Easy Crochet Fox (Tutorial Part 2) | Free Amigurumi Animal Pattern for Beginners

hey everyone welcome to part two of the fox tutorial in this video we'll do the muzzle, arms, ears, tail, final assembly and finishing details of the fox for the muzzle we are using white yarn and in round one it's six single crochet in the magic ring pull the ring tight and as always i'll be using a stitch marker in the last stitch of each round in round two we do two single crochet into each stitch from round one this means we're doing six increases which brings us up to 12 stitches in round three it's a single crochet followed by and we do that six times to bring us up to 18 stitches in round four we do 18 single crochet around after round four we can close with a slip stitch and then cut the yarn leaving a long tail for sewing onto the face later next we're going to crochet the arms starting with white yarn in round one it's six single crochet in the magic ring in round two we do six increases this will bring us up to 12 stitches in round three it's 12 single crochet around but stop before doing the last stitch of round three because we're going to do a color change here's the last stitch of round three and we're going to change to orange in round four it's two single crochet followed by a decrease and we do all of that three times to bring us down to nine stitches now we're going to do four rounds of just nine single crochet around so that's rounds five to eight and i'll do these four rounds off camera at this point you can add some stuffing to the base of the arm but in my case the tails from the color changes are enough hold the top of the arm flat and do single crochets across both sides to close it then close and cut the yarn leaving a tail for sewing and you'll need to make two of these arms next we're going to do the ears in round one it's four single crochet in a magic ring this magic ring is very small at this point so just work slowly and carefully here in round two we do two single crochet into each stitch from round one this means we're doing four increases which brings us up to eight stitches this is the tip of the ear so keep folding the piece backwards as you're working in round three it's a single crochet followed by an increase and we do all of that four times to bring us up to 12 in round four it's two single crochet and then an increase we do all of that four times to get 16 in round five it's three single crochet followed by an increase and we do that four times to get 20 in round six we just do 20 single crochet around after round 20 you can remove the stitch marker and then we're going to flatten the ear and do single crochets across both sides all the way along the ear close and cut the yarn leaving a tail for sewing and you'll need to make two of these ears next we're going to crochet the tail and we're starting with white yarn and in round one it's four single crochet in a magic ring in round two it's four increases so we're doing two single crochet into each stitch from round one this will bring us up to eight stitches this is the tip of the tail so keep folding backwards as you're working in round three we do eight single crochet around in round four it's a single crochet and then an increase and we do all of that four times to bring us up to 12 but stop before you do the last stitch of the round because we're going to do a color change here's the last stitch of round four and we're going to change to orange for rounds five to eight so that's four rounds we're doing 12 single crochet around and i'll do these four rounds off camera at this point we can start to stuff the tail in round nine we do a single crochet and then a decrease and we do that all four times to bring us down to eight stitches in round 10 we do two single crochet followed by a decrease and we do all of that twice to get six stitches you can add a bit more stuffing to the top of the tail if you like it can help to use the back of a crochet hook now we're going to flatten the top and do single crochets across both sides to close it then close and cut the yarn leaving a bit of a tail for sewing we're going to start the assembly by sewing on the arms and i like to place them about one round below the neck just at the side of the body first grab a stitch from the body go up into a stitch of the arm and then down into the next stitch of the arm then grab the next stitch on the body and do this all the way along the top of the arm once i reach the end i like to grab that last stitch again and then go back and grab the first one again then bring the yarn tail through to the back of the body now we'll do the second arm exactly the same way as the first just making sure it's symmetrical bring the yarn tail through to meet the first one and then you can tie these together and weave in the ends next we're going to sew on the tail once you have it in a position you like we sew it on the same way as the arms once it's secure you can bring the yarn tail through to a few places on the body to secure it next we're going to do the muzzle and i first like to take the tail from the end of the muzzle and go into that next stitch just to make the step then take the yarn tail from the magic ring and insert it here on the face this will help hold the muzzle in place while we sew it on if you like you can hold the muzzle in place using pins before sewing it on to make sure it stays symmetrical i like to place the muzzle as close to the eyes as possible like so first grab a stitch from the face go up into a stitch on the muzzle and then down into the next stitch on the muzzle check it's still symmetrical and then grab the next stitch on the face and repeat all the way around i like to stop and check after every few stitches to make sure it's staying symmetrical and i'm sewing the top of the muzzle very close to the eye make sure to stop before the end because we still need to add stuffing so there's a bit of a gap and i'm going to add stuffing before i finish off the muzzle then you can bring the yarn tail through to meet the first one tie these together and weave in the ends now we're going to sew on the ears and i've already done the first ear and as you can see i've sewn it on with a slight curve to do this i really recommend using pins to hold it in place the top of the ear is about one or two rounds from the top of the head and i'm sewing on the ear the same as the other pieces just going along with the curve as you're working just keep checking from all angles to make sure it's in the correct place so here's the bottom of the ear and i'm just going to grab that last stitch again and if you like you can also grab the first stitch again and then bring the yarn tail through to the back of the head and then tie the yarn tails from the two ears together and weave in now we're going to do the nose i first like to make one vertical stitch and then a few horizontal stitches like so you can do as many horizontal stitches as you like to get the nose to the desired thickness i actually ended up redoing this nose for the final pictures as i wanted it slightly narrower each eyebrow is just one diagonal stitch above the eyes lastly we're going to do the whites of the eyes try to go in as close as possible to the eye and that is the fox completed as i said before i ended up redoing the nose to make it slightly narrower but this is just a matter of preference thanks so much for watching this video if you enjoyed it please like subscribe and hit that notification bell