“FOXY” BROOCH

CROCHET PATTERN

By Liliya Sharipova
https://www.instagram.com/moi_prelesti/

ATTENTION PLEASE! ALL THE WORKS PRESENTED IN THIS DOCUMENT ARE SUBJECT TO COPYRIGHT,
YOU MAY NOT USE THEM WITHOUT THE DESIGNER’S (MY) PERMIT.VIOLATION OF THIS TERM IS
PUNISHABLE BY LAW.YOU ARE ALLOWED TO GIVE AS GIFT, SELL OR USE IN ANY WAY THE FINISHED
WORK (I WOULD BE GRATEFUL IF YOU CREDIT ME AS PATTERN DESIGNER)
 MATERIALS
Yarn: all of the same thickness. I use
orange, black, white - Pekhorka Uspeshnaya 220 m/50 gr (240 yds/1.7 oz)
brown Lama Classic 235 m/50 gr (257 yds/ 1/7 oz)
Corresponding hook. Mine is 1,3 mm (US size 10)
Filler
Black beads for eyes
Tapestry needle to sew the parts and a needle to sew on beads
Black DMC thread for eyebrows
Scissors
Brooch pin, mine is 2 cm (0.7 inch)
Optionally: pins, stitch marker

If using the afore-mentioned

ABBREVIATIONS (US TERMS)
materials, you get a 7.5 cm (3 inch) fox
MR – magic ring with straight ears brooch.
SC – single crochet I crochet in spiral (i.e. without
Inc – increase sl.st.at the end of the row). The head
Dec – decrease can be made with “seam method”, for
sl.st. – slip stitch the ears to look neat.

2.
 MAKING LEGS
Brown yarn:
1. 4 Sc in MR
2. 4 sc
Orange yarn:
3-4. 4 sc
Cut the yarn, let’s make the second leg.
Next, do not cut the yarn, make a chain of 7.
Join legs. I join them by making a sc
(without any sl.st),
5. make sc, inc, 2 sc once you joined the
legs.
Crochet over the chain, making 7 sc, till you
reach the second leg, make sc, inc, 2 sc
and get back along the chain, crocheting 7
sc in the opposite direction (24)

CONTINUE CROCHETING THE BODY

Please pay attention to the fact that the
stitches can move due to the yarn
thickness and crochet tension, all the
increases and decreases should be on the
side end. Make additional stitches if
needed.
6. 2 sc, inc, 11 sc, inc, 9 sc (26)
7. 2 sc, inc, inc, 11 sc, inc, inc, 9 sc (30)
8.9. (2 rows) 30 sc
10. 3 sc, inc, 15 sc, inc, 10 sc (32)
11. 32 sc
12. 3 sc, dec, 15 sc, dec, 10 sc (30)
13. 3 sc, dec, 14 sc, dec, 9 sc (28)
14. 3 sc, dec, 12 sc, dec, 9 sc (26)
15. 3 sc, dec, 11 sc, dec, 8 sc (24)
16. 1 sc, dec, dec, 8 sc, dec, dec, 7 sc (20)

3.
17. 1 sc, dec, dec, 6 sc, dec, dec, 5 sc (16)
18. dec, dec, 4 sc, dec, dec, 4 sc (12)
Leave an end for sewing on the brooch pin
and head, cut the yarn. Add filler.

MAKING HEAD
Use a “seam” method (a chain st at the beginning of the round, a sl.st. at the
end) Black yarn:
1. 4 sc in magic ring
2. 4 sc
Orange yarn:
3. 4 sc
4. 4 sc
5. (1 sc, inc)*2 (6)
6. (1 sc, inc)*3 (9)
7. (2 sc, inc)*3 (12)
8. 2 sc, inc, inc, 4 sc, inc, inc, 2 sc (16)
9. 3 sc, inc, inc, 6 sc, inc, inc, 3 sc (20)
10. 4 sc, inc, inc, 8 sc, inc, inc, 4 sc (24)
11-12.(2 rows) 24 sc
4.
13. 5 sc, inc, inc, 10 sc, inc, inc, 5 sc (28)
14-15. (2 rows) 28 sc
16. 6 sc, inc, inc, 12 sc, inc, inc, 6 sc (32)
Leave a tail for sewing up the hole and
cut the yarn. We will add filler while
attaching the ears.

MAKING EARS
Orange yarn:
1. 4 sc in magic ring
2. (1 sc, inc)*2 (6)
3. (2 sc, inc)*2 (8)
4. (3 sc, inc)*2 (10)
5. (4 sc, inc)*2 (12)
Sl.st., leave an end to sew the ears on
the head and cut the yarn.
Sew the ears circle-wise through the
front loops of the stitches. Make a few
stitches through the ear bottom so that the
stuffing stays in place inside the head.

5.
 Add filler through the hole,
sew the hole up.

Sew the body up.Sew the head on

the body.

To fix the head tight, fasten the

thread off little bit down as well.

You can attach a brooch pin at

once.

6.
 MAKING ARMS (2)
Brown yarn:
1. 4 sc in magic ring
2. 4 sc
Orange yarn:
40 sc
Leave an end for sewing. I also
stretch and twist the arms between my
fingers thus making them longer and
more even. Sew on the body. Fasten
off little bit down the side as well.

7.
 MAKING EYES
White yarn
1 eye:
2 eye:
1. 6 sc in MR
1. 7 sc in MR
2. 6 inc (12)
2. 7 sc
3. 12 sc

Sl.st., leave an end for sewing.

Sew on the eyes through outward

loops only adding filler as you proceed.

8.
 Sew 2 black beads straight on the
eye center (magic ring), add a brooch pin
and embroider eyebrows.

MAKING TAIL
White yarn:
1. 4 sc in MR
2. (1 sc, inc)*2 (6)
3. (2 sc, inc)*2 (8)
4. (3 sc, inc)*2 (10)
Orange yarn:
5. (4 sc, inc)*2 (12)
6. 12 sc
7. (5 sc, inc)*2 (14)
8. (6 sc, inc)*2 (16)
9. (6 sc, dec)*2 (14)
10. (5 sc, dec)*2 (12)
11. (4 sc, dec)*2 (10)
12. (3 sc, dec)*2 (8)
13. (2 sc, dec)*2 (6)
14-17.(4 rounds) 6 sc
Sl.st., leave an end for sewing and
cute the yarn. Sew on the body as shown
on photo.

9.
 The brooch is ready! I hope you’ve had a wonderful time and happy with the
result. Do not be shy to share the result with me and I would be grateful if you
provide a feedback about the pattern itself, what you liked or disliked about it.

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