Megaris, Croc” markex Uulpix PatteurMaterials and Tools Yarn: Paintbox Simply Aran in 2- Soft Fudge (209), 1- Coffee Bean (210), Red Heart Soft in Cinnabar (See Note Below) 3.0 mm Crochet Hook Polyester Fiberfill Stuffing Small Yarn/Darning Needle Felt in White, Black, Beige/Cream, Brown and Dark Brown Sewing Needle and thread to match each felt Stitch Marker Scissors Pins Felting needle Wire Cat Brush Flat Iron Note: You can use any type of Size 4, Worsted/Aran Acrylic yarn for this project, it may just tum out a little bigger or smaller! Abbreviations (US Terms) St or Sts - Stitch or Stitches Mc - Magic Circle/Magic Ring Sc - Single Crochet Dec - Invisible Decrease Inc - Increase BLO - Back Loops Only CC - Colour Change (counts as a st)Read Me Before You Start This pattern is worked in the round and using US terminology, not UK. The single crochet stitch that is used is the yarn under, yarn under method. This makes the stitches tighter and the project smaller. You can use standard single crochet yarn over, yarn over stitch which will give you a bigger stitch. You may have to adjust the felt sizes slightly. On page 20, there are templates you can use to cut out your felt pieces. Stitch markers are helpful to mark the end of your round. Mc# indicates the amount of stitches to place in your magic circle. Ex: Mc 6 is a magic circle with 6 stitches in it. # - Indicates round number. Ex. R38 means round 3 When instructions are followed by a number, you repeat the instruction the number indicated after the "x". Ex: (Sc, Inc) x2 means Sc, Inc, Sc, Inc. At the end of each round [#] indicates the amount of stitches you should have at the end of your round. Colour changes count as a stitch. To colour change, insert your hook under both loops, yarn over and pull through, using the new colour, lay your yarn over your hook and pull through both loops on the hook. When colour changing, work the yarn tails through your work so the tails are secured in the piece. If you are colour changing again with that colourin the round, work the that colour through the stitches so you bring it along with you in the round. This pattern uses ONLY invisible decreases. Make sure you do not decrease as a single crochet two together, as it will create gaps in your work! Be VERY careful when using the flat iron for the hair. Acrylic yarn can melt, so use the iron at a VERY LOW temperature.Head Using Soft Fudge, Mcé R1: Inc around [12] R2: (Sc, Inc) x6 [18] R3: (Sc 2, Inc) x6 [24] R4-6: Sc around [24] (3 rows total) R7: (INC, Sc) x5, Sc 6, Inc, Sc 7 [30] R8: Sc 2, (Sc, Inc) x5, Sc 10, Inc, Sc 7 [36] R9: (Sc 2, Inc) x6, Sc 18 [42] RIO: (Inc, Sc 11) x3, Sc 6 [45] RII: (Inc, Sc 12) x3, Sc 6 [48] R12: (Sc 7, Inc) x6 [54] R13-24: Sc around [54] (12 rows total) R25: (Sc 7, Dec) x6 [48] R26: (Sc 6, Dec) x6 [42] R27: (Sc 5, Dec) x6 [36] R28: (Sc 4, Dec) x6 [30] Stop here and stuff the head. R29: (Sc 3, Dec) xé [24] R30: (Sc 2, Dec) xé [18] Stop here again and stuff a little more.Head Continued R31: (Sc, Dec) x6 [12] R32: Dec xé [6] Make sure the head is stuffed firmly. Leaving a few inches closing up, cut the yarn. Using the tapestry needle, pick up the front loops of the remaining 6 sts and pull tight. Hide the yarn tail through the piece and trim the excess. Ears (make 2) Using Soft Fudge, Mc8 RI: (Sc, Inc) x4 [12] R2: (Sc 2, Inc) x4 [16] R3: (Sc 3, Inc) x4 [20] RA: (Sc 4, Inc) x4 [24] R5: (Sc 5, Inc) x4 [28] R6: (Sc 6, Inc) x4 [32] R7: Sc around [32] R8: (Sc 7, Inc) x4 [36] R9: Sc around [36] R10: (Sc 8, Inc) x4 [40] R11-15: Sc around [40] (5 rounds total) Cut the yarn leaving enough yarn to sew in each stitch later.Front Legs (Make 2) In Coffee Bean, Mcé RI: Inc x6 [12] R2: (Sc 3, Inc) x3 [15] R3: Sc around [15] R4: (Sc 3, CC to Soft Fudge, CC to Coffee Bean) x3 [15] (see pictures below for colour change and remember that CC counts as a stitch) R5: Sc 2, CC Soft Fudge, Sc 2, CC Coffee Bean, Sc, CC Soft Fudge, Sc 2, CC Coffee Bean, Sc, CC Soft Fudge, Sc 2 [15] R6: Sc, CC Coffee Bean, CC Soft Fudge, Sc 3, CC Coffee Bean, CC Soft Fudge, Sc 3, CC Coffee Bean, CC Soft Fudge, Sc 2 [15] When the colour changes are complete crochet a few more stitches with the Coffee Bean colour in the back of the stitch to secure it into the piece. Cut the yarn and tuck the tail into the center of the piece.Front Legs Continued R7-8: Sc around [15] (2 rounds total) R9: Inc, Sc 13 remaining sts [16] R10-11: Sc around [16] (2 rounds total) R12: Sc 2, Inc, $c13 remaining sts [17] R13-14: Sc around [17] (2 rounds total) R15: Se 3, Inc, Sc 13 remaining sts [18] Cut the yarn leaving about 5 inches of yam for sewing in later. Then make your second front leg. Back Legs (Make 2) In Coffee Bean, Mcé RI: Inc x6 [12] R2: (Inc 3, Sc 3) x2 [18] R3: Sc 2, Inc 3, Sc 6, Inc 3, Sc 4 [24] R4: Sc in BLO in every stitch [24] R5: Sc around [24] R6: Sc 3, Dec 3, Sc 15 remaining sts [21] R7: Sc 2, Dec 3, Sc 13 remaining sts [18] R8: Sc 3, 3Sc in next stitch, Sc 14 remaining sts [20] For the next section, remember the CC counts as a stitch. sty,Back Legs Continued R9: (CC Soft Fudge, CC Coffee Bean, Sc 2) x5 [20] R10: (CC Soft Fudge, Sc, CC Coffee Bean, Sc) x5 [20] R11: CC Soft Fudge, Sc 2, CC Coffee Bean, CC Soft Fudge, Inc 2, (CC Coffee Bean, CC Soft Fudge, Sc 2) x3, Sc [22] ~ SS Cut the Coffee Bean Yarn and hide it within the piece. Sew and knot to secure (optional). R12: Continuing in Soft Fudge, Sc in each stitch around [22] R13: Sc 7, Inc, Se, Inc, Sc 12 [24] R14-19: Sc around [24] (6 rounds total) R20: (Sc 2, Dec} x6 [18] Stop here and start stuffing the foot. Stuff the Foot just enough so that the flat part of the foot is just starting to bulge out. Stuff minimally up the leg so that the top part of the leg can lay flatter against the body when it is sewn on. R21: (Sc, Dec) x6 [12] R22: Dec xé [6] Cut the yarn leaving an extra long yarn tail (about 12 inches). Using a tapestry needle, pick up the front loops only of the remaining stitches and pull tight to close up the hole. When complete, make the second leg.Body In Soft Fudge, Mcé Riz Inc x6 [12] R2: (Sc, Inc) x6 [18] R3: (Sc 2, Inc) x6 [24] RA: (Sc 3, Inc) x6 [30] RS: (Sc 4, Inc) x6 [36] Ré: (Sc 5, Inc) x6 [42] R7: (Sc 6, Inc) x6 [48] R8: (Sc 7, Inc) x6 [54] R9-16: Sc around [54] (8 rounds total) R17: (Sc 7, Dec) x6 [48] R18: Sc around [48] R19: Inc, Sc, Inc, Sc 20, Dec, Sc, Dec, Sc 20 [48] R20: (Sc 6, Dec) x6 [42] R21: Sc around [42] R22: Sc, Inc, Sc 3, Inc, Sc 16, Dec, Sc, Dec, Sc 15 [42] R23: (Sc 5, Dec) x6 [36] You will now attach on one arm at a time. odeBody Continued R24: With the yarn coming off of the body, Sc into the stitch after the last stitch of the arm and then Sc 14 more on the arm. Do not crochet remaining stitches on the arm. Skip 3 stitches on the body and then Sc 3 into the body. Pick up the other arm and Sc into the stitch after the last stitch of the arm, Sc 14 more stitches. Do not crochet the remaining stitches on the arm. Skip 3 stitches on the body and then continue Sc into the body for 27 sts. [60] The two arms will now be attached to the body. We will sew in the arm's yarn tails after the next row. R25: (Sc 8, Dec) x6 [54] Now sew up the “armpit” holes by taking the yarn tail from each yam and a tapestry needle to sew together each stitch from the arm to the body. Create a knot at the end of sewing each arm up. R26: Sc around [54] R27: (Sc 7, Dec) x6 [48] R28: Sc around [48]Body Continued R29: Sc 24, (Sc 6, Dec) x3 [45] R30: Sc 24, (Sc 5, Dec) x3 [42] R31: Sc 2, Dec, Sc 23, Dec, Sc 6, Dec, Sc 5 [39] Stop here and stuff the piece. Make sure you stuff all parts of the body including the arms. R32: Sc 2, Dec, Sc 23, Dec, Sc 5, Dec, Sc 3 [36] R33: Sc 3, Dec, Sc 9, Dec, Sc 9, Dec, Sc 9 [33] R34: (Dec, Sc 9) x3 [30] R35: Sc 4, Dec, (Sc 8, Dec) x2, Sc 4 [27] R36: Sc around [27] R37: (Dec, Sc 7) x3 [24] Leaving a long tail for sewing in, cut the yar. Create an Invisible finish in the next stitch over. Create an invisible finish by sewing under both loops of the next stitch over, then into the back loop of the previous stitch (see below for pictures).Hair (Make 3) Using Cinnabar, Mc 6 leaving about 5 inches for a starting tail. Keep this yarn tail on the outside of your piece. RI:Inc x6 [12] © ere & R2-24: Sc around [12] (22 rounds total) CO am 3 Stuff this piece lightly along the way so they stay flat as they will be rolled. Leave a tail of 7 inches to sew in the piece. Roll these pieces and sew them down to hold the hair pieces in a roll using the starting tail of each of these pieces. Make sure you knot the tail well fo secure. The other yarn tail will be used to sew these hair rolls into the head. Large Tail (Make 2) Using Cinnabar, Mc 6 leaving about 5 inches for a starting tail. As with the hair pieces, keep the beginning yarn tail on the outside of your piece. stuff the piece as you did the hair pieces along the way. RI: Inc x6 [12] R2: (Sc 3, Inc) x3 [15] R3-43: Sc around [15] (41 rounds total) R44: Dec, Sc remaining [14] R45: Sc around [14]Large Tail Continued R46: Dec, Sc remaining [13] R47: Sc around [13] R48: Dec, Sc remaining [12] R49: Sc around [12] R50: Dec, Sc remaining [11] R51: Sc around [11] R52: Dec, Sc remaining [10] R52: Sc around [10] R53: Dec, Sc remaining [9] Finish stuffing the piece and leave a few inches of yarn for sewing in. Medium Tail (Make 2) Follow the same instructions for the Large Tail, except only Sc from rows 3-38. Skip round 39-43 and continue again at round 44 to the end. You will end up with a slightly shorter tail. Small Tail (Make 2) Follow the same instructions for the Large Tail, except only Sc from rows 3-33. Skip rounds 34-43 and continue again at round 44. You will end up with an even shorter tail. After crocheting all of the tails, roll down each of the tails making sure they are still three different descending sizes. Make sure the small tails match, the medium tails match and the large tails match. Sew the tail curl in the same way as the hair making sure to knot the yarn tail securely to keep the shape of the curl.Assembly Cut out all the felt pieces, Templates can be found on Page 20. Start by sewing in the layers of felt as shown below, using sewing pins to keep the small pieces in place. Next, sew the body felt in, take your time around the front legs and bend the legs as needed to sew around. 24 © 0 és Attach the hind legs to the body by sewing around the perimeter of the hind legs, keeping the leg flat against the body. It is helpful to use the tails to measure how far apart the legs need to be in the back to accomodate the tails. aS hmAssembly Continued The body should look a little bit like this. Place the body aside for now and start working on the head. Try and position all the pieces on the head to see approximately where everything will go. It is helpful to find the middle increase stitch that was made in Round 11 of the head to find where the middle is. Take off the ears and begin sewing in the hair pieces with each of the yam. tails. Stagger the pieces to have the middle piece further up than the outer ones. 5Assembly Continued Sew in the ear felt to the crocheted ears. Make sure you mirror them as shown so that the lighter brown coloured felt will be towards the center of the head. Next, sew in each stitch of the ear to the head. make sure you are sewing all the way around the ear, not sewing the back and front of the ear together. Lastly, sew in the eyes and the nose.Assembly Continued Attach the tails between the legs on the back. Make sure the longest tails are in the middle and the shorter tails are on the outside. This will make it look fanned out. It is helpful to position them and pin them to see what it looks like before sewing in. After the bottom of the tail is sewn in, sew up about half of the length of the tail. This will keep the tail upright. Continue to sew down each tail from the middle to the outsides. Next, sew the head to the body using the yarn tail from the body. Make sure that it is pinned into place. The head tends to turn as it is sewn to the body. Stuff a little extra to support the neck before closing up the piece. esHair Fringe The fringe is made by individually cutting various sizes of cinnabar yarn about 6-8 in (15-20cm) in length. Brush this out using a wire brush. Keep in mind, there will be a lot of fiber coming off of the pieces. These heaps of fiber can be balled up and placed underneath the hair to give it more volume. Continue to cut and brush yarn until you have about 30 or so pieces. You may need to cut more later. After brushing out a bunch of pieces, use an old flat iron on a very low setting to straighten the fibers. This will make it look silky and glossy. BE VERY CAREFUL not to burn yourself while doing this. A‘ Using a felting needle, felt in each individual piece. Start at the hair rolls. yt € When there is a decent amout felted across the base. Then take the balled up fibers and felt it to the top of the head underneath the fringe. This will add a little extra volume to the hair. Continue to felt in all of the pieces until you are happy with the shape, going back and cutting more yarn as needed.Fringe Continued Use the wire brush to brush out the fringe and then trim it into a “V" shape. Continue to brush out and trim the hair until you are happy with the look of it. Lastly, use the felting needle to secure the fringe into place and brush it one last time. oR Congratulations! You made Your wt Vulpix!Stencils Stencil Eye 1 Eye 2 Eye 3 Nose Ear Tuft Ear Belly Amount Colours White Dark Brown lighter Brown Black lighter Brown Dark Brown Cream/Beige IS o0OOe 20Read Me Thank you for working through my pattem! | hope you enjoyed it! 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