Little Fox Tail

[terriko]

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When my friend K announced that he and his wife were expecting their first child, I threatened to make an inordinate number of animal hats for the kid. The first of these turned out to be a Failynn Fox Cowl, which while adorable, is also much too big for a newborn no matter what the pattern said. See the picture? Those are my full-sized adult glasses. In a pinch, I could wear this hat, and while I’m a smaller adult, I’m not that tiny.

In for a penny in for a pound: I figured if it wasn’t going to be a newborn sized present, I should make it more toddler-friendly an add a tail so it could be more of a costume. Unfortunately, there weren’t any tail patterns around that matched what I wanted, so I had to make my own.

Little Fox Tail

- Extra Bulky Yarn in two colours (I used orange and white)

- 9mm needles, either two circulars or a set of DPNs

Row 0: Cast on 16 and join ends, being careful not to twist

(I cast 8 on each circular, but whatever works for you.)

Row 1-2: k16 (all the way around)

3: {k1, increase, k3} 4 times (20)

4: k20 (all the way around)

5: {k1, increase, k2} 6 times, k2 (26)

6-11: k26 (all the way around)

12: {k2tog, k3} 6 times, k2 (22)

13: k26 (all the way around)

14: {k2tog, k9} 2 times (20)

15: k20 (all the way around)

16 {k2tog, k4} 4 times (16)

17: Change to second colour (white in my case), k16

18: {k2tog, k3} 4 times (12)

19: k12

20: {k2tog, k2} 4 times (8)

21: k8

22: {k2tog, k1} 4 times (4)

tie off to make a nice little point on the tail

I also made a seed stitch belt to attach the tail to, but for some reason I never took a picture of that. It’ll be a while before baby V gets big enough to want to play with this, but hopefully it’ll be fun when she grows into it!