12-19-2016

I finished all 25 squares for the front today. It measures 20” unstretched so it will be a little baggy on my 20” pillow form. Thinking about how to do the back. I may just do a 19” square of stripes, but would like to do a circle solid granny if I can find one in Ravelry.

I don’t like the bright white pillow form. I wonder if I could dye it with Rit Dye?

12-29-2016

I just winged it with the back. I followed instructions for a flat circle then improvised on the squaring off.

12-30-2016

Front and back are blocking now. I will do the join tomorrow.

01-01-2017

Joined with single crochet (skipped a few on the front motif, and only crocheted into the back, where it curved so as not to stretch the motifs out). Finished with a round of crab stitch.

I’m quite happy with how this turned out. The bullseye is a bit extreme and doesn’t match the front stylewise, but you’ll only see one side of the pillow at a time. Happy that I used up almost all of the remainders from K’s blanket and it should look cute with it.

Not bad for my first pillow, especially considering it wasn’t from a pillow pattern.