FREE Crochet Pattern - The Fox Plush from The Little Prince

UPDATE 2/8/23: Formatting got weird when I change my blog theme and I have now fixed it! 
 
UPDATED: 10/3/22, for clarity!
 
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The finished Fox is about 23" from nose to tail. My gauge was approx. 4 sts/inch and 4 rows/inch and I chose to stuff the body and tail rather loosely, legs a bit more firm, but it's up to you. I like a floppy Fox. In The Little Prince (the Netflix movie version), Plushy Fox has orange ears with white inside and the black just around the edge. I chose to make my original Foxes (pictured to the right) with just black ears for silly aesthetic reasons, but you can easily sub in your orange for the backs of your Fox's ears. The new Fox I made had movie-accurate ears (below).
 
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Materials and Supplies
  • size F crochet hook
  • stitch marker (optional but recommended for marking your rounds)
  • yarn needle
  • worsted weight yarn in red-orange, white, and black
  • stuffing material
  • two (2) 3/4" buttons, or whatever size preferred
  • black thread
  • sewing needle
  • stuffing tool (optional but can make it easier to stuff the skinny part of the legs)
Skills and Abbreviations
  • ch: chain
  • sl: slip stitch
  • sc: single crochet
  • st/sts: stitch/stitches
  • rnd/rnds: round/rounds
  • working flat and in the round
  • changing colors
  • seaming
  • stitching parts together
All rounds are continuous and I worked in BACK LOOPS ONLY. Standard crochet should be fine and shouldn't greatly affect the gauge. Gauge is not that important anyway.

Total number of sts/row and sts/rnd denoted by parentheses ()

BODY
The body is two (2) parts, and upper orange part and then white belly. 
For the top, starting at nose-part of head with orange, ch 6;
Row 1: sc in 2nd ch from hook and across (5), ch 1, turn;
Row 2: sc across (5), ch 2, turn;
Row 3: sc in 2nd ch from hook and across, inc in final sc (7), ch 1, turn;
Row 4: sc across (7), ch 1, turn;
Row 5: sc across (7), ch 2, turn;
Row 6: sc in 2nd ch from hook and across, inc in final sc (9), ch 1, turn;
Row 7: sc across (9), ch 2, turn;
Row 8: sc in 2nd ch from hook and across, inc in final sc (11), ch 2, turn;
Row 9: sc in 2nd ch from hook and across, inc in final sc (13), ch 2, turn
Row 10: sc in 2nd ch from hook and across, inc in final sc (15), ch 2, turn
Row 11: sc in 2nd ch from hook and across, inc in final sc (17), ch 1, turn;
Rows 12-48 : sc across (17), ch 1, turn until row 48, at which point you do not ch 1, turn but instead break off.
 
It's easier to sew the eyes on before you assemble the body. They should be between rows 12 and 13, which is when you begin working even. Position them with 2-3 stitches between them.  

For the bottom, starting at nose-part of the head with white, repeat rows 1-48, the same as above, but do not break off after row 48, instead ch 1, turn and carry on below:
Row 49: dec, sc 13, dec (15), ch 1, turn;
Row 50: dec, sc 11, dec (13), ch 1, turn;
Row 51: dec, sc 9, dec (11), ch 1,turn;
Row 51: dec, sc 7, dec (9), ch 1, turn; 
Row 52: sc across (9), ch 2, turn;
Row 53: sc in 2nd ch from hook and across, inc in final st (11), ch 2, turn;
Row 54: sc in 2nd ch from hook and across, inc in final st (13), ch 2, turn;
Row 55: sc in 2nd ch from hook and across, inc in final st (15), ch 2, turn;
Row 56: sc in 2nd ch from hook and across, inc in final st (17), ch 1, turn;
Row 57: sc across (17), break off. 
 
Row 57 will be attached to row 48 of the top part of the body and then you'll need to stitch small darts into the corners to make the butt slightly rounded. Seam the top and bottom of the body together and stuff to desired firmness. I used a tight whip stitch.

EARS
Make two (2) with orange (or black) and two (2) with white, ch 14, leave a long tail for joining to the head later;
Row 1: sc in 2nd ch from hook and across (13), ch 1, turn;
Rows 2-5: sc across (13), ch 1, turn;
Row 6: dec, sc 9, dec (11), ch 1, turn;
Rows 7-9: sc across (11), ch 1, turn;
Row 10: dec, sc 7, dec (9), ch 1, turn;
Row 11: sc across (9), ch 1, turn;
Row 12: dec, sc 5, dec (7), ch 1, turn;
Row 13: dec, sc 3, dec (5), ch 1, turn;
Row 14: dec, sc, dec (3), ch 1, turn;
Row 15: skip 1st st, dec over remaining 2 sts (1).

Join an orange ear piece and a white ear piece together using black and sc around the two sides (leaving the bottom open) with the front of your work being the white inside part of the ears. Stitch the ears into place about 3 rows behind the eyes, curving them a little, as desired.
 

NOSE
With black.
Rnd 1: ch 2, workk 8 sc in 2nd ch from hook (8);
Rnd 2: * sc, inc, repeat from * around (12);
Rnd 3: sc around (12);
Rnd 4: * sc, dec, repeat from * around (8), break off, leave tail for attaching. Stuff the nose with a small amount of stuffing and join to the end of the face. 
 
LEGS
Make four (4), starting at foot, with black. 
Rnd 1: ch 2, work 8 sc in 2nd ch from hook (8);
Rnd 2: inc in each around (16);
Rnds 3-7: sc around (16), switch to orange at the end of rnd 7;
Rnds 8-12: sc around (16), begin stuffing and continue stuffing as you go;
Rnd 13: * sc 2, dec, repeat from * around (12);
Rnds 14-18: sc around (12);
Rnd 19: * sc 2, dec, repeat from * around (9);
Rnds 20-25: sc around (9), break off after rnd 25, leaving a long tail to stitch to body. Stuff to desired firmness, and seam the top edge flat.

I stitched the front legs 3-4 rows behind the backs of the ears (about row 23-24), to the orange part where it meets the white. The back legs are stitched to the corners of the bottom of the orange.
 

Tail
Starting at the end, with white.
Rnd 1: sc 2, work 8 sc in 2nd ch from hook (8);
Rnd 2: inc around (16);
Rnd 3: * sc, inc, repeat from * around (24);
Rnd 4: * sc 2, inc, repeat from * around (32);
Rnd 5: * sc 3, inc, repeat from * around (40);
Rnd 6: sc around (40);
Rnd 7: * sc 4, inc, repeat from * around (48);
Rnds 8-12: sc around (48), switch to orange at the end of rnd 12;
Rnds 13-24: sc around (48)
Rnd 25: * sc 4, dec, repeat from * around (40);
Rnds 25-28: sc around (40), begin stuffing and continue stuffing as you go;
Rnd 29: * sc 3, dec, repeat from * around (32);
Rnds 30-32: sc around (32);
Rnd 33: * sc 2, dec, repeat from * around (24);
Rnds 34-35: sc around (24);
Rnd 36: * sc, dec, repeat from * around (16);
Rnd 37: sc around (16);
Rnd 38: dec around (8), break off, leave tail for attaching to body.

Attach the tail to the center of the butt end where the orange and white meet.
 

The Fox can't talk because he has no mouth. ;)


"And you, on your part, have no need of me. To you, I am nothing more than a fox like a hundred thousand other foxes. But if you tame me, then we shall need each other. To me, you will be unique in all the world. To you, I shall be unique in all the world..."





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Comments

  1. Thank you! I love The Little Prince and this fox is adorable.

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  2. Very cute! Thank you for all the effort you have put into creating this little guy and for sharing

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  3. Oh he is so adorable! Thank you for sharing 💗

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  4. Lovely fox!!!
    Is it ok to make some, stuffed with catnip, for a charity auction to help homeless cats?

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