Saturday, October 29, 2011

totoro, to-to-ro

thumbs up to miyazaki hayao for creating my favorite childhood character and story. my sister and i saw ourselves as satsuki and little mei, frolicking totoro's woods in our big, alaskan backyard in the middle of nowhere. every dark, frigid, wintery morning we walked to our bus stop anticipating the cat bus to come running up with its big smile and warm, fuzzy seats and take us to school. pretend dust bunnies occupied the dark corners of our house.

this is a tribute to totoro. i crocheted a scoodie (scarf + hood) and attached ears and a big, green leaf on top. I crocheted pockets to resemble paws onto the ends of the scarf part complete with long, brown totoro nails. my romper is one i purchased from american apparel. i cut out the mouth and gray belly spots from jersey knit material and hand-stitched the teeth. i then hand-sewed the belly and mouth onto the romper WHILE wearing it and WHILE looking into a mirror... because the romper had an elastic band around the waist and would scrunch up if i took it off. so it took a while... but it was definitely worth it. i had gray boots and my co-worker happened to have fur laying about so i just wrapped it around my boots and sewed up the sides. i love my totoro costume and i hope it provides you with a bit of inspiration to create something that commemorates the feel-good, happy, fuzzy moments of your childhood, too. 

happy halloween!


peekin' around


waiting for the cat bus

hoping for rain






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  2. Hi Kiti Niki! :) Unfortunately, all I have is the one I wore for Halloween, so that one is not for sale. I may be making another in the future to sell on Etsy, I'll be sure to let you know!! Thanks!!!

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  3. Tay... please do. [= I am a VERY interested buyer. [= [=

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  4. OK great!! Good to know! :) I really love it, too!

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  5. THis is the most adorable thing i think ive ever seen! LOVE!!!

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    1. Yay! Thank you so much! I really love it, too! :)

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  6. How funny! I googled "crocheted mustache bunny" and ended up at the post with the 3 (noticeably unmustached but still adorable!) bunnies. Scrolled down, Scrolled down, scrolled down past this post... Then scrolled back up to the first photo. Wait a minute! UAF! I live here in Fairbanks, too :) Don't randomly run into many people from Fairbanks on the internet. In any case, I like all your cute little crocheted animals! I have made an elephant, giraffe, and bunny, though all are larger than amigurumi. Just started made an ear for my very first amigurumi though, which is another bunny! So far he has an ear. Do you share or sell your patterns at all? I'd love to make a couple of the bunnies with the shirts! They're so cute. Apparently I have too much time on my hands because I'm going to crochet stuffed bunnies for my real bunnies to snuggle with.

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    1. Oh wow! What a small world!! :) I don't actually have a pattern for the bunny. They're super simple though. I might try to write one up soon, IF I have time. :) I'm so happy you stumbled upon my site! I'm sure your bunnies will LOVE your stuffed bunnies to cuddle with!

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  7. wow you look really hot in this outfit. totoro rocks btw.

    -that one guy

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  8. hi, you very cool!!! Where can i find it??

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