my dad is not so great at using the internet, so i'm not real worried that he will see this pillow here on this page before christmas day. but here it is. not unlike the one i made for tim for "christmas" last year (try july of this year), it is part of a fassett sweater pattern. for this, i used noro "iro" yarn, separated into "solid" colors. then, i felted it (more or less -- there are some bits, which must have had more silk in them, i think, where stitches are still separate and visible.) the back is in a chocolate brown cordoroy which picks up purple sheens nicely.