Fox Poncho for kids – free crochet pattern

Sometimes an idea pops into my head and I just have to start crocheting! This is what happened when I took al look at the poncho of my daughter. I noticed the shape of it looked like a fox head! So I got the idea to turn the poncho into a fox poncho.
I wrote the pattern down for all of you! Happy crocheting!

Materials (5 year old size 116)

Lana Red ochre (for hook size 6.5) – Wool en acrylic – 250 g/450 m. This was a very larg skein, so one was enough
Lana ecru
Leftover black yarn for hook size 4
Hook size 5.5
Hook size 3
Needle
Scissors

Pattern fox poncho

Basic poncho (with hook size 5,5)

• Crochet a chain of 72. (or a muliple of 8 that fits)
• Close the chain with with a slip stitch. Be careful that the chain is not turned.
• Sc in every ch (72)
• Start the granny stitch
  Granny stitch = 3 dc, 1 ch (skip one)
  Put a stitch marker in st 18 and 56 – you are going to increase in every row in these stitches.
  Go around with the granny stitch.
• Keep going until your poncho has the right length – end with a slip stitch.
• fasten off

White parts

(Crochet 2 with hoog size 5.5)

• Ch 4, 1dc in 1 st ch. – turn
• 2dc – 2 dc (4dc) – turn
• 2 dc in 1st st – 2 dc – 2dc in last st (6dc) – turn
• 2 dc in 1st st – 4 dc – 2dc in last st (8dc) – turn
• 2 dc in 1st st – 6 dc – 2dc in last st (10dc) – turn
• 2 dc in 1st st – 10 dc – 2dc in last st (12dc) – turn
• 2 dc in 1st st – 12 dc – 2dc in last st (16dc) – turn
• 1 sl st – 1 sc – 1 hdc – 2 dc – 2 tr – 2dtr -2tr -2dc- 1hdc- 1 sc – 1 sl st (16 st)
• fasten off

Nose for fox poncho

(hooksize 5,5)

• 8 sc in ml
• 2 dc in every sc (16)
• 2 dc in 1st st, 7 dc, 2 dc in last st.  (18)
• fasten off

eyes Fox poncho

Hooksize 3 – black yarn

• 8 sc in ml
• 2sc in every sc (16)
• fasten off

Mouth fox poncho

Ch 25 – fasten off

Ear Fox Poncho

Crochet 2 in orange/red yarn (hooksize 5,5)
Crochet 2 in white (hooksize 3)

• ch 2
• 1 sc in 2nd loop from the hook – turn
• 2 sc in sc – turn
• 2 sc in every sc (4)
• 2 sc in 1st st – 2 sc – 2 sc in last st (6) turn
• 2 sc in 1st st – 4 sc – 2 sc in last st (8) turn
• 2 sc in 1st st – 6 sc – 2 sc in last st (10) turn
• 2 sc in 1st st – 8 sc – 2 sc in last st (12) turn
• 3 sc in 1st st – 10 sc – 3 sc in last st (15)
• Fasten off

Tail fox poncho

Start with orange/red in hooksize 5,5 – every row has a ch to turn.

• Ch 14
• 1 dc in 2nd st from the hook – 1 dc in every next st (13) turn
• crochet 4 rows of 13 st
• dc2tog- 9 dc – dc2tog (11)
• dc2tog – 7 dc -dc2tog (9)
• dc2tog – 5 dc – dc2tog (7)
• change to white yarn
• 2dc in 1st st – 5 dc – 2dc in last st (9)
• 2dc in 1st  st- 7 dc – 2 2c in last st (11)
• dc2tog – 7 dc – dc2tog (9)
• dc2tog – 5dc – dc2tog (7)
• dc2tog – 3dc – dc2tog (5)
• dc2tog – 1dc – dc2tog (3)
• dc3tog

Put the poncho together:

Put the eyes on the 2 white pieces.
Put the 2 white parts on the front of the poncho so it looks like a nose bridge.
Put the nose between the two tips of the white parts.
The chain for the mouth should have the middle part against the nose.
Sow the white ear part on the brown – Sow them both on the shoulders of the poncho.
Sow the tail on the back of the poncho? make sure the tail doesn’t stick out too much.

Ready!

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Happy crocheting