Raindrop The Fox - Another Christmas Project

Say hello to Raindrop the Fox

Ron got an orange skein of yarn in his stocking. Why? Because he likes foxes. I've wanted to make him one for a while, but have been busy with other projects.

A few years ago, a friend and I came across this series of amigurumi crochet patterns. The animals in them are SO CUTE!!! I think we could happily make at least one of each. Here's the book Raindrop is in.

Pattern book

Here's the back, it shows some of the other projects in the book...

See! adorable!

We had plans to go camping over New Years, and I knew I would enjoy a crochet project so off we went, with hooks, and yarn and even fiberfill, But I didn't think of packing the eyes and nose I would need to complete this guy, so I ended up getting all the parts complete, but not actually constructing the fox.

Getting started

Since crafting and making are a learning process for me, I'm not embarrassed to show my mistakes. And man, did I make one! I put the eyes on too far to one side, and yes, it made a difference because the head had cheeks crochet stitched in for shape, and that put the whole thing off kilter. I took the backs of the eyes off and moved them, then stitched the muzzle back on, and the pink cheeks, and he looked much better.

Wonky Face

PARTS!!

But soon enough I had Raindrop all stuffed and sewn together, and even embellished. 

Belly Button and all!

I used worsted weight yarn instead of the sport weight the pattern called for, so my fox is larger than the pattern would normally make, but I think it turned out well, and still pretty well in proportion, which isn't always true when you change elements like that. I chose a pretty small crochet hook for the yarn, and I think that helped, but I think I'll look through my sport weight yarn to see which of these patterns I'm going to have a go on next!