Friendly Freddy- a free crochet pattern
This free crochet fox pattern is one of my favorites (although I do have a soft spot for foxes.) The Forest Friends are reminiscent of the Lost Boys from Peter Pan. I love their little outfits and sweet expressions. Simple but cute. Using worsted weight yarn, each doll is about 10 inches tall. I think they would be perfect for a nursery or as gifts.
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items as you wish for yourself, or as gifts. You may sell items made with this pattern but
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You will need:
Approx 100 g size 4 yarn in outfit color and skin color
Crochet Hook in Size 3.75 or 3.5
Yarn Needle
Polyfil
10.5mm safety eyes
stitch marker
Abbreviations and Tips&Tricks
(Please note that gauge is not overly important here. Unless you have wide gaps in your fabric of single crochet, then go down a hook size until you achieve tight stitches.)
*Written in US Crochet Terms*
SC– single crochet
SC INC– single crochet increase (2 SC in each stitch)
INV DEC– Invisible decrease (put hook through the FRONT LOOP ONLY of two consecutive stitches [two loops on hook] Yarn over pull through both loops. [two loops on hook] Yarn over pull through two loops)
Magic Circle- Make a loop, leaving a long tail to work with. Insert hook in center of loop, yarn over and draw up a loop. Yarn over, pull through to make the first chain (this does not count as a stitch!). Continue to crochet over the loop and tail with the number of stitches called for. (If you need 6 SC, then crochet 6 SC inside the ring.) Pull the tail to close the circle.
Always move your stitch marker to the last stitch in the round. This pattern is worked in continuous rounds. Stuff as you go.
Leg One
Round 1: In a magic circle, SC 6
Round 2: SC INC in each stitch around (12)
Round 3: SC in first, SC INC in next. Repeat around. (18)
Round 4: SC in first 2, SC INC in next. Repeat around. (24)
Round 5: SC in first 3, SC INC in next. Repeat around. (30)
Rounds 6-8: SC in each around. (30)
Round 9: INV DEC in the next 12. SC in the next 6. (18)
Round 10: SC in each around. Change color here. (18)
Watch this video on how to change color correctly.
Rounds 11-20: SC in each around. (18)
SC in the next two. Fasten off.
Leg Two
Round 1: In a magic circle, SC 6
Round 2: SC INC in each stitch around (12)
Round 3: SC in first, SC INC in next. Repeat around. (18)
Round 4: SC in first 2, SC INC in next. Repeat around. (24)
Round 5: SC in first 3, SC INC in next. Repeat around. (30)
Rounds 6-8: SC in each around. (30)
Round 9: INV DEC in the next 12. SC in the next 6. (18)
Round 10: SC in each around. Change color here if necessary. (18)
Rounds 11-20: SC in each around. (18)
Round 21 (This round attaches the legs and then you will begin the body): Sc in next 12. Chain 3 and then SC in the next stitch of Leg One. Take care to crochet over the tail left over by fastening off. SC in each stitch around Leg One. When you come to the three chains, SC in each chain (a total of three.) Then SC in each stitch around Leg Two. SC in each chain back (3 stitches) to the other leg. In the last SC on the last chain place your stitch marker.
Watch this video on how to attach the legs.
Round 22: SC around. (42)
Rounds 23-36: SC around (42)
Round 37: 4 SC, INV DEC, repeat around. (35)
Round 38: 3 SC, INV DEC, repeat around. (28)
Round 39: 2 SC, INV DEC, repeat around.(21)
Change to skin color.
Round 40: 1 SC, INV DEC, repeat around. (14)
INV DEC until you have 12 stitches on the round
Round 41: SC in each stitch around. (12)
From here we will be increasing the head. From this point I am resetting the number on the rounds. Round 42 of the body is now Round 1 of the head. It will be easy to see.
Head
Round 1: SC in first, SC INC in next. Repeat around. (18)
Round 2: SC in first 2, SC INC in next. Repeat around. (24)
Round 3: SC in first 3, SC INC in next. Repeat around. (30)
Round 4: SC in first 4, SC INC in next. Repeat around. (36)
Round 5: SC in first 5, SC INC in next. Repeat around. (42)
Round 6: SC in first 6, SC INC in next. Repeat around. (48)
Round 7: SC in first 7, SC INC in next. Repeat around. (54)
Round 8-18: SC in each stitch around. (54)
Place the safety eyes in between rows 13 and 14, nine stitches apart. Sew on eyelashes here, if you want. This is also a good time to place the foam roller or dowel if you are using one. Make sure to stuff the neck around the dowel as well as you can.
Round 19: SC in the first 7, INV DEC in the next. Repeat around. (48)
Round 20: SC in the first 6, INV DEC in the next. Repeat around. (42)
Round 21: SC in the first 5, INV DEC in the next. Repeat around. (36)
Round 22: SC in the first 4, INV DEC in the next. Repeat around. (30)
Round 23: SC in the first 3, INV DEC in the next. Repeat around. (24)
Round 24: SC in the first 2, INV DEC in the next. Repeat around. (18)
Round 25: SC in the first, INV DEC in the next. Repeat around. (12)
Round 26: INV DEC around. (6)
Fasten off and carefully sew the remaining hole closed. Leave a long tail to make the nose. Learn how to make the nose here.
Hat (With a size bigger hook)
Round 1: SC 6 in a magic circle.
Round 2: SC INC in each around. (12)
Round 3: SC in first, SC INC in next. Repeat around. (18)
Round 4: SC in first 2, SC INC in next. Repeat around. (24)
Round 5: SC in first 3, SC INC in next. Repeat around. (30)
Round 6: SC in first 4, SC INC in next. Repeat around. (36)
Round 7: SC in first 5, SC INC in next. Repeat around. (42)
Round 8: SC in first 6, SC INC in next. Repeat around. (48)
Round 9: SC in first 7, SC INC in next. Repeat around. (54)
Round 10-22: SC in each stitch around. (54)
Slip stitch in the next two. Fasten off and leave a long tail to sew on the head. Pull that hat on the head (it may be a snug fit but that is good!) and sew along the edge of the hat.
Arms (I stuff only the hands, not the arms.)
With skin color:
Round 1: 6 SC in a magic circle.
Round 2. SC INC in each around. (12)
Round 3: SC in the first, SC INC in the next. Repeat around. (18)
Round 4-6: SC in each around. (18)
Round 7: SC in the first, INV DEC in the next. (12)
Round 8: SC in each around. (12)
Change to costume color.
Rounds 9-23: SC in each around. (12)
Fasten off and leave a long tail to sew on. I sew on between rows 37-38.
Ears
With orange:
Round 1: 7 DC in a magic ring. Chain 2 and turn.
Round 2: DC INC in the first 3. TRC. DC INC in the last three. Chain 2 and turn (13)
Round 3: DC INC in the first 5. DC INC in the next, but change from orange to black on the second DC. TRC. DC INC in the next, but change from black to orange on the second DC. DC INC in the last 5. (23) Weave the black ends in and tie off. Hide any ends with the inner white piece.
Fasten off and leave a long tail to sew onto head.
With white:
Round 1: 7 DC in a magic ring. Chain 2 and turn.
Round 2: DC INC in the first 3. TRC. DC INC in the last three. (13)
Attach to the orange with the long tail by sewing along the outside stitches.
The ear won’t be a perfect triangle; you gently curve the ear when you attach to the head. This will make the indention of the ear. I use pins to pin both ears where I like them before I sew them. Sew onto the head after you attach the hat.
Tail
With white:
Round 1: In a magic ring, crochet 6 SC.
Round 2: SC in each around. (6)
Round 3: SC INC in each around. (12)
Round 4: SC in first, SC INC in next. Repeat around. (18)
Round 5: SC in the first 2 stitches. SC INC in next. Repeat around. (24)
Round 6: SC in the first 3 stitches. SC IN in next. Repeat around. (30)
Rounds 7-8: SC in each around. (30)
Change color.
Rounds 9-14: SC in each around (30)
Round 15: SC in the first 3, INV DEC in the next. Repeat around. (24)
Rounds 16-17: SC in each around. (24)
Round 18: SC in the first 2, INV DEC in the next. Repeat around. (18)
Round 19: SC in each around. (18)
Round 20: SC in first. INV DEC in next. Repeat around. (12)
Round 21-24: SC in each around. (12)
Fasten off. Leave a long tail to sew on.
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