Get ready for the Fall’s and the Woodland’s theme craft! Please meet Mr. Furu, the Fox Amigurumi, the latest edition amigurumi crochet pattern in Craft Passion’s library.
Mr. Furu, the Fox Amigurumi measures about 10 inches tall. It was crochet by using a 3.5mm crochet hook in the colorwork of orange, white and black Acrylic yarns. Unlike normal amigurumi crochet method, the pattern of fox amigurumi calls for “Split Single Crochet Stitch“, some may know it as “Crochet Knit Stitch” or “Waistcoat Stitch” where the hook is inserted in between the legs of the next stitch. By way of using Split Single Crochet Stitch in this pattern, it will keep the colorwork vertically straight throughout the round. (Warnings: Please do not attempt to crochet it with normal single crochet (US terms), it won’t work in the correct proportion in size, shape, and colorwork.)
Fox Amigurumi – Free Crochet Pattern
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While I was working on the sock pug puppy’s pattern & tutorial (my previous post), suddenly Freddy the Felt Fox appears in my mind, it just popped up without any warning. Seems like it was beckoning that I need to get another fox design develope soon. More than a week later, and after lots of unraveling of yarns, this Fox Amigurumi named Furu was done and I really love how it has turned out. I added a doll’s wired glasses and it immediately resembled the look of a cool academician. Therefore, I gave it the name Furu, F from fox, URU from “guru” (which means teacher).
I always have this wonderful chain of thought of “what’s next” to create while working on the existing craft. At times the new idea really carried me away from the current work-in-progress. I need to work on the new craft design (before the inspiration vanished from my brain) as soon as I completed the current craft. For this reason, processing and compiling all the info and updating of new pattern & tutorial at Craft Passion was adjourned, opppsss… I need more hands to be more consistent in updating. HELP!
Happy crochet and hope to see your Mr. Furu Fox Amigurumi soon.
XOXO~
Fox Amigurumi Pattern
Mr. Furu
Height: 10″ tall
Skill level: Intermediate
Duration: About 8 hours
Abbreviations
Crochet (in US Terms)
ch: chain
sc: single crochet
ssc = split single crochet / knit stitch / waistcoat stitch
Inc: 2ssc increase
Dec: ssc 2 stitches together
Others
R: Round
OR: Orange Yarn
BL: Black Yarn
WH: White Yarn
Materials
1. 3.5mm hook
2. Acrylic yarn (50 gram each ball): white (1 ball), black (1 ball) and orange (2 balls)
3. Colored Iris Safety Eyes, Brown, 10mm size, 2
4. Safety Nose, 18mm size, 1
5. Doll Wired Glasses (optional)
6. Darning needle
7. Polyester fiberfill
8. Scissors
9. Pins
Important Note: This is a colorwork amigurumi using Split Single Crochet / Knit Stitch / Waistcoat Stitch method. Please DO NOT attempt to convert it to normal Single Crochet.
Why use Split Sing Crochet instead of normal Single Crochet?
Please take note that this amigurumi pattern is using Split Single Crochet (SSC), some may know it as Crochet Knit Stitch or Waistcoat Stitch. Unlike the normal Single Crochet, SSC inserts hook in between the legs of the next st. In colorwork amigurumi where stitches are crochet in the continuous round, SSC keeps the colorwork vertically straight throughout the round. It is because the hook is inserted in between the legs of next stitch, but if you are using normal Single Crochet, the colorwork will lean to the right or left depending if you are right handed or left handed.
How to change yarn color in colorwork crochet?
Follow the pattern to work on stitches in color A until the last yarn over, pull through the loop with the new color B. Leave the color A behind until it is time to work on it again. Continue to work in Color B until it is time to change the color back to A, on the last stitch in the color B, just pull through the color A on the last yarn over and drop the color B. Leave a decent length of the unwork yarn between the color change so that it won’t distort the shape of your amigurumi. Repeat this until you have completed the pattern.
Note: I don’t hide the unworked yarn between the stitches because it will cause distortion in stitch height, especially in SSC stitch.
Fox Amigurumi Crochet Pattern
Head
With Orange yarn:
R1: sc 4 in a magic ring {4}
R2: [Inc] 4 times. {8}
R3: [Inc, ssc] 4 times. {12}
R4: [ssc 2, Inc] 4 times. {16}
R5: ssc, [Inc, ssc 3] 3 times, Inc, ssc 2. {20}
R6: ssc 3, [Inc, ssc 4] 3 times, Inc, ssc. {24}
R7: [ssc 5, Inc] 4 times. {28}
R8: [Inc, ssc6] 4 times. {32}
R9: ssc 2, [Inc, ssc 7] 3 times, Inc, ssc 5. {36}
R10: ssc 4, [Inc, ssc 8] 3 times, Inc, ssc 4. {40}
R11: ssc 6, [Inc, ssc 9] 3 times, Inc, ssc 3. {44}
R12: ssc 8, [Inc, ssc 10] 3 times, Inc, ssc 2{48}
R13 – R17: ssc around. {48}
Colorwork begins here (OR – Orange, WH – White)
R18: OR [ssc 15], WH [ssc 3], OR [ssc 12], WH [ssc 3], OR [ssc 15]. {48}
R19: OR [ssc 15], WH [ssc 4], OR [ssc 10], WH [ssc 4], OR [ssc 15]. {48}
R20: OR [ssc 14], WH [ssc 6], OR [ssc 8], WH [ssc 6], OR [ssc 14]. {48}
R21: OR [ssc 14], WH [ssc 7], OR [ssc 6], WH [ssc 7], OR [ssc 14]. {48}
R22: OR [ssc 13], WH [ssc 9], OR [ssc 4], WH [ssc 9], OR [ssc 13]. {48}
R23 – 27: OR [ssc 13], WH [ssc 22], OR [ssc 13]. {48}
R28: OR [ssc 13], WH [ssc 35]. {48}
Change to White yarn only:
R29: [Dec, ssc 10] 4 times {44}
R30: ssc 4, [Dec, ssc 9] 3 times, Dec, ssc 5. {40}
R31: [ssc 8, Dec] 4 times. {36}
R32: ssc 2, [Dec, ssc 4] 5 times, Dec, ssc 2. {30}
R33: [Dec, ssc 3] 6 times. {24}
R34: [ssc 2, Dec] 6 times. {18}
Install safety eyes, neaten stranded yarns if needed (refer Pic 1 and 2)
Stuff
R35: [ssc, Dec] 6 times. {12}
R36: [Dec] 6 times. {6}
Fasten off and leave a long tail for sewing.
Muzzle
With White yarn
R1: sc 4 in a magic ring {4}
R2: Inc, ssc 2, Inc. {6}
R3: Inc 2 times, ssc, 1 ch (skip 1 st), ssc, Inc. {9}
Colorwork begins here (OR – Orange, WH – White)
R4: WH [ssc 3, Inc], OR [ssc 3], WH [Inc 2 times]. {12}
R5: WH [ssc 3, Inc, ssc], OR [ssc 3], WH [ssc, Inc] 2 times. {15}
R6: WH [Inc, ssc 3, Inc], OR [ssc 5], WH [ssc, Inc, ssc 3]. {18}
R7: WH [Inc, ssc 4, Inc, ssc], OR [ssc 5], WH [ssc, Inc, ssc 4]. {21}
R8 – R9: WH [ssc 9], OR [ssc 5], WH [ssc 7]. {21}
Fasten off and leave a long tail for sewing.
Install safety nose through the ch st at R3.
Ear, make 2
With Black yarn:
R1: sc 3 in a magic ring {3}
R2: [Inc] 3 times. {6}
Colorwork begins here (BL – Black, OR – Orange, WH – White)
R3: BL [Inc, ssc], WH [Inc], BL [ssc, Inc, ssc]. {9}
R4: BL [ssc, Inc, ssc], WH [ssc, Inc], BL [ssc 2, Inc, ssc]. {12}
R5: BL [ssc, Inc, ssc 2], WH [ssc, Inc, ssc], BL [ssc 2, Inc, ssc 2]. {15}
R6: BL [ssc 5], WH [ssc 4], BL [ssc 6]. {15}
R7 – R10: OR [ssc 5], WH [ssc 4], OR [ssc 6]. {15}
Fasten off and leave a long tail for sewing.
Body
With Orange yarn:
R1: sc 6 in a magic ring {6}
R2: [Inc] 6 times. {12}
R3: [ssc 2, Inc] 4 times. {16}
R4: ssc, [Inc, ssc 3] 3 times, Inc, ssc 2. {20}
R5: ssc 3, [Inc, ssc 4] 3 times, Inc, ssc. {24}
R6: [ssc 5, Inc] 4 times. {28}
R7: [Inc, ssc6] 4 times. {32}
R8: ssc 2, [Inc, ssc 7] 3 times, Inc, ssc 5. {36}
R9: ssc 4, [Inc, ssc 8] 3 times, Inc, ssc 4. {40}
R10: ssc 6, [Inc, ssc 9] 3 times, Inc, ssc 3. {44}
R11 – R15: ssc around. {44}
Colorwork begins here (OR – Orange, WH – White)
R16: OR [ssc 21], WH [ssc], OR [ssc 22]. {44}
R17: OR [ssc 10, Dec, ssc 8], WH [ssc 3], OR [ssc 8, Dec, ssc 11]. {42}
R18: OR [ssc 6, Dec, ssc 10], WH [ssc 5], OR [ssc 10, Dec, ssc 7]. {40}
R19: OR [ssc 13, Dec, ssc 2], WH [ssc 5], OR [ssc 2, Dec, ssc 14]. {38}
R20: OR [ssc 3, Dec, ssc 10], WH [ssc 7], OR [ssc 10, Dec, ssc 4]. {36}
R21: OR [ssc 6, Dec, ssc 6], WH [ssc 7], OR [ssc 6, Dec, ssc 7]. {34}
R22: OR [ssc 10, Dec, ssc 1], WH [ssc 7], OR [ssc 1, Dec, ssc 11]. {32}
R23: OR [ssc 2, Dec, ssc 7], WH [ssc 9], OR [ssc 7, Dec, ssc 3]. {30}
R24: OR [ssc 7], WH [ssc], OR [ssc 2], WH [ssc 3, Dec, ssc 4], OR [ssc 2], WH [ssc], OR [ssc 6, Dec]. {28}
R25: OR [ssc 3, Dec, ssc], WH [ssc 3], OR [ssc], WH [ssc 8], OR [ssc], WH [ssc 3], OR [ssc, Dec, ssc 3]. {26}
R26: OR [ssc, Dec, ssc 2], WH [ssc 3], OR [ssc], WH [ssc 8], OR [ssc], WH [ssc 3], OR [ssc 2, Dec, ssc]. {24}
R27: OR [ssc 3], WH [ssc 3, Dec, 8, Dec, ssc 3], OR [ssc 3]. {22}
R28: OR [Dec, ssc], WH [ssc 7, Dec, ssc 7], OR [ssc 3]. {20}
R29: OR [ssc], WH [ssc 2, Dec, ssc 9, Dec, ssc 2], OR [ssc 2]. {18}
Neaten stranded yarns if needed
Stuff
Change to White yarn only:
R30: ssc 5, Dec, ssc 3, Dec, ssc 6. {16}
R31: [ssc 6, Dec] 2 times. {14}
R32: ssc 2, Dec, ssc 6, Dec, ssc 2. {12}
R33: [Dec] 6 times. {6}
Fasten off and leave a long tail for sewing.
Arm, make 2
With Black yarn:
R1: sc 4 in a magic ring {4}
R2: [Inc] 4 times. {8}
R3: [Inc, ssc] 4 times. {12}
R4: [ssc 2, Inc] 4 times. {16}
R5 – R6 : ssc around {16}
R7: [Dec, ssc 2] 4 times. {12}
R8: [ssc, Dec] 4 times. {8}
R9 – R14: ssc around. {8}
Change to Orange yarn only:
R15 – R22: ssc around. {8}
Fasten off and leave a long tail for sewing.
Stuff
Leg, make 2
With Black yarn:
R1: sc 6 in a magic ring {6}
R2: [Inc] 6 times. {12}
R3: [ssc 2, Inc] 4 times. {16}
R4: ssc, [Inc, ssc 3] 3 times, Inc, ssc 2. {20}
R5 – R7: ssc around. {20}
R8: ssc, [Dec, ssc 3] 3 times, Dec, ssc 2. {16}
R9: [ssc 2, Dec] 4 times. {12}
R10 – R13: ssc around. {12}
Change to Orange yarn only:
R14 – R17: ssc around. {12}
Fasten off and leave a long tail for sewing.
Stuff
Tail
With White yarn:
R1: sc 3 in a magic ring {3}
R2: [Inc] 3 times. {6}
R3: ssc around. {6}
R4: [Inc, ssc] 3 times. {9}
R5: [ssc 2, Inc] 3 times. {12}
R6: ssc, [Inc, ssc 3] 2 times, Inc, ssc 2. {15}
R7: ssc 3, [Inc, ssc 4] 2 times, Inc, ssc. {18}
R8: [ssc 5, Inc] 3 times. {21}
R9: [Inc, ssc6] 3 times. {24}
Colorwork begins here (OR – Orange, WH – White)
R10: WH [ssc 3], OR [ssc], WH [ssc 7], OR [ssc], WH [ssc 3], OR [ssc], WH [ssc 7], OR [ssc]. {24}
R11: OR [ssc], WH [ssc], OR [ssc 3], WH [ssc 5], OR [ssc 3], WH [ssc], OR [ssc 3], WH [ssc 5], OR [ssc 2]. {24}
R12: OR [ssc 6], WH [ssc 3], OR [ssc 9], WH [ssc 3], OR [ssc 3]. {24}
R13: OR [ssc 7], WH [ssc], OR [ssc 11], WH [ssc], OR [ssc 4]. {24}
Change to Orange yarn only:
R14 – R20: ssc around. {24}
R21: [Dec, ssc 6] 3 times. {21}
R22: ssc around. {21}
R23: ssc 2, [Dec, ssc 5] 2 times, Dec, ssc 3. {18}
R24: ssc around. {18}
R25: [ssc 4, Dec] 3 times. {15}
R26: ssc around. {15}
Stuff
R27: [Dec, ssc 3] 3 times. {12}
R28: ssc around. {12}
R29: [ssc 2, Dec] 3 times. {9}
R30: ssc around. {9}
R31: [Dec, ssc], 3 times. {6}
R32: ssc around. {6}
Fasten off and leave a long tail for sewing.
Fox Amigurumi Assembly
Pic 1
This is how the inside of the colorwork amigurumi looks. You may leave the unworked yarn stranded as it is. If you have left a decent length of yarn between the colorwork, then you are fine to leave them as it is. If the yarns are too short, you may trim the yarn and knot them together as shown in Pic 2.
Pic 2
Personally, I prefer to neaten my lengthy unworked yarn stranded across the colorwork section. The clean interior is easier for stuffing and shaping.
Align the muzzle of the fox amigurumi with the marking between the eyes as shown in the picture. Pin, sew and stuff the muzzle to the head.
Next, position and pin the ears to the head. Make sure bother ears are aligned and in symmetry.
This is the top view of the head of the fox amigurumi. A better view of the locations of the ears.
Position all parts together. First, sew the head to the body, followed by the arms, legs, and tail respectively.
Mr. Furu, the Fox Amigurumi is done, put on his glasses and he is ready to go all out to the woodland.
You may sew the tail pointing upwards instead of pointing downward.
Hi, I am making the fox for my grandson and have finished all of the parts. However, when I sewed the head to the body the head is very floppy and won’t stay up. What have I done wrong? Help!
Hi Leslie, try sewing them with a bigger radius. Another possibility is that you could have a little under stuffed the parts.
Love this fox! I’m gonna try to make it for my daughter. In R 29 it has WH [ssc2, dec,9, dec, ssc2] I am a little confused about the decreases. Is something supposed to go with the 9? Thank you for your reply.
It is supposed to be ssc9. Sorry that we have missed out on the word “ssc” in the pattern and we have updated it. Thank you for asking so that we know there is a typo in the pattern.
Loved the pattern! Very easy to follow. Stitched eyes and nose as only change. Thank you!
I just found this pattern I think on share a pattern site it looks darling and your detail plus photographs look wonderful …I also just signed up for your newletter…
Thank you
Kay
Can I get the patron in Dutch please?
Such a beautiful work you did there! amazing! you are a great artist!
will do this fox asap
Furu is so cute. I am going to give it a try. Do you have a pattern for any dinosaurs? My grandson is onto dinosaurs:) thanks Karen
Hi Karen, thank you for trying out. I do not have an amigurumi pattern for dinosaurs but I have a sewing pattern (sew from socks) of a dragon that looks like a dinosaur (search sock dragon). More animal amigurumi patterns will be out soon, including Elephant, Giraffe, Horse, Donkey, and Zibra.
Hola
Me encantan tus trabajos, te sigo desde Arica Chile y acabo de terminar un modelo de los que tienes publicado.
Hice el zorrito con anteojos.
Y me encantó!!!!
Te felicito por tu página.
Gracias
Saludos
Translation (by Google):
Hi I love your work, I follow you from Arica Chile and I just finished a model of the ones you have published. I made the little fox with glasses. And I loved it !!!! I congratulate you on your page. Thank you regards
I love this pattern for the fox. I made the head first, then the body but the head is way too big for the body. And no, I haven’t made any mistakes! Checking out the pattern more closely, the head gets increased over 36 rows up to 48 stiches at its widest before decreasing. The body over 33 rows increases up to only 38 stitches, so, smaller than the head. I’m on row 26 for the body, so I’m going to just add more rows to see if I can salvage the project.
Otherwise, I learned a new stitch and I’ve never used 2 colours like this before and your instructions were very clear and it was very successful, so thanks for that!
Wanda, the body gets up to 44 stitches, not 38 stitches. Just wondering if you have skipped any rounds by mistake. I would love to take a look on your Mr. Furu if you can submit the photo via the contact form.
I am having a problem with round 3 of the muzzle:
R3: Inc 2 times, ssc, 1 ch, ssc, Inc. {9}
So we are starting with 6 stitches from the previous row. Inc 2x (1,2), ssc(3), 1 ch (???? do I skip the next stitch (4) with the chain 1?), ssc(5), inc(6)
Is that what I am supposed to do??
Thank you!!
Yes, Kelly, skip the 4th stitch for the chain. I will add this detail to the pattern. Thank you for bringing it up.
Sorry, just left a note regarding the Fox pattern. I said that the body increases up to 38 stitches, I meant 40 stitches.
Hi,
The dec in the SSC is in the same way we do in the SC? Thank you so much
Yes, Talita, SSC 2 stitches into a stitch, just like the normal sc2tog.
Just curious, for the head part of the pattern, up to row 7 of the head -should the pattern be round or is it triangular? I’m probably doing something wrong and hope to figure it out soon.
I think you did something wrong, dear. It should be round. Please check it with the pattern again.
Hi! It’s to join each round or it’s to crochet continous all around?
Thank u so much!
Continuous in round 🙂
Hi I stared make the fox i have the body and head done the head is way to big for the body. I made sure i counted the st’s all right. I use red heart 4 ply I really love this fox and i can read your pattern then anyone else i have done. Ty
Sounds like something is wrong somewhere. Can you share with us a photo by attaching it here? Change the url of your photo that you have uploaded somewhere then replace YOUR PHOTO’s URL with your photo’s url, paste the code
to the comment area to show.
Thanks.
hallo i need this Mr. Furu Fox Amigurumi text in the netherlands
thank u
Is it possible for the tekst in Netherlands?
hallo i need this patroon in netherlands.
i cannot read this.
thank u very much
Hi there – love the look of this little fox – absolutely adorable.
Is there any way that you could do a video of this pattern. I’ve never done the ssc stitch and am afraid I’m going to screw it up. I’m trying to make this for my neice who is expecting and is crazy about foxes.
Would also appreciate a video please as I am struggling to use this stitch in a magic circle
I’m working on the furu fox, and I’m just learning the ssc stitches, but the only thing I’m having a problem with, is where is has (ssc 3, inc)does that mean to increase with the ssc, or a regular sc?
Yes, the “inc” is increment with ssc stitch, in other words, it is 2ssc in a stitch.
Really nice pattern I’m almost done <3 I was wondering, for the head it says :
R13 – R17: sc around. {48}
do you really mean sc or you mean ssc and there's a little mistake in the pattern ?? Because I'm looking at mine compare yours and it looks more like ssc, we really can see the difference between ssc and sc on my head !
Yes, it should be ssc around, thanks for pointing out the error, I have got it corrected. Sorry if you made the head with the wrong instruction.
merci beaucoup pour le partage. le renard est tres beau.
Translation (By Google):
Thank you so much for sharing. the fox is very beautiful.
Love this pattern but what weight is the yarn. I tried worsted 4 ply with 3.5 hook & his head was almost 7″.
It is similar to light worsted yarn or sport yarn. The head vertical height of my Mr. Furu is about 4.5″ tall. Please remember to use SSC stitch to crochet this amigurumi, the normal sc stitch won’t work for this pattern.
When there are brackets would I just do the follwing stitches in ssc?
Hi Alice, can you show me which instruction are you referring to? Just want to make sure before I answer your question correctly. Thank you.
Love the fox and the new stitches look awesome. I am also very impressed with your willingness to be so helpful. I started with Sharon from Amigurumi she like you care so much for us followers and make crocheting fun and easier than some others out there. .she posted this fox of yours.
Thank you so much, Sandi, for loving it and sharing in your network.
Merci beaucoup, c’est vraiment du beau travail
Thanks very much, it’s a very good job
¡Qué lindo! muchas gracias por compartirlo, recientemente hice un zorrito (sitting fox) y creo que ahora voy a hacer este, soy principiante…así es que muchas gracias por el patrón.
Translation (by Google):
Cute! thank you very much for sharing, recently I made a fox (sitting fox) and I think now I will do this, I am a beginner … so thank you very much for the pattern.
Thank you for trying out this pattern. Hope to see your Mr.Furu soon.
Hola podria pasarme el patron en Español
Translation (by Google):
Hi, could I have the pattern in Spanish?
Oh wow! I was looking for a fox pattern and found Mr. Furu! Can’t wait to try it. You mentioned at the begining of the post that since this is a pattern with the split stich, not to do a regular stich as it will modify the outcome. I didn’t know about this stich before and I just love the result. I was wondering, I have another amigurimi pattern which calls for sc stich. Could I change the pattenr for split stich instead?
Thank you for sharing your Mr. Furu pattern, he is too adorable!
amigurumi made from SSC stitch will come out shorter in length, provided you do not mind to have a short amigurumi, it should be replaceable.
I had never heard of the split stitch, but now I’m eager to try it and make your Mr. Furu! Thank you so much for the free pattern.
I’m teaching 2 little girls to crochet, do you have, or can you recommend any simple amigurumi for them? We are still working on single crochet, but I think they would love to make something other than pot holders!
Glad that you love Mr. Furu 🙂
You may try some simpler amigurumi patterns in the Toy | Amigurumi category. To be particular, the following patterns are suitable for beginners to try on:
1. Hen & Chicks
2. Big Apple
3. Owl
4. Polar Bear
5. Piggy Buns
6. Baby Chick
7. Koala
Furu is adorable! And, I really like how that split single crochet stitch looks. I’ve never tried it before, but I think I need to practice it (probably on a washcloth) so I can make a Furu for myself. Thanks for sharing your wonderful creations!
Hi Cindy G, Glad that you would try on your first ssc on Mr. Furu. Would love to see how it turns out after you have it completed.