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Totoro

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BEFORE START Stitch key

Supplies

This pattern is written using US crochet terms.

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ch chain. sc single crochet. inc increase, 2 sc in the same stitch. dec decrease, 2 sc together. slst slip stitch.

- Grey and off-white yarn for a 3,5 mm crochet hook. - A little light grey yarn for a 2 mm crochet hook, to crochet the claws . - A little black yarn to embroider the nose and for the whiskers (which you can harden with glue), or you can use waxed black yarn instead. - 3,5 mm crochet hook. - 2 mm crochet hook to crochet the claws. - A pair of 9 mm safety eyes. - White felt. - White sewing thread. - Fiberfill. - Tapestry needle, a sewing needle, pins, scissors and a stitch marker.

Size The finished Totoro amigurumi measures about 12 inches tall (30 cm), but if you use another crochet hook, and a yarn according to the hook, you can make it from other measures, just keep in mind that then, the eye pieces and safety eyes will also have to vary in size.

If you’re gonna harden the whiskers you’re gonna need: - Craft glue with transparent finish. - A little bit of water. - A teaspoon. - A small bowl. *The yarn can be acrylic or cotton, I have used Katia Alabama, which is 50% acrylic and 50% cotton, in the colors 51 Grey (3 balls) and 03 Off-White (1 ball). *For the claws I have used Yarn & Colors Must Have 95 Silver. Crochet in continuous rows, unless otherwise indicated.

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MAKING Whiskers I recommend that you start with the whiskers, so you have them ready when you need them (which will be at the end). If you prefer, you can embroider the whiskers instead of hardening them and sewing them on one side only, for embroidery it would be the same way as embroidering the stains on the face (which I will explain at the end of the pattern). First cut 6 strips of black yarn about 7 inches (18 cm) long, which will be the 6 whiskers of Totoro. To harden the whiskers we will need a little glue with a transparent finish, like the one in the PHOTO 3, and a little water, the proportion will be 50% glue and 50% water approximately.

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Put 2-3 teaspoons of water in a small bowl, and the same amount of glue, stir well until the glue is completely dissolved.

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Now take the 6 strips of black yarn that we have prepared before and put in the mixture about 1 third (about 2-2.3 inches (5-6 cm)), the exact size is not important (later we will trim the whiskers if they are too long), the part that we are not going to harden is the part that we will sew to the head to hold the whiskers. Let the mixture penetrate well into the yarn, and then press with your fingers to remove the excess, we need to get them well impregnated, but then we drain them to let them dry. Stretch the whiskers on a plastic sheet and let them dry until they are completely dry. The whiskers are ready for sewing at the end of the assembly.

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If you want you can also harden the claws in the same way, to make them more rigid. If the doll is for a small child, I don’t recommend that you harden the claws, simply because it will bend easily and they won’t look so pretty anymore.

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MAKING Eyes Cut these pieces into white felt (the pieces have a diameter of 2.2 cm / 0.9 inches):

Make a hole in the center with a thick needle or the tip of scissors. Put your safety eyes through the felt, but don’t fix the locking ring yet, reserve to place later on the head. 12

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MAKING Arms 15

Make 2, with grey yarn. RND NO 1 6 sc in a magic ring

(6)

2 6 inc

(12)

3 (1 sc, 1 inc) x 6

(18)

4 (2 sc, 1 inc) x 6

(24)

5-16 24 sc Stuff it very lightly. 17 (10 sc, 1 dec) x 2

(24)

18-20 22 sc Stuff it a little more. 21 (9 sc, 1 dec) x 2

(22)

22-24 20 sc

(18)

25 (8 sc, 1 dec) x 2

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(22)

(20)

(18)

26-28 18 sc (18) Leave approximately the last 10 rounds unfilled. 29 Flatten and crochet a row (9) with 9 sc joining the 2 sides of the arm (PHOTO 17).

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Fasten off and cut the yarn. Reserve for later joining to the body when we crochet it. 19

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MAKING Head, body, legs Start at the head, with grey yarn. RND NO 1 6 sc in a magic ring

(12)

3 (1 sc, 1 inc) x 6

(18)

4 (1 sc, 1 inc, 1 sc) x 6

(24)

5 (3 sc, 1 inc) x 6

(30)

6 (2 sc, 1 inc, 2 sc) x 6

(36)

7 (5 sc, 1 inc) x 6

(42)

8 (3 sc, 1 inc, 3 sc) x 6

(48)

9 (7 sc, 1 inc) x 6

(54)

11 (9 sc, 1 inc) x 6 12-17 66 sc

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(60) (66) (66)

18 31 sc, 2 inc, place a stitch (70) marker, 2 inc, 31 sc 19-24 70 sc (70) 25 (6 sc, 1 inc) x 10

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(6)

2 6 inc

10 (4 sc, 1 inc, 4 sc) x 6

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(80)

Now put the safety eyes, between rounds 15 and 16, separated by 16 sc, the stitch marker marks the exact center, counts 8 sc towards each side and places the eyes with the closing (PHOTO 22). Sew the felt edge with white sewing thread (PHOTOS 23-24). Embroider the nose with black yarn between rounds 17 and 18 (where the stitch marker is), taking up the 4 central sc (PHOTOS 2528). Embroider the mouth diagonally, in round 23, taking 2 sc (PHOTOS 29-30).

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MAKING Keep crocheting the body. RND NO 26 (7 sc, 1 inc) x 10

51 (43 sc, 1 dec) x 2

(88)

52 (21 sc, 1 dec, 21 sc) x 2

(86)

53 (41 sc, 1 dec) x 2

(84)

54 (20 sc, 1 dec, 20 sc) x 2

(82)

55 (39 sc, 1 dec) x 2

(80)

56 (19 sc, 1 dec, 19 sc) x 2

(78)

57 (37 sc, 1 dec) x 2

(76)

58 (18 sc, 1 dec, 18 sc) x 2

(74)

59 (35 sc, 1 dec) x 2

(72)

60 (17 sc, 1 dec, 17 sc) x 2

(70)

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62-65 68 sc (68) Stuff (PHOTO 40). 66 Remove the stitch marker and continue crocheting until you reach the exact center of the front (PHOTO 43).

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(90)

27 90 sc (continue (90) crocheting to the exact center of the back, and move the stitch marker to be the new start of the round) 28 18 sc, places the arm on (90) top of the body to crochet at the same time on the body and on the arm 9 sc, 36 sc, places the other arm and crochet 9 sc on the body and on the arm at the same time, 18 sc (PHOTOS 33-36) 29-50 90 sc (90)

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Now we’re going to crochet both legs, first the right, then the left.

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RND NO 67 Skip 34 stitches and (34) crochet 34 sc, place the stitch marker on the first stitch, which will be the new start of the round (PHOTO 44). 68 34 sc (34) 69 (6 sc, 1 dec, 7 sc, 1 dec) (30) x2 70 (3 sc, 1 dec) x 6 (24) 71 (2 sc, 1 dec) x 6 Stuff. 72 (1 sc, 1 dec) x 6

(18)

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(6)

(12)

Fasten off, cut the yarn, close the opening and hide the yarn end. Now we’ll make the other leg. RND NO 67-68 34 sc

(34)

69 (6 sc, 1 dec, 7 sc, 1 dec) (30) x2 70 (3 sc, 1 dec) x 6 (24) 71 (2 sc, 1 dec) x 6 Stuff. 72 (1 sc, 1 dec) x 6

(18)

73 (6 dec)

(6)

(12)

Fasten off, cut the yarn, close the opening and hide the yarn end. Finally, sew the small opening between the two legs (PHOTO 50).

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MAKING Belly

Ears

Make 1, with off-white yarn.

Make 2, with grey yarn.

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1 6 sc in a magic ring

(6)

2 6 inc

(12)

3 (1 sc, 1 inc) x 6

(18)

4 (1 sc, 1 inc, 1 sc) x 6

(24)

5 (3 sc, 1 inc) x 6

(30)

6 (2 sc, 1 inc, 2 sc) x 6

(36)

7 (5 sc, 1 inc) x 6

(42)

8 (3 sc, 1 inc, 3 sc) x 6

(48)

9 (7 sc, 1 inc) x 6

(54)

10 (4 sc, 1 inc, 4 sc) x 6

(60)

11 (9 sc, 1 inc) x 6

(66)

12 (5 sc, 1 inc, 5 sc) x 6

(72)

13 (11 sc, 1 inc) x 6

(78)

14 (6 sc, 1 inc, 6 sc) x 6

(84)

15 (13 sc, 1 inc) x 6

(90)

16 (7 sc, 1 inc, 7 sc) x 6

(96)

17 (15 sc, 1 inc) x 6

(102)

18-19 102 sc

1 Ch 2, work 4 sc into 1st (4) ch 2 (1 sc, 1 inc) x 2 (6) (8)

4 (3 sc, 1 inc) x 2

(10)

5 10 sc

(10)

6 (4 sc, 1 inc) x 2

(12)

7 12 sc

(12)

8 (5 sc, 1 inc) x 2

(14)

9 14 sc

(14)

10 (6 sc, 1 inc) x 2 11 16 sc

(16) (16)

12 1 dec, 4 sc, 2 dec, 4 sc, (12) 1 dec 13 1 dec, 2 sc, 2 dec, 2 sc, (8) 1 dec 14-15 8 sc (8) Fasten off and cut the yarn leaving a long end to sew. Stuff.

(102)

Fasten off and cut the yarn leaving a long end to sew.

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3 (2 sc, 1 inc) x 2

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MAKING Claws

Tail Make 1, with grey yarn.

Make 14 claws, with light grey yarn and 2 mm crochet hook. Make 7 ch, and now, working on the chains we just made, from the 2nd counting from the crochet hook, make 6 slst. Fasten off and cut the yarn leaving a long end to sew.

RND NO 1 6 sc in a magic ring

(6)

2 6 inc

(12)

3 (1 sc, 1 inc) x 6

(18)

4 (2 sc, 1 inc) x 6

(24)

5 (3 sc, 1 inc) x 6

(30)

6 (4 sc, 1 inc) x 6

(36)

7 36 sc

(36)

8 (5 sc, 1 inc) x 6

(42)

9-24 42 sc

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(42)

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Fasten off and cut the yarn leaving a long end to sew. 54 57

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ASSEMBLY Sewing & embroidering Now, we’ll sew the arms to the sides of the body. Simply sew around the arm, until round 9 of the arm.

Hold the belly with pins on the body from round 25 to round 61 and sew it together. 65

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62 Hold the ears with pins in the head, centered, from round 6 to round 8 and sew them together. 67

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Stuff the tail and pin it to the body, from round 50 to round 61. Sew it, leave a small opening where you can finish stuffing the tail. Finish sewing. 71

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Now, with gray yarn, embroider the 7 belly stains. 76

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ASSEMBLY Sew the claws. In the arms sew 3 claws, between rounds 3 and 4, with a sc of separation between them (approximately). In the feet sew 4 claws, between rounds 5 and 6, with a sc of separation between them (approximately). 86

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Sew the mustaches we hardened with glue the first day. Sew 3 whiskers on each side, under the eyes, between rounds 21 and 24. Hide the ends of yarn under the nose. Cut out the whiskers. 92

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ASSEMBLY You can sew the whiskers with waxed black yarn, they are not so rigid and it will look like this: 98

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Or you can also embroider them with black yarn, for me this is the best option for small children. 100

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