I have finished the fox stole for the small green fox. Chewiee seems to tolerate it quite well.
I seem to have much trouble with either reading instructions or concentrating because I ripped so much length it could have been the full length of the pattern - but I did run out of yarn. As it was I had to recycle the strap and it probably doesn't need it anyway.
I have been crocheting casually since I was 11, and the row ends always get me. In knitting I have the same problem, how to get a nice, smooth consistent edge that you can see where you must stitch into when you make seams. I had a lot of difficulty in getting the count to stay right in the rows but finally after looking at a young girl's youtube video it clicked, she said to look at the front after you turn to see the next stitch loop, duh! It worked the same at the end of the row. It just got confusing with the chain and turn rows rather that going up or spiralling as in amigurumi. Who says the young can't teach us anything?
The pattern came from here: http://www.etsy.com/listing/77751751/pdf-crochet-pattern-for-fox-scarf-diy
I bought the Wiltshire Babushka cake tin on an outing with mom and voila! A little morning tea. Next time, I will use half the mix even though the sticker said it takes a boxed mix, I used Betty Crocker mix and Australian mixes are half as large. My Babushkas looked like quasimodos.
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