Baby Yoda Costume
It’s finished! I’ve got everything ready to send off to Alexander this week. After felting the hat last week, I then soaked the ears in watered-down PVA glue and propped them up on newspaper to dry. They took a lot longer than I expected (nearly four days), but they look great. I sorta pinched and pulled them to make them a little more curly and Yoda-looking. The pattern is here. I knitted it out of Naturally Alpine 14ply on big needles, and I had plenty left over from a single hank. I’m just making a bit of i-cord now to tie under his chin if necessary.
The second piece of the costume is the Baby Yoda Sweater, which I knitted on 4mm needles out of some completely random yarn from my stash. (The two sleeves are actually different yarns, but they’re so close you can’t tell. I figure Yoda probably wove his himself, so any variation is probably a good thing.) There’s an i-cord tie on the inside as well as the outside.
And the socks are just the pièce de résistance, aren’t they? I started knitting just plain socks out of the leftover wool, thinking Alexander would need something to keep his feet warm, when the Snook pondered aloud, “You know what you should do? Put three toes on the end!” BRILLIANT. So there’s no pattern here; I just made them up as I went.
I can’t wait til Kristen posts a picture of him wearing it!
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I think there’s a law against hilarious costuming of innocent children. 🙂
As far as I’m concerned, M-H, the ability to dress them up in funny outfits is one of the best arguments for having them! 🙂
That is so amazing. My little brother was Yoda back when he was four or so. But all he had was a plastic yoda mask and one of my dad’s mint green polo shirts. This really puts that costume to shame!
ok, so now i need to get a chewbacca costume. “good relations with the wookies i have…”
I am so envious of that costume!!!
OH MY GOODNESS!! I LOVE IT!
That’s just awesome! So great to see all the pieces together!
Excellent!! I’m making a Yoda costume for my 4 month-old niece. I’ve already done the sweater, and am about to felt the hat… AND I was wondering how to make some Yoda-like booties — so thanks! 🙂
I made the Yoda sweater, then my husband decided it needed MORE for a costume and he found the hat pattern. I couldn’t wing a pair of three-toed socks (since I’d never made socks before), but I did find a pattern for baby Froggy Sox that are close enough for me!
I am SO stealing that pattern and making my daughter into Yoda for DragonCon in Atlanta this summer! My friends will all flip! U ROCK!!!
Hi – where can I find your pattern for the yoda sox?
Thanks!!!!!!
Diane
Hi Diane! There really wasn’t a pattern for them at all. Here’s what I posted in my Ravelry notebook: “There’s no real pattern here. I think the leg of the sock is about 22 stitches, and after I turned the heel I decreased down to 20. Then I sorta divided the toe stitches into three groups and knit little toes, tapering to a point. They’re probably going to be way big for him, but they’ll look good anyway.”
Help!!!! I love the Yoda look but the link seems to be lost for the little sweater – can you send to me or restore the link?
It’s still there. The link just changed. Apparently it’s now available on this page. I’ll fix the main link too.
How can I get the pattern for the Yoda Hat and Yoda Socks?
The link for the hat pattern is broken but I think you can still get it on Ravelry. There is no pattern for the socks; I just made it up as I knitted them. (Read up like 3 comments.)