R 1: mr with 6 st [6]
R 2: inc x 6 [12]
R3: (1 sc, inc, 1 sc) x 4 [16]
R 4: 16 sc [16]
R 5: (inc, 3 sc) x 4 [20]
R 6-8: 20 sc [20]
3 rounds
R 9: (2 sc, inc, 2 sc) x 4 [24]
R 10-15: 24 sc [24]
6 rounds
R 16: (2 sc, dec, 2 sc) x 4 [20]
R 17-19: 20 sc [20]
3 rounds
R 20: (dec, 3 sc) x 4 [16]
R 21: 16 sc [16]
R 22: (1 sc, dec, 1 sc) x 4 [12]
Finish with sl st. Cut off the yarn, fasten off, hide the tail.
Stuff a little then flatten and sew the top edges together. Sew to the sides of the body at round 22 of the body, then use the yarn to make seven upside-down ‘v’ shapes on the tummy.
Tail
Start with grey yarn
R 1: mr with 6 st [6]
R 2: inc x 6 [12]
R 3: (inc, 1 sc) x 6 [18]
R 4: 18 sc [18]
R 5: (1 sc, inc, 1 sc) x 6 [24]
R 6: 24 sc [24]
R 7: (inc, 3 sc) x 6 [30]
R 8: 30 sc [30]
R 9: (2 sc, inc, 2 sc) x 6 [36]
R 10-19: 36 sc [36]
10 rounds
Finish with sl st. Cut off the yarn, fasten off, hide the tail. Stuff firmly then sew to the body, with the second half of the round at the bottom (this stops the tail from pointing down too much).
Tummy
Start with white yarn
R 1: mr with 6 sc [6]
R2: inc x 6 [12]
R 3: inc x 12[24]
R 4: 24 sc [24]
R 5: (1 sc, inc, 1 sc) x 8 [32]
R 6: (inc, 3 sc) x 8 [40]
R 7: (inc, 7 sc) x 5 [45]
R 8: (4 sc, inc, 4 sc) x 5 [50]
R 9: (inc, 9 sc) x 5 [55]
R 10: (5 sc, inc, 5 sc) x 5 [60]
R 11: (inc, 5 sc) x 10 [70]
R12: (3 sc, inc, 3 sc) x 10 [80]
R13 – 15: 80 sc [80]
3 rounds
Finish with sl st. Cut off the yarn, fasten off, hide the tail.
Sew the tummy to the body, with the top at about the same level as round 23. You can embroider the details on the face now, and hide the end of the black yarn behind the tummy.
The nose is several horizontal lines with a small vertical line at the bottom. The whiskers are three single lines under the eyes on each side.
The mouth is a single very small horizontal line. You could make the big smile that Totoro sometimes has with some white felt, glued or sewn neatly on, with black vertical lines sewn across with thread.
