Own wool

Here’s what they do on Procyon with all that fluffy down that is left on the brush after grooming, especially in spring: they collect it and felt it into blankets.

Of course, it takes many seasons or many people to get enough down for a blanket, but they are patient. Such “own wool” blankets are prized in many Houses that are fluffy enough to produce sufficient quantities of it; they are very warm and fairly waterproof. “Fairly” meaning that you could stay dry under it in a rain or lay it on wet ground. If you fall into a river in it, it will eventually get soaked.

Notice how the blanket is subtly different in color from her pelt: it’s because the felt is mostly underpelt and awn, which are lighter than the conspicuous guard hairs that darken the fur.

This started as a little toy idea and turned out as an exercise in very limited color.