Free Crochet Fox Pattern by Lucy Kate Crochet

My free crochet fox pattern is suitable for beginners, with simple instructions for hand sewing, color changes, surface crocheting and inconsistent increases from the magic circle. I’ll walk you through each step, and where necessary link you to separate tutorials, hopefully giving you a few new skills whilst you make up the fox toy. I’ll also use words as well as abbreviations to explain each step the first time it comes up. My design aims to highlight the most distinctive features of our natural native fox friends in a cute crochet fox pattern.

When I started designing this pattern I had in mind that the toy would be a crocheted fox cub, but now he’s complete I’m pretty confident he’s at least a teeanger!

Equipment
Pattern notes
Free crochet red fox pattern

Crocheting a fox is something I’ve wanted to do since I learned to crochet a decade ago. Red foxes are a familiar sight in the countryside, and one of the most iconic and beautiful wild creatures. And coincidentally, this crochet fox pattern was born on the same weekend I found a red fox in my backyard, fast asleep next to the hen coop.

Fortunately all the hens were fine, though they were enthusiastically telling the young fox what they thought.

Crochet Fox Kit List

You’ll notice that this pattern uses two different weights of yarn. The bulk of the body’s red/orange yarn is chunky yarn that needs a 6mm hook. The white and black details are DK yarn, so you’ll need to work with two strands at a time if you want to use the same yarn types as me. Otherwise, grab yourself chunky white and black yarns too, and you’re good to go!

6mm crochet hook
3.5mm crochet hook
20g black DK yarn
200g chunky orange yarn
100g cream merino wool DK yarn – use in double strands
Yarn needle
Stitch markers
Toy stuffing
Safety eyes

The yarns I used were red Knitcraft by Hobbycraft Everyday Chunky yarn, cream Sublime Yarns Extra Fine Merino Wool DK yarn, and Patons UK Fab DK yarn in Charcoal.

Pattern Notes

The majority of my fox crochet pattern will be written using standard crochet abbreviations. However, I do try to put the plain English explanations first each time an abbreviation is used to help you out if it’s something you’ve not come across before.

Challenges

Red foxes are mainly reddy orange in color, but they’ve got significant amounts of white and black markings. Making a crochet animal that has more than one color always involves either color changes within a round, or sewing together two different sections. In this crochet pattern you’ll be doing both.

The head and legs are made using color changes between yarns, but the markings on the body are created as a separate piece. I hand sewed this on after producing the body, as I didn’t have a clear idea of how I wanted the patch to look. And I actually moved the positioning and shape of the white patch a few times before I settled on one that I was happy with.

Free Crochet Fox Pattern

Make sure you’ve got all the yarn types you’ll need ready before you begin. The small crochet hook will only be used for surface crocheting the details on the ears.

How To Crochet A Fox Head

You are going to start your crochet fox head in the red yarn using your 6mm crochet hook.

Round 1

Make a magic circle of six stitches (6)

Round 2

Make two single crochets into each stitch of the round

2sc x 6 (12)

Round 3

You are now going to make repeated color changes as we progress. These will make the white markings under your crochet fox’s chin.

Make one single crochet into the first stitch and two into the next. After each pair of these stitches, you’ll be swapping colors. I recommend not cutting off the yarn in between, just leave a loop that will be hidden within the finished crochet fox toy.

(1sc, 2sc) x 2, cc white (1sc, 2sc) x 2, cc red (1sc, 2sc) x 2 (18)

Slip stitch to close the circle

Round 4

Chain 2 as the first single crochet. Then repeat your previous pattern of color changes, but with an extra single crochet per set.

Ch2, (1sc, 2sc) x 2, cc white (1sc x 2, 2sc) x 2, cc red (1sc x 2, 2sc) x 2. Slip stitch to close. (24)

Round 5 – 11

Ch2, 1sc x 7, cc white, 1sc x 8, cc red, 1sc x 8. Slip stitch to close (24)

Round 12

Ch2, 1sc x 7, cc white, 1sc x 8, cc red, 1sc x 8 (24)

You’ll now work just in your red yarn in a continuous round, with intermittent increases to allow for a flattened foxy chin and arched brow.

Round 13

(1sc x 3, 2sc) x 2, 1sc x 8, (1sc x 3, 2sc) x 2 (28)

Round 14

(1sc x 4, 2sc) x 2, 1sc x 8, (1sc x 4, 2sc) x 2 (32)

Round 15

1sc x 32 (32)

Round 16

(1sc x 5, 2sc) x 2, 1sc x 8, (1sc x 5, 2sc) x 2 (36)

Round 17

(1sc x 6, 2sc) x 2, 1sc x 8, (1sc x 6, 2sc) x 2 (40)

Round 18

1sc x 40 (40)

Round 19

(1sc x 7, 2sc) x 2, 1sc x 8, (1sc x 7, 2sc) x 2 (44)

Round 20 – 22

1sc x 44 (44)

Round 23

Make a single crochet in the first seven stitches, then single crochet the next pair of stitches together. Then make a single crochet in the next eight stitches. Then repeat your initial seven single crochets and crochet two stitches together.

(1sc x 7, sc2tog) x 2, 1sc x 8, (1sc x 7, sc2tog) x 2 (40)

Round 24

(1sc x 6, sc2tog) x 2, 1sc x 8, (1sc x 6, sc2tog) x 2 (36)

Round 25

(1sc x 5, sc2tog) x 2, 1sc x 8, (1sc x 5, sc2tog) x 2 (32)

Round 26

(1sc x 4, sc2tog) x 2, 1sc x 8, (1sc x 4, sc2tog) x 2 (28)

Round 27

(1sc x 3, sc2tog) x 2, 1sc x 8, (1sc x 3, sc2tog) x 2 (24)

Round 28

(1sc x 2, sc2tog) x 6 (18)

Round 29

(1sc, sc2tog) x 6 (12)

Add safety eyes to the broad end of the muzzle, and fill with toy stuffing.

Round 30

sc2tog to close.

You can now hand sew the nose and a small mouth.

Crochet Fox Ears Pattern

Your crochet fox’s ears will use a combination of crocheting, surface crocheting and hand sewing. We’ll start by making the bulk of the ear in your red yarn with the 6mm crochet hook.