How to Make a Sock Rabbit

Sock rabbit is my recent project. I did think of making a sock rabbit quite some time ago but never took action to make a try. One day of last month, one of the members in my facebook group requested me to make two sock rabbits for her. I promised her and charged her a friendship price. Her request gave me a motive force to make a start. Hmm... I should thank her for giving me a push.

I like big ears rabbit, so do you? This project is easy to pull off. You will need 3 mid-calf socks to create a sock rabbit. If you have some unwanted or mismatched socks, now you can recycle those socks and turn it into a sock rabbit. If you think you want to make a pair of brand new sock rabbits as a gift for someone, then you should buy three pairs of mid-calf socks. Let refer to the material list below and follow the guided picture and instruction to get it done.


Materials:
1. Three mid-calf socks
2. Two shank buttons (for eyes)
3. Decorative button (for shirt)
4. Felt cloth (for nose)
5. Poly-fill material
6. Matching embroidery thread and sewing thread
7. Ribbon (optional)

First, turn a sock to the wrong side with the heel facing up. Lay the heel part towards the calf part and sew a curved line along the curved heel part. After that cut it into 3 parts as shown in the photo. There are the parts for rabbit's shirt, head, and one of the ear. Set the parts aside.

Turn the second sock to the wrong side with the heel facing up. Draw the pattern as shown in the photo onto your sock. Follow the yellow line and sew, then cut out the pattern by following the red line. It is about 1cm apart from the yellow line. Now you should have two different parts, one is for the body and legs and the small part is reserved for making a tail.

Turn the third sock wrong side out ( the photo shown above is not with the wrong side out, I forgot to turn the sock wrong side out when I took the photo, sorry for that 😅). Then, put the ear part which cut out from the first sock on the third sock as shown in the photo in order to cut out the other ear part in the same size. After you have cut out the ear piece, draw the hands and the sleeves patterns (the yellow line) on the other cut out piece. Try to push the front heel layer towards the back layer as deep as possible so you will have enough place to draw the hands. Follow the yellow lines and sew. Once you have finished, cut out the pieces follow the red lines.


Follow the instruction below to create a sock rabbit step by step:

Step 1. Start to make the bear's head. Turn the head piece to the right side and stuff up the head with poly-fill material, then run stitches along the raw edge. Before pulling it tight, fold the raw edge inwards. Tighten up the opening by pulling the thread fully and then make a few stitches across, knot and cut thread.

Step 2. Turn the body part to the right side. Stuff up the body. Then, run stitches along the raw edge.Tighten up the opening. Do it the same way as you made for the head. Now, join the head and the body together with a slip stitch.

Step 3. Turn the shirt to the right side. Put on the shirt with the raw edge facing the legs and fold the raw edge inwards.

Step 4. Turn the ear piece right side out and roll it up. Secure the base of the rolled edge with needle and thread. Do the same for the other ear and attach the ears to the head.

Step 5. Turn the hand piece right side out, stuff up and close the opening. Press the point near to the opening to form a flat-shaped upper arm. Repeat the steps for the other hand and sew the hands to the body

Step 6.  Put on the sleeves and secure them in place. Then sew the decorative butoon on the shirt.

Step 7. Take the tail portion and simply cut out a circle. Run stitches along the raw edge and put some poly-fill material on it. Pull the thread tight to close the opening. Don't cut the thread, sew it to the lower back with the same thread.

Step 8. Sew the eyes on the face.

Step 9. Cut out a nose (small love shape) from a piece of felt cloth and sew it on the face.

Step 10. Sew the mouth with the matching embroidery thread. Done!!