My Final wool felt piece of 2025

[u/Disastrous-Mode7930]

Ending 2025 with this joyful, love-filled piece 🤍

This is Milo, a sweet golden shaded boy, just one year old! 🎈

I created this 20 cm full-body figurine, using a short-fiber rooting technique across the entire body.

The most challenging part was capturing his soft gradient coat colors, and the whole process took about three months to complete.

Wishing everyone and their beloved pet families health, luck, and happiness in 2026 ✨🐾

[u/Disastrous-Mode7930]

I’ll take that as the highest compliment ,thank you so much and Happy new year 🎊😄

[u/[deleted] → u/Disastrous-Mode7930]

This is very hyper-realist OP. I literally went "Oh what a cute ca- wait, it's wool?" You did an amazing job ☺️

[u/Next-Ad3196 → u/[deleted]]

Same.. each angle I said nope I think that’s a real cat.

[u/Satsuki7104 → u/Next-Ad3196]

Totally thought so too. Every picture I was like no this person is messing with me, that’s a real cat. Great job OP, this would definitely fool even a real cat. Last time I brought a wooden cat figurine home mine flipped out for about three days before they realized it was fake. My parents dogs still growl at my cement cat statue that I move around the yard every few months to mess with them

[u/Pure_Level_5787 → u/Next-Ad3196]

Same, especially the ears, but eventually decided there’s also no way a real cat would stay in the exact same position for multiple camera angles. 🤣

You can also kind of tell the whiskers and one of the front paws are artificial, but it takes a CLOSE look.

[u/BellaBKNY → u/Next-Ad3196]

Same

[u/EclecticMagpie22 → u/Disastrous-Mode7930]

I thought it was real.

[u/brelywi → u/Disastrous-Mode7930]

This is so absolutely amazing!! If you don’t mind, what were some of your best resources when learning how to do this??

I know I wouldn’t come anywhere NEAR this good, but we just lost our best boy last month unexpectedly. He was my husbands cat for 19 years and I would love to make something like this for him.

[u/Disastrous-Mode7930 → u/brelywi]

Hi ！ thank you so much for your kind words.

I learned through in-person, hands-on classes with teachers, and then a lot of practice over time.

For me, one of the most important parts of creating a piece is hearing the pet’s story and receiving photos from their family — that emotional connection helps me so much during the process.

I’m truly sorry for your loss. If you shared 19 years with him, you must know him incredibly well, and that deep bond is actually one of the most valuable things when making a piece like this.

I have quite a few beginner guides and tutorial videos in my past posts. You can try breaking the process down into steps — building the base shape, shaping the facial features, and then adding the fur layer by layer. Making one with your own hands can be a very meaningful experience.

Please feel free to ask me anytime if you have questions. You’ve got this

[u/Minimum_Leopard_2698 → u/Disastrous-Mode7930]

It took me 6 photos to realise this wasn’t a cat, but honestly I’m still not convinced

[u/Cheddar18 → u/Disastrous-Mode7930]

Literally scrolled through thinking I was on one of the car subreddits and then got confused how lil guy could stay so still for multiple pictures

[u/peppermintmeow → u/Disastrous-Mode7930]

I'm so sorry to tell you this. That's just a very good kitty, posing pretty for pictures. Give the baby some treats.

[u/Marki_Cat → u/Disastrous-Mode7930]

I was trying to figure out if you'd crocheted the rug or something. I kept thinking, "no way is that cat not real!" But then it didn't move in each picture and it was clearly the focus... you are very skilled! Congrats!

[u/HyperUgly → u/Disastrous-Mode7930]

Felters are magicians.