Wizard the Little Sleeping Fox

A Pattern by Aoife Hardesty (The Woolly Scientist)

Use of Pattern:
The written pattern and accompanying images are the copyright of the designer, Aoife Hardesty,
trading as The Woolly Scientist. You are not permitted to sell the written instructions, but as it is a
free pattern, you may share the pattern with others.
You may sell any items you make using this pattern provided you credit me as the designer. If you
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Let’s Get Started!
This pattern is written in US terminology. If you use UK terminology, sc is the equivalent of
dc.
The pattern is worked by crocheting in spiral rounds. You may find it helpful to use a stitch
marker to mark the first stitch of every round you work. (I find life is so much easier when I
use a stitch marker!) If you don’t have an actual stitch marker you can use almost anything
as one once you can fit it through your stitch; a scrap of yarn, a safety pin, or even a hair pin.
The body, head, ears, and tail are all worked separately and stitched together in stages as
you go along. I stitched my pieces together using a mattress stitch, you could stitch using a
whip stitch if you’d prefer. If you’re unsure about how to stitch pieces together, check out
some online tutorials, there is a vast wealth of helpful knowledge out there.
A note on the colour. This sleeping fox is intended to be a Red Fox species (Vulpes vulpes). I
made Wizard to be a reddish-brown colour but red foxes don’t just come in red tones. In the
wild you can get animals with increased pigments making them grey/black-toned and also
animals with less pigments making them white in tone, giving you loads of colour options
while making a Red Fox. You could always make yours into an Arctic Fox and make them
completely white or go fantastical and create a bright purple fox!

What You Need:

• 50g yarn in your main colour
• A small amount of white yarn
• Crochet hook. Use one a couple of sizes smaller than the recommended size for your
yarn. My yarn recommended size 4mm, I used size 2.5mm.
• Black embroidery floss
• White embroidery floss
• Embroidery needle
• Tapestry needle
• Stuffing
• Scissors

Abbreviations
Sc = single crochet
Inc = increase (work 2 sc in one stitch)
Dec = decrease (work 1 sc across two stitches)
Body:
1. With main colour, make a magic ring. Work 6sc into ring and pull closed. (6)
2. Inc in every stitch (12)
3. (Inc in first stitch, sc in next stitch) 6 times (18)
4. Sc in every stitch (18)
5. Sc in every stitch (18)
6. 6sc, dec, sc, dec, sc, 6sc (16)
7. Sc in every stitch (16)
8. 6sc, 2 dec, 6sc (14)
Stuff firmly.
9. 5sc, 2dec, 5sc (12)
10. Sc in every stitch (12)
11. Sc in every stitch (12)
12. Sc in every stitch (12)
13. Sc in every stitch (12)
Stuff firmly.
14. 6 dec. Fasten off. Pull your yarn through all 6 stitches to close the hole. Hide any
remaining yarn in the body.

Head:
1. With main colour, make a magic ring. Work 6sc into ring and pull closed. (6)
2. Inc in every stitch (12)
3. Sc, 3inc, 3sc, 3inc, 2sc (18)
4. Sc in every stitch (18)
5. Sc in every stitch (18)
6. Sc in every stitch (18)
7. Sc, 3dec, 3sc, 3dec, 2sc (12)
Stuff firmly.
8. Sc in every stitch (12)
9. (Dec, sc) 4 times (8)
10. Sc in every stitch (8)
11. Sc in every stitch (8)
Stuff firmly.
15. 4dec. Fasten off. Pull your yarn through all 4 stitches to close the hole. Hide any
remaining yarn in the head.
Details:
Nose: With black embroidery floss and your embroidery needle, stitch across the 4
stitches of round 15 with the black thread to embroider on a triangular (ish) shaped
nose.

With white embroidery floss and your embroidery needle, make diagonal stitches along
the side of head to add white features to the face. (See photos for guidance.)
 Stitch the head onto the body at an angle so that the nose is just touching round 8 of the
body.

Fig1. Embroidery details on little fox’s face.

Ears:
Make 2
1. With main colour, make a magic ring. Work 4sc into the ring and pull closed. (4)
2. (Inc, sc) 2 times (6)
3. Sc in every stitch (6)
Fasten off leaving a long tail for stitching.
Details:
With white embroidery thread, embroider a long triangle shape onto the front of the
ears.
With black embroidery thread, embroider black tips to the top of the ears, passing the
thread through the front and the back of the ears.
Stitch the ears onto the head.
After you have stitched on the ears, embroider on lines for sleeping eyes. It’s best to do
this after you’ve attached the ears so that you can choose the best place for your fox’s
eyes to be. I embroidered Wizard’s eyes between rounds 6, 7, and 8.

Tail:
1. With white yarn, make a magic ring. Work 4sc into the ring and pull closed. (4)
2. (Inc, sc) 2 times (6)
3. (Inc, 2sc) 2 times (8)
4. Sc in every stitch (8)
5. (Inc, sc) 4 times (12)
Switch to main colour
 6. Sc in every stitch (12)
7. Sc in every stitch (12)
8. Sc in every stitch (12)
9. (Dec, sc) 4 times (8)
Stuff firmly.
10. Sc in every stitch (8)
11. Sc in every stitch (8)
12. 2sc, 2dec, 2sc (6)
Stuff firmly.
13. Sc, 2dec, sc (4)
14. Sc in every stitch (4)
Stuff firmly if you can, if your stitches are too tight for stuffing, don’t worry about
stuffing the last two rounds here. This is the end of stuffing the tail. You won’t stuff
the final rounds.
15. Sc, dec, inc (4)
By decreasing and increasing in this round, you’re creating a curve in the tail that
allows it to curl around the bum of your little fox.
16. Sc in every stitch (4)
17. Sc in every stitch (4)
18. Sc in every stitch (4)
Fasten off, leaving a very, very long tail to stitch the tail onto the body. Pull the yarn
through all 4 stitches to close the hole.

Stitch the tail onto the body, making sure you don’t attach the tail to the head in any
places. Leave the very tip of the tail free. Hide any remaining loose yarns inside the
fox’s body.

Fig2.Back of the fox for reference. The bottom of your tail should be in line with the very back side of
the fox’s body.

Congratulations! Your little sleeping fox is finished!!