DIY How To Make A Baby Yoda Out Of Wool
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 16 ก.ย. 2024
- This video is intended for you to be able follow along and make a similar baby Yoda (Grogu). I have a shorter video available if you would just like to watch the basic process. This project takes about 15-20 hours to finish, depending on the level of detail you want to achieve. This baby Yoda was 7 inches tall (17cm). I also have other tutorials available on my channel with more detail on the actual process of needle felting, if you are interested.
**NOTE** regarding the white fuzz the real baby has on his head, my original intent was to reverse-felt the white/cream core wool. However, I ended up with a layer of dark olive green that I did not want to pull up by reverse-felting. However, if you have light core wool and only the one green layer, try the reverse-felting to achieve the white fuzz!
Good luck, and most importantly, have fun!
TOOLS:
--A felting surface
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--Needle Felting (barbed) Needles:
40T yellow and 36T black and optional green REVERSE Felting Needle for pulling the core wool through the top of the head to give him white fuzz on his head (you would do this at the very end)(www.etsy.com/s...)
** It is important to note that these needles can break, especially the 40 gauge, so you may want a spare needle or two. When shaping areas that are very dense, use the 36T to reduce the risk of breaking.
optional Clover Needle Felting Pen
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WOOL:
--Core Wool Roving or Batt
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--Dyed Needle Felting Wool Batt, 0.5oz. or less each
"Caipirinha" *UPDATE now called "KEY LIME" (Corriedale blend from Chameleon Fiber Co.)
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-"Beige Peach/Med. Flesh" (Norwegian C1 from Dream Felt) (edit: this is a color match in "Camel" from Chameleon Fiber Co. www.etsy.com/l...
-"Taupe" (Norwegian C1 from Dream Felt) (edit: this is a color match in "Driftwood" from Chameleon Fiber Co. www.etsy.com/l...
-"Rouge" (Maori Wool Batting from Purple Moose Felting)
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--Merino Wool Prefelt, quantity 2, in the color "Light Earth" (from Purple Moose Felting)
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****seller no longer available, try www.etsy.com/l... or www.etsy.com/l... (this is a large piece of prefelt), or do a search on Etsy for other "brown prefelt"
OTHER SUPPLIES:
--Half Sphere Cabochons (18mm)--I got these on Etsy.com from MandT2007Cabochon
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--Paint (acrylic paint for the eyes, in black and very dark brown)
--Glue (I use Aleene's Tacky Glue)
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--Chenille Stems or 22 gauge Floral Wire
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He is adorable! You are so talented and very kind to share the tutorial.
Thanks! I am glad it was helpful.
Oh he’s so super cute!!!
Your ability is amazing!
Slowing the video down really helps with the wrinkles and facial features at the end 👍
Thank you! Glad you liked it!!
Terrific tutorial. Explained super well. Have someone in the family that would really like this Baby Yoda. Will try it thanks to your video.
Oh! I am so glad to hear that! Good luck with your project!
This is so awesome. You are a wonderful artist. Can’t wait to give it a try 💜
Thank you! Have fun making it!
I ABSOLUTELY LOVE HIM & was thrilled to find your tutorial. Thanks so much!
You are so welcome!
Woow amazing 🤩 I will try this ❤
This is fantastic, ive only just started felting so not ready for this but its certainly on my to make list. Thanks so much great video.
You're so welcome! Have fun!
This is amazing! I'm just getting into needle felting animals. I'm actually searching for a tutorial video for my first project and came across your videos! I'm going to try one of your other tutorials for now since I'm a beginner, but I aspire to make a Baby Yoda as detailed as yours! More videos please! 🤩🥰
Thank you :) I am so glad to hear it! The fox tutorial I made shows the most detail of how to do each step-- it is definitely my most thorough video (or rather set of videos). So even if you make a different animal, you could always look at some of the techniques on the fox if you need to. Have fun!
LOVE THE BABY!!!
Thank you!
Wow, wow, wow! Just gorgeous and amazing! What an artist! You’re awesome 🙏🤗❤️
Thank you so much!
This is very Cute
Baby Yoda is so cute, pretty ~~~~Yoda's clothes is so amazing, wonderful ~~ thank you for your video ~👍👍👍👍👍👍🤩🤩🤩🤩🤩
Thank you! :)
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Maravilloso trabajo me encantó . Felicitaciones
I would love to watch you make ET (The extra terrestrial from the movie). I think it would be super cute!!!
That's an awesome idea!
you did an amazing job. Have a good day and stay safe. 💜
Thank you! You too!
Perfect, artist
Thank you!
Wow that’s so awesome. Wish I could do that
Thank you!
You are an amazing artist! Thank you for the video! I'll give it a try...... 😍
Thank you! Have fun!
Presioso me encanta . He buscado tutoriales para hacer uno y no lo encontré así k me decidí por hacer uno pero ni se le parece al tuyo con tanta perfección. Muchisimas gracias
¡gracias!
Most of the felt at the craft stores isn't wool at all, but recycled plastic bottles. I did find one store that had nice wool pre-felt hidden way back on the bottom of a shelf. Had to really WANT to buy it. :-)
Yes, I know what you mean. I live in a small town in the middle of nowhere, so I have to get mine online. All the stuff in the one craft store we have here is as you described.
😍😍Quedó hermosísimo. Me encantó❤❤❤
¡gracias!
AMAZING work!!
Thank you!
I love this!
Thank you!
Thank you so much for generously sharing your talent. Could I please just ask, how do you attach the ears to the head? Thank you 😊
You’re welcome 😊 At around 41:00 I start creating a rod/tube shape from just the green wool. This wool rod shape gets attached along the top of the ear, but leave the ends unfelted. Then, blend one of the unfelted ends into the ear tip, and the other unfelted end will cover the chenille stem (pipe cleaner) and attach to the head. Just press that unfelted wool on top of the chenille stem and felt it over the stem onto the head by stabbing the wool into the head, around the wire stem. If you don't feel like you have enough loose wool to fully cover the chenille stem, you can also add more wool to cover it as you go. Just work in small amounts at a time.
@@kreationsbykrysta2134 Thank you so much!
Thank you so much for sharing your incredible skills so that we can try too ❤️ your baby Yoda is incredibly well done and absolutely adorable! I am trying to follow you step by step and while I am quite happy with the face, I'm having a VERY hard time with the hands and feet! I've been stabbing for 3 days now (I'm not even joking!) and they're still soft and without shape.. Any suggestions? Am I using the wrong needle? Am I doing it wrong? I always struggle so much with small details...
Maybe you could try wrapping the wool around a toothpick, holding it against the felting pad as you slide the toothpick out, and then quickly getting it felted in place? Some people also use a glue solution (like a mix of glue and water)-- but I would be really careful about doing that. It can work, but don't get it on your felting pad. Also, you'll have to wait for the glue to set before moving on. Plus, I imagine it could be sticky and frustrating depending on long it takes for you to form the fingers and have them hold shape. Another possible method would be to make a tiny armature for the hand using the chenille stems (pipe cleaners). Twist a couple small pieces together so you have 4 little fingers, cut them to the right size and try wrapping the wool around them. The wool clings very nicely to those, so you could wrap it really tight and felt it carefully (protect your needle from breaking). If the wool is still not clinging well enough, try combining the two ides. dip your chenille stem armature in a glue solution then wrap the wool around it. Small pieces can be tricky. Be patient with yourself, and take breaks. If all else fails, go for simple!!!! Don't stress over it. Just make a really nicely dense felted disc shape (the size of the whole hand + fingers) and then with some shape scissors, cut the disc to it becomes the little fingers attached to a hand. Felt the cut edges to secure them and finalize the shape. And if that seems too stressful, just make a little disc shape, and felt in some lines as separation on the fingers (like a cabbage patch doll hand from a long time ago). Most importantly, have fun with your project. There is not one way to do it, so just do what is fun for you! Good luck!
WOW!
Thanks!
I am really struggling on the fingers and toes. Do you have any tips to make it easier?
Same here 😢
If the difficult part is keeping them small, maybe you could try wrapping the wool around a toothpick, holding it against the felting pad as you slide the toothpick out and then quickly getting it felted in place? Some people also use a glue solution (like a mix of glue and water)-- but I would be really careful about doing that. It can work, but don't get it on your felting pad. Also, you'll have to wait for the glue to set before moving on. Plus, I imagine it could be sticky and frustrating depending on long it takes to form the fingers and hold shape. Another possible method would be to make a tiny armature for the hand using the chenille stems (pipe cleaners). The wool clings very nicely to those, so you could wrap it really tight and felt it carefully (protect your needle from breaking). Small pieces can be tricky. Be patient with yourself, and take breaks. You can also simplify the entire hand/foot. It doesn't have to have elaborate fingers and toes. You could just felt a little disc shape as the hand and then felt lines into that disc to indicate the shape of fingers and toes. Best of luck!
Thank you!! You are so nice! I completed mine and I'm happy with it. It wouldn't have been possible without your help
Love it you are so amazing 👏❤
Thank you so much!!
This is amazing!
Thank you :)
I am getting it all to maoe for my granddaughters 7 birthday.
Awesome! Have fun!
So cute, what thickness on prefelt for coat? The company linked to is no longer in business. Thanks
Yes it seems that the shop which I purchased from has now closed. Maybe try this? www.etsy.com/listing/801633445/merino-pre-felt-latte-approx-9-x-12 or maybe www.etsy.com/listing/499245283/extra-fine-merino-prefelt-earth-brown-19 Or search Etsy for a brown prefelt. I am not very sure the thickness, it seems about like the thickness of normal felt fabric, but less stiff, and not quite completely felted yet in feel. I hope this helps :)
Здравствуйте. Подскажите, пожалуйста, а из чего сделано пальто?
Love him and hope to make him soon. How tall does he stand?
Awesome! Best of luck and have fun! This baby Yoda was 7 inches tall (17cm).
@@kreationsbykrysta2134 super helpful. I'm worried I'm making him too large lol
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Hello 😊 Thanks for watching!
Wonderful! On what kind of felting mat are you making it?
I have a foam felting pad, but there are other styles of felting mats, and any of them should work just as well.
I can not find the wool sheets you used to make his jacket.
Oh my! Yes it seems that the shop which I purchased from has now closed. Maybe try this? Or search Etsy for a brown prefelt. www.etsy.com/listing/801633445/merino-pre-felt-latte-approx-9-x-12? or maybe www.etsy.com/listing/499245283/extra-fine-merino-prefelt-earth-brown-19
This is incredible, how long have you been felting?
Thank you! Just over 5 years.
Do you have any tips for felting using handmade felting wool? I just started but it seems a little straggly at the end compared to felting wool that you buy.
Well, there are certain sheep breeds that produce different textures of wool that will felt more smoothly, but I am not very savvy on which ones. I usually use Corriedale and Merino. However, I have found most wool can get pretty smooth with more felting. You can felt the wool to be very dense, in fact, so much so that you can't really squeeze/squish it anymore. Once it is dense, and less soft and squishy, I find the fibers will be tucked inside and held in place pretty easily. However, I am sure there is also nothing wrong with trimming the surface with small scissors if there are some straggly pieces you just can't tame! ;) There are some needle felting groups on Facebook you can join that welcome people to post questions and you will probably get a wealth of information from people who know much more than I do, and probably have been felting for longer than me as well!
Wpw! This is so cute.
Thank you!
Did you do the intro? :)
Yes
Adorei
Ciao Krysta, sto facendo Baby Yoda quando starà pronto vado postare sul mia pagina Instagram e vado taggart per vedere come va rimanere. Grazie per bellissimo lavoro. 🤩👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼🇮🇹🇮🇹🇮🇹
Meraviglioso! Spero che vada bene e che ti diverta a creare Baby Yoda!
@@kreationsbykrysta2134 ,ciao
Già ho fatto, ho un problema che la fotografa non voglia che ho pubbliche prima di lei. Vado inviare la foto per te sul Instagram direct. Grazie ❤️
I love it!!! 😍😍😍There is a possibility to buy it?
@@kreationsbykrysta2134 Can you send me the link? I’ve tried but I didn’t find it on ebay
do you sell them?
Sometimes. You can check my Etsy shop (KreationsByKrystaO) from time to time. The only item I have right now is a cat portrait.
I checked in the description but I can’t find the green she used online
I have been contacted by the lovely seller, who I highly recommend, and was informed that the name of the green caipirinha was changed to KEY LIME. Try this www.etsy.com/listing/777235127/needle-felting-wooldyed-corriedale-blend and select KEY LIME.
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Hi Krysta, Great video. Thank you so much for using the green wool from my shop! You did a great job with it… There has been a name change on the color, it is now Key Lime.
www.etsy.com/listing/777235127/needle-felting-wooldyed-corriedale-blend?ga_order=most_relevant&ga_search_type=all&ga_view_type=gallery&ga_search_query=needle+felting+wool+batt&ref=sr_gallery-1-2&organic_search_click=1&bes=1&col=1
Thanks!
Catherine
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Amazing Krysta, thank you so much for sharing!
Just a question: I’m struggling to find cabochons without a flat back... Do you have any pointers as to what to search to get these cabochons that have the indent to paint inside?
Thank you again for being so generous with you time and talent!
I'm not sure if I can put a link in here, but these are the ones I bought. www.etsy.com/listing/823163143/154080pcs-half-sphere-round-crystal?ga_search_query=half%2Bsphere&ref=shop_items_search_3 If that link doesn't work, go to Etsy.com, and search for half sphere flat back cabochons in the shop called MandT2007Cabochon
Hi, how many cm has the figure of high?
He is about 17cm tall.
@@kreationsbykrysta2134 Thanks!!!!
Do you have a # or Instagram act where we can post pics of our finished Grogru?
I have a Facebook page, Kreations By Krysta, and I would love for you to share it in a comment under the Grogu info, and I also have an Instagram, kreationsbykrysta (although I am not super active on there).
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Did you glue in the eyes?
Yes I did. At around 7:25 you will see it.
@@kreationsbykrysta2134 oh I see it! Duuhh! Thanks for the fun video!
@@gerryburklow5097 no problem. I'm glad you enjoyed the video! :)
Que pena que este todo en inglés.
I appreciate all of the work the the instructors do ,but it would be nice if you didn’t hurried up the process it is hard to follow, I don’t know how other viewers feel but I myself feel i cant learn with the way that you teach its too hurried .
I understand, and I am sorry for this inconvenience. I have to balance what is a reasonable length of time for the videos while still showing as much helpful information as possible. It is not reasonable for me to create a tutorial that is 15-20 hours long (which is how long it takes to make each sculpture). So that leaves me with the options of (1) cutting out portions of the process entirely, or (2) speeding them up. I do try to slow it down every time I am showing a specific technique, but the rest of the process I choose to speed up rather than omit it and just skip ahead to the next potion.
@@kreationsbykrysta2134 Miss Krista I didn’t mean to criticize your work that by the way is very beautiful, thank for responding i did appreciate that but for me that i have never done yarn felting it is hard to follow your work.I sometimes watch Living Felt and the instructors really do take their time ,i am very intrigued with the process and would love to learn,special since you were doing Baby Yoda and I love everything about the character, once again thank you for your courtesy of responding to my comment, maybe you could recommend where i could get a kit not expensive so that I could learn with the little bit that i have seen,tried Amazon but was not to impressed based on some comments of other craft members,saying that the yarn was poor quality and or some of the needles were also of poor quality and there were no instructions.once thank you for responding and I do understand, please be safe and happy. Sincerely Connie
@@mcstephens944 I don't know of a certain kit, but please do read in my video description for the supplies I use. I have links to where to purchase them in the description. Also, I am not sure if it would be helpful or not, but the tutorials I made for the fox and for the cat head portrait are longer and more detailed than the baby Yoda. Best of luck!
your grogu's clothes are way too tight.
Haha! I suppose he isn't swimming in his little robe, like he often appears to in the show. The prefelt that I was able to obtain was only 12 inches long so I was limited on how big around it could reach in a single piece. If I made another (which I will probably not), I would consider adding a seam in the back of his robe, using two pieces of prefelt (as I mentioned in the video), and allowing a more baggy look. However, if the robe is truly needle felted as part of sculpture, there is a limit to how loose it can be and still be secure. The alternative would be to actually sew clothes (using thread and fabric), which would give the freedom to have the robe completely unattached to the sculpture and as baggy as you would like.
@@kreationsbykrysta2134 or you could just make the inside body bigger.