Finally assembled the silm blanket!!! I was going to do a border but ran out of wool rip
The layout is designed to tell the story of the silm, I'll leave you guys to figure out the connections between all the squares ;)
1: Hador, Haleth, Melian, Thingol Lúthien
2: Finarfin, Finwë, Fëanor, Silmarils, Lúthien
3: Penlod, Turgon, Fingolfin, Melkor, Beren
4: Rog, Idril, Maeglin, Sauron, Finrod
5: Ecthelion, Tuor, Eärendil, Númenor, Bëor
6: Duilin, Glorfindel, Valinor, Gil-Galad, Men
7: Egalmoth, Salgant, Galdor, Istari, Hobbits
Behind the scenes under the cut!
Behind the scenes
This is the complete process of making my blanket!!
First❗the planning
I drew out squares with markers and cut them out (many were discarded amd redrawn)
Step 2: the arranging
I organised all the squares how i wanted them, which was to tell a story of interconnected characters (feanor, melkor, luthien next to silmarils, numenor and valinor next to each other, etc etc) Then i digitised it instead of studying for my exams - this didnt end up being the final layout but it was helpful to visualise it all
Step 3: the making
I made all the squares with a simple 9 row granny square pattern. I changed some of the designs as I went, and also reordered them when i laid them on the floor.
Step 4: the assembling
I sewed all the squares together using an invisible seam, doing all the horizontals first and then joining the verticals.
Anya is live and ready to show you everything. Watch her strip, dance, and perform exclusive shows just for you. Interact in real-time and make your fantasies come true.
✓ Live Streaming✓ Interactive Chat✓ Private Shows✓ HD Quality
Anya is LIVE right now
FREE
Free to watch • No registration required • HD streaming
A random mix of characters for the last leg of the process, here's my thoughts
Penlod and the Pillar/Tower of Snow: he basically got no description other than being tall and leading 2 houses. I've tried to mimic a snowflake with the square, and also grey for the stone of a pillar
Maeglin and the Mole: his emblem was sable black, however I've made it navy blue for 2 reasons. #1 is that i ran out of black wool, and #2 is that i wanted to tie him into Fingolfin's lineage somehow the same way i did with Turgon, so he gets almost black but still blue. I also gave him a white border since he is Aredhel's son
Istari: each colour represents the 5 wizards, Saruman the White, Gandalf the Grey, Radagast the Brown, and Allatar and Pallando the Blue
Melkor: originally his was going to be all black but that was too similar to Maeglin's, so he gets 3 rings of white/rainbow representing the silmarils he had for the majority of their existence
Sauron: this one is based on Tolkiens LOTR cover featuring the Eye and Ring. I used a murkier yellow than on the other squares since corrupt gold was a theme in Tolkien's evils.
Anya is live and ready to show you everything. Watch her strip, dance, and perform exclusive shows just for you. Interact in real-time and make your fantasies come true.
✓ Live Streaming✓ Interactive Chat✓ Private Shows✓ HD Quality
Anya is LIVE right now
FREE
Free to watch • No registration required • HD streaming
Turgon and the King: turgon wore a white robe with a belt of gold and a coronet of garnets. The banners of the king were white, gold, and red, and emblems were the sun, moon, and scarlet heart. I've included a dark blue border to tie him into Fingolfin's lineage
Galdor and the Tree: wore green raiment. I've included many shades of green to mimic leaves in the sun, and brown of a tree trunk
Glorfindel and the Golden Flower: glorfindel wore a green mantle broidered with gold like a field of celandine in spring, and gold armour. The Golden Flower's shield bore a rayed sun, so the square design is a flower/sun on green
Ecthelion and the Fountain: ecthelion wore all silver, and had a shield set with shimmering crystals like raindrops. The house of the Fountain delighted in silver and diamonds, so I've included white and pale blue to represent these. The square is designed to mimic ripples in a fountain
Anya is live and ready to show you everything. Watch her strip, dance, and perform exclusive shows just for you. Interact in real-time and make your fantasies come true.
✓ Live Streaming✓ Interactive Chat✓ Private Shows✓ HD Quality
Anya is LIVE right now
FREE
Free to watch • No registration required • HD streaming
I started off adding the rainbow yarn as a link between the silmarils and Fëanor, but its now silmaril yarn in my head so Eärendil and Beren get it too 🌟
I love your art!!! It's so so cool and I ADORE the fact that you give all the elves different kinds of ears!!! It's all so whimsical, and I just can't stop looking at it!!!
I am also very excited about the blanket. The squares look really good so far, and you managed to translate the designs into granny squares so well!!! I just know this blanket is going to look amazing.
Omg thankyou! 🥹 I haven't done art in a long time so this is a very sweet compliment and has inspired me to draw more often!!
The blanket is an idea I had last year and never actually made it, but now its actually in the works I'm having so much fun seeing how they turn out!
Anya is live and ready to show you everything. Watch her strip, dance, and perform exclusive shows just for you. Interact in real-time and make your fantasies come true.
✓ Live Streaming✓ Interactive Chat✓ Private Shows✓ HD Quality
Anya is LIVE right now
FREE
Free to watch • No registration required • HD streaming
I'm freestyling a few squares bc there isnt enough devices to make a full rectangle, but this is my interpretation of Valinor, with Laurelin and Telperion depicted as gold and silver bands 🍊🤍
