Today I'll keep it short.  My mom found this blog and has told me that I go on so long it's too much like work to be enjoyable reading.

I've finished the garter stitch tube destined to be The Small One's pillow.  I intend to full it as-is, then add some sort of buton or trim to fasten the ends.  Although one can never be certain, based on previous experience with this yarn I'm anticipating 40% shrinkage in length and about 10-15% in width.  It's 26 x 14 inches (66 x 36 cm), so I should end up with something in the neighborhood of 15.5 x 12 inches (40 x 30 cm).  That would let me use a 12-inch square pillow form, in a style similar to the Manos pillow. 

Of course, I have to winkle her out of the thing first.  She's taken a liking to it as some sort of kid-specific cocoon:

Which makes me think that knitting up a cuddly tube to use as a nap-sack wouldn't be a bad idea at all.  Hmm....