Beautiful Crochet Pillows (Free Pattern)

My Crochet Pillow Covers

Today I want to talk about crochet pillows. Being on this crochet-kick, I wanted to make decorative crochet pillow cases to round out my assortment of pillows on our living room sofa.

Now look here. Aren’t they lovely?

Before you think that my hands are hurting from too much crocheting…. I have a confession to make…These crochet creations were made a long time ago and via via found their way onto a local vintage & antique market in the next village over.  Initially, I saw only one pillow cover: the square one.

But the tell-tale fine, slightly irregular stitches of the dexterous home-maker who created the pillow gave me the idea of ‘cheating’ a little bit for the next one: I bought a nice round crochet table doily to match my square pillow case.

And, later at home, with those same diligent little stitches, I added the crochet doily onto an existing tan linen pillow that was already on our sofa. And voila, my set of two crochet pillows was ready, 20 minutes and $5 later.

If you love my crochet pillow cases, but don’t have an abundance of Italian rustic vintage & antique markets nearby, I have a treat for you.

Here is a classy, free & easy crochet pillow pattern.

While regular blog readers know that I obviously like to have  lots of white around me, I love these pillows equally in marine and tan. Those colors would actually work equally well in our humble abode.

Free Crochet Pattern : Decorative Pillow

 

Size: Finished size approximately 14" x 14".

Yarn: Knit-Cro-Sheen Crochet Cotton: White by Coats and Clark  (500 yds)

Or, alternative yarn that’s better for you and the environment: Aunt Lydia’s Bamboo Crochet Thread Size 10

Size F/5 (3-3/4mm) crochet hook, or size needed to obtain Gauge.

 

Gauge: 9 sc sts and 10 sc rows = 2"

Tip: save time and check your gauge!!!!

Crochet or Plain Pillow Back

Option 1: you use an off-white pillow cover and sew on the crochet front. This is what I would do to safe time. Or, you crochet the back of the pillow also, using the following simple crochet pattern:
Row 1: Ch 63, dc in 2nd ch from hook and in each ch across, turn–62 sc.
Rows 2-31: Ch 3, dc in each st across, turn. At end of last row, fasten off.

 

Crochet Pillow Front
Row 1: (RS) Ch 63, sc in 2nd ch from hook and in each ch across, turn–62 sc.
Rows 2-6: Ch 1, sc in each st across, turn.
Row 7: Ch 3, dc in each of next 2 sts, *sk next st, dc in each of next 3 sts, dc in skipped st; rep from * to last 3 sts, dc in each of last 3 sts, turn.
Row 8: Ch 3, dc in each st across, turn.
Row 9: Rep row 7.
Rows 10-22: Ch 1, sc in each st across, turn.
Rows 23-25: Rep Rows 7-9.
Rows 26-28: Ch 3, dc in each st across, turn.
Rows 29-53: Rep Rows 7-22 twice. Do not fasten off.

 

Assembly
Row 54: With WS together, ch 1, working through both thicknesses, sc in each st, working 3 sc in each corner st, 2 sc in end of each dc row and sc in end of each sc row around, inserting pillow form before closing. Join with a sl st in first st. Fasten off.

Or, if you only crocheted the front of the pillow, simply sew it onto a simply cotton pillow case using hand stitching.

 

Crochet Abbreviations

beg  . . .   begin(ning)	ch  . . .   chain
dc  . . .  double crochet	rep . . .  repeat(ing)
rnd(s)  . . .  round(s)	RS  . . .   right side
sc  . . .  single crochet	sk  . . .  skip
sl  . . .  slip	sp(s)  . . .  space(s)
st(s)  . . .  stitch(es)	WS  . . .  wrong side

Source: crochet pillow pattern by Coats and Clark (Designs For America, Solutia)

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