I love these little socks that I pick up at our local street fair in Palm Desert. They are from Japan and I adore the Japanese writing on them! They come with ducks, pandas, pigs, rabbits and other animals and each one is just adorable.

Boo loves to mix and match the animals:

You can easily make a similar simplified version using some felt and thread. I started with these simple shapes for a pig:

First I stitched the light pink pig head to the dark pink background (will become the pig’s body):

Then I stitched the light colored snout piece into place with contrasting thread for the nostrils:

I used the same thread to add some contrast to the ears:

I added eyes using black thread:

Then I trimmed the large dark pink felt piece down into a smaller oval shape for the body……

………and cut an identical piece for the back:

I place the two oval pieces right sides together and began stitching them together at the outside. As I stitched towards the bottom I placed a small dark pink ovals halfway in to make a foot:

I stitched a few times around the foot to secure it in place:

Continuing to stitch along the bottom….until it was time to insert the other foot:

I stitched all the way around to the other side of the pig, leaving an opening at the top. I turned the pig right side out and inserted a small amount of stuffing:

Pinching the opening shut….here is what my little pig looked like at this point:

I carefully folded the front top edge over the back edge and stitched it shut:

I used some light pink DMC thread to add a little tail at the top:

Finally I stitched the pig to the back of a sock:

A finished animal “pom-pom” for your sock!

These would be great a great way to re-purpose your mismatching socks!