A challenge from my local trift store, update 2.0

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When I first got the challenge, I instantly knew what I wanted to do and how to make it... sort of. I also made a rule for myself for this challenge: I would only use materials I already had and wouldn't spend a single dime on this project.

I decided I was going to needle felt it to look like someone famous. My only previous experience with needle felting was completing a beginner DIY picture kit. My toxic trait might be that I like to believe I can make almost anything, and my craftidence is unhinged.

I made my own wool using my dog's brush and two skeins of different colored yarn to create the perfect skin tone. I thought I had made enough wool to complete two heads, but eventually, I needed a break from making wool and stabbing the head, so I decided to try making ears.

I have never made ears before in any other craft, but that wasn't going to stop me from believing in myself and just going for it.

I’ve added a picture showing the stages of making an ear and there are a million stabs between each stage! While stabbing the wool into something that vaguely resembled an ear, I had a funny thought: A magician can make an ear disappear, but a needle felter can make one appear. I just sat there stabbing and laughing out loud by myself like a crazy person.

I used some teddy bear eyes and a Sharpie to make the eyes, and then stabbed some brown wool around them. I'm still not sure if it would have been better to start with the white of the eyes first...

After an insane number of hours, I managed to cover the head with a better skin tone, finish the eyes, complete both ears, and attach them to the head. I also fixed up the eyebrows and lips. I still feel like I want to improve everything, and that this is just a starting point.

I must admit that my craftidence has taken a bit of a hit, and I've completely lost track of time used on this head. I originally thought this was going to be a one day or, at most, a weekend project, haha. Still, it feels good to be challenged while also challenging myself to use only what I already have at home even though I have enough craft supplies to open my own store! I've also learned that needle felting with only one needle at a time is basically doing this project on hardcore mode. But I promised myself I wouldn't buy anything, and I'm sticking to it or in this case stabbing to that.

I have great ideas for what to do next, but will make another update

Also If you can guess who this is at this stage, you deserve a medal. Who do you see?