Crocheted Arctic Fox

With unsettled weather this past long weekend, we only fit in one short 50 km bike ride Saturday afternoon leaving lots of time and energy for doing other things like mowing grass, pulling weeds, opening the pool, laundry and crocheting ... lots and lots of crocheting.

I started working on this Crocheted Arctic Fox Saturday afternoon finishing just two days later on Monday night.

This Crocheted Arctic Fox is the sixth thing I've made from Vanessa Mooncie's Crocheted Wild Animals book. 

The pattern calls for DK weight dark orange yarn. Although I do have some yarn appropriate for foxes amongst my stash, it was not nearly enough. I decided to substitute light weight silver grey yarn to make a small Crocheted Arctic Fox wearing her summer coat instead. 

Take a look at the photos below where I have included a photo of a real Arctic Fox found on the internet. I think grey was a perfect substitution.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Here are the fourteen different animals featured in the Crocheted Wild Animals book with the ones I've completed so far marked "Made It". 

• Camel
• Elephant
• Polar Bear - Made It #4
• Deer
• Fox - Made It #6
• Monkey
• Rabbit - Made It #2
• Snake
• Lion - Made It #5
• Giraffe
• Owl - Made It #1
• Frog - Made It #3
• Flamingo
• Chameleon 

Six done ... only eight more to go. I wonder how long it will take to finish all fourteen?

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Crocheted Lion

As soon as I finished the Crocheted Polar Bear, I started working on a Crocheted Lion from Vanessa Mooncie's Crocheted Wild Animals book. One week later, the lion is finished. I'm so pleased with how he turned out.

The pattern suggested mustard yellow yarn for the lion ... a colour I did not have. Instead I found 2.5 balls (50 g) of Patons Angora Bamboo in flax amongst my stash. Perfect except that I ran out on the mane, so had to improvise using a combination of black and brown to finish. 

I've included lion photos copied from the internet to show how closely this Crocheted Lion resembles the real thing. Take a look to see what I mean.

 

 

 

 

 

Such a fun little project. This Crocheted Lion is the fifth thing I've made out of fourteen included in the book. 

Since we enjoyed a long weekend at home with plenty of time set aside to crochet, I've also finished a sixth. Can you guess what it might be from the list below? Can't guess? No worries ... I will be sharing photos soon.

Here are the fourteen different animals featured in the Crocheted Wild Animals book with the ones I've completed so far marked "Made It". 

• Camel
• Elephant
• Polar Bear - Made It #4
• Deer
• Fox
• Monkey
• Rabbit - Made It #2
• Snake
• Lion - Made It #5
• Giraffe
• Owl - Made It #1
• Frog - Made It #3
• Flamingo
• Chameleon 

  

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Crocheted Rabbit

Once I finished my Seaside Ripple Blanket, I pulled out Vanessa Mooncie's Crocheted Wild Animals book again to pick my next project. Crocheting blankets is relaxing and fun, but I really LoVe making toys. And I really, really LoVe Vanessa Mooncie's crocheted wild animal patterns.

Since it was close to Easter at the time, I decided to crochet a rabbit. I love how this Crocheted Rabbit turned out. He is just so adorable with his huge ears and big feet. Take a look and let me know what you think.

To make this Crocheted Rabbit, I followed Vanessa Mooncie's rabbit pattern changing only the yarn and expression on his face. 

In case you're wondering, I used DK weight yarn left over from my blanket ... soft grey for the rabbit, white for his tail and cotton candy inside his ears. I stitched his face using dove grey with a bit of black for his eyes. 

As soon as this rabbit hopped off my hook, I started on a frog also from Vanessa's Crochet Wild Animals book. I will be sharing photos of the Crocheted Frog as well. Watch for them coming soon.

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