
Rnd 2: 6 inc (12)
Rnd 3: (sc, inc) x 6 (18)
Rnd 4: (2 sc, inc) x 6 (24)
Rnd 5: (3 sc, inc) x 6 (30)
Rnd 6: (4 sc, inc) x 6 (36)
Rnd 7: (5 sc, inc) x 6 (42)
Rnd 8-11: 42 sc (42)
Change to white.
Rnd 12-16: 42 sc (42)
Rnd 17: (5 sc, dec) x 6 (36)
Insert eyes between R11 and 12 with 8 st between.
Rnd 18: (sc, dec) x 12 (24)
Rnd 19: (sc, dec) x 8 (16)
Rnd 20: 16 sc in BLO
Rnd 21-25: 16 sc (16)
Fasten off and weave in end.
Push the neck (R20-25) inside the head.
Ears x2
Start with black.
Rnd 1: 6 sc in Mr (6)
Rnd 2: (sc, inc) x 3 (9)
Rnd 3: (sc, inc, sc) x 3 (12)
Change to orange.
Rnd 4: (3 sc, inc) x 3 (15)
Rnd 5: (2 sc, inc, 2 sc) x 3 (18)
Rnd 6: (2 sc, inc) x 6 (24)
Rnd 7: (3 sc, inc) x 6 (30)
Fasten off and leave a long tail for sewing.
Arms x2
Start with brown.
Rnd 1: 7 sc in Mr (7)
Rnd 2-8: 7 sc (7)
Fasten off and leave a long tail for sewing.
Belly
Start with white.
Rnd 1: 6 ch, start on 2nd ch from hook, 4 sc, inc, crochet on other side of ch 4, 4 sc (10)
Rnd 2: (sc, inc) x 5 (15)
2 sl st and fasten off and weave in end.
Feet x2
Start with orange.
Rnd 1: 6 sc in Mr (6)
Rnd 2: 6 inc (12)
Rnd 3: 12 sc in BLO (12)
Rnd 4-5: 12 sc (12)
Fasten off and cut yarn. Repeat R4-5 to make 2nd leg, but do not cut yarn. Make 2 ch.
We will now crochet the body.
Body
Continue with orange.
Rnd 6: (13 sc, inc) x 2 (30)
Rnd 7-14: 30 sc (30)
Rnd 15: (sc, dec) x 10 (20)
Rnd 16: (8 sc, dec) x 2 (18)
Rnd 17: (sc, dec) x 6 (12)
Rnd 18-23: 12 sc (12)
Rnd 24: 6 dec (6)
Fasten off and weave in end.
Flower
Start with red.
Row 1: 41 ch, start on 3rd ch from hook. 2 tr. 2 ch, sl st
Row 2-13: 2 ch, 2 tr, 2 ch, sl st
Fasten off and leave a long tail for sewing.
Roll the piece to form the rose and sew the bottom part of it to secure.
Neck Detail
Start with green.
Row 1: 26 ch, start on 3rd ch from hook, 3 tr on each ch.
Fasten off and leave a long tail for sewing. Sew opposite ends together to secure.
Tail
Start with white.
Rnd 1: 6 sc in Mr (6)
Rnd 2: (sc, inc) x 3 (9)
Rnd 3: 9 sc (9)
Rnd 4: (sc, inc, sc) x 3 (12)
Change to orange.
Rnd 5: (3 sc, inc) x 3 (15)
Rnd 6-10: 15 sc (15)
Rnd 11: (3 sc, dec) x 3 (12)
Rnd 12: 12 sc (12)
Rnd 13: (2 sc, dec) x 3 (9)
Rnd 14: 9 sc (9)
Fasten off and leave a long tail.
Assembly
- Embroider nose between the eyes.
- Sew ears between R4-11.
- Sew arms on R17 of body.
- Glue belly on body.
- (Optional) Insert wire in tail and leave a short piece which will then be inserted at the back of body. Then, sew tail.
