(This post was originally posted on Thursday 2/11/21 and severely revised on Friday 2/12/21)
I sometimes wonder why I even bothered writing a post last week. Sometimes I wonder why I bother at all. It is only February and I am failing in my goal of writing a post a week. I should not push myself to write when I feel tired, frazzled, stressed, and petulant, however, which means I must also accept that there will be times when intention goes out the window.
But the Autumn Vine Pillow is finally finished. I picked up the pillow insert, and yes I still hate that term, even as I understand the necessity. After I put the knitted cover on the pillow, I added the buttons. I am tickled that I had five buttons that were just the right size and right shade of blue.
I probably should have reinforced the button band, (you can see it pulling slightly here) but I was thinking this would be a decorative pillow in a place where it would get little tough use. I may have been mistaken in that assumption. But at the moment I will leave it as is and simply accept that reinforcement may be necessary.
Here is the cushion on the library sofa. It looks good there now, and although I have mixed feelings about having all three pillows from Rowan's Seasonal palette AW 19 (seen below) on that sofa, since I have not yet knitted the other two, perhaps it can live here for now.
Admittedly, on Thursday I posted on Instagram that this pillow would not stay on the sofa but move to the bed, which was always an alternate position. Neither is ideal. Perhaps I shall present the case for each.
Sofa: I love the way the pillow looks on the sofa. It is soft and comfortable and squishy enough for a nap, as Poncho and I often take a nap on that sofa. However Poncho also tosses the pillows off the sofa multiple times a day, and since I don't use an extra pillow when sitting and knitting, the sofa can get crowded. Yesterday I was feeling very petulant about constantly having to pick cushions up off the floor, but realistically I was primarily petulant because I've been struggling with two weeks of internet and equipment woes, and pretty much anything could push me over the edge.
Bed: Above is Autumn Vine on the bed with a pillow covered in Colinette Point 5 and a needlepoint pillow. The colors here are good together, and they tie the bed more closely to the rug, which is darker than the bed. On the other hand they are a tad small, if I want to curl up on the bed with pillows to read a book or take a nap. Yes I do that, although not so much at the moment, mostly because I nap with Poncho on the sofa. My bed is very high and Poncho is both blind and willing to leap off anything. I am worried that he would try to jump off the bed.
The pillows that were on the bed previously were larger, which was useful when I was feeling a bit under the weather sinus-wise. They don't really work with the decor of the room, they were just left-over from a previous house. Although I loved the fringed pillow in that house, I don't like it here at all.
I suppose what this is telling me is that I really need to spend some time actually thinking about pillows, rather than just holding on the flotsam and jetsam of previous lives and hoping that it will all work together.