Innocent Big Knit: Fox Hat.
You will need: · DK yarn in your chosen foxy colour, I went for orange but you could use silvery grey or blue · A small amount of DK yarn in a contrasting colour for the tummy and tip of the tail. · 4mm needles straights or DPN’ s. · 2 4mm black beads or a scrap of black DK yarn for the eyes. ·Needle and thread. ·A darning needle.
Hat/Body section.
I knitted this flat and seamed it but you can knit it in the round if you want to. In your main colour, CO 28 stitches using the long tail method. Row 1: Purl all the way along. (28 stitches) Row 2: Knit all the way along. (28 stitches) Row 3: P11, P6 in contrasting colour, P11. Row 4: K11, K6 in contrasting colour, K11. Row 5: P11, P6 in contrasting colour, P11. Row 6: K12, K4 in contrasting colour, K12. Row 7: P12, P4 in contrasting colour, P12. Row 8-14: ST ST using main colour starting with a knit row and ending on a purl. Row 15: K2tog all the way along. (14 stitches) Row 16: P2tog all the way along (7 stitches) Leaving enough tail to seam, cut the yarn. Thread the yarn onto your darning needle and pass it through the remaining 7 stitches and remove the needle, draw together nice and securely. Turn the hat inside out (wrong side facing) and seam. Copyright: Emma Gallimore-Martin 2013. Ears. Pick up 4 stitches where you would like to position your ears and with the front (tummy) facing and using your main colour, Row 1: K4 Row 2:P4 Row 3:K4 Row 4: P2tog all the way along (2 stitches remaining) Row 5: K2tog so 1 stitch remains fasten off. Repeat this on the opposite side. It is handy to have a set of DPN' s for this as you can pick up the stitches on each side at the same time using a separate needle, to better position them. Weave in the ends. Tail. Start with your main colour. titches (Leave a good length tail as you will use this to sew the tail on later Row 2: K4 Knit in ST ST until tail is desired length ending on a purl row. Switch to your contrasting colour, Row 5: K6 Row 6: P2tog, P2, P2tog (4 stitches) Row 7: K4 Row 8: P2tog all the way along (2 stitches) Row 9: K2tog (1 stitch) Fasten off. Copyright: Emma Gallimore-Martin 2013. Weave in the ends, leaving the cast on tail as you will use that to attach the tail to the body, you don' t need to be precise with this as the curling nature of stockinette stitch will hide anymistakes. Position the tail to the side of the body, so that it wraps around and sits at the front. When you are happy with the position, use the cast on tail and a darning needle to sew in place. I placed a stitch at the front as well to hold in place. Once secure weave in ends and cut yarn.
Eyes and Nose.
You can use either 4mm beads as I did or use a scrap of black yarn and do French knots. I positioned the eyes so they were quite far apart for a cutesy amigurumi look and used a little black thread to sew a small triangle in between the eyes for the nose.
