Alright everybody, time for the pretty little elf, doing his little nancy dance. (Can you tell I was obsessed with Cassandra Claire's LotR private diaries?)

To be honest, Legolas was not my favorite in the beginning. He turned out fatter than the rest (and my sister was yelling at me to make him skinnier than the rest, being an elf and all) and his head is kind of a funny shape. It was super hard to find the right colors for him, both in yarn and in felt. Even now I'm still not sure we shouldn't have made him in silver yarn and a beige felt tunic with the green felt vesty thing over that. Being so fat though, that would have made him huge.

Anyway, once we got his hair together and his awesome bow and arrow and quiver, I changed my mind. The boy did such a wonderful job with the quiver (can you see that peacock? How crazy is that?!) and the bow (except when the cats ate it and stole the silver thread on it) that I think I changed my mind about little Leggy.

Definitely the prettiest!

Ha ha, okay, time for some Boromir. (I know all of these pics are already on craftster and flickr, but I wouldn't have anything else to post unless I did these one by one. Plus, I know everyone enjoys my stupid random comments, right? RIGHT?). Anyway, on to the show--

Little Boromir! I cannot express how much I love his little horn of Gondor. The boy painted and sculpted it and then even put little rings so I could strap it around Boromir. Except for all of the sculpey, Boromir is one of the more simple Fellowship members, but he is one of my favorites.

Of course, as soon as I made Boromir, I had to make Faramir too, and then Eowyn so that Faramir wouldn't be lonely (being the only non-Fellowship member and all) and then of course Theoden, because Eowyn would probably want to be with her uncle too (if he was still alive). But that's another post. For now, enjoy our poor fallen hero.

Put on your robe and wizard hat, because here comes Gandalf!


Isn't he adorable? No, he won't do any pointy hat tricks, but I still think he's pretty cool. His body is totally crocheted, and his clothes are made out of felt. I love the little details on him--his staff is made out of sculpey, and his pipe fits inside! You can see it if you squint. He also has his little tobacco pouch too, because you never want a wizard to be caught off guard.

I know the colors might seem a bit off (like his belt and satchel) but those are the real colors he wears. The "Lord of the Rings" movies use a blue tint for everything, so it is hard to choose which colors to go with--the colors from exhibits and pre-edited movie stills, or the actual colors that are in the movie. Of course I went with pre footage, and now I kinda wish I didn't, but oh well.


Sorry Gandalf, no Lorien cloak for you. More Fellowship members to come soon, be on the lookout!