May the force be with you - Baby Yoda and his Spacepod

This is probably my most challenging project I've made so far. Bearing in mind, I've only just recently picked up crocheting, and I don't watch Star Wars, I was going in a bit blind with this.
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BABY YODA

I made this for my kiddo nephew when he was staying with me during summer. I asked him what he wanted, thinking he'd go for something simple like an animal. With boys being boys, he ended up choosing Baby Yoda from Star Wars!!! My first reaction was, what have I got myself into now!!!! He asked me if that was difficult to make, and of course I couldn't back down and say it's difficult!!! Actually I had absolutely no idea at all. At least the pattern said intermediate, which is better than difficult!!! Luckily turns out it wasn't that difficult and both the online pattern and YouTube video was very easy to follow. In case anyone is interested, you can find the pattern here
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As I am not very familiar with Baby Yoda and had a limited choice of yarn colours at home, I had to get kiddo to help me choose the most suitable colour. Baby Yoda ended up in grey instead of brown as per the pattern. Some of his parts were a bit fiddly like this little hands was supposed to have three fingers but you can't see them very well. The ears weren't that difficult to make, but despite me following the pattern to the dot, they still ended up one larger than the other. On and off it took me over a week to make Baby Yoda. Unfortunately I forgot to take photos of the progress untill I assembled him.

The last part were the eyes. The pattern uses acrylic gems for the eyes, I had problem getting suitable ones so left Baby Yoda for a few weeks whilst trying to work out a solution. By the way, you know the worse thing? I left this for too long and still hadn't finished it when kiddo left for university last week. He had to leave without it 😣
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SPACE POD

In the meanwhile, once Baby Yoda was (sort of) completed, I decided to make a space pod for him. That looked fun and easy to make. The only problem was the tension. My yarn is a bit thinner than that in the pattern, and my space pod turned out a little smaller and it wasn't so sturdy. Also, based on the pattern, I felt the hood was too low and looked odd so I improvised and continued to crochet till it reached overhead. Then I added a few more rows which I could either leave open, or fold back to make the rim stronger.
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The base is double layer but due to my thin yarn, it felt quite flimsy. I decided to add a carpet to make the base triple layer. I ran out of the dark blue yarn and had to use light blue instead, but I think the effect looks quite nice. Do you noticed I crocheted the buttons in front of the space pod as well? In the pattern, they stuck felt on it, I didn't have any felt at home and decided to go the whole hog and crochet everything.
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And finally to make it more personalise for kiddo, I embroided his initials on the base of the space pod.
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THE COMPLETED BABY YODA

Back to the eyes, the most important part that brings Baby Yoda to life. I couldn't find any suitable acrylic gems and ended up crocheting them. I think they may be on the large side. What do you think? Should I make them smaller?
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And here's the completed Baby Yoda and his Space Pod. I'm really chuffed with it!!!
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In the pattern, Baby Yoda can half lie inside, but he can only stand up inside mine. I don't think that's a problem though.
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FINISHING TOUCHES

There is only one more thing I want to do now, I need to make a lightsaber for Baby Yoda. I don't know why I always call it saberlight, and I got told off by kiddo a few times for always getting it wrong 😁. I got some sticks at home which come with the diffusers, they will be perfect for the lightsaber. I think it will be difficult to crochet around it (for me at least, I'm sure it will be easy for those who can crochet properly), so I'm thinking to just crochet a chain and wrap it around the stick. Kiddo says every Yoda has a different colour lightsaber, and Baby Yoda has a yellow one. Now I just need to get some yellow yarn which I shall do in a few days time. Then I can complete Baby Yoda and give it to kiddo when he comes back for dinner over the weekend!!!
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Wow! You sure have a lot of patience! I used to crochet when I was younger and still can do a lot of things but never have the time. Learning has taken over.

I love what you've done, that space pod is so interesting :)

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I'm actually quite enjoying crocheting these little toys, it's really fascinating to see them develop

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That's really cool and really cute. It does look like a hard one but its awesome how Baby Yoda actually sits inside the space pod. Such a cool idea. Well done!!!

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Thanks, it was fun making it, i'm so glad he chose it now

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Good luck with the "saberlight..." I mean "lightsaber." ;)

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Look at you!!! 😃

You did quite well! The fact that the baby can sit up in the pod is amazing! I love the details you added to it and you did a good job improvising.

I think the eyes are fine. Baby Yoda’s head is quite small and his eyes are pretty big in proportion to his head.

I think your nephew will really enjoy this. Kudos to you ~ 👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽

Note: No worries about not having any process photos. We are actually trying to encourage more sharing of life (more about one’s day, describing the project experience and anything in between) instead of just writing a tutorial full of step by steps and nothing else. I appreciate how much you shared with us in this post, it helped connect us to your project and the feeling of accomplishment you had.

Please keep sharing with us!! 😁

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Thanks @crosheille, I'm glad my post is going along the direction the community wants. I like the idea of linking the creation to a more personal level and not just staying at a technical level, though of course the technical level can be quite challenging at times!

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You’re welcome ;)

I’m glad you like the idea!

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You're so creative, the results are really cool.. And I love the way you put the Baby Yoda when you shoot them. It is very cool. Maybe if you give a yellow light when taking pictures... it will look even cooler..

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Thanks for the suggestion, playing with the lighting will definitely make the effect more special, need to learn more about photography lighting first!!!

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O wooow ☺️☺️☺️☺️ I’m big star wars fan and you made that really perfect 👍 your nephew is a happy kiddo 💪

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Thanks @tinabrezpike that's good to know. I don't watch Star Wars😅 so really have no idea if it looks like the real yoda!!!

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You are so crafty! Love the idea of a space pod, looking like a baby trolley. Cuteness overload... :D Yellow saberlight sounds good, will match baby Yoda's skin.

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Thanks Donica. Gonna finish the saberlight off this weekend, then it will be complete... at last!

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I love baby Yoda and you made him! With the space pod too!!! And added with a light saber? That is so cooool! I would like this set of gift :D Your nephew is so lucky to have you as the cool and talented aunt :)

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Awwww, Yoda looks so cute great job for a beginner, your kiddo nephew would be loving Yoda.

Just wanted to let you know @livinguktaiwan I have just recruited a new hive member from Thailand her username is @emmy99 I would very much appreciate, if you maybe can give this lovely lady a bit of your support and guidance, I would very much appreciate that. Thanks again @livinguktaiwan have a nice day.

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Sure, i just dropped her a message. Normally all new legit users will be picked up by OCD, unfortunately this must have fell through the cracks

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Thank you @livinguktaiwan I was wondering what happen why ocd didn't acknowledge her, it did make me feel a little disheartened for her, I know her English grammar is not the best but she is going to give it her best shot and I will try and help her the best way, I can.

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I've seen it all now - bananas. And what do you mean you've never watched Star Wars?

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👍👍👍🌹🌹🌹

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