Abalone

I'm on my way, finished one repeat of the chart. It's a bit bumpy, but seems to be going ok. Why does my knitting always look so much better in photos than when it's not? Perhaps it's because I can not over focus on every little flaw ...

Pillow

I find I am not very good at stuffing pillows ....

Need to find a good type of fastener for the top of the pillow, so I can stuff it with more stuffing stuff. Maybe some kind of large snaps? Right now it's just pinned, so it's rather messy. I need to squeeze some filling down more into the corners ...

I don't really like the pattern - it's nice to look at, but there are too many vertical lines, which seems to make it want to corrugate itself. I know the floats aren't too tight, so that can be the reason?

The Telemark from Knitpicks is ok, but it wouldn't be my first choice for fairisle. It seems fat to me. I also need to find a good way to keep the edges from curling. Ribbing will work, but I dunno if I want to do that on the Abalone - I think a bit of garter stitch would be more appropriate ...