This Artist Creates Carded Wool Animals That Look Alive

Anna Yastrezhembovskaya first got to know about carded wool dolls when she became a young mother of 2 small kids. She was so keen on dolls that looked 100% realistic. At that time, she was unaware of the material that was used to make these cute dolls that look alive. Her interest and curiosity made her do a lot of research on those dolls. Afterwards, she started creating carded wool animals and by now she is one of the experts in the field. 

One of the most famous creations of Anna is the bat in the picture below. 

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Image credits: Anna Yastrezhembovskaya | Instagram

The bat in this picture was the base for a big anecdote. This bat was made due to a request made by Anna’s little girl. Her little daughter wanted her to make a bat plier to clip her hair and finally it turned out to be this kind of plush.

Anna was overjoyed with her creation and posted the completed toy on her Instagram page stating that it was not for sale. Surprisingly, the pictures of this carded mammal went viral. Among a lot of appreciations, Anna also received messages from people insulting her saying that she is pocketing money without selling the goods. 

carding wool by hand

Image credits: Anna Yastrezhembovskaya | Instagram

Anna, who got confused with these messages, was able to reconstruct what had happened after reading the messages. Someone else had cheated on people using Anna’s name, selling it for $19.99 without Anna’s consent. 

carding wool by hand

Image credits: Anna Yastrezhembovskaya | Instagram

Unfortunately, Anna put a lot of effort in explaining this fraud to hundreds of people.

On the other hand, Anna says that she’d have never sold one of her creations for just $19.99 as it takes around 10 days and 12-14 hours of hard work for one carded animal. 

carding wool by hand

Image credits: Anna Yastrezhembovskaya | Instagram

This fraud may be due to the popularity of her work on social networks. 

carding wool by hand

Image credits: Anna Yastrezhembovskaya | Instagram

The latest fashion to make realistic puppets is to use carded wool. This made Anna often explain the people that her animals weren’t real. 

carding wool by hand

Image credits: Anna Yastrezhembovskaya | Instagram

Anna uses special types of hooks and needles to feel the wool. Although the output is cute and small, there’s meticulous work behind it which requires a big amount of patience. 

carding wool by hand

Image credits: Anna Yastrezhembovskaya | Instagram

Loving what we do definitely makes us successful. Anna’s success story lies in her love towards her job. She seems to be awake even late at night due to this passion. The demand for her creations have increased day by day that she had to hand over the management of social media to her sister. 

carding wool by hand

Image credits: Anna Yastrezhembovskaya | Instagram

carding wool by hand

Image credits: Anna Yastrezhembovskaya | Instagram

carding wool by hand

Image credits: Anna Yastrezhembovskaya | Instagram

carding wool by hand

Image credits: Anna Yastrezhembovskaya | Instagram

carding wool by hand

Image credits: Anna Yastrezhembovskaya | Instagram

carding wool by hand

Image credits: Anna Yastrezhembovskaya | Instagram

carding wool by hand

Image credits: Anna Yastrezhembovskaya | Instagram

carding wool by hand

Image credits: Anna Yastrezhembovskaya | Instagram

carding wool by hand

Image credits: Anna Yastrezhembovskaya | Instagram

carding wool by hand

Image credits: Anna Yastrezhembovskaya | Instagram

carding wool by hand

Image credits: Anna Yastrezhembovskaya | Instagram

Can you believe it if I say that all the animals in the pictures above that we’ve presented are of 100% carded wool? Why not try these carded wool for sale by Anna? Please do share the article with your friends and loved ones too. Happy trails until we meet again!

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