Fox Amigurumi Pattern

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, 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.