Prairie Meadow Fox

This sweet fox is sleeping amongst the wildflowers. Use the interlocking crochet technique or the overlay mosaic crochet technique to create this throw blanket.

Crochet Colorwork

Prairie Meadow Fox can be done using your choice of colorwork technique: interlocking crochet or overlay mosaic crochet.

You’ll receive the fully written pattern and charts for both techniques. The mosaic crochet option uses an adjusted chart that is solid in the solid areas (so you don’t see any of the interlocking mesh dots when you use the mosaic technique).

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Saskatchewan Prairies Have Foxes!

There’s a delightful tale from a nearby town (hamlet, actually, as they have a population of about 50) of a friendly, neighborhood fox. She hangs out in the same grassy park every day and the locals were pleased to see that she even brought her pups to town this spring!

I don’t believe they actually get close enough to the fox to domesticate her, but it’s still sweet to see a familiar animal in an unusual place looking comfortable.

I love the photographs of a sleeping fox in a wooded meadow. There are always wildflowers and grass along with beautiful shadows and lighting. Here in the Saskatchewan prairies we have a lot of wildflowers and I must confess I love them all!

 

selective focus photo of blue and white flowers field

Photo by Freddie Ramm on Pexels.com

Sleeping Fox

The fox on this blanket is sleeping peacefully and will hopefully help keep your little one sleeping peacefully too.

If you meet gauge your finished piece will be 46″ x 50″ / 116cm x 128cm (interlocking crochet) or 48″ x 56″ / 121cm x 143cm (mosaic crochet).

Traditionally, “they” claim a baby blanket is about 30-40″ square (who is “they” and when did they decide this?). So this blanket is more like a throw blanket but I had little ones in mind when designing it so I think of it as a large baby blanket.

As with all of my patterns, you have the option of using the interlocking crochet technique or the overlay mosaic crochet technique.

Each technique has its own file. And each file has written line-by-line instructions and a chart. The mosaic chart has X’s showing where to do your dropped double crochets.

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Photos

As always, I am so grateful for my testers. My team for the Prairie Meadow Fox included Angela Kermack, “E”, Helene Kvenseth, Lara Skelly, Marijke Laenen, and Nessa Miller.

Overlay mosaic crochet sample of Prairie Meadow Fox by Angela Kermack. Red-orange used as main color, white envelope border added.

Overlay mosaic crochet sample of Prairie Meadow Fox by Marijke Laenen. Red/orange used as main color and envelope border.

Interlocking crochet sample of Prairie Meadow Fox by Nessa Miller.

Colorful mosaic crochet sample using tapestry color changes. Yellow and white are used as the Contrasting Color yarn in this overlay mosaic sample where the striping red is used as the Main Color. (Crocheted by anonymous).

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Tutorials

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Mosaic Charts with X’s

If you need a refresher, here’s my tutorial on how to use the charts with X’s:

https://youtu.be/hxG3QNCMeJI

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Important Details for Prairie Meadow Fox

Like all my patterns, this fox design comes with the fully written pattern and charts for two colorwork techniques: interlocking crochet and overlay mosaic crochet.

The mosaic version is solid (it uses an adjusted chart so you don’t see the interlocking mesh dots).

Read more about the differences at https://ashleeslint.com/tutorials/interlocking-and-mosaic-crochet/.

Click here to learn more about the options for dealing with the cut ends at the end of each row when doing overlay mosaic crochet.

Interlocking crochet / LFM crochet file includes:

  • line-by-line written pattern (view key)
  • a one-page chart (good for viewing on a screen)
  • a multi-page chart (better for printing)

Interlocking Crochet Details

  • Chart is 183 x 201
  • Gauge: 8 (dc, ch) x 8 rows = 4”
  • 46″ x 50″ / 116cm x 128cm
  • 4.5 mm hook (US7)
  • Worsted weight yarn (2600 – 2800 yards total)
    • Main color (MC) (red-orange) – 1300 yards plus 200 for optional border
    • Accent color (AC) (white) – 1300 yards

Overlay Mosaic Crochet file includes:

  • line-by-line written pattern (view key)
  • instructions for optional envelope border (view)
  • instructions on reading a chart (view)
  • a one-page chart marked with X’s (good for viewing on a screen)
  • a multi-page chart marked with X’s (better for printing)

Bottom-Up Mosaic Crochet Details

  • Chart is 179 x 197
  • Gauge: 14 sc blo stitches x 15 rows = 4”
  • 48″ x ” 56/ 121cm x 143cm
  • 5 mm hook (H-8)
  • Worsted weight yarn (2925 – 3525 yards)
    • Main color (red-orange) – 1700 yards
    • Contrasting color (white) – 1225 yards
    • Optional envelope border – 600 yards
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