APRICOT THE LITTLE FOX

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 ABBREVIATIONS (US TERMS) MATERIALS
MR - Magic Ring • Crochet hook: 2,5 mm
ch - Chain • Yarn: Size 2 (Fine)
sc - Single crochet • A pair of 8 mm safety eyes
hdc - Half double crochet • Stuffing
dc - Double crochet • Pins, tapestry needle, scissors
inc - Increase
dec - Decrease I used: YarnArt Jeans (50 g/160 m)
sl st - Slip stitch 55% cotton, 45% acrylic
st(s) - Stitch(es) Color 23 (Orange), Color 01 (white) and Color 53 (Black).
BLO - Back loop only
FLO - Front loop only
[…] xN - Repeat instructions in
brackets N times
{…} - Work all the stitches in
brackets into the same stitch
(…) - Number of stitches on each
round/row

USEFUL TIPS
• The final size of the doll is about 16 cm, but it can vary, depending on the yarn
and the hook size used.
• Try to crochet tightly to avoid holes. Use a smaller hook than the one
recommended on the yarn label.
• Crochet in continuous spiral unless otherwise stated.
• Always mark the first stitch of each round (using a stitch marker or left over
yarn) to avoid losing track of where the round begins.
• Stuff your doll as you go and stuff tightly to get the right shape.
• Change the color of yarn at the last step of the last stitch of the previous color.
• Make invisible decrease to avoid gaps and holes in your work.

Let’s Begin !
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HEAD
Start with white yarn.
1. 6 sc into a MR (6)
2. inc, sc, change to orange yarn: inc, sc, change to white yarn: inc, sc (9)
3. 2 sc, {sc, change to orange yarn: sc (this means inc, with each st in a different color)}, 2 sc, (12)
inc, sc, change to white yarn: sc, inc
4. sc, inc, sc, change to orange yarn: [inc, sc] x3, {sc, change to white yarn: sc}, sc, inc (18)
5. 4 sc, change to orange yarn: 10 sc, change to white yarn: 4 sc (18)
6. sc, inc, 2 sc, change to orange yarn: [inc, 2 sc] x3, inc, change to white yarn: 2 sc, inc, sc (24)
7. 5 sc, change to orange yarn: 14 sc, change to white yarn: 5 sc (24)
8. 4 sc, inc, change to orange yarn: [2 sc, inc] x4, 2 sc, change to white yarn: inc, 4 sc (30)
9. 6 sc, change to orange yarn: 18 sc, change to white yarn: 6 sc (30)
10. 5 sc, inc, change to orange yarn: [3 sc, inc] x4, 2 sc, change to white yarn: inc, 5 sc (36)
11. 6 sc, inc, change to orange yarn: 3 sc, [inc, 4 sc] x3, inc, 3 sc, change to white yarn: inc, 6 sc (42)
12. 7 sc, inc, change to orange yarn: 4 sc, [inc, 5 sc] x3, inc, 3 sc, change to white yarn: inc, 7 sc (48)
13. 9 sc, change to orange yarn: 30 sc, change to white yarn: 9 sc (48)
14. 8 sc, inc, change to orange yarn: inc, 7 sc, inc, 12 sc, inc, 7 sc, inc, change to white yarn: inc, (54)
8 sc
15. 9 sc, inc, change to orange yarn: [inc, 10 sc] x3, inc, change to white yarn: inc, 9 sc (60)
16. 11 sc, change to orange yarn: 38 sc, change to white yarn: 11 sc (60)
17. 10 sc, change to orange yarn: 2 inc, 36 sc, 2 inc, change to white yarn: 10 sc (64)
18. 7 sc, change to orange yarn: 50 sc, change to white yarn: 7 sc (64)
19. 4 sc, change to orange yarn: 56 sc, change to white yarn: 4 sc (64)
20. Change to orange yarn: 64 sc, fasten off and weave in white yarn (64)
21. 10 sc, 2 dec, 36 sc, 2 dec, 10 sc (60)
22. 10 sc, dec, 7 sc, dec, [8 sc, dec] x2, 7 sc, dec, 8 sc, dec (54)
23. 3 sc, dec, [7 sc, dec] x5, 4 sc (48)
24. [6 sc, dec] x6 (42)

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HEAD
Place the safety eyes (size 8 mm) between Round 10 and Round 11 with a distance of 15 sts between two
positions (count at Round 10) (Fig. 1). Stuff as you go.
25. 2 sc, dec, [5 sc, dec] x5, 3 sc (36)
26. [4 sc, dec] x6 (30)
27. [3 sc, dec] x6 (24)
28. [2 sc, dec] x6 (18)
29. [sc, dec] x6 (12)
30. 6 dec (6)
Stuff the head firmly. Cut off and weave the yarn into 6 front loops of the last round, pull tightly to close the
hole and hide the yarn inside the head (Fig.3). Finish the head by creating eye indents, decorating eyes, and
embroidering nose (find instructions in pages 5 and 6).

15 sts

FIGURE 1. Placing the eyes. FIGURE 2. The finished head.

FIGURE 3. Closing the hole.

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 CREATING EYE INDENTS
There are several ways to indent amigurumi eyes. You can do it before or after placing the eyes. In this
tutorial, I create the eye indents after placing the eyes. You may look for more tutorials about making
eye indents on the internet for reference. Step by step instruction is presented below.
Use a yarn tail with the same color as the skin color.

2 5
Start here 6
1 3 4

Weave the needle through six points in the order and follow the direction of the arrows indicated in the
above pictures (From point 1 to point 6: Insert needle in 1, out 2, in 3, out 4, in 5, out 6).

Pull two ends tightly to Make a tight knot. And weave in ends.
create the indents.

Final result.

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 DECORATING EYES
After creating eye indents, decorate the eyes by using white yarn. Use thin brown yarn to sew eyelashes
(separate the yarn if needed).

EMBROIDERING NOSE
Embroider the nose using thin black thread (separate the yarn if needed).

Between
R2 & R3

Use pins to mark the nose area. Start at point A.

Embroider until the thread covers the nose area. Use thinner thread for this part.

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 EARS
Make 2. Start with black yarn.
1. 6 sc into a MR (6)
2. [sc, inc] x3 (9)
3. [2 sc, inc] x3 (12)
Change to orange yarn. Cut the black yarn and weave in end.
4. 2 sc, 2 inc, 4 sc, 2 inc, 2 sc (16)
5. 3 sc, 2 inc, 2 sc, change to white yarn: 2 sc,
change to orange yarn: 2 sc, 2 inc, 3 sc (20)
6. 4 sc, 2 inc, 2 sc, change to white yarn: 4 sc,
change to orange yarn: 2 sc, 2 inc, 4 sc (24)
7. 5 sc, inc, 3 sc, change to white yarn: 6 sc,
change to orange yarn: 3 sc, inc, 5 sc (26)
FIGURE 4. The ears.
8. 6 sc, inc, 3 sc, change to white yarn: 7 sc,
change to orange yarn: 2 sc, inc, 6 sc (28)
Cut and weave in the white yarn. Leave a long tail of orange
yarn for sewing (Fig. 4).

SEWING EARS
Use the long tail from the ears to sew them to the head. Use pins to mark positions on the head as
shown below and sew the ears along those marked positions. Note: when you sew, try to pull the yarn
tightly to avoid the visibility of the orange yarn on the white part of the ear.
Between
R21 & R22

Between
R17 & R18

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 BODY BODY
Start with orange yarn.
18. 3 sc, dec, 10 sc, change to
1. 8 sc into a MR (8) white: 4 sc, change to orange:
10 sc, dec, 1 sc (30)
2. 8 inc (16)
19. 13 sc, change to white: 6 sc,
3. [sc, inc] x8 (24)
change to orange: 11 sc (30)
4. [3 sc, inc] x6 (30)
20. 2 sc, dec, 3 sc, dec, 4 sc,
5. [4 sc, inc] x6 (36) change to white: 6 sc, change
to orange: 4 sc, dec, 3 sc, dec (26)
6. [5 sc, inc] x6 (42)
21. 10 sc, change to white: 8 sc,
7. [6 sc, inc] x6 (48)
change to orange: 8 sc (26)
8 – 10. 48 sc (48)
22. 2 sc, dec, 6 sc, change to
11. 2 sc, dec, 3 sc, dec, 30 sc, dec, (44) white: 8 sc, change to orange:
3 sc, dec, 2 sc 6 sc, dec (24)
12. 2 sc, dec, 3 sc, dec, 26 sc, dec, (40) 23. 2 sc, dec, 4 sc, change to
3 sc, dec, 2 sc white: 10 sc, (do not break the
white yarn) change to orange:
13. 40 sc (40)
4 sc, dec (22)
14. sc, dec, 2 sc, dec, 26 sc, dec, 2
Fasten off and leave a long tail of white yarn for
sc, dec, sc (36)
sewing the head. Stuff the body firmly (Fig. 5).
15. 3 sc, dec, 26 sc, dec, 3 sc (34) Use pins to mark the sewing points on the head
(Fig. 6) and sew the head to the body along these
16. 17 sc, change to white yarn: 2
marked points.
sc, change to orange: 15 sc (34)
Note: The head doesn’t need to face straight
17. 4 sc, dec, 10 sc, change to forward. It can face any direction as you wish.
white: 4 sc, change to orange:
10 sc, dec, 2 sc (32)

FIGURE 5. The body. FIGURE 6. Mark the sewing points.

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 FRONT LEGS BACK LEGS
Make 2. Start with black yarn. Make 2. Start with black yarn.
1. 8 sc into a MR (8) 1. 6 sc into a MR (6)
2. 8 inc (16) 2. 2 sc, 3 inc, sc (9)
3 – 4. 16 sc (16) 3. 2 sc, inc, 3 sc, inc, 2 sc (11)
5. 5 sc, dec, 2 sc, dec, 5 sc (14) 4 – 6. 11 sc (11)
6. 5 sc, 2 dec, 5 sc (12) 7. 5 sc, dec, 4 sc (10)
7. 5 sc, dec, 5sc (11) 8. 4 sc, dec, 4 sc (9)
8 – 9. 11 sc (11) 9. 9 sc (9)
Change to orange yarn. Cut the black yarn and Change to orange yarn. Cut the black yarn and
weave in ends. Stuff as you go. weave in ends.
10 – 17. 11 sc (11) 10 – 11. 9 sc (9)
18. Left leg: dec, 3 sc, dec, 2 sc Stuff from Round 1 to Round 8. Do not stuff the
Right leg: dec, 3sc, dec (9) rest.
Flatten the open end of the leg, aligning stitches
Stuff firmly from Round 1 to Round 15. Stuff
side by side, close the open end by crocheting 4 sc
loosely for the rest of the leg.
(Fig. 7). Cut the yarn and leave a long tail for sewing.
Flatten the open end of the leg, aligning stitches
Sew 4 legs to the body following the instructions in
side by side, close the open end by crocheting 4 sc
Fig. 9.
(Fig. 7). Cut the yarn and leave a long tail for
sewing.
Right leg Left leg

(a) (b)

FIGURE 7. Closing the open end. FIGURE 8. (a) Front legs and (b) Back legs.

Sew the front

legs between Fix the front leg to the Sew the back legs to
R19 & R20 body at this point the bottom of the body
FIGURE 9. Instruction for sewing the legs to the body.
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 TAIL TAIL
Start with white yarn.
17. [4 sc, dec] x3 (15)
1. 6 sc into a MR (6)
18. 15 sc (15)
2. [sc, inc] x3 (9)
19. [3 sc, dec] x3 (12)
3. [2 sc, inc] x3 (12)
20 – 21. 12 sc (12)
4. 12 sc (12)
22. [4 sc, dec] x2 (10)
5. [2 sc, inc] x4 (16)
23. 10 sc (10)
6. [white yarn: 3 sc, change to (16)
24. 8 sc, dec (9)
orange: sc] x4
25. 9 sc (9)
7. [orange yarn: sc, change to
white: sc, change to orange: Stuff the tail firmly.
sc, inc] x4 (20) Flatten the open end of the tail, aligning stitches
side by side, close the open end by crocheting 4
8. 20 sc (20)
sc (Fig. 7).
9. [9 sc, inc] x2 (22) Fasten off and leave a long tail for sewing to the
body. Sew it to the body (Fig. 10).
10 – 12. 22 sc (22)
You can sew to fix the tail to the body as in Fig.
13. [9 sc, dec] x2 (20) 11 (Optional). Note: The tail in Fig. 11 is different
from the one described in the pattern since it’s
14. 20 sc (20)
the 1st version.
15. [8 sc, dec] x2 (18) Make the scarf: Ch5, start in the 2nd chain from
the hook, 4 sc, then ch1 and turn to start the
16. 18 sc (18)
next row. Do 4 rows in green and 4 rows in white
and repeat until you reach the desired length.

Sew here

FIGURE 10. Sew the tail to the body. FIGURE 11. Fix the tail (Optional).
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 Congratulations!
Your little Apricot is now ready! Thank you for purchasing my pattern and I
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