MarizzaToys Lillythefox

LILLY THE FOX DOLL MarizzaToys

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MATERIALS AND TOOLS: 1. Sport yarn: Orange (YarnArt Jeans 23) White (YarnArt Jeans 62) Yellow (YarnArt Jeans 67) Mint (YarnArt Jeans 79) 2. Black thread to embroider eyebrows and nose 3. Safety eyes 8 mm 4. Crochet hook 2.00 mm 5. Stuffing (Polyester fiber fill) If you use these materials, the finished toy is around 25 cm (10") tall There are no crochet instructions included in the pattern. It's assumed that you're familiar with the basic crochet stitches. The difficulty level of the pattern is MEDIUM to DIFFICULT. In this pattern is used US terminology.

ABBREVIATIONS: st – stitch ch – chain sl st – slip stitch sc – single crochet hdc - half double crochet dc – double crochet inc – increase dec – decrease (sc, inc)* n – repeat those in brackets n-times

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ARMS: Crochet with the orange yarn. Stuff only 2/3 of the arm. 1. 6 sc into a magic ring (6) 2. 6 inc (12) 3. (sc, inc)*6 (18) 4-6. 18 sc (3 rounds) 7. (4 sc, dec)*3 (15) 8. 15 sc 9. (3 sc, dec)*3 (12) 10-21. 12 sc (12 rounds)

22. Flatten the arm and crochet 6 sc through both sides. Fasten off and cut the yarn.

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LEGS: Start crocheting with the yellow yarn. Stuff as you go.

Make chain 6, start in the second chain from the hook: 1. inc, 3 sc, 4 sc into the last chain; work on along the other side: 3 sc, inc (14) 2. 2 inc, 3 sc, 4 inc, 3 sc, 2 inc (22) 3. (sc, inc)*2, 3 sc, (sc, inc)*4, 3 sc, (sc, inc)*2 (30) 4. (2 sc, inc)*2, 3 sc, (2 sc, inc)*4, 3 sc, (2 sc, inc)*2 (38) 5. Back loops only: 38 sc 6-8. 38 sc (3 rounds) 9. 9 sc, (sc, dec)*7, 8 sc (31) 10. 10 sc, 6 dec, 9 sc (25) Change the yarn to white color. Don’t cut the yellow yarn, move it to the front of your work. 11. Back loops only: dec, 5 sc, 6 dec, 6 sc (18) 12-14. 18 sc (3 rounds) Change the yarn to orange color.

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LEGS:

Before we continue with the leg, we need to make the shoe: With the yellow yarn crochet 25 sl st to the front loops of round 11. Fasten off, cut the yarn. Hide the thread inside the body. Now attach the yellow yarn to the front loops of round 5. Crochet 38 sl st with the body turned upside down (look at the picture). Fasten off, cut the yarn. Hide the thread inside the body. You can embroider stripes on the shoe with the mint yarn. Continue crocheting the leg with the orange yarn: 15-24. 18 sc (10 rounds) Change the yarn to white color: 25. 18 sc 26. Back loops only: 18 sc

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LEGS:

For the left leg: Make a sl st , fasten off and cut the yarn. For the right leg: Don’t cut the yarn, we will continue with the body, but we need to make the frill first: Attach the white yarn to the front loops of round 26. Crochet with the body turned upside down: (sc, chain 2)*18 Fasten off and cut the yarn. Hide the thread inside the body.

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BODY: Continue crocheting with the white yarn. Stuff as you go.

1. Crochet 8 sc more on the right leg (or as much as you need for the leg to point slightly inwards) Make chain 6, join the left leg where they look symmetrical and crochet 18 sc on it. Continue crocheting: 6 sc on the front of the chain; 18 sc on the right leg; 6 sc on the back of the chain; place the marker here (48) 2. (7 sc, inc)*6 (54) 3-10. 54 sc (8 rounds) 11. (7 sc, dec)*6 (48) 12. Back loops only: 48 sc Change the yarn to mint color: 13. 48 sc 14. Back loops only: 48 sc 15. 3 sc, dec, (6 sc, dec)*5, 3 sc (42) 16-18. 42 sc (3 rounds) 19. (5 sc, dec)*6 (36) 20-22. 36 sc (3 rounds) 23. 2 sc, dec, (4 sc, dec)*5 , 2 sc (30)

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BODY:

Make sure that the marker is in the middle of the back. If not - correct the stitches. Now we will join the arms: 24. 5 sc, 6 sc through the first arm and the body, 9 sc, 6 sc through the second arm and the body, 4 sc (30) Change the yarn to orange color. Don’t cut the mint yarn, move it to the front of your work. 25. Back loops only: 30 sc (30) 26. (3 sc, dec)*6 (24) 27-28. 24 sc (2 rounds) Stuff the body firmly, especially in the neck. Cut the orange yarn, we will continue with the head, but first we need to make the dress:

DRESS:

8 Take the mint yarn we left and crochet in the front loops of round 25. Crochet with the body turned upside down: 5 sl st, inc hdc, 4 inc dc, inc hdc, 9 sl st, inc hdc, 4 inc dc, inc hdc, 4 sl st (42) Fasten off, cut the yarn. Hide the thread inside the body. Attach the white yarn to back of the body in the front loops of round 12. Crochet with the body turned upside down. 1. 48 inc dc (96) 2-5. 96 dc (4 rounds) Fasten off, cut the yarn. Hide the thread inside the body. Now attach the mint yarn to back of the body in the front loops of round 14. Crochet with the body turned upside down: 1. 48 inc dc (96) 2-5. 96 dc (4 rounds) Fasten off, cut the yarn. Hide the thread inside the body.

HEAD:

9 Change the yarn to white color. Stuff as you go. 1. 2. 3. 4. 5.

24 inc (48) (7 sc, inc)*6 (54) 4 sc, inc, (8 sc, inc)*5, 4 sc (60) (9 sc, inc)*6 (66) 5 sc, inc, (10 sc, inc)*5, 5 sc (72)

Adjust the marker to be in the middle of the head. 6. 14 sc, (2 sc, inc)*3, 26 sc, (inc, 2 sc)*3, 14 sc (78) 7-8. 78 sc (2 rounds) Change the yarn to orange color. 9. 78 sc Adjust the marker to be in the middle of the head. 10. 14 sc, (2 sc, dec)*3, 8 sc, place additional marker for the first eye, 10 sc, place additional marker for the second eye, 8 sc, (dec, 2 sc)*3, 14 sc (72)

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HEAD: 11-12. 72 sc (2 rounds) 13. 14 sc, (sc, dec)*3, 26sc, (dec, sc)*3, 14 sc (66) 14-17. 66 sc (4 rounds)

Insert the safety eyes into the marked points. 18. 19. 20. 21. 22. 23. 24. 25. 26. 27. 28. 29.

(9 sc, dec)*6 (60) 60 sc 4 sc, dec, (8 sc, dec)*5, 4 sc (54) 54 sc (7 sc, dec)*6 (48) 3 sc, dec, (6 sc, dec)*5, 3 sc (42) (5 sc, dec)*6 (36) 2 sc, dec, (4 sc, dec)*5, 2 sc (30) (3 sc, dec)*6 (24) sc, dec, (2 sc, dec)*5, sc (18) (sc, dec)*6 (12) 6 dec (6)

Make sure that the head is stuffed firmly. Close the opening and hide the yarn inside.

HEAD SCULPTING:

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Mark the points 1-6 with pins. Points 1 and 2 must be in the middle of the first round of the head. Insert a long threaded needle into point 1 and pull it out at point 3. Then insert into point 4 and pull out at point 2 in the bottom of the head. Now insert the needle through point 1 and pull it out at point 5. Insert it into point 6 and pull out at point 2. The thread should be under the eyes. Pull the thread ends tight until the desired indentation is reached and tie a knot. Hide the thread inside the head.

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MUZZLE: Crochet with the white yarn. Stuff lightly. 1. 2. 3. 4. 5.

6 sc into a magic ring (6) 6 inc (12) (sc, inc)*6 (18) (5 sc, inc)*3 (21) (6 sc, inc)*3 (24)

Make a sl st, fasten off and cut the yarn, leaving a tail for sewing. Using the black thread, embroider the nose between rounds 3 and 4, catching 3-4 stitches. Sew the muzzle to the head between rounds 4 and 11. With the black thread embroider the eyebrows in round 15. Color the cheeks with pink blush.

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EARS: Crochet with the orange yarn. Don't stuff. 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9.

6 sc into a magic ring (6) (sc, inc)*3 (9) (2 sc, inc)*3 (12) (3 sc, inc)*3 (15) (4 sc, inc)*3 (18) (5 sc, inc)*3 (21) (6 sc, inc)*3 (24) (7 sc, inc)*3 (27) 27 sc

Make a sl st, fasten off and cut the yarn, leaving a tail for sewing. Sew the ears between rounds 14 and 24 (look at the picture). The ears should be slightly curved.

TAIL:

14 Start crocheting with the white yarn. Stuff as you go. 1. 6 sc into a magic ring (6) 2. 6 sc 3. (sc, inc)*3 (9) 4. 9 sc 5. (2 sc, inc)*3 (12) 6. (3 sc, inc)*3 (15) 7. (4 sc, inc)*3 (18) 8. (5 sc, inc)*3 (21) 9. (6 sc, inc)*3 (24) 10. (7 sc, inc)*3 (27) 11. (8 sc, inc)*3 (30) Change the yarn to orange color. 12-19. 30 sc (8 rounds) 20. (8 sc, dec)*3 (27) 21. 27 sc 22. (7 sc, dec)*3 (24) 23. 24 sc 24. (6 sc, dec)*3 (21) 25. 21 sc 26. (5 sc, dec)*3 (18) 27. (4 sc, dec)*3 (15) 28. (3 sc, dec)*3 (12) Flatten the tail and crochet 6 sc through both sides. Fasten off and cut the yarn, leaving a tail for sewing. Sew the tail in the middle of the back, in round 10.

RIBBON:

15 Crochet with the yellow yarn. 1. Make chain 15 and crochet 14 sc on the chain 2-7. ch 1, turn, 14 sc (6 rounds) Fasten off, cut the yarn. Hide the thread inside the ribbon. Thread a needle with the mint yarn through the middle of the ribbon. Pull tight. Wrap the yarn around the ribbon a few times. Make a knot.

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