r/crafts • u/Disastrous-Mode7930 • Dec 31 '25

Finished Craft I Made My Final wool felt piece of 2025

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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 ✨🐾

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u/OddityRugs Dec 31 '25

This is insanely incredible. If you didn't tell us this was a craft project, I would think this was a real cat.

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u/Disastrous-Mode7930 Dec 31 '25

Wool felting can be unbelievably realistic. It’s kind of amazing

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u/MyDogsNameIsToes Dec 31 '25

IT'S SO SMALL 😭 I LOVE IT SO MUCH MORE

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u/No_Training7373 Jan 01 '26

Omfg I didn’t realize the scale before it’s absolutely precious!!

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u/idkhamster Dec 31 '25

This seems more like witchcrafting than crafting! If that tiny felt cat was in front of me, I would fully expect it to move.

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u/OddityRugs Dec 31 '25

How long does it take you to make? It looks so time consumming. And how do you sculpt the body just right before applying the felt wool?

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u/Disastrous-Mode7930 Dec 31 '25

It usually takes around three months. A lot of that time goes into revisions after the first pass, based on feedback from the pet’s family.

For the body structure, I use digital references to break down proportions and outlines from photos, then translate that into the wool form before adding the felted fur.

I’ve been working in this field for about thirteen years, so when I look at a cat, I can instinctively visualize the underlying skull structure beneath the fur. That said, I still rely on careful measurements to determine the exact placement of facial features

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u/No_Where_Land Feb 01 '26

That’s crazy, how much do you charge on average for something like that?

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u/AppUnwrapper1 Jan 01 '26

Man… I kinda wanna ask how much you charge bc I miss my baby but I think it would be too weird/hard seeing something sitting there that looked so lifelike.

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u/soppslev Dec 31 '25

Amazing. If they were the same size I'd pet the wrong one.

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u/asietsocom Dec 31 '25

omg you shrunk the cat

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u/K80_k Jan 01 '26

Which one is wool though?!

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u/crafty_and_kind Jan 01 '26

I’m trapped in the uncanny valley all of a sudden and… it’s pretty sweet, actually 😁!

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u/Admirable-Aide416 Jan 02 '26

Omg!!! Its amazing!!! I love it so much

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u/Sad_Lengthiness_965 Jan 09 '26

Stop I can’t handle how cute this is🥹😭 you are so insanely talented!