The Crochet Mona Fox Amigurumi is an elegant doll pattern designed to represent the Celtic zodiac fox sign. 

Design Inspiration

Similar to the Greek and Chinese zodiacs, one version of the Celtic zodiac has animal signs. The Celtic animal zodiac is based on lunar cycles, so it has thirteen signs. Mona is the third amigurumi of this zodiac collection and represents the fox. Foxes always seem to be portrayed as either shady or cutesy. For this design, I wanted my fox to be elegant. I went for a winter’s end dress/hat combo and the color scheme of the outfit blatantly mirrors the colors of a fox. I am thrilled with how beautiful Mona turned out. The Fox (March 18 – April 14) embodies humor, energy, and adventure.

PATTERN

Description

An elegant crochet zodiac themed fox amigurumi pattern.

Materials

Yarn: Basic Stitch Anti Pilling Yarn (weight 4 – medium)
Color A – Mahogany (3.5oz/100g, 185yd/170m) – 1 skein
Color B – Almond (3.5oz/100g, 185yd/170m) – 1 skein

Premier Cotton Sprout DK (weight 3 – light)
Color C – Peach (3.5oz/100g, 230yd/210m) – 1 skein
Color D – Cream (3.5oz/100g, 230yd/210m) – 1 skein

Hook: F/5 – 3.75mm, D/3 – 3.25mm

Safety eyes (8mm)

Fiberfill

Stitch markers

Tapestry needle

Scissors 

Sizing 

Finished Dimensions: Doll – 7.75” height x 5.00” length (across chest with arms outstretched) x 2.00” width (at head)

Abbreviations (US)

st – stitch
sp – space
sl st – slip stitch
ch – chain
sc – single crochet
dc – double crochet
tc – treble crochet
sc2tog – single crochet two stitches together 
c2c – corner to corner

Special Stitches

Begin c2c (to start a new row): ch 6, dc in the fourth ch from hook, dc across (3 dc, 1 ch3-sp)

Continue c2c (to continue a row): sl st in the ch3-sp, ch 3, dc 3 in the same sp (3 dc, 1 ch3-sp)

Notes

All parts worked in the round are continuous unless otherwise indicated

Brackets [ ] indicate directions worked in the same st. For example, sc 5 means sc 1 in five sts; [sc 5] means sc 5 in the same st

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Crochet Mona Fox Amigurumi Pattern – Instructions

Head/Body

In color A, make a magic circle

Round 1: ch 1, sc 8 into the magic circle (8)

Round 2: [sc 2] around (16)

Round 3: *sc 7, [sc 2], repeat from * once (18)

Round 4: sc around (18)

Round 5: *sc 2, [sc 2], repeat from * around (24)

Round 6: sc around (24)

Round 7: *sc 3, [sc 2], repeat from * around (30)

Round 8-11: sc around (30)

Round 12: *sc 3, sc2tog, repeat from * around (24)

Round 13: sc around (24)

Round 14: *sc 2, sc2tog, repeat from * around (18)

Round 15: sc around (18)

*add safety eyes between rounds 9 and 10 (5 sts apart), add nose one row below and across 3 sts centered between the eyes, and stuff the head firmly

Round 16: sc2tog around (9)

Round 17: [sc 2] around (18)

Round 18: *sc 2, [sc 2], repeat from * around (24) 

Round 19-23: sc around (24)

Round 24: *sc 4, sc2tog, repeat from * around (20)

Round 25-29: sc around (20)

Round 30: *sc 3, sc2tog, repeat from * around (16)

Round 31-33: sc around (16)

Round 34: sc2tog around (8)

Stuff firmly

Finish off and leave long tail for sewing the body closed

Arm (make 2)

In color A, make a magic circle

Round 1: ch1, sc 6 into the magic circle, sl st in the beginning sc (6)

Round 2-10: ch 1, sc around, sl st in the beginning sc (6)

Finish off and leave long tail for sewing to the body

Leg (make 2)

In color A, make a magic circle

Round 1: ch 1, sc 7 into the magic circle, sl st in the beginning sc (7)

Round 2-15: ch 1, sc in each st around, sl st in the beginning sc (7)

Finish off and sew to body

Hair

Scalp

In color B, make a magic circle

Round 1: ch 1, sc 8 into the magic circle, sl st into the beginning sc (8)

Round 2: ch 1, [sc 2] around, sl st into the beginning sc (16)

Round 3: ch 1, *sc 7, [sc 2], repeat from * once, sl st into the beginning sc (18)

Round 4: ch 1, sc around, sl st into the beginning sc (18)

Round 5: ch 1, *sc, [sc 2], repeat from * around, sl st into the beginning sc (27)

Round 6-7: ch 1, sc around, sl st into the beginning sc (27)

Round 8: *ch 3, sk, sl st, repeat from * four times, **ch 2, sk, sl st, repeat from ** two times, repeat the beginning from *, sl st into the sl st of the previous round (10 ch3-sp, 3 ch2-sp, 14 sl st)

Finish off and leave a long tail for sewing to the head.

Strands

To create strands for the hair, cut equal lengths of yarn (the longer the cut, the more room for trimming later). 

Separate each cut of yarn into paired strands (2 per cut).

Sew strands through the scalp in an ascending pattern (row 7 to 6, row 5 to 4, and row 3 to 2) all the way around.

After adding all the strands, sew the scalp to the head through round 8.

Trim and style as desired (I went for a mid-length, half-up style) 

Clothing

Dress

In color C, ch 6

Row 1: dc in the fourth ch from the hook and two more ch across (1 c2c square)

Row 2: work begin c2c square, turn, sl st into the next ch3-sp of the previous row, work continue c2c (2 c2c squares)

Row 3-9: continue to work as in row 2 increasing each row by one until the piece is 9 squares across (3, 4, 4 and 1 ch3-sp, 6, 7, 8, 9 squares, respectively) *in row 5, skip working the second c2c square; instead ch 3 and sl st into the next ch3-sp of the previous row*

Row 10: ch 1, sl st in each dc of the previous c2c square, work 1 c2c square, ch 3, so working the next square, sl st into the next ch3-sp of the previous row, continue c2c across *in row 10, skip working the second c2c square; instead ch 3 and sl st into the next ch3-sp of the previous row* (8 c2c squares and 1 ch3-sp)

Row 11: work begin c2c square, work 8 more c2c squares across (9 c2c squares)

Row 12: ch 1, sl st in each dc of the previous c2c square, work 8 c2c across, sl st into the last ch3-sp of the previous row (8 c2c squares)

Row 13-19: continue to work as in row 12 decreasing each row by one until the end (7, 6, 5, 4, 3, 2, 1 squares, respectively)

Finish off and weave in ends

Trim

Starting on the left side of the dress, 

Side L: sc (3 sc per c2c square) down the side until the second to last square, sc, [sc 2], sc 2, [sc 4] in the corner ch-sp

Bottom: continue from side L, sc, [sc 2], sc 2, *[sc 4], sc, [sc 2], sc, repeat from * four times, [sc 4], sc 2, [sc 4] in the corner ch-sp

Side R: continue from bottom, sc, [sc 2], sc, [sc 4], sc, [sc 2], sc to the end 

Finish off, use yarn tail to sew down the collar area to the body of the dress, and weave in ends

Tie

Use 2 long strands of orange yarn and weave through row 5 

Beret

In color D, make a magic circle

Round 1: ch 1, sc 8 into the magic circle, sl st in the beginning sc (8)

Round 2: ch 1, *sc, [sc 2], repeat from * around, sl st in the beginning sc (12)

Round 3: ch 1, [sc 2] around, sl st into the beginning sc (24)

Round 4-5: ch 1, sc around, sl st into the beginning sc (24)

Finish off

For the top, use the beginning tail of the yarn, twist it on itself, and sew through the center of the beret, secure, and trim ends.

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