#grub answers

[cory-posting]

have you considered turning on autocorrect

das for lusers who cnt spel!! Im a COOL GUY whio cant Pspell!

[grub-posting]

I LIVE

@dwarf-orange-bulborb-posting

Wows! Me too! Hooray! Yay!

[buzzingroyalty]

how to grub your karkat

or you can use this for any other plush or if you wanna make a whole new plush entirely or whatever

disclaimer im not a professional in any sense of the word and theres anything technical im doing wrong or you think you can do it better by all means dont hold back

Things you’ll need

sewing machine unless youre really dedicated but doing it by hand is gonna be an agonizing feat i promise. I just used a straight stitch for everything

Fabrics: for the main body i suggest a minky or something soft, for the inner lining something in the same color as the main body and ideally with some stretch, and anything black for the legs. Less than a yard of each will do

if youre using minky or anything furry get a lint roller. Trust me

stuffing, i used polyfil

threads that match your fabrics

good fabric scissors

sewing needle for hand sewing/fixes

karkat plush (optional)

Heres the pattern i came up with! They are numbered for your convenience and pieces with the same numbers are going to be part of the same row of segments. cut everything out on the black lines (Make sure when you’re printing to fit the image to the page size.) on the left we have the belly pieces, the right is the main body, and we have the foot in between

Im using a relatively thin minky fabric, im sure you can use whatever but something with some fluffiness kinda helps to mask any imperfections in the sewing. When drawing out your patterns keep in mind what direction your fibers settle in and try to keep it consistent

On the wrong side of the fabric measure out at least a half inch seam allowance around each piece of the pattern, i used a centimeter and that worked but had me sweatin a bit.

For the main body pieces fold your fabric in half before you cut so you can have 2 of each segment that are mirrored to each other, i also extended all of the #1 pieces an additional centimeter/half inch at the top so we can fold them over at the very end. I highly suggest numbering the insides of all the cut pieces, especially in a way where you will remember what direction they are each meant to sit

After you’ve numbered all your pieces, set them aside and start making your feet!

Each of the 6 legs is made of two pieces, but i because i only had a swatch of the black minky i made up for the rest with some random black scrap fabric from an old project. Try to keep your fabric consistent if you can lol

I didnt give these pieces any more seam allowance on the fabric but i recommend adding a centimeter or half inch to the base of it to extend the length and have some more wiggle room

like so

Instead of cutting out 12 individual pieces and struggling to stitch them all together i started with 6, then pinning each piece real tight with the right/furry side down onto my secondary fabric, and slowly stitching around the shape real close to the edges- DO NOT CLOSE THE FLAT SIDE as we are going to stuff the feet through here

Now cut the shape out of the fabric and repeat till you have 6 feet

Now flip those bad boys inside out, stuff up, and if you wanna you can match them to their best pairs

now grab a pair of feeties and your #1 pieces and line them up, in this picture my belly #1 piece is shorter bc i forgot to add the extra centimeter and i recut that once i realized. Line those sides up with the right/furry parts touching and with the feet in between, flip it around to make sure everything's sitting the way you want it

Note. i didnt realize until later but i sewed my feet in upside down. save yourself the time it takes to fix it and dont make the same mistake

Straight stitch these layers together and repeat with the next two segments our good friends #2 & #3

Repeat this for the #2 and #3 sections but NOT THE #4, that part doesnt need feet! just line those edges up right/furry sides together and sew

the secret to the squish of the suit is making this inner lining from another fabric and stuffing it! I used what i had leftover from a stretchy red fabric for a kanaya skirt. For this we need to make a new pattern for each section, making sure it follows the curve of the round edge but the piece itself is shorter, almost like youre removing the seam allowance you added. Mine is a centimeter shorter on the top and on the bottom and reaches to the middle

Make one of these for each numbered segment,you only need to make half the pattern and you can fold your fabric in half on a crease and you end up with one symmetrical piece (bars)

Now you need to pin these pieces right on top of the wrong side of your numbered furry sections and line up the straight edges like so (disclaimer for LOTS OF SCARY NEEDLES !!)

Admittedly i didnt estimate how long these pieces needed to be very accurately and overshot it a bit, if you start pinning it from the middle and continue outwards on either side thatll ensure its not too lose and you can cut off any excess after

The only exception is piece #1, if you recall we gave this #1 section extra seam allowance. This is so we can sew down that excess at the neck later and hide any of the inside that might show once its all put together. Do not connect the top edge to the inner lining! Since i added an extra centimeter earlier im gonna leave that hanging and pin + sew down the inner lining a centimeter lower than the top edge. LEAVE THE CURVED EDGES OPEN! DONT SEW THEM TOGETHER! those stay open to stuff

Straight stitch the lined up edges together

Now you have all these skinned pieces of little freak and we need to connect all these segments together making sure to sew UNDER the existing stitches so we dont see those on the outside when its all put together

Inside looks like a bit of a mess but thats fine bc its not the part that matters

Now stuff it! you might need a stick or pencil or something long and thin to get stuffing into the middle bits

Now thats its stuffed you can finally close those curved edges. Try not to sew over a thick mound of stuffing, push it in a little further to give yourself some space and you can fluff it back out after everythings closed. I cut off that excess lining fabric after sewing

Ough… they filleted my boy…

Finally, match up all the edges and lines and HAND SEW them right sides together. You will destroy your machine trying to work around that stuffing i promise. You also have an excuse to get up from your work desk and sew on a couch or smth. I used a standard backstitch for a tight finish and again, make sure you sew under any existing stitches so they arent visible on the outside!

Speaking of the outside, once you stitch everything together you can very gently flip this sucker inside out

This is @hatamonu’s cat Cocaina, aka Coco. Her perfectly square figure made it into my grub files somehow so shes essential to the tutorial

Check the fit and all thats left to do is roughly baste stitch down that excess neck fabric onto the stuffed lining and youre set! I gave the thread slight tugs as i went to tighten the opening a bit put dont tighten it too much

tadaaaaa

It fits pretty snug but starts to slip a bit with motion. Heres a bounce test

 If you do shake your baby make sure to safety pin the plush to the suit so he doesnt prematurely shed his exosekeleton

Now spread that baby fever and show your baby to the world

pics from the ALA 2025 homestuck meetup and supplied by para.dox.cos

Tysm for coming along this ride with me especially if you followed the prototype journey on twitter, much thanks to my more sewing savvy friend for the solution to my grub dilemma and for helping me design and build my dolorosa cosplay <3 much love and hopefully many more homestuck cosplays and meetups to come in the future!

[carpbait]

important clarification

[mimorobo]

Why does everybody give you food recently? Anyways, how about I give you a cinnamon roll?

You tell me pal, you tell me...

Thanks for the cinnamon roll, will protect it with my life.

:D

[velvetwyrme]

How long does it take for the Pupa to, uh, Evolve? Morph? Germinate? Idk. What's the proper word for it?

in fiction? it takes about a month for them to pupate! (same as hercules beetles :]!) which is why there's been a little detour to go see the buster and the seekers ^^

irl time-wise? it happens whenever i get to finishing the part where that happens lolol

[kabutoden]

i look at you and my eyes are so so so wet like with tears tears of pure emotion and extend out my closed fist and then I open up my hand and you see her. my troll oc. the greatest oc. from 2013. I brought her back and redesigned her and im insane about her again. i begin sobbing on the ground. she’s so small. itty bitty……….

[snubmoth]

puts extra fish food in the aquarium you deserved it (it's milkshake flavored)

[ask-runaan-anything]

You were my inspiration to start my own in-character ask blog, so thanks!!

Also, Runaan, SURELY those grubs didn't taste good... ???

They absolutely did not. But I will do whatever it takes to keep my promise to Ethari. However wiggliness, however vile.

[cory-posting]

the ascension

i amm fluing :D woahhb wonder if flyaubg grub dog real….

[grub-posting]

holy hsit you lived . oh my god

(from @fritz-posting!)

uh yeah i did ims EPIC!

[mistfallengw2]

So, for those of you who do alt-parking with your characters, I wanna know if that's something that you worked into their story!

[gelatinorifice]

is this a fact?

I'VE BEEN HIT WITH THE ULTRA RARE GRUB ATTACK 💥💥💥💥💥💥💥💥 OW OW OW OW OUCH OW OW *is getting pelted with grubs* OW OUCH OW

[carlyraejepsans]

The 'safeutdr' tag is a good tag to browse for ut fanart that isn't gross.

except literally none of the drawings i reblogged were tagged safeutdr. the point of doing this IS to find the good stuff without making people subject themselves to the rest. unfortunately, that means i... have to see the rest first

[sharkieboi]

there’s a particular level of Deeply Fucked with Netflix and shows like Black Mirror and Squid Game where the inherent premise of the show is people live in a world where society has deteriorated enough but technology has advanced enough that you can or have to participate in literal murder death games just to survive, and it’s trying to ask “hey wouldn’t it be fucked up if this was the world you lived in? do you know how easy it is for that to become your actual reality? if you find this scary and appalling have you taken a closer look at the world you do actually live in?”

and then Netflix puts out mobile games where you can play the murder death games for fun on your phone or tablet!! how fun!! now you can also indiscriminately murder little digital creatures that make “you” (your character) feel actual literal pain when they die!! for fun!!!

[dandeleon]

btwww dont come to be a hater in my askbox on anon ok? thank youuu🩷🩷

THIS IS /NM BTW‼️‼️ anon you were very correct but also i somewhat try to keep my hating on here to a minimum :]👍