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>>36319944
Totally!
So for someone totally new to sewing n shit, a fumo is probably a bit much. My first ever thing I tried to sew was a fumo head, and it didn't go well. Instead, I'd try and find something small like one of them felt plushie crafts or similar and try and copy something. Don't feel bad about copying as just learning and figuring out all the little tricks is great practice.
For the fumos though, basically the pattern I posted earlier in this thread should be fine. It's 1:1 with a real fumo, so just print it out and use them as a pattern. Pic related is measurements of the 1:1 pattern against a ruler you can use to verify your pattern is full size. You basically trace the pattern over your fabric with something like a marking pen or crayon and using a pair of fabric scissors cut them out. NOTE: in order to make a functional 3d part, you will need to flip the pattern over to create a mirrored piece, if you don't then you'll basically just have two of the same pieces that won't fit. This isn't a problem if the material is 2 sided, but with stuff with patterns/designs or if they have trace marks, then that'll be an issue.
I highly recommend just making individual parts first, like arms, legs, etc. without attaching them to other parts. This is to make sure you've got everything right. I actually have a pile of misc fumo parts that I just use for reference. Be sure to stuff them too, as a lot of the time they will look wonky after you first sew them but will actually look fine once you fully stuff them. The fumo head is by far the biggest culprit of this.
Once you get all the individual parts down, try and fully make a head. You don't need to spend time doing the eyes/mouth/eyebrows with embroidery or anything, for your first few attempts tracing the face features with a pen or something is fine. You mainly want to make sure you can get the alignment right. That fumo WIP I posted a lot earlier has a very misaligned face, which is really, really easy to have happen if you aren't experienced enough. For the face, the most important piece to get right is the chin. If you fuck it up, it'll skew the face and when stuffed will be pretty lumpy/malformed. The key is to mark the center of the chin and the fumo face part as well as where the chin should end on both the left and right side of the face. Keep in mind you WILL fuck up your first few, and it'll feel really frustrating, but if you keep going you're already better than most people who try and make a fumo. Try and look at other custom fumos and see how they're made as well as them from different angles as that really helps with figuing out what piece goes where. An example of this are fumo ears, they are kinda sandwiched between two other sewn pieces and are a fucking pain to get right. There's a website I use that also has 3D scans of a bunch of different fumos, so if you don't have one of your own you can at least see one from different angles.
For the toyknit, this is the seller that most people I'm familiar with use. https://www.aliexpress.com/item/32603856876.html?spm=2114.12057483.detail.3.1ebb1ef65aaIGw
I use A or C, be sure to make sure all the pieces are from the same color, I also fucked that up with that naked test as you can see.

Shoot me any more questions or clarifications too, I'm happy to help. There's also a fumo making """discord""" too if you're into that.