00:16The head will be made using three different colors. Black, red, and white is what I'm using
00:22for my fox, but you're welcome to use other colors. And you will be making the head with
00:28a 6mm crochet hook. Let's begin with the tip of the nose. I'm using black for this part.
00:38For round one, we're going to start with a slip knot so that we can chain. Make two chains,
00:46one and two, and insert... we're going to work in the second chain from the hook, meaning
00:53the very first chain you made here. So in that first chain, you're going to insert six single
01:01crochets. That's one, two, three, four, five, oops, and six. We're going to finish off round one with a join
01:25to the very first single crochet here. And after you've done that, it's time to move on to round two.
01:36For round two, we're switching into using white yarn. And I'm going to start with two chains, one and two.
01:52And in the very first stitch, we're going to just do a double crochet. Like so. In the next stitch,
02:09we're going to do a double crochet increase, meaning two double crochets in the same stitch.
02:18And after this double crochet increase, we're actually going to switch to the main color for
02:25the body. I'm using red for my fox. So here, I'm going to grab my red yarn and I'm going
02:34to pull
02:34through with you red yarn for my last white stitch. This way, as you can see, you're pulling through
02:43and starting with red right away for your next stitch. So now in red, we're going to do one double
02:50crochet.
02:59And then a double crochet increase in the next stitch.
03:06This finishes off the red. So you are going to want to switch back to white yarn
03:16when you wrap up this last red stitch. So I'm switching back to white here.
03:28All right. So you can see here, we've got that middle part going.
03:32In white, we're going to make a double crochet in the next stitch.
03:39And then a double crochet increase in the very last stitch.
03:51And you will join with a slip stitch to the very first double crochet that you made.
03:57Not the chains, but the very first double crochet.
04:01And I'm going to push. It looks really weird right now because it's inside out
04:05or it's the wrong side out. I mean, I'm going to push it so that the right side faces out.
04:12And as you can see, when I do that, the stitches and color changes are looking a lot cleaner.
04:21So now let's work on round two. Oh, excuse me, round three.
04:25Round three, we're going to make two chains to start. Then we're going to make a double crochet.
04:34And then we're going to make a double crochet.
04:35And then a double crochet increase.
04:43And then a double crochet in white.
04:47We're finishing up with red. It's because we're switching over to that color now.
04:54And we're going to make a double crochet in the red stitch.
05:00Double crochet increase in the next stitch.
05:09And a double crochet in the next stitch.
05:16And a double crochet in the next stitch.
05:46And we're going to join with a slip stitch to the very first double crochet that you made.
05:54like so.
05:58By the way, you can fasten off the black yarn.
06:02We're not going to be working in black anymore for the remainder of this section.
06:07So you can just get that, um, away.
06:12All right. Just working with red and white for a while here.
06:18For this next round, round number four, we're going to make two chains to start.
06:25Then we're going to do a double crochet and then a double crochet increase twice.
06:31So here's what that'll look like.
06:33A double crochet first.
06:36Then a double crochet increase in the next stitch.
06:45And then a double crochet.
06:48And last, a double crochet increase.
06:53And since we're switching over to red now, we're going to finish that last white stitch with red.
07:02Like so.
07:04And in red, you're going to repeat the same here.
07:08You're going to make a double crochet and then double crochet increase twice.
07:12So here's the first double crochet.
07:16Then we're going to do the double crochet increase.
07:25Then a double crochet.
07:28And a double crochet increase.
07:35And we're going to switch to white since this is the last red stitch of the round.
07:42And in this last section.
07:45Again, you're going to repeat that repetition with a double crochet, double crochet increase.
07:57Double crochet.
08:00Double crochet increase.
08:09Now we're going to join with a slip stitch to the very first stitch double crochet you made.
08:16And that's that for round number four.
08:21For round five, we're going to make the repetition double crochet, double crochet increase, and double crochet twice all the
08:29way around.
08:30So for the first part in white, we're going to do that two times.
08:34So here's my two chains to start.
08:37And then it's a double crochet.
08:40Here's my increase.
08:44And then a double crochet.
08:47First repetition is done.
08:50Let's do the second repetition.
08:52Double crochet, double crochet increase,
08:57and a double crochet.
08:59And here I'm going to switch off to the color red.
09:05And now we're going to repeat this in red.
09:08Double crochet, double crochet increase,
09:15double crochet,
09:21and again double crochet,
09:24double crochet increase,
09:30double crochet,
09:32and we're going to switch to white because we're finishing off the last red stitch.
09:38And repeat that repetition twice for the last bit of white.
10:01When you finish the round,
10:03you'll be doing it with a join to the first stitch,
10:08as we've been doing for the past few rounds.
10:11You should see your fox's face get bigger and bigger.
10:17Now we're going to do round six.
10:20In round six, we're going to make a large increase here.
10:24And this will actually be the very last round using white yarn for the head.
10:32So let's begin.
10:39We're going to start with two chains.
10:42And then you're going to do a double crochet and an increase,
10:46repeating four times around,
10:48four times across in white.
10:50So here's my double crochet, double crochet increase.
10:59Again, double crochet, double crochet increase.
11:07All right, that was the second repetition.
11:09Now for the third, double crochet, double crochet increase.
11:20And let's keep going for that last bit.
11:24Double crochet, double crochet increase.
11:29And we're going to finish off this stitch with red.
11:34Switching over to red now.
11:37Now in red, instead of increasing, we're only going to double crochet across.
11:42So that's going to make eight stitches across in red.
11:46That's one, two,
11:51three,
11:55four,
11:59five,
12:03six, oops.
12:07Sorry, my thread keeps, my yarn keeps slipping here.
12:12Seven,
12:15and eight.
12:17And here I'm finishing it off with the white yarn.
12:21Going back to white here.
12:26And in white, we're going to do what we did from the other side.
12:32It's going to be double crochet and then increase across four times.
12:38So here's the first repetition with a double crochet and an increase.
12:47Now here's the second repetition.
12:51Double crochet and increase.
13:01Third repetition.
13:08Double crochet and increase.
13:12Double crochet and increase.
13:13And the very last repetition.
13:16A double crochet and an increase.
13:22And as always, join your rounds with a slip stitch to the very first stitch.
13:30And we're going to finish off the round with a join to the first, um, double crochet stitch.
13:37Here.
13:39At this point, you can go ahead and attach plastic safety eyes.
13:44I'm using really large 16 millimeter eyes for my fox.
13:49You can use any size you want.
13:52Um, I place them between rounds four and five.
13:55So counting from the nose, round one, that's one, two, three, four, and five.
14:02So right between these two rows, rounds, excuse me.
14:07And I like to put it right between, in between the color change.
14:11So here would be between rounds four and five and the color change.
14:18I'm going to insert my first eye here.
14:21And my second one will be right there.
14:26Like so.
14:29After you have the eyes secured, you can go ahead and
14:32move on to round seven.
14:34For round seven, we're actually going to switch to using red only.
14:38And we will keep using red for the next long stretch.
14:42So you can go ahead and fasten off the white after you join with red.
14:48Here I am starting round seven with two chains.
14:52Like so.
14:53And then you're going to make a double crochet in the first stitch.
15:01I'm holding the yarn strands, um, from the previous color and with the red color here so that it gets
15:08crocheted along into my project so I don't have to worry about weaving it in.
15:15We're going to double crochet six times total.
15:22And usually three stitches is enough for me to weave in my tails.
15:35Okay, so here's three double crochets and then I'm going to do a double crochet decrease in the next stitch.
15:44Here's what it looks like.
15:46You're double crocheting two stitches together.
15:48So yarn over like you would for a regular double crochet.
15:52Insert your hook into the first stitch.
15:55Yarn over, pull through a loop.
15:57Insert your hook into the second stitch.
15:59Yarn over, pull through a loop.
16:02You have four loops on your hook.
16:04Yarn over, pull through the first three loops.
16:07Then yarn over and pull through the last two loops.
16:11We're going to repeat this around four times total.
16:15Double crochet six and then decrease all the way around.
16:20By the way, I'm going to snip off that white yarn so it doesn't keep
16:24bumping into my hand here.
16:26All right, so double crochet six.
16:54And then I'm going to double crochet two stitches together for my decrease.
17:01Double crochet six.
17:19Double crochet two stitches together for my decrease.
17:26And then working around for that last repetition.
17:48Join with a slip stitch to the very first double crochet when you are at the end of your round.
17:56We're going to now work on round eight.
18:00For round eight, we're going to start with two chains.
18:03And then you're going to double crochet five and then decrease all the way around.
18:10A total of four times.
18:14Here's one, two, three, four, and five double crochets.
18:24And now I'm going to make my decrease.
18:31Let's repeat.
19:11One, two, three, three.
19:11You guys come out.
19:16and now we are on round nine for round nine we are gonna work only in single crochet stitches
19:23we've been using double crochet for quite a while now it's time to use just single
19:28crochet stitches so be sure to do that we're gonna start with a chain and then two single
19:37crochets one and two and then a decrease so i'm stitching two single crochets together and we're
19:47doing that six times around for a total of 18 stitches we're gonna single crochet two and decrease
19:57here single crochet two decrease single crochet two decrease
20:25single crochet two and decrease and now we're gonna join with a slip stitch to the first single crochet
20:46that's that for the head of your fox and as you can see um you aren't going to be stuffing
20:54it so you
20:55can push it in so that it has a nice rounded curve for the forehead
21:00you
