Making a little Mouse Knight for my ✨mental health✨
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- Опубликовано: 26 янв 2023
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EEEEE hello! And welcome to another installment of: Filling my Entire Space with Teeny Tiny Little Woodland Creatures. I recently was playing "Moss" and the idea of a little mouse knight just made me so dang happy so I wanted to bring it to life. And needless to say, I would absolutely d!e for him.
ANYWHO I hope you all enjoy I LOVE YOU BYEE
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Next you should build him a fair maiden!(complete with dress, apron, and teeny flower crown!)♥️
Love this idea 😍
I love that idea! And now I'm getting lost in making up their little life story. So cute!
Oh my god please, I need this for selfish reasons but also your knight definitely deserves a companion!
omg pleaseeeee
@@fallen0angel Absolutely should be a whole plot line to their love story! Y'all start writing the ballad😂.
👏THIS👏 isn't 👏👏 SELFISH👏👏 THIS IS A SERVICE TO HUMANITY
for real!
I SECOND THIS 💜
I will also die for this critter.
Yes!
Sir Charles Edward Cheese
Wee need more “because I felt like it” content, we love it and it sounds like you do too 😊
That’s the name of the series lol
haha FELT
@@mayochupenjoyersame thought LOL
"You're a mouse!"
"I am a gentleman."
The Tale of Despereaux is so good
I was going to say, the lack of a Desperaux mention hurt my heart lol
That was the first thing I was thinking through this video
Edit: RACHEL OKAY BUT CONSIDER... an entire fellowship of different woodland creatures fitting into various fantasy archetypes 🥺
I TOO WOULD DIE FOR THIS BEAUTIFUL GENTLEMEN
Also, lens breaking solidarity 👌I broke mine last week
Yes!!
Yes please!
Like the Sylvanians?! (I can't be the only one who remembers those from childhood)
Now I’m picturing a mouse Legolas and a chipmunk gimli
I vote elven squirrels, specifically the red ones with ear tufts
A fellowship, yes, but hear me out. A fellowship of different tiny forest critters(i.e. Frogs, birds, rabbits, moles, shrews, hedgehogs, etc) with cute little fantastical companions like fairies and sentient mushroom friends 🥺💜
Yea, I was thinking of something along the lines of Redwall.
YASSSS!!!
YES
You have my sword 🗡
♥️✨🍁☕️📚🍂💫♥️
When you held him up for us to "boop the snoot" I did it jokingly but it gave me way too much serotonin 🥰
It isn't selfish to do something you enjoy, and to then share that enjoyment with others who want to hear about it 💚
Yes, that's actually the proper way to share.
4. I think this absolutely calls for a "Bring your son to work Day" photoshoot with you as Joan of Arc and him on your shoulder:)
Yes
Please!!
THIS IDEA LITERALLY MADE MY DAY
I think you mean making a little mouse knight for *MY* mental health 🥹
for OUR mental health.
Yep. Exactly.
Facts
This is absolutely adorable! When I was a kid, my stepfather (who grew up in NY city and hated them), put a fake (but really cute) fur mouse in my Christmas stocking as a joke, thinking it would scare me. I, of course, fell in love with it, thus starting a family tradition of him getting me cute little mice gifts everywhere he went on trips! I still love those little buggers, and now I have to dig out the yarn and make some more with my grandchildren! Thanks for reminding me! 😅
I was coming to the comments to say the same thing! Lol
i made a little crochet mouse a couple years ago who is my little bff and that i am continually making costumes for (including historical costumes) so this video is highly relatable to me in a way that i’m sure rachel was not expecting
I love himb. That's absolutely Martin The Warrior, right there. Make him a little Gonff friend!
I wanna see a squirrel bard so badly. So I just thought I might speak it into existence. 💙 Mouse knight is adorable.🥰
SQUIRREL BARD SQUIRREL BARD I SECOND
Maybe a bunny wizard. We need a full Fellowship!
You should check out the Hopalong Hollow podcast. She makes the most wonderful squirrels and other creatures from felt. A true fiber artist and she is also a gardener, lover of antiques and writes children's books, like Beatrix Potter. 😊
@@christinaheesakacowden-wut3809 I've never heard of her before. Now I have to check her out. Thank you.
that was my first though! i would pay good $$$ for a squirrel baby.
An entire dnd adventuring party of these little friends! Little mouse druid, barbarian, rogue, cleric, bard etc!
There is an entire DnD (unofficial) book making exactly this possible! It's called Humblewood and the critter art is soooo cute ❤
@@terezaekstrom2032 ahhhhh im absolutely going to check that out, thanks for bringing it up!!
That would be so cute!!!
Never a bard! Lol
I love my mousefolk druid, but I was never able to use him! I was going to play a 1-shot with a bunch of cat and lion themed party members and I was the only mouse. My wildshape was going to be a panther but Covid and depression made me back out at the last minute ☹️
the amount of serotonin i got from booping his little nose, thank you rachel for the opportunity 🙏
I'm ashamed to say I didn't know your channel existed until tonight. So glad I hurt my shoulder and came home early from work to find this! The whole vibe and aesthetic is perfect and your mouse buddy reminds me of the D&D character I made but ended up not being able to play. Thank you for giving me this opportunity to live vicariously, if only for a few moments before I go to bed and return to normal life as a 30 year old husband and dad who's barely holding it together
Welcome to the calming chaos that is Rachel's channel ,and as a momma to two teenage boys it's hard work but so worth it ,you just take time to heal ( if you can) and I find binge watching Rachel's channel quite soothing when things get too much .
I just found her this weekend - mom of an almost four year old here. You will get through! You can play your character with me and my hubs! Ha ha ha! Just keep writing background lore and explore your character, enjoy your creation and let your imagination run free!
Another mouse warrior book to add to your list: The Tale of Despereaux! This little guy reminded me so much of the mouse in the book🥰
I've been looking for this comment! Loved that book so much
That was my first thought when i saw the video
Despereaux was in my top 10 favorite books as a kid!
My first thought was Sir Reepicheep from Narnia, then the warrior mice of Redwall. I forgot about The Tale of Despereaux.
I thought of him the whole time!!!
I love him so much! Just a wee tip in future if you’re using wire as an armature, wrap a pipe cleaner around the wire before you put the wool around it. The fibres help the wool cling on a bit more and makes it lot easier for stuff like arms and tails that are thinner than the body 😊 hope to see more felt projects from you, honestly this was so hecking cute
Hhhwhaaa this is such good advice I am absolutely using this, because of course now that I've seen Rachel do something now I must also do
Sir Rod Entia or Sir Ranulph Musculus of Mouseihampton
I’m a professional needle felter and that’s exactly what I do 👍🏼
SO CUTE!!! Now can you make him a loyal steed? I think a large squirrel or small raccoon would be about the right size... Forget all other projects on the board - we need an army of mice knights! Cheers!
Oh thank you for letting me boop the snoot! This is what I needed for my mental health today. Thank you! This is the greatest! He's too cute!
Dear Rachel - every single one of your videos improves my mental health. You are my go to comfort RUclipsr. The past three years have been the worst of my life in so many ways. When I am feeling down or anxious, when my health won't let me do anything else, or when I just need something familiar playing in the background, I come back to your channel over and over again. I have lost track of how often I've watched some of your videos. Your openness and honesty about your own mental health helps me feel not so alone, and your sometimes chaotic creative processes help me feel encouraged when my own creative projects seem to go off the rails (almost always). Thank you for putting your whole self into your craft, and for letting us share the adventure with you. 💙💙💙
Well said!!!! 👏😊💕
Agreed... she's the best thing on RUclips!
Same! ♥️♥️♥️
I understand more than you could ever know, send love, and wholeheartedly agree.
I feel completely the same and have done the same also! ❤️
please continue this 😭 i love him, the frog can be the party's bard and now u have a Knight!!, im ready for a woodland creature animal bestfriend DND fantasy themed moment
I too was thinking a Froggy Bard❣️
Fox theif
100% this! I've just started reading the Humblewood D&D campaign setting and it has the same vibes 😁
YES! I love this!!
Behold! The cutest, most noble knight in the Queendom of Maksy 😍🐀
So excited for you to dive into Mossflower Wood and the world of the Redwall series! That series played a huge part in developing my love for reading and fantasy worlds. For a name then I'd have to say Martin the Warrior!
P.S. if you want to continue creating tiny creatures like this for content (which I'm sure we'd all greatly enjoy!) the Redwall series is a veritable gold mine of inspiration.
Rachel making little companions is now my favourite genre of videos: baby Yoda, felt frog, mouse Knight, I love them all
This is my very favorite type of Rachel content! The serotonin. The little friend. The armor. I was grinning for this whole video
You should make an army of them and put them all over the house and studio so that people can Easter egg spot them. He's adorable 😍
He's ADORABLE!! 🐀You should make a maiden!! 🐁You know, he's the knight in shining armor!! Love all your videos! Your sense of humor is awesome! 🐭🐀🐁
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“Mouse armor…this may be my new calling. Who knew?”
We did Rachel…we knew. 😂❤
Bet that Rachel becomes a stop motion animator when she's built enough little friends to stage LOTR. Or just to populate Hobbiton. His little hands and his wink at the end made me cry ✨💛✨
Please with the stop motion!! It's my childhood dream.
Stop motion is so much fun, but also stressful because if the puppet falls mid-frame, you have to start all over 🙃
Whoa Stuart little has grown into such a fine gentleman! So stinking adorable!!!
An absolutely precious little princeling! I think your extra seretonin drifted over on a cloud to these shores 🥺
He has stepped straight out of Narnia, so cute. 🐭
came to the comments for the reepicheep stans!
@@ThespiansCreed Reepicheep is the best!!;
Reepcheep!
@@rondahiller8541 one of my favourite characters from Narnia. So brave despite his size, although if you saw a mouse that size in your kitchen who wouldn't jump on a chair 😆
@@veronicat3700 He's the best Narnia character!
speaking of Mouse knights, I just want to inform more people of the existence of Mouse Guard, which is a long running comic book series with adorable mice knights in fantasy setting. I have not read it myself, but the art is adorable and there's also a TTRPG if you wanna fulfill your need to roleplay tiny mice.
I read a bit of Mouse Guard quite a few years ago, due to a Free Comic Book Day preview comic. Good art, and a good story, from the little bit I read.
Yes! David Petersen's Mouse Guard comic is wonderful.
omg Rachel playing the Mouse Guard TTRPG with friends would be so adorable. the TTRPG would be perfect for it because it is quite light on the rules and prep.
This too! Yes, Mouseguard is fantastic and this little guy would be perfect for that as well.
PLEASE make a whole adventuring party, i will cry tears of joy
You need to make him a damsel mouse right now so he has a mouse friend to go on adventures with!! A princess mouse omg
Wait can he guard your little mouse house hole? That would be so cute 🥺🥺
Immediately made me think of The Tale of Despereaux! So flipping adorable.
Your comment about needing to surround yourself with these felted creatures for some reason reminded me of Beavers. They will block up a whole river if they can hear trickling because they think they have a leak in their house, only it's more of a storage area for their food so they're actually going "Oh no my fridge!" And that is the sort of animal whimsicalness and real world problems I think we can all relate to
Making tiny little clothes and accessories brings me so much joy, I have a kermit doll that I make cosplays for to match my own and bring him to cons with me. It's honestly my greatest accomplishment
He has a battle-hardened look about him. Truly a hero of the realm.
Please tell me I am not the only one who booped the screen when she said to boop his nose?!?!?!?!We need more of this wholesome goodness in our lives!!!
I booped
Hilarious!!!! I did toooo! I saw your post and literally laughed out loud. Ridiculously awesome. *boop* 😊💕
The boop was most definitely booped.
Oh you bet your bippy I booped!
I booped the snoot
We need more of these "selfish" videos because this is fabulous. We love him!!! 🐭🗡️
This lovely mouse warrior also reminds me of the Kate Dicamillo book, "The Tale of Despereaux" which I highly recommend. It's another young reader book that my kids loved when they were little. We actually listened to it on audio book on a road trip and it kept them engaged for the many hours in the car. Check it out if you haven't read it yet. the Redial series was also super popular with my kids, I hope you enjoy reading those!
I think it's only fair to have a mini photoshoot with you in your armour and your tiny knight in his 🤣😍😩 soooo much wholesomeness !
My first instinct was "YOU MUST NAME HIM REEPACHEEP!" I'm so glad it's in the mix. He's SO cute! 🥰🐭
I screamed REEPICHEEP into her dms when she posted him in her stories
I had the same instinct!
That was my first thought as well. I imediatly jumped to the comments to search for fellow Narnia stans
I was thinking Martin the Warrior from the Redwall series.
@@pompe221 SAAAMMME!!!! All I could see was Martin ☺☺☺
_aggressively booping the lil snoUT_ I LOVE HIM
He's too cute....must...resist! Sir Mousealot would make me so happy if I had your talent to make me one.
Definitely giving me Redwall feels. Martin was my childhood hero. This is beautiful 🐭🥰
Redwall! I loved Gnoff from Mossflower the absolute most, haha! You're giving me childhood nostalgia.
I loved Matthias! That's what I instantly thought of as soon as she started showing hints of this video. Makes my heart happy. ❤
"Who says that I am dead knows naught at all...Martin the Warrior sleeps but in the riddle see Mathias." A truly great series.
@@gracebohler4380 The legends of King Arthur played out by mice, badgers and otters was bound to be a masterpiece haha
that was the first thing i thought of as well
I like it when Rachel is happy when she makes things. The jokes and puns are hilarious. Plus Rachel's happiness is contagious and I can't stop smiling. My cheeks hurts from smiling through the entire video and I don't mind the slightest.🥰🥰
Absolutely adorable... so glad you now have him in your life . May he guard your days and nights against all evil thoughts and dreams....
I just LOVE, love, love him. Maybe he could be named " mouseferekin the brave ".
“Reepicheep! Izzat you?!” ⚔️
My mini-friend is a very smol rabbit with a black jacket, tiny plaid kilt, and even tinier sporran. Mini Mouse’s sword has me thinking of tiny bagpipes . . .
I also shouted "Reepicheep!"
I was also thinking about him when she put on his armor.
I didn't think of Reepicheep, but that's perfect 😊
Please, bless us with a picture! I NEED this!! thankyou
I was thinking Despereaux, but the INSTANT I saw your comment I had to agree with you. Reepicheep is ❤
I am so here for this being an ongoing series for a whole fellowship of felt figures ♥️ He is the cutest thing ever
He looks like a depiction of Desperaux! I love this story!
He is so beautiful. Thank you for gracing us with his presence.
I am here for an entire series of Rachel making cute little furry knights, maidens, lords and ladies!! I love watching wool felt projects, it's so cute, and satisfying to see the fibers get mushed together.
This reminds me of a book my mom read to me and my sister as a kid: The Tale of Despereaux. It's also a movie!
Will add, this mouse does not have armour, but does sword fight with a sewing needle, which is SO HECKIN CUTE.
I THOUGHT THE SAME THING!!!!!! He was my childhood T-T
I definetely wouldn't mind this becoming a series. Give us the fellowship!!!
Can't tell you how much joy this brought to me after an exhausting day at work 🥰
He's giving me a Bartholomew or Cornelius vibe, but could easily see him being some nature-y name like Barley, Thistle or Briar. Whatever he ends up being named he's the cutest thing I've ever seen and I would like 100
Omg, Cornelius Thistle, the Brave♥️
OH RACHEL! Since taking up needle felting myself, I found that foam clay is suuuuper helpful for bulking up the "skeleton" so that you don't end up doing the stabby stabby on the metal underneath.... Plus you can shape things however you'd like!!! (As well as saving a lot of wool, cause that shnizz is expensive af!) And the foam is so easy to do the thing on too! 😂😂 Y'know what I mean!!! I hope that helps!!
If you want more stories about brave little mouse knights, you should check out "The Tale of Despereaux"
That book is so adorable and it's basically my childhood ❤
How fun! Martin the Warrior (from the Redwall books) immediately came to mind for a name. The Redwall series gets a bit repetitive, but they are all fun to read. I like the early ones in the series best.
i look at his little face.. and the name "Sir Cheesington" comes to me.. hes just so precious I love him
I came up with my own, but Sir Cheesington is just flipping precious.
First name: Roquefort (for being soooo stinkin’ cute)
Rachel hiding from the contractors is the most introvertly relatable thing ever lol
My daughter hides from every worker, plumbers, electricians, cable guys….
Ok, but why is Sir Thickums so dang cute?! Seriously, just fricking adorable!
He's so cuuute! It need a little mousse with light armor and a bow, and a wizard with a tiny cute hat. Aaaaaaaaaaah
I'm literally crying with joy that you, as an adult, get to experience the Redwall series for the first time 😭 the later books aren't as good, but the first six are absolute top tier fantasy!
This amused me as well. My kids grew up on the Redwall books, and she never heard of them! She's got a treat in store.
Yesss. I grew up with my brother reading them but am only just now reading them myself in my mid twenties and it is a Treat. I designed my brother a DnD-esque RPG set in that world for Xmas.
I know right?!?! I'm low key jealous. Mariel of redwall was my favorite childhood book 😍
I love Redwall so much!
Ahhh, love him!! You can get plain undyed needle felting wool called 'Core wool' that's used to bulk up the body, then save you fancier dyed wools for the top layers. Also I use black glass beads for eyes and just sew them on. The armour is SO awesome! ❤️🐭⚔️
The amount of joy that booping that snoot through the screen just brought me was surprisingly high.
Precious little warrior! Love the details--the nose, the armor, the detailing on sword.
Few things (all positive):
1. HE'S SO CUTE OMG (also love his wink at the end)
2. Please for the love of god make "selfish" things because they aren't selfish WE WANT TO SEE YOU MAKE THINGS THAT MAKE YOU HAPPY! You and your art is the treasure we love to see!
3. Your hair looks so incredibly cute in those minibraids!
4. the critter bit made me laugh so much, you looked so cute (overall you were hilarious this entire video)
GREAT JOB
I'm so glad you're getting back into felting. The little frog was SO CUTE and I've been hoping you would make some more!
Me too!!!
I hope she makes an armored army of mice or random tiny animals.
I’m actually dying of cute. This is incredible. He’s SUCH A MIGHTY CHUNGUS
A whole kingdom of felt mice would just be 👌✨ a king, queen, blacksmith.. ugh loved how he turned out!!
Now she just needs to make him a whole collection of little friends.
I didn't realise I needed a mental health mouse until now 🥰🐭 love this!
Here here for Mental Health Mice❣️
I really appreciate you allowing us to boop him, it brought me much joy 25:26
Yep. That Phil Collins and all his audacity, it did indeed slay me cause truer words have never been uttered in this realm.
This entire episode was a masterpiece of cuteness. Like, I actually cried tears multiple times because he's so cute. I absolutely participated in booping the snoot. This is absolutely my favourite thing you have ever, ever done. What a gift. Thank you.
Blessed and wholesome comment 😭 this has single handedly improved my mood by 65% 📈 (some estimates reach as far as 80%, depending on base value)
Redwall was basically my whole childhood because I read every one of those books (and friend, there are A LOT of them), so this is hitting me right in the feels! I was actually recently thinking about re-reading them since I basically haven't read any since like middle school, so this is my sign that now I must! Love this little guy, he turned out soooo cute.
I wrote to Brian Jacques when I was a kid and he wrote me back! I wish I still had the letter
Me too! I had most of the series
@@shannonpierre8714 that is so cool!
@@jessediem3064 Same! At some point, I think when I went off to college, I let my parents give them away. I am now definitely regretting it!
@@CiriliaRose ooh yay!!
If you would like a video game in the same genre as Moss, I would highly recommend Ghost of a Tale, where you play an absolutely ADORABLE mouse named Tilo. Also works as a name suggestion
Its precious perfection. My love of tiny adorable rodents is not immortalized in crafts. I love him. I want to make some myself.
I love that, "Time to make some mouse armour" is a phrase that entered my life today.
I don't have words for how cute this brave little knight is.
I would also die for him. He is SO FREAKING PRECIOUS 😭😭😭❤️
The fallen candle gave me a fright. :O
The mouse knight looks freaking amazing.
This was equally good for my mental health to watch this adorable transformation
The fact you don't know Redwall, I'm so jealous you get to discover this series fresh. The books are great and there's an animated series from the 90s. That show in literally my childhood. I hear the opening in my head as I write this! :D
Yes, another Redwall fan!!!!
For Redwall!!!
Eulaliaaaaaaaa!
Never heard of it and now I'm considering reading it
This video inspired me to read the series, and I love it!
OMG! This is SO Adorable! Thanks for putting a smile on this mousey-mouse face today. 🐭
This is giving me all the children's book stories of valiant mice and I know I've worked in libraries since 2006 when I got out of college.
Rachel leaning out of the the contractor’s view and singing “Don’t look at me~“ is an entire mood I swear
also you should name him Barneby!
im 32 and hide from the doorbell. its a whole lifestyle lol
this literally created a week’s worth of serotonin for me 😭 thank you and your little mouse knight son for your service🤍
When you started that adorable drawing I couldn't help but think Of Mouse Guard, a beautifully illustrated series of Graphic Novels. I need to make my own little mouse knight.
OMG, this mouse is so frelling cute! And he's a knight!
It's Martin the Warrior!!
Rachel, I am surprised you hadn't heard about the Redwall series, being the fantasy nerd that you are! You are going to absolutely ADORE it! It was my favorite series growing up and those books inspired literally my whole life - from my art to my own writing. Please, please, please tell us when you've started reading them (there's like 20+ books); would love to hear what you think!
Oh my gosh, THANK YOU for saying it, I came here to shriek the same thing! This is such a perfect representation of Martin.
I watched this video 15% Rachel is cool, 85% because I needed to see a little felted Martin.
Rachel, can I suggest a badger next? Or, ooooh, a squirrel archer.
My precise first thought!
Also came to shriek from my childhood about Martin! It him!
Yes! Redwall inspired my love of fantasy. I blame them for my lifetime of nerddom :D Please read them, Rachel, and make a video of your reactions!
I think that you should sell prints of some of the lovely little drawings from your sketch book. They are charming! Also, “I’ve pulled out some really stellar ones lately, and I’ve only gotten frustrated sighs” : That’s what she said!
A fabulous Patreon idea!
YUS! KIDS BOOK YUS!!!🥰
Almost fully died from cuteness overload......... then he winked at me 😭❤
Now you have a teensy weensy little mouse boy to protect you when you're in danger. Oh, what a precious boy!