Sock Shark Sewing Pattern

After being inspired to do sea sock animals in my previous tutorial, I thought Nadir the sock narwhal would be a little lonely in the craft room. So I made a few alterations to him and ta-daaa, please welcome sock shark, Solo. 

Sock shark Solo is about 9” long and sewn from a single adult ankle sock (so with a pair of socks, you can sew 2 sock sharks!). Aside from that, you will need a scrap of white felt, button eyes and yellow embroidery floss, and some polyester filling material to shape the shark. You can use the free sock shark pattern template in the tutorial below to make the sewing easier. After correctly padding this shark toy, you will find that it makes a lovely baby soft toy gift for newborns. 

Sock Shark – Free Sewing Pattern

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You may be thinking, “oh boy, I’m too scared of sharks to sew this one.” After movies like Jaws, yes, it’s very natural to be afraid of these swimming creatures with powerful jaws and a big wide mouth full of sharp teeth. 

Sock shark Solo is the opposite. He is soft, huggable and his big, wide mouth is actually widely smiling at you! Yes, sock shark Solo wants to be your new friend. And now, he can be your new craft family member. 

Solo lives in the big, big oceans which are home to his food, like smaller fish. He has one favourite spot in the ocean that he loves to swim around and around in. It’s the seabed somewhere near the Gulf of California, where the reefs are all underwater and there are plenty of underwater caves and ridges to dart around. 

That’s exactly what he loves to do – dart around, sneak here and there, flitting from cave to cave, and testing himself to see how fast he can swim from one point to the next. Sometimes he is alone, but today, he is with the sock narwhal Nadir whom he befriended recently. 

They look like twins, actually. If not for Nadir’s unicorn horn, they could pass off as brothers. In reality, they are not even related. Solo is a shark while Nadir is in the whale family, but they love living underwater together in harmony. 

Right now, they are swimming lazily side by side. Sock shark Solo flicks his tail left to right as he navigates even deeper down to a cave. “Look here,” he says to Nadir over his shoulder. “This cave looks interesting. It has shimmering lights and there’s music too.” 

“What’s going on?” Nadir asks curiously. “Let’s go see.” And together they swim towards the cave. As they get closer, the music gets louder and now, right at the entrance, they can hear the buzz of voices too. It’s an underwater party, woohooo. 

They enter the cave and immediately get surrounded by smells of wonderful fish sandwiches, moss biscuits and algae cocktails, served by fast-swimming fish and octopus. There is a big banner at the front which reads “UNDERWATER FESTIVAL”. 

Solo is so excited, he turns to Nadir and says, “Let’s have fun!”. 

Nadir nods his head and together, they make their way right to the centre of the dance floor, where they bump into their neighbour, Pixie (link) https://www.craftpassion.com/sock-penguin-how-to-sew/ who is just as happy to see them. How wonderful! Now they all have friends to party with. 

That’s the joy of having so many sock animal toys together. Everyone has a companion and you will too. With more sock animal toys, you will always have a soft, huggable companion in your home. 

Use my free shark sewing pattern below and have fun sewing sock shark Solo today. 

I enjoyed designing sock shark Solo and hope you have as much fun sewing him too. If you prefer sea animals as accessories, try the fish pendant or fish coin purse. If you love dressing up, these are perfect for you. 

Happy crafting!