Heirloom Pillow
Design by Michele Wilcox
Heirloom Pillow is copyrighted 2009 Michele Wilcox and Cute Crochet
You may print it for your personal use, but you may not copy, distribute it, or sell it.
Heirloom Buttoned Embossed Pillow
Size: Pillow measures 13 inches x 17 inches.
Gauge: 7 dc = 2 inches; 2 dc rows = 1 inch.
Materials: Bernat Berella "4" worsted weight yarn by Spinrite, 10-1/2 oz. #894l Winter White;
Pillow Form, 12" x 16";
Assorted 1 inch heirloom-looking buttons, 5;
H (5mm) hook;
NOTE: This pattern is for INTERMEDIATE crocheters. Pillow is made in one piece.
PATTERN STITCH:
Embossed Roundels (abbreviation ERd)
ERd=work 1 (1 dc, 2 ch) 9 times all into same st, remove hook from working loop, insert hook from the back through the top of first dc of Roundel; keeping sts of Roundel at back of crochet piece, pick up working loop again and draw through to close Roundel.
PILLOW
Row 1: Beginning at one short end, ch 46; sc in 2nd ch from hook and in ea ch across, ch 1, turn. (45).
Rows 2-7: Sc in ea sc across, ch 1. turn. (45). At the end of Row 7, ch 3, turn.
Note: Ch-3 counts as first dc.
Row 8: Dc in ea sc across, ch 3, turn. (45 dc).
Row 9: Dc in next 3 dc, *ERd into next st, dc in next 7 dc, repeat from * across, ending 1 dc into top of turning ch-3, ch 3, turn.
Row 10: Dc in ea dc across, ch 3, turn. (45).
Row 11: *Dc in next 7 dc, ERd into next st; repeat from * across to last 4 dc, dc in last 4 dc; ch 3, turn.
Row 12: Dc in ea dc across, ch 3, turn. (45).
Rows 13-56: Repeat Rows 9-12 consecutively.
Row 57: Dc in ea dc across, ch 1, turn. (45).
Row 58: Sc in ea dc across, ch 1, turn. (45).
Rows 59 & 60: Sc in ea sc across, ch 1, turn. (45).
Row 61: (Buttonhole Row) Sc in next 3 sc, *ch 3, skip 3 sc, sc in next 6 sc; repeat from * across, ending sc in last 3 sc, ch 1, turn.
Row 62: Sc first 3 sc, *3 sc in next ch-3 sp, sc in next 3 sc; repeat from * across, ch 1, turn.
Rows 63 & 64: Sc in ea sc across, ch 1, turn. (45).
Fasten off. Fold in half, matching both short ends. Sew side seams.
Sew buttons under buttonholes.
Place pillow form into pillow cover and button.
This pattern is copyrighted by Michele Wilcox and Cute Crochet @ 2009
