Add some beauty to your home with this classic crochet pillow. Create a dramatic visual effect easily by varying two different types of stitches. We promise, it’s not as complicated as it looks! Plus, this pillow requires no shaping, which means it’s the perfect opportunity to practice a new stitch with success.
Skill Level: Intermediate
Size: 16” x 16”
Gauge: 11 sts and 8 rows = 4” [10 cm]
Materials
Yarn: Lion Brand Vanna’s Choice (100% Acrylic; 170 yards [156 meters]/100 grams): #125 Taupe (MC, 2 skeins), #098 Fisherman (1 skein, CC)
Hook: US size M/N (9 mm) Tunisian cabled crochet hook
Notions: Tapestry needle, 16” x 16” pillow form
Special Stitches
Tunisian Simple Stitch (Tss): Working from right to left, hold working yarn behind work, insert hook under next vertical bar, yo, draw up a lp.
Tunisian Purl Stitch (Tps): Working from right to left, hold working yarn in front of work, insert hook under next vertical bar, yo, draw up a lp.
Return Pass (RP): Working from left to right, yo, draw through first lp on hook, *yo, draw through 2 lps on hook; rep from * across.
Reverse single crochet: Work sc in opposite direction by inserting hook in next st (to the right of right-handed and to the left of left-handed), yo, draw up a lp, yo, draw through both lps on hook.
Pattern Notes
Color change for Side 1 occurs at the beginning of Return Pass
Pattern
Side 1
With CC, ch 41.
Row 1: Load hook by inserting hook in next ch, yo, pull up a lp across. Change color to MC, RP. (41 sts)
Row 2: (Tss, Tps) across. Change to color to CC, RP.
Row 3: (Tps, Tss) across. Change color to MC, RP.
Rows 4-31: Rep Rows 2-3.
Row 32: Sc in each st across.
Fasten off.
Side 2
With MC, ch 41.
Row 1: Load hook by inserting hook in next ch, yo, pull up a lp across. RP. (41 sts)
Row 2: (Tss, Tps) across. RP.
Row 3: (Tps, Tss) across. RP.
Rows 4-31: Rep Rows 2-3.
Row 32: Sc in each st across.
Fasten off.
Finishing
With wrong sides together, reverse single crochet around 3 sides, working 3 sts in corners. Insert pillow and reverse single crochet the final edge.
Create 4 tassels and attach at corners.
Weave in any ends.
It does not ask for 4 skeins, it says use #4 yarn, that’s what the 4 means on the picture of the yarn. It’s the weight of the yarn
For materials it call for 4 skeins of yard, but the next line calls for 2 of one color and only 1 of the other…which is only 3 skeins- I don’t want to just ASSUME it should be 2 of each. Can you explain?
Hello Janelle! I’ve reached out to the designer for advice and she or I will reply as soon as possible. Thanks! – Nicola, Editor
Did not understand,need visual assistance !
Hi Lois! We’ve reached out to the designer for advice and she or I will reply as soon as possible. Thanks! – Nicola