2022 Tiger year and Valentine together 🥰

You will need:
Cotton/chenille yarn white color
Cotton/chenille yarn brown/orange color
Cotton/chenille yarn black color
Crochet hook 3.5mm
For chenille yarn - 4mm hook
Needle for sewing
Fiberfill
Safety eyes
Wire for the tail (optional)
Stitch guide:
chain (ch): Yarn over and pull through loop.
Single crochet (sc): Insert hook in stitch. Yarn over and pull up a loop. Yarn over and draw through 2 loops.
Half double crochet (hdc): Yarn over, insert hook in stitch. Yarn over and pull up a loop. Yarn over and draw through 3 loops.
Slip stitch (slst): Insert hook in stitch yarn over and pull through 2 loops.
Single crochet increase (inc): 2 single crochet in the same stitch follow the instructions.
Single crochet decrease (dec): insert hook in front loop of the next 2 stitches. Yarn over draw through 2 loops.
Doll size: 7.7 inch (19.5 cm)
Notes:
- This pattern is worked in a continuous spiral without closing off each round. Please mark the first stitch of each round
and move the marker up as you work.
Creation instructions:
Start with the legs, and then continue with the body and the head.
The pattern:
Legs (make 2):

With white color
Rnd 1: 6 sc in magic ring (MR)
Rnd 2: 2 sc in each sc across (12)
Rnd 3: (sc in next 1 stitches, inc) repeat 6 times (18)
Rnd 4: 18 sc (18)
Rnd 5: hdc in the next 8 stitches, sc in the next 10 stitches (18)
Rnd 6: hdc in the next 8 stitches, sc in the next 10 stitches, change to brown/orange in the last stitch (18)
Rnd 7: 18 sc (18)
Rnd 8: dec repeat 5 times, sc in the next 8 stitches (13)
Rnd 9: sc in the first stitch, dec repeat 3 times, sc in the next 6 stitches (10)
Rnd 10-14: 10 sc, 5 rounds (10)
Don't fasten off and cut the yarn after finishing the second leg, continue with the brown/orange color, stuff the legs with fiberfill and continue crocheting the body
Body and Head:
Continue with the second leg
Rnd 1: slst to the first leg 4 stitches before the last stitch (see picture) sc in the same stitch and in the next 9 stitches around the first leg, sc in the next 10 stitches (in the second leg) (20)

Rnd 2: sc in the next 5 stitches, (sc in the next stitch, inc) repeat 5 times, sc in the next 5 stitches (25)
Rnd 3: 25 sc (25)
Rnd 4: sc in the next 10 stitches, (inc) repeat 5 times, sc in the next 10 stitches (30)
Rnd 5-7: 30 sc, 3 rounds (30)
Rnd 8: (sc in the next 3 stitches, dec) repeat 6 times (24)
Rnd 9: 24 sc (24)
Rnd 10: (sc in the next 2 stitches, dec) repeat 6 times (18)
Rnd 11: 18 sc (18)

Rnd 12: (sc in the next 1 stitch, dec) repeat 6 times (12)
Rnd 13: (sc in the next 2 stitches, dec) repeat 3 times (9)
Continue with the head, and stuff the body and head with fiberfill while crocheting
Rnd 14: 2 sc in each sc across (18)
Rnd 15: (sc in next 1 stitches, inc) repeat 9 times (27)
Rnd 16: (sc in next 2 stitches, inc) repeat 9 times (36)

Rnd 17-25: 36 sc, 9 rounds (36)
Rnd 26: (sc in next 4 stitches, dec) repeat 6 times (30)
Assemble the safety eyes between round 22-23, while leaving 6 stitches between the eyes

Rnd 27: (sc in next 3 stitches, dec) repeat 6 times (24)
Rnd 28: (sc in next 2 stitches, dec) repeat 6 times (18)
Rnd 29: (sc in next 1 stitches, dec) repeat 6 times (12)
Fasten off, fiberfill firmly, close with sewing.


Muzzle :

With white color
Rnd 1: 6 sc in magic ring (MR)
Rnd 2: 2 sc in each sc across (12)
Rnd 3: (sc in next stitch, inc) repeat 6 times (18)
Rnd 4: (sc in next 2 stitches, inc) repeat 6 times (24) Rnd 5-7: 24 sc, 3 rounds (24)
Fasten off leaving yarn for sewing.
Assemble the nose to the head between the eyes:


Nose:

With brown/orange color
Row 1: ch 5

Row 2: from the second stitch from the hook, sc in the next 4 stitches, ch 1,turn (4)
Row 3-5: (sc in the next 4 stitches, ch 1, turn) repeat for 3 rows, change to black color in the last stitch (4)

Row 6: sc in the next 4 stitches, ch 1, turn (4)
Row 7: dec, sc in the next 3 stitches, ch 1, turn (3)
Row 8: dec, sc in the next 2 stitches, ch 1, turn (2)
Row 9: dec, ch 1, turn (1)
Row 10: slst

Fasten off leaving yarn for sewing.
Assemble the nose cover to the nose and embroider the fox nose with black yarn:

Ears (make 2):

Outer ear (make 2):

With brown/orange color
Rnd 1: 6 sc in magic ring (MR)
Rnd 2: 2 sc in each sc across (12)
Rnd 3: (sc in next stitch, inc) repeat 6 times (18)
Rnd 4-6: 18 sc, repeat for 3 rounds (18)
Inner ear (make 2):

With black color
Row 1: ch 4
Row 2: from the second stitch from the hook, sc in the next 3 stitches, ch 1, turn (3)
Row 3: dec, sc in the next 2 stitches, ch 1, turn (2)
Row 5: dec, ch 1, turn (1)
Row 5: slst
Fasten off leaving yarn for sewing.
Sew the inner ear to the outer ear

Assemble the ears to the head:


Arms (make 2):

With white color
Rnd 1: 6 sc in magic ring (MR)
Rnd 2: 2 sc in each sc across (12)
Rnd 3: 12 sc (12)
Rnd 4: (sc in next stitch, dec) repeat 4 times, change to brown/orange color in the last stitch (8)
Rnd 5-12: 8 sc, 8 rounds (8)
Fasten off leaving yarn for sewing, do not fiberfill the arms.

Tail:

With brown/orange color
Rnd 1: 5 sc in magic ring (MR)
Rnd 2-3: 5 sc, 2 rounds, change to black color in the last stitch (5)
Rnd 4-5: 5 sc, 2 rounds, change to brown/orange color in the last stitch (5)
Rnd 6-7: 5 sc, 2 rounds, change to black color in the last stitch (5)
Rnd 8-9: 5 sc, 2 rounds, change to brown/orange color in the last stitch (5)
Rnd 10-11: 5 sc, 2 rounds, change to black color in the last stitch (5)
Rnd 12-13: 5 sc, 2 rounds, change to brown/orange color in the last stitch (5)
Rnd 14-15: 5 sc, 2 rounds, change to black color in the last stitch (5)
Rnd 16-17: 5 sc, 2 rounds, change to brown/orange color in the last stitch (5)
Rnd 18-19: 5 sc, 2 rounds (5)
Fasten off leaving yarn for sewing, fiberfill the tail and add wire for extra stability and shaping.
Assemble the tail to the body:


Heart:
With black color
In MR ch3, 3 stitches to tr, 3 stitches of dc, ch1, tr, ch1, 3 stitches of dc, 3 stitches of tr, ch3, slst to the MR, Tide the yarn.

Assemble the heart to the body:

Embroider the eyebrows, mouth, whiskers with 3 strings of the black yarn and you're DONE!! 🐯🐯🐯






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