needle felting

[lucathia]

I've taken on a new hobby! It is kind of relaxing. Poke, poke, poke, poke...



Still, it takes far too long just to make one thing. This took me the entire day! It's actually very tiny, coming out to around an inch and a half. I think I went blind from this, and my hands were shaking by the end since the details were so tiny. I couldn't add a mouth without making it look like a mustache. XD; Hm~, I think I need to make his tail thicker. This was my third piece! I made a random cat for my first one, and a flat fishbones for my second one. :3 I have not watched Madoka yet... but Kyuubey is cute, though he makes me very wary. XD I want to try Nyanko-sensei next, but I don't have gray wool, boo...

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[tokki-chan.livejournal.com]

KYUBEY??

WHYYYYYYYYY

D:

though, yes, dammit, he is cute BUT HE'S ALSO A TROLL DON'T TRUST THAT BLANK STARE

[lucathia]

He's so cute! |D I bet I can't even fathom just how much of a troll he is. XD; /gets tricked by his cuteness

[tokki-chan.livejournal.com]

That is, surprisingly, the aesop of this show. ITS BEING CUTE IS NO BASIS FOR TRUST.

watch the show. waaaaaatch iiiiiiit

[lucathia]

I am burning with curiosity about just how deceptive this cuteness is.

I suppose I'll watch it soon'ish. XD;

[admiral]

Holy moly, that is tiny. My hands and eyes would have mutinied if I did that for a day. It's cute though! ♥ Totally share more pics if you do more. :D

[lucathia]

My hands were seriously shaking by the end! I should probably just make the next one larger... would save myself some trouble. XD; I'm eying my wool and wondering what I can make out of them. I have some pretty random colors! Maybe some generic bunnies would be doable. XD

[admiral]

MAKE LOTS OF BIG ONES. ♥ *cough* I mean.
Bunnies are always cute! Or you can try your hand a other anime mascot-y things, aha.

[lucathia]

I'm going to try! But I do love how cute this small size one was. XD; Maybe I should try some tweezers to help with the next one!

Bunnies are adorable and pretty simple! At least the design I have in my head. XD I do want to try out other mascots too~. I have some black... maybe a black Mokona. :D

[admiral]

You could make a whole family of various-sized animals! Like the bunnies or hedgehogs or otters or something small and furry.
Oooh, Mokona would be cute! ♥

[lucathia]

Kyuubey himself is just that cute. <3

I'd love to be LJ friends! We should have done this earlier!

Oh gosh, your icon is adorable to. ♥

[lucathia]

I really need to watch the series! People keep pointing out how deceptive he is. I'm so curious about it. :3

I look forward to talking to you more too. :) I can sometimes get into epic comment threads with people if the other person is also the type to comment back a lot. XD; I feel I don't leave as many comments as I should, but I try. :3 I'm fairly shy about asking other people to be friends too! I usually wait for other people to take the initiative, so thank you. <3 Hm~, maybe I should have a sticky post with Kyuubey going, "want to be friends?" XD;

Your previous icon was so cute, and this one is too! *watches his tail go back and forth*

[lucathia]

I don't know how I'll react yet, but gosh that cuteness...

I mostly post about fandom stuff and I also post some fic. Don't feel obligated to read the fic unless you want to. Some people have separate fic journals and separate graphics journals, but I just dump everything here. |D

Oh yay! I hope you like Ao no Exorcist so far. <3 I find Rin to be a very awesome protagonist. I'm always cheering for him~.

[lucathia]

When I watch Madoka, I'll definitely blog about it! :D I don't think I write enough to warrant a separate journal for just my writing, but it seems a lot of people do it that way. It's definitely nice for organization, and I'd probably feel less intrusive posting my writing. |D My journal's pretty messy... kind of reflects my room. XD;

I love Yukio a lot! I especially love the relationship Rin and Yukio have. I love sibling relationships. :D Shura's cool! I started that way with Izumo too~. I'm quite fond of Shiemi most of the time... I wish she'll get over whatever's keeping her back in the recent chapters. Besides the brothers though, I liked Shima a lot in chapter 19, I think? XD; Oh, is Mephisto popular? XD; I don't care too much for him... wonder what he's cooking up. XD

[lucathia]

I'm sure it'll be a show that's going to blow my mind. It certainly sounds like that kind of show!

They are pretty shippable though. XD; I like them as brothers or more than brothers. Either works. :3 But I do love strong sibling bonds just a bit more~. I don't venture out to Pixiv much, but I bet there must be lots of art featuring the two! I saw a few art of the series at Fanime last month. I'll probably see more at my next convention. :D I didn't know Mephisto was popular. XD; I... kind of... didn't pay much attention to him? Maybe the anime will change my mind...

[lucathia]

I'm downloading it now! Hopefully I can watch it over the weekend. :D Though I don't know if it's a good show for marathoning if it's too heavy. I need something lighthearted at the moment. :')

Nope, you're not alone! I already like them a lot in the manga. I wonder how the anime will change things up. I still need to start watching it. I've heard lots of good things about it! I'm happy the series has gotten popular after the anime started. I hadn't seen all that much fanwork around before that!

[lucathia]

Yeahhh, I'm thinking it's probably not a good show to marathon. I'll take breaks or watch something in-between. :') I can get easily affected by things I watch.

I read a lot more manga than I watch anime. I feel it takes a long time to watch episodes so I feel I need to put aside a chunk of time to do that, but then I end up spending quite some time reading manga anyway. XD; I really love that Ao no Exorcist is more popular now. :D

[darkicedragon]

Cuuuuuuute! *grabby hands* And so small! *_____* I just...keep staring at the picture and seeing the massive keyboard in the background. XD

Oh jeez, Nyanko-sensei! That would be awesome (and maybe less technical details?). :3 Though, if you put in the limbs, which are tiny on him anyway... o______o;;;

[lucathia]

Haha, glad the keyboard was still in the background for size comparison! XD; Maybe I should have put a coin next to it for a more accurate comparison. XD;

I want to make Nyanko-sensei~. I think, two ovals, some ears, and a tail would be good enough! Not going to give him limbs unless they're stubby feet. XD; His facial markings might be a little hard though... I can't seem to do tiny lines. XD

[darkicedragon]

Haha, I think the coin would have been less useful to me, since I don't know what the size of your coins are! XDD

Yep! Especially with his colouring. :3 If you're trying to do lines on something that small, I'm not surprised. o___o;;

[lucathia]

Hm, a US quarter is around the size of... a bottle cap? XD; Though I don't know how big your bottle caps are. =P

Maybe the red markings will be easier than the mouth I tried to attempt for Kyuubey... at least they won't look like a mustache. Hopefully. XD

[chiharu.livejournal.com]

ahhhhhhhhhhh SO CUTE. How did you make this? Crochet?

[lucathia]

It's needle felting! :D You take some wool and poke at it with a barbed needle. It's kind of like sculpting with wool instead of clay. :3

[tsuruhime.livejournal.com]

Aaaaaaaaah that's so tiny and cute, you must have some amazing patience to make this *A*

[lucathia]

I was pretty impatient to finish, so I just kept going at it. |D I hope I'll be faster at the next one!

[jiichan00.livejournal.com]

Whoa, how cute! You should make stuffed dolls/animals again. They were awesome too.

[lucathia]

I so want to make stuffed animals again! I haven't actually made very many though... hand sewing takes so long. This is quite a fun alternative since no sewing's required. :)

[yoshikochan.livejournal.com]

♥

That is SO full of awesome =^.^= *loves it* (you could totally sell these at AX hint hint, actually I think you'd sell out really fast ~ did you remember the circle on the back?)

[lucathia]

Haha! I am sort of considering if I should attempt to make a few more assorted mascots to sell at AX, but I don't have a lot of material (or much time left)! But yes, Kyuubey has a red circle on his back here. I didn't forget to add it! :D

[gem2niki.livejournal.com]

LOL Kyubey!! SO evil!!!!! hahaha...You should watch it before we go to AX? I think there will be a lot of Madoka cosplayers because of kalafina... (still sad ticket is sold out orz;;;)

[lucathia]

I'll try to watch it... after Kuragehime. =P

When is Kalafina? There are two concerts on the same day and one on a different day, right? I hope we'll manage to get in. ):

[blue-cage.livejournal.com]

Ky-kyuubey D:
I've seen felting instructions before, but I was all O_O at the amount of work.

[lucathia]

My result came out so tiny! It is a lot of work, but you can make some cool things with it. :)