On Lake Time

For Christmas I made my dad this great pillow for the family lake house in New Hampshire. We make fun of him that he does not "fritter" any time, and that vacation time is no different than work time. He can sit still for approximately 90 seconds, and then has to fix something. I found a few cute "On Lake Time" signs on Etsy, but they were a little too expensive and I couldn't find one the size I wanted. So I decided to change up and make something more functional (and suggestive that he sit down and take a break every once in a while).


Design:






Materials:

Size H Tunisian Crochet Hook
Fabric for pillow form
18" pillow form
Yarn:

Vanna's Choice Demin Mist


Vanna's Choice Seaspray Mist


Vanna's Choice Brick


Vanna's Choice Scarlet


Vanna's Glamour Platinum


Read Heart Camouflage


Vanna's Choice Black



Pattern:

Follow grid and include 3 stitches of black as a border. When finished, weave in ends.
The piece may curl a little, but we will fix that when sewing on the backing.



Embroider the letters with the Platinum yarn.



Pillow Cover: http://sewing.about.com/od/freeprojects/ss/envelopepillow.htm

Cut fabric. Watch out for puppies. I used some old curtains that got paint on them. They match the cottage :)







Sew around edges so they don't fray.


Sew pieces together.

Sew pillow cover to Knitted piece, leaving black boarder sticking out.


Insert Pillow form into cover.


Put head on pillow and relax.