Free Pattern Friday: Mama and Baby Foxes

Are foxes still trending? Whatever. They're super cute, trending or not. When I was little I always loved those stuffed animals that had a mother and babies, like puppies or kittens, that cuddled up next to the mom. Remember those?

Mother and Baby Fox

I originally wrote this pattern for Michaels. Simple stitches and soft wool-blend yarn in earthy colors make the project perfect for a Mother's Day gift (you've got so much time!) or a baby's nursery.

Materials List

LionBrand "Wool-Ease" – Pumpkin (A, 1 skein), Black (B, 1 skein), &Fisherman (C, 1 skein)

CrochetHook, Sizes 3.5mm (US E/4)

Tapestry needle

Polyester fiberfill

Embroidery Needle

White felt

White thread

Black embroidery floss

Notes:

The pieces are all crocheted in the round in unjoined spirals. Use a locking stitch marker if necessary to mark the beginning of each round. When you complete a round, move the marker to the loop on your hook and continue crocheting.

Mama Fox Head

With yarn A and an E hook, make an adjustable ring, ch 1, sc 6 into ring. Pull tail gently to close ring.

Rnd 1: Work 2 sc into each st (12 sts)

Rnd 2: Work 2 sc into each st (24 sts)

Rnd 3: *(2 Sc into next st, sc into next st), rep from * to end of rnd (36 sts)

Rnds 4-6: Sc into each st around.

Rnd 7: *(Sc2tog, sc into next 9 sts), rep from * to end of rnd (33 sts)

Rnd 8: Sc into each st around.

Rnd 9: *(Sc2tog, sc into next 8 sts), rep from * to end of rnd (30 sts)

Rnds 10-11: Sc into each st around.

Rnd 12: *(Sc into next 3 sts, sc2tog), rep from * to end of rnd (24 sts)

Rnd 13: *(Sc into next 2 sts, sc2tog), rep from * to end of rnd (18 sts)

Insert a stitch marker. Stuff the Head firmly. Continue to add stuffing as you work the last rows.

Rnd 14: *(Sc2tog, sc into next st), rep from * to end of rnd (12 sts)

Rnd 15: Sc2tog around (6 sts)

Fasten off, leaving a long strand of yarn for sewing. Thread through last rows of stitches and pull to close. Weave in ends. Set aside.

Mama Fox Body

Starting at the head end of the Body, with yarn A and an E hook, make an adjustable ring, ch 1, sc 6 into ring. Pull tail gently to close ring.

Rnd 1: Work 2 sc into each st (12 sts)

Rnd 2: *(2 Sc into next st, sc into next st), rep from * to end of rnd (18 sts)

Rnd 3: *(2 Sc into next st, sc into next 5 sts), rep from * to end of rnd (21 sts)

Rnds 4-6: Sc into each st.

Rnds 7-14: Hdc into next 11 sts, sc into next 10 sts (21 sts)

Rnds 15-17: Sc into each st.

Rnd 18: *(Sc2tog, sc into next 5 sts), rep from * to end of rnd (18 sts)

Rnd 19: *(Sc2tog, sc into next st), rep from * to end of rnd (12 sts)

Insert a stitch marker. Stuff the Body firmly.

Rnd 20: Sc2tog around.

Fasten off, leaving a long tail. Thread a yarn needle with the yarn tail. Weave through the last round of stitches and pull to close the hole. Weave end into the inside.

Mama Fox Ears (Make 2)

Starting at tip of Ear with yarn B and E hook, make an adjustable ring, ch 1, sc 3 into ring. Pull tail gently to close ring.

Rnd 1: Work 2 sc into each st (6 sts)

Rnd 2: *(2 Sc into next st, sc into next st), rep from * to end of rnd (9 sts)

Change to yarn A at end of Rnd 2.

Rnd 3: *(2 Sc into next st, sc into next 2 sts), rep from * to end of rnd (12 sts)

Rnds 4-6: Sc into each st.

Fasten off and leave a long tail for sewing. Set aside.

Mama Fox Legs (Make 4)

With yarn B and an E hook, make an adjustable ring, ch 1, sc 5 into ring. Pull tail gently to close ring.

Rnds 1-11: Sc into each st (5 sts)

Fasten off and set aside.

Mama Fox Tail

Starting at the tip of the Tail, with yarn C and an E hook, make an adjustable ring, ch 1, sc 3 into ring. Pull tail gently to close ring.

Rnd 1: Work 2 sc into each st (6 sts)

Rnd 2: *(2 Sc into next st, sc into next st), rep from * to end of rnd (9 sts)

Rnd 3: Sc into each st.

Rnd 4: 2 Sc into next st, sc into next 8 sts (10 sts)

Rnd 5: Sc into next 5 sts, 2 sc into next st, sc into next 4 sts (11 sts)

Change to yarn A at the end of Rnd 5.

Rnds 6-9: Sc into each st around, increasing one stitch each round. 15 sts at the end of Rnd 9.

Rnds 10-13: Sc into each st (15 sts)

Rnd 14: Sc2tog, sc into each st (14 sts)

Rnd 15: *(Sc into next 5 sts, sc2tog), rep from * to end of rnd (12 sts)

Insert a stitch marker and stuff Tail firmly.

Rnd 16: Sc2tog around (6 sts)

Rnd 17: Sc into each st.

Fasten off, leaving a long tail for sewing. Set Tail aside.

Assembly

Sew Head to Body at an angle, as shown. Use matching yarn and weave in ends.

With yarn tails, sew Ears, Legs, and Tail to Mama Fox. Legs should be positioned to all lay to the side so she can lay down.

Cut a wide teardrop shape from white felt for the muzzle. With straight stitches and an embroidery floss and embroidery needle, stitch a nose and mouth onto the felt. Stitch muzzle to Mama Fox Head with white thread.

Baby Fox Head

With yarn A and an E hook, make an adjustable ring, ch 1, sc 6 into ring. Pull tail gently to close ring.

Rnd 1: Work 2 sc into each st (12 sts)

Rnd 2: Work 2 sc into each st (24 sts)

Rnds 3-5: Sc into each st around.

Rnd 6: *(Sc2tog, sc into next 6 sts), rep from * to end of rnd (21 sts)

Rnd 7: Sc into each st around.

Rnd 8: *(Sc2tog, sc into next 5 sts), rep from * to end of rnd (18 sts)

Rnd 9: Sc into each st around.

Rnd 10:  *(Sc2tog, sc into next st), rep from * to end of rnd (12 sts)

Insert a stitch marker and stuff Head firmly.

Rnd 11: Sc2tog around (6 sts)

Fasten off, leaving a long strand of yarn for sewing. Thread through last rows of stitches and pull to close. Weave in ends. Set aside.

Baby Fox Body

Starting at the head end of the Body, with yarn A and an E hook, make an adjustable ring, ch 1, sc 6 into ring. Pull tail gently to close ring.

Rnd 1: Work 2 sc into each st (12 sts)

Rnd 2: *(2 Sc into next st, sc into next st), rep from * to end of rnd (18 sts)

Rnds 3-4: Sc into each st.

Rnds 5-10: Hdc into next 9 sts, sc into next 9 sts (18 sts)

Rnds 11-13: Sc into each st.

Rnd 14: *(Sc2tog, sc into next st), rep from * to end of rnd (12 sts)

Insert a stitch marker. Stuff the Body firmly.

Rnd 15: Sc2tog around (6 sts)

Fasten off, leaving a long tail. Thread a yarn needle with the yarn tail. Weave through the last round of stitches and pull to close the hole. Weave end into the inside. Set aside.

Baby Fox Ears (Make 2)

Starting at tip of Ear with yarn B and E hook, make an adjustable ring, ch 1, sc 3 into ring. Pull tail gently to close ring.

Rnd 1: Work 2 sc into each st (6 sts)

Change to yarn A at end of Rnd 1.

Rnd 2: *(2 Sc into next st, sc into next st), rep from * to end of rnd (9 sts)

Rnds 3-4: Sc into each st.

Fasten off and leave a long tail for sewing. Set aside.

Baby Fox Legs (Make 4)

With yarn B and an E hook, make an adjustable ring, ch 1, sc 5 into ring. Pull tail gently to close ring.

Rnds 1-5: Sc into each st (5 sts)

Fasten off and set aside.

Baby Fox Tail

Starting at the tip of the Tail, with yarn C and an E hook, make an adjustable ring, ch 1, sc 3 into ring. Pull tail gently to close ring.

Rnd 1: Work 2 sc into each st (6 sts)

Rnd 2: *(2 Sc into next st, sc into next st), rep from * to end of rnd (9 sts)

Rnd 3: Sc into each st.

Change to yarn A at the end of Rnd 3.

Rnd 4: 2 Sc into next st, sc into next 8 sts (10 sts)

Rnds 5-7: Sc into each st around, increasing one stitch each round. 13 sts at the end of Rnd 7.

Rnds 8-9: Sc into each st (13 sts)

Rnd 10: Sc2tog, sc into each st (12 sts)

Rnd 11: *(Sc into next 4 sts, sc2tog), rep from * to end of rnd (10 sts)

Insert a stitch marker and stuff Tail firmly.

Rnd 12: Sc2tog around (5 sts)

Rnd 13: Sc into each st.

Fasten off, leaving a long tail for sewing. Set Tail aside.

Assembly

Sew Head to Body at an angle, as shown. Use matching yarn and weave in ends.

With yarn tails, sew Ears, Legs, and Tail to Baby Fox. Legs should be positioned to all lay to the side so he can lay down.

Cut a wide teardrop shape from white felt for the muzzle. With straight stitches and an embroidery floss and embroidery needle, stitch a nose and mouth onto the felt. Stitch muzzle to Baby Fox Head with white thread.

Embroider closed eyes as shown on face of Head with black embroidery floss and embroidery needle.

Abbreviations

Ch: Chain

Sc: Single Crochet

Hdc: Half Double Crochet

Dc: Double Crochet

St: Stitch

Rnd: Round

Rep: Repeat

Sc2tog: Single Crochet 2 stitches Together

Techniques

Adjustable ring: Make a ring with yarn. Insert hook into ring, yarn over and draw up a loop. Ch 1, as directed in pattern. Work the stitches required in pattern into the ring. When complete gently, but firmly, pull tail to close up the ring.

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I have a running list of "dream projects" in my Erin Condren Life Planner. There's things I might never get around to, and there's things I'm working on right now. One of the projects that has been on there the longest is to do a full set of The Golden Girls.

I used to watch it when it came on in prime time. Truthfully, I wasn't killing myself to never miss an episode, and many (many) of the jokes were way over my head. I thought it was funny, though, and my sisters and mom and I still reference it to this day.

You know how you like a show when you're a kid, and you go back and watch it as an adult, and it is sooo different from what you remember? Either it's WAY lamer than your 4th grade mind imagined it (I'm looking at you, "Silver Spoons" and "Three's Company"), or it's so much better than you remember ("Good Times", "The Jeffersons", and yes, even "Murder, She Wrote").  Golden Girls is a prime example of that. If you haven't watched it in a while, PLEASE, watch some clips right now. It is hilarious.

SO FUNNY!

Anyway, I finally got to mark the Golden Girls off my list! Yahoo! Here they are:

Dorothy Zbornak crochet amigurumi

Golden Girls crochet amigurumi

Sophia Petrillo crochet amigurumi

Golden Girls crochet amigurumi

Golden Girls crochet amigurumi set

By now you are ready to make your own, right?! The patterns are available in my Etsy shop and my Ravelry shop. Make them for yourself or give them to a friend. They use simple crochet techniques and the set is 31 pages long with lots of photos and illustrations. Each pattern includes a comprehensive list of materials, with a list of yarns I used for each example. Let me know if you have any questions!

So, are you a Dorothy, a Blanche, a Rose, or a Sophia?

The Beatles! New Amigurumi Pattern

Always wanted to do the Beatles, and I got a special request from a fan that was actually in attendance at one of their concerts in the 60s! It was a treasured memory and he wanted to immortalize the guys in cuddly yarn form. Who can blame him? So I made him these:

The Beatles crocheted amigurumi, Hard Day's Night era

And just because I have always wanted to, I also wrote patterns for them. They are 10" tall (except Ringo, 9.5"), so a little shorter than the dolls in my BOOK, and they are pretty quick to work up. My favorite thing about the pattern is that each Beatle is the same except for the length of the legs and the hair, and of course the face. The pattern gives you all the alterations you need to make each of the Fab Four unique and special with all the little details.

Buy the patterns here, on Ravelry or Etsy! Both are instant downloads!

Here's more photos!

K-9!

Since I started doing Doctor Who amigurumi, I have gotten requests for K-9. He presented a challenge to me, and I love doing people, so I kind of put him off. But if I could make a big boxy TARDIS, I thought I could definitely handle doing a little robotic dog.

I used several of the same techniques in making K-9 as I did for the TARDIS. If you own that pattern, you probably will see what I mean. I have to get really technical planning these out! There is a ton of measuring, sketching, really mapping, to get it how I want it. I can crochet in the round for days and not even give it a second thought when it comes to writing out a pattern, but the geometric shapes I have to do for these guys gets a little complicated.

Lucky for you, you don't have to do any of that math. I wrote up the pattern for K-9 and took tons and tons of photos so he should be relatively simple. I hope you like him. I think he's pretty cute, for a robot.

Download the pattern for K-9 from Ravelry or Etsy!

Planning stage, measuring and mapping...

Done!

Sniff. Sniff.

Tiny details count!

K-9!

And the original K-9, with Doctors One, Two, Three, Five, and a kinda creepy Tom Baker wax figure...!

Make sure you check out the rest of my Doctor Who patterns on Ravelry or Etsy. More (many many more) are coming soon!

Twelfth Doctor Who

When I started sketching out my second set of Doctor Who dolls, the costume that Peter Capaldi would be wearing as the 12th Doctor had not been released. In his first appearance he had been regenerated from Matt Smith's Eleventh Doctor, so had the same clothes. Last week the BBC released photos of the new Doctor's wardrobe and I have to say, I'm really digging it. Although there's no fun knitwear for fans to recreate, there is a real element of cool to his simple Crombie coat and brogues.

I made the Twelfth Doctor and the pattern is now available. Take a look.

We don't know much about this Twelfth Doctor yet. Are you looking forward to see him in action or are you missing Matt Smith?

Purchase the Twelfth Doctor pattern here. Have you seen my War Doctor? Here's the first set including the TARDIS in case you missed it.

The War Doctor is Here!

Last year around this time, I was releasing my huge set of Doctor Who patterns. I took a custom order for Christmas and was thrilled to make a complete set of Doctor Who dolls, starting with the First Doctor way back from the 60s, to the then-current Eleventh Doctor, Matt Smith. Together with the TARDIS, the patterns have been really fun for lots of Whovians!

Starting out the new year, I've been commissioned to make another epic set of Doctor Who dolls! In no specific order, they will all be releasing one at a time in the coming months and will include:

Susan (First Doctor's granddaughter)
Sarah Jane (in her red and white overalls)
K-9 (because how can I the collection be complete without a robotic dog, I ask??)
Rose (so many requests for her!)
Captain Jack (and so many requests for Captain Jack Harkness, from Torchwood fans too!)
Donna (and fans of The Office can pretend she's Nelly)
Rory (planning to do his Roman Centurion outfit)
Amy (short shorts and boots of course)
River (and I'm excited to do her hair!)
Clara (I am in love with her wardrobe)
Weeping Angel (can I blink at all while I make this??)
Ood (this will creep me out the whole time I'm crocheting it...)
Cyberman (from the "distant future")
Dalek (what color should he be??)
The Master (there's a few, but mine will be blonde...)
Twelfth Doctor (hooray for the new photos! Can I crochet Doc Marten brogues? We shall see...)

and finally, the War Doctor!

Spoiler alert! I've already made him! The pattern has been released today, and he was really fun to do. John Hurt is an amazing actor and I love how this Doctor has so much character, from his faux hawk down to his half-gaiters (did you know those boot cover thingys are called half-gaiters??). He's got a lot of detail which is really fun to do (my favorite part of making AmiguruME dolls...) and I can't wait to see people start posting pictures of their War Doctors on my Facebook page or Ravelry. 

Here's lots of photos of the new Doctor...

What do you think? Will you be making a War Doctor yourself? Which Doctor Who doll should I make next?

Doctor Who Collection Completion!

So after months of preparation and weeks and weeks of work, I finally finished the set of Doctor Who dolls and Tardis I was commissioned to make! I really truly enjoyed making these guys and I swear, I almost teared up when I packed them all up and shipped them to Washington state. There is a lucky husband out there with a wife who loves him (and Doctor Who) a lot!

I posted before about the previous doctors I've finished, but I'll go ahead and show them all in order and then show off the massive Tardis they can fit inside!

First Doctor, 1963-66, William Hartnell 

Second Doctor, 1966-69, Patrick Troughton

Third Doctor, 1970-74, Jon Pertwee

Fourth Doctor, 1974-81, Tom Baker

Fifth Doctor, 1981-84, Peter Davison

Sixth Doctor, 1984-86, Colin Baker

Seventh Doctor, 1987-89, Sylvester McCoy

Eighth Doctor, 1996, Paul McGann

Ninth Doctor, 2005, Christopher Eccleston

Tenth Doctor, 2005-2010, David Tennant

Eleventh Doctor, 2010-present, Matt Smith

Tardis and Tenth Doctor

Eleven Doctors and the Tardis

Fourth Doctor and the Tardis

Eleven Doctors and the Tardis

Tenth Doctor and his sonic screwdriver with the Tardis

What do you think? I LOVED MAKING THEM! Yes! I did! It was a ton of work, but gee, they were fun. So guess what? The patterns will be released in January and right now you can preorder all 12 patterns as a set in my Etsy shop!  CLICK HERE!