I didn’t have any bulky weight on hand, so I used two strands of Cascade 220 Superwash throughout the project instead.

When starting side fins (ear flaps), I picked up stitches 1 row above switch to red, and did two rows of matching ribbing. When I started binding off, when I got to the ear markers, I did short rows instead of patterned decreases. When short rows were complete, continued in bind off.

used the same technique for the teeth, which I ended up sewing down to keep from rolling.