For The Love of Totoro

DIY Totoro Crochet

I fell in love with the characters of "My Neighbor Totoro" since time time i watched this movie back in 2011 and have been watching the movie again and again, never getting tired of it.

My Neighbor Totoro is a Japanese animated  movie directed by Hayao Miyazaki. The movie is about the Two young girls, Satsuki and her younger sister Mei, who move into a house in the country with their father to be closer to their hospitalized mother. Satsuki and Mei discover that the nearby forest is inhabited by magical creatures called Totoros They soon befriend these Totoros, and have several magical adventures.

I wanted to buy a Totoro doll but couldn't find any toy shops selling it. So, finally i decided to crochet it myself and looked up in the internet for tutorials and to my amazement, i landed up with the couple of tutorials. I chose the the tutorial by Lucy Collin as it was very easy to follow her tutorials. In the beginning, i decided to crochet only one grey Totoro, but ended up crocheting 13 extra.

Here is the link to the Grey Totoro Crochet   http://www.ravelry.com/patterns/library/grey-totoro-amigurumi

Side View

View from Front

Blue Totoro front view

Side View

 The above Totoro took me four days to finish it.

Here is the link to the Blue Totoro. It took me three days to finish it. 

 http://www.ravelry.com/patterns/library/blue-totoro-amigurumi

The tutorial for little white Totoro http://www.ravelry.com/patterns/library/tiny-white-totoro-amigurumi

All the patterns are available to download, so please have fun making them!

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{DIY} YARN WRAPPED LETTERS

How To Make Yarn Wrapped Alphabet Letters

This Simple DIY task is simple and easy and it just takes few hours to make it. I decided to do a "LOVE" word for the craft.

The craft immediately beautified and lightened up my home. 

Things Required:

1. Yarn

2. Cardboard Box/a  sponge at that you use at home

3. Scissors

4. Cello tape

5. Papers

6. Measuring Tape

7. Pencil/pen

8. Glue

Directions:

Cut the cartoon box/mat in to the required alphabets for the base to prepare the craft. 

I measured my alphabets and the cut it accordingly.

After cutting the outline of the alphabets, i begin wrapping the alphabets horizontally. This took a little amount of time.

Make sure that you wrap around the alphabets neatly. After the wrapping was done i cut the yarn and secured it to the edge by gluing it down on all sides.

Then i set the craft aside to dry.

I decorated the finished letter with crocheted flowers and leaves after which i secured it on the finished alphabet.

After its dried, i folded an A4 sized paper and inserted it into the yarn on the backside of the craft to be pasted on the wall. Then i  took the two sided cello tape and pasted it one side on the paper. 

Then i pasted the finished project on the wall.

Let me know if you guys try this out. I think they would be super cute as a single letter in you bedroom or living room or your kids’ rooms or even on a bookshelf.

HAPPY DIYing!

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