This adorable sleeping fox amigurumi helps babies to fall asleep and see beautiful dreams 🙂 You can make the toy by your own on the basis of our free amigurumi pattern.
Using fine acrylic yarn and 3 mm crochet hook you will create a fox of about 19 cm (7.5″) tall. You can use a thicker yarn and appropriate hook to make it larger or use a thinner yarn to make your fox amigurumi smaller.
Material list:
- Fine (5 ply) 100% acrylic yarn
- 3.0 mm crochet hook
- Some black embroidery floss
- Fiberfill
- Scissors and sewing needle
Skill level:Â easy
Sleeping fox
Free amigurumi pattern
Abbreviations:
st = stitch
sc = single crochet
inc = increase
dec = decrease
sl st = slip stitch
(..) = repeat the space in brackets the given number of times
[..] = total number of stitches
Work in continuous rounds using a yarn marker.
Legs (make 2):
Rnd 1: 6 sc in magic ring [6]
Rnd 2: (inc) x 6 times [12]
Rnd 3: (sc in next st, inc) x 6 times [18]
Rnd 4-14: sc in all 18 st [18]
Fasten off with sl st. Crochet the second leg in the same way, but don’t fasten off. Continue crocheting the body.
Body:
Join the legs crocheting sc in the next 6 st through the loops of two parts.
Rnd 1: sc in all 24 st around the body [24]
Rnd 2: (sc in next 3 st, inc) x 6 times [30]
Rnd 3: (sc in next 4Â st, inc) x 6 times [36]
Rnd 4-8: sc in all 36 st [36]
Rnd 9: (sc in next 4Â st, dec) x 6 times [30]
Rnd 10-12: sc in all 30 st [30]
Rnd 13: (sc in next 3Â st, dec) x 6 times [24]
Rnd 14-16: sc in all 24 st [24]
Rnd 17: (sc in next 2 st, dec) x 6 times [18]
Rnd 18-20: sc in all 18 st [18]
Fasten off with sl st leaving a long tail for sewing. Stuff with fiberfill.
Head:
Rnd 1: 6 sc in magic ring [6]
Rnd 2: (inc) x 6 times [12]
Rnd 3: (sc in next st, inc) x 6 times [18]
Rnd 4: (sc in next 2 st, inc) x 6 times [24]
Rnd 5: (sc in next 3 st, inc) x 6 times [30]
Rnd 6: (sc in next 4 st, inc) x 6 times [36]
Rnd 7: (sc in next 5 st, inc) x 6 times [42]
Rnd 8: (sc in next 6 st, inc) x 6 times [48]
Rnd 9: (sc in next 7 st, inc) x 6 times [54]
Rnd 10-14: sc in all 54 st [54]
Rnd 15: (sc in next 7 st, dec) x 6 times [48]
Rnd 16-17: sc in all 48 st [48]
Rnd 18: (sc in next 6 st, dec) x 6 times [42]
Rnd 19: sc in all 42 st [42]
Rnd 20: (sc in next 5 st, dec) x 6 times [36]
Rnd 21: sc in all 36 st [36]
Rnd 22: (sc in next 4 st, dec) x 6 times [30]
Rnd 23: sc in all 30 st [30]
Rnd 24: (sc in next 3 st, dec) x 6 times [24]
Rnd 25: sc in all 24 st [24]
Rnd 26: (sc in next 2 st, dec) x 6 times [18]
Rnd 27: sc in all 18 st [18]
Rnd 28: (sc in next st, dec) x 6 times [12]
Rnd 29: sc in all 12 st [12]
Stuff.
Rnd 30: (dec) x 6 times [6]
Decrease till the hole is closed. Fasten off and hide the end.
Arms (make 2):
Rnd 1: 6 sc in magic ring [6]
Rnd 2: (inc) x 6 times [12]
Rnd 3-6: sc in all 12 st [12]
Rnd 7: (sc in next 3 st, inc) x 3 times [15]
Rnd 8-14: sc in all 15 st [15]
Rnd 15: (sc in next 3 st, dec) x 3 times [12]
Stuff.
Rnd 16: (dec) x 6 times [6]
Decrease till the hole is closed. Fasten off and hide the end.
Ears (make 2):
Rnd 1: 3 sc in magic ring [3]
Rnd 2: (inc) x 3 times [6]
Rnd 3: (sc in next st, inc) x 3 times [9]
Rnd 4: (sc in next 2 st, inc) x 3 times [12]
Rnd 5: (sc in next 3 st, inc) x 3 times [15]
Rnd 6: (sc in next 4 st, inc) x 3 times [18]
Rnd 7-9: sc in all 18 st [18]
Fasten off with sl st leaving a long tail for sewing.
Tail:
Rnd 1: 3 sc in magic ring [3]
Rnd 2: (inc) x 3 times [6]
Rnd 3: (sc in next st, inc) x 3 times [9]
Rnd 4: (sc in next 2 st, inc) x 3 times [12]
Rnd 5: (sc in next st, inc) x 6 times [18]
Rnd 6: (sc in next 2 st, inc) x 6 times [24]
Rnd 7-9: sc in all 24 st [24]
Rnd 10: (sc in next 4 st, dec) x 4 times [20]
Rnd 11-12: sc in all 20 st [20]
Rnd 13: (sc in next 3 st, dec) x 4 times [16]
Rnd 14: sc in all 16 st [16]
Rnd 15: (sc in next 2 st, dec) x 4 times [12]
Rnd 16: sc in all 12 st [12]
Rnd 17: (sc in next st, dec) x 4 times [8]
Rnd 18: sc in all 8 st [8]
Stuff.
Rnd 19: (dec) x 4 times [4]
Fasten off leaving a tail for sewing.
Assembly:
1. Make the ears slightly round-shaped and sew them to the head at the level of Rnd 10-11.
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