Yarn Yoshi / Yoshi Woolly World - Fake Amigurumi.

Well today I bring you a project inspired by the famous version of Yoshi in the game Wooly World, the yarn Yoshi.

1. Yarn/Wool (different colors)
2. Polystyrene Foam Balls (different diameters)
3. Scissors
4. Cutter
5. Liquid Glue/Hot glue
6. Tape
7. Ruler

Amigurumi is the Japanese art of knitting or crocheting small, stuffed yarn creatures. The word is a combination of "ami" (meaning knitted or crocheted) and "nuigurumi" (meaning stuffed doll). Amigurumi projects are typically small and often feature cute, whimsical designs like animals, characters, or food.

In this case I will not make an amigurumi, what I will do is a visual simulation of this style, using the Mario Bros character, Yoshi.

It will be a "fake amigurumi" as it were.

Image Credits: supergurumi

Yoshi is a fictional dinosaur who appears in video games published by Nintendo.

Yoshi is one of the main characters of the Nintendo franchise: Mario Bros. He is a friendly dinosaur belonging to the species of the same name, and who helps Mario and Luigi by doing the work of a corsel, making life easier in the video game.He debuted in Super Mario World (1990)

the Yarn yoshi is a yarn type skin of yoshi in the game yoshi's woolly world.

and it was the inspiration for this fun project, so join me and I'll show you step by step how to create the Yarn Yoshi, a fake amigurumi.

As I explained, the concept of this instructable is based on the character Yoshi, more specifically on his Yarn skin version from the game Woolly World.

But why? And why a fake amigurumi?

Well, Yoshi is a character much loved by the gaming community, and his Yarn version is quite sought after by collectors, some reaching very high prices. As soon as I saw the yarn and string competition, I didn't hesitate to find out what my project would be.

So, as I reviewed the character, I realized I could make it entirely out of spheres, simulating the stuffing of an amigurumi, but why fake?

The truth is, I wanted it to be a project that even the most inexperienced person with string, knitting, or crochet could make, and I'm not lying; I'm one of them. :P

As you can see, I created a 3D simulation with spheres of different sizes to achieve the closest possible composition to the character's original shape without losing any characteristic features. But how do I bring it to life?

Of course, with polystyrene balls.

For this project we will use 22 polystyrene balls of different diameters including: 5cm, 4cm, 3cm and 2cm

specifically:

2 x 5cm

2 x 4cm

13 x 3cm

5 x 2cm

The image in this step will be your spherical cutting guide.

The example will be the cheeks, take the two 4 cm balls and make a cut close to the center (guide yourself by the center line of the spheres) then join them with the glue and this way you will obtain the central part of the head, so check the previous step where the guide is with the diameter in cm and according to the position make the cuts

Please note that the gluing is for demonstration purposes only. Before joining all the pieces, I recommend applying the wool ropes on top.

After making the specific cuts and joins, you'll have your Yoshi figure.

If you follow the sphere guide correctly you will get a figure similar to the one in the images.

but now what?

Now the fun begins.

It's time to cover our yoshi with strips and strips of woolen ropes

The wool strings alone glued onto the polystyrene figure do not give the crochet effect we are looking for, so if we simply cover the Yoshi figure with strings and strings, it will not look amigurumi style, so it would not work, nor would it come close to the Yarn Yoshi skin, it would simply look covered in wool and would not give that amigurumi effect I am looking for.

So we will have to make braided strips from the wool ropes.

For this I will use cardboard and tape, to which I will stick three woolen ropes.

and start the braiding process

For braiding, in my case I will use three strings and I will make a simple braid, but be very careful, simple does not mean that you should not be aware of every movement, nor that you will finish it in minutes, what I recommend is to be very focused so as not to tangle the strings and to have a lot of patience.

To make the braid, you will need 3 strings. Start by taking the left string and passing it over the middle string, making it the center string. After that, take the right string and always pass it over the middle string, making it the center string. Repeat this step until you reach the end of the wool strings.

I recommend taking long ropes to better cover Yoshi's body area.

After braiding the green wool ropes, we will do the same with the other characteristic colors of Yoshi.

To completely cover the Yarn Yoshi, we'll need several strips of pre-prepared wool rope. In my case, the strips are 75 cm long. The number of strips varies depending on the color:

Green: 10

Orange: 4

Red: 1

Yellow: 3

White: 2

For this project, I found countless versions online and didn't know how to begin assembling the wool threads onto Yoshi, so I went to the official source: the video game.

There, I found that most of the grooves in the wool were circular or, so to speak, "radial," depending on the shape of the body part.

So, I decided to do it that way, obviously adjusting to reality.

To begin, I separated the pieces to cover them with wool independently, and at the same time, I could explain in detail how to properly line them.

I'll start with the head, which brings us to the nose, the most prominent part of Yoshi's head.

We'll take the nose and, starting from the center, draw some guidelines to divide it into four parts, which will serve as a guide.

Remember, in my case, I want the knitting simulation to be as close as possible to the video game version.

Use a toothpick to apply the glue.

(Be very careful not to spread the glue on unwanted areas, as spreading the glue will cause lumps to form when it dries and the crochet effect will be lost.)

Glue strips of wool over the edges of those 4 divisions, then repeat the process with the central spaces and repeat until the nose is completely covered.

For the cheekbones, we'll mark a circular guide with a pencil. We'll start from a hidden point under the jawline and fill in in a spiral until completely covered, cutting off the excess.

For the nape, we'll fill in with vertical strips, and for the upper back, we'll fill in horizontally with parallel strips.

We'll do the same for the eyes and eyebrow piece.

For the eyes, use a spiral shape and for the eyebrow, line horizontally.

Now, cover the already formed Yoshi parts of polystyrene. We will start with the shoes, first cover the front vertically, and the back of the shoe horizontally following the flow of the spheres. You can review the image to get a better understanding.

For the sole of the shoe, we will use yellow strips vertically, and we will add a strip along the edge of the sole from the back to leave the joints hidden and less visible.

The trick in the process of lining with wool is to make it look like it has been crocheted.

To cover Yoshi's body with the strips of wool rope, we will start with the white color, that corresponds to the belly, we will be guided by the edge that separates the color and we will fill it with strips inwards until forming a spiral, then we will place the green color which we will distribute by strips from the same edge where it meets the white of Yoshi's belly.

Locate a long strip that runs from the neck to the tip of the tail. Join it with a similar strip coming from the left side, forming a point. Cover the empty spaces with more strips of wool.

Use red and white strips in a spiral shape to cover the shell and its edge.

For the legs, do the same. Start from a less visible point and begin covering from the base of the sphere outwards.

Each arm is a ball, so from the point where the union goes, start lining in a spiral shape until completely covered.

Finally, our Yarn Yoshi is finished.

And I'm super satisfied with the result.

Well, after hours and hours of work and braiding more than 20 strips of wool, you will finally have a fake Yoshi amigurumi, in its yarn version. I honestly don't know if crocheting it would have been more practical, but I'm happy with the final result. My son already takes it as his own :) and that already means it passed quality control. I hope you enjoy making yours. Remember: Yes, Yoshi comes in several colors. The most common is green, but there are also red, blue, yellow, pink, orange, purple, white, black, and many more Yoshis.

So there is no limit.

Thanks for Watch.