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   First, turn your sock inside out and flatten it out with the heel facing downwards.
   If forgot to turn it, so the sock I am demonstrating has the wrong side out.

   
   
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   Draw the shape of the ears on the top. This is a 25 cm long sock, and the ears I drew are 6 cm long.

   
   
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   Sew along the line and cut away the middle part.

   
   
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   Time to stuff your Totoro. I used the filling of an old pillow. It is easy to shape.

   
   
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   Stuff it til it is semi-hard and shape-able. Leave some fabric in the bottom.

   
   
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   Cut that part of and save it. Spare a little for seamallowance.

   
   
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   And now we make that famous little butt. Fold the fabric inside

   
   
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   Start sewing from inside the folded part. Insert the needle in all the little wrinkles in the fabric.

   
   
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   Hopefully it will end up looking like this. The first one looks better, I hurried trough this time.

   
   
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    The tail is made from the spare piece of sock you cut off earlier.

    
    
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    Sew around it, but leave the end open. Stuff the tail and close it.

    
    
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    Attach it to the back of the Totoro. Some how one of the sides looks more like a back than the others. If not, it can be shaped.

    
    
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    Cut out eyes, nose, and belly in black and white felt. I just handdrew the pieces. If making the smallest Totoro, you only need to make eyes.

    
    
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    Glue the felt on. If it is for smaller children, you might want to sew it on.

    
    
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    I shaped the ears of the largest Totoro, with thread through the bottom of it's ears.

    
    
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    Make sure you sew it tightly enough, so the thread is not visible.

    
    
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    And you're done!

    
    

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