It has been more then 3 years since I made any foxes so obviously it’s about time. I am working on foxes and cats right now. The clothing is mostly the same size so it works.
He has a blue cashmere sweater to pop against his orange “fur”. He has a fisherman’s vest, a bag with fish, and a fishing pole.
He is made of an orange wool knit sweater so he is kind of squishy.
It’s a fisher cat. Well, not that kind of fisher cat 🤣
He has had a very successful day of fishing- look at all those fish in his bag!
He also has a cashmere sweater and a vest with lots of pockets.
This little fellow gave me several chances to solve interesting problems.
I had fun making little felt fish.
But it was a challenge to figure out how to make them be part of the fox.
The net bag was the end result of several hours of playing. I ended up knitting it, after trying crochet, netting and basketry techniques involving a variety of books off my shelves.
And the fishing rod. Can you see it clearly enough? I wanted it to be a stick but a real stick would break in a minute.
So I made one, because that’s what you do, right? It is made of wire and floral tape. The floral tape part involved a walk to my local art/craft supply shop but they didn’t have what I wanted- brown floral tape. I came home, used what I had and tried Sharpie marker- but it didn’t dry properly. The last step was to uncover and use my acrylic paint which haven’t been out for too many years.
I will never get rich doing what I do but I DO have fun! Here is his back view.
