Full Disclosure: Floyd Pepper is the sweetest, most charming goodboy there ever was, and I would rather die a thousand deaths than besmirch his good name. He just happens to have impeccable taste in chairs, and the willingness to trade Blue Steel poses for cheese.

Gift this charming pillow to the furry blessings in your life. It is knitted in the round, using stranded colorwork techniques to create the elegantly phrased message on the front, and the extra classy “diamond” pattern on the back (flip for humorless guests).

The pillow is knit in one piece with the top and bottom closed by Kitchener stitch or sewn seams. The model was knit with worsted weight wool yarn & US 6 needles, and measures approx. 12 in. x 12 in. and has a 12 in. pillow form inside. The finished project can easily be sized up or down by substituting thicker/thinner yarn & larger/smaller needles.

The pattern includes a detailed chart, with written instructions for starting and finishing. Note: this is an intermediate/advanced pattern that does NOT include instructions for knitting in the round, stranded colorwork, reading charts, Kitchener stitch, or Mattress stitch. For the aspiring knitter, many fantastic tutorials for these techniques are just a Google search away.