First we are going to make the head – this is called the monkey fist
Take your green cord and leave a tail, make three wraps around your first and second finger
Whilst holding your first set of turns in place, place the marble in between your fingers, inside the wraps
You are now going to make another three passes around the middle of the of the first three turns, securing the marble in the middle,
Next, make your final 3 wraps around the previous wraps passing through the inside of the knot
You should now have 3 wraps on each side
We are now going to finish the knot
Slowly tighten each wrap pulling them gently until they are all tight and you can no longer see the marble
You should now have your monkey fist knot, or Yoda’s head
To start making the body, we need to make sure that the two green cords are next to each other – you may need to thread one of them through a green pass
Turn your monkey head upside down
You are going to work on the body down towards the head, using your gold cord
You are now going to make a cobra knot to make this
Take the left hand cord, make a 4 shape over the right cord
Bring the left hand cord behind and pull through the crook of the other side and pull tight
Bend the green cord over the cobra knot so the cords are facing towards the head
These are forming Yoda’s feet
You are going to secure these into your cobra knots
Continue doing the cobra knots, encompassing all four strands, until you have got your body at the length you want it
We have done six
Remember to alternate your knots
Left side, then right side
Pull your green strands down, so they are facing the bottom, then do one last cobra knot at the top
These green cords are going to become Yoda’s arms
You are now going to Cobra knot back down the body
On the first knot, pull the green cord through so that they are at the front of the body
On the last Cobra knot, loosen it and pull the cord through, tighten the knot and snip off the excess gold cord
You are now going to take the lighter and melt the ends of the gold cord, and with a spoon, push down the melted ends do they bind with the body
Take your green cord – the arms, and tie knots in the end
Trim off the excess again, melt with the lighter and push into the knot with your spoon
Now we are going to make Yoda’s ears
Feed one of the green cords through the left hand side of the ear
Decide how big you want your ears, trim off the excess
Melt the ends with your lighter and join the two ends together
Do the same on the other side
You can gently heat the bottom of the ear to shape it if you like
Take your last piece of gold cord, pass it through the middle wrap on the top of the head
Feed your key ring onto the two ends
Do a couple of cobra knots, cut them off the excess and melt the ends like we have done previously
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