FINISHED MEASUREMENT
18 inches square
MATERIALS
Garnstudio Drops Alaska medium (worsted) weight wool yarn (1 3/4 oz/77 yds/50g per skein): 9 balls #03 light grey
Size J/10/6mm crochet hook or size needed to obtain gauge
18-inch-square pillow form
Tapestry needle
GAUGE
12 dc = 4 inches; 6 1/2dc rows = 4 inches
Take time to check gauge.
PATTERN NOTES
Weave in ends as work progresses.
Join with slip stitch as indicated unless otherwise stated.
Chain-3 at beginning of round does not count as a stitch unless otherwise stated.
SPECIAL STITCHES
Corner: (2 dc, ch 2, dc) in indicated ch-2 sp.
2 front post treble crochet crossover spaced (2 fptr-cross-sp): Sk next 2 fptr and next bptr, fptr in each of next 2 fptr. working behind 2 sts just made, bptr in sk bptr, working in front of 3 sts just made, fptr in each of 2 sk fptr.
2 front post treble crochet shifted left (2 fptr-left): Sk next 2 sts, bptr in next st, working in front of st just made, fptr in each of 2 sk sts.
2 front post treble crochet shifted right (2 fptr-right): Sk next st, fptr in each of next 2 sts, working behind sts just made, bptr in sk st.
2 front post treble crochet crossover in front (2 fptr-cross-front): Sk next 2 fptr, fptr in each of next 2 fptr, working in front of 2 sts just worked, fptr in each of 2 sk fptr.
2 front post treble crochet crossover in back (2 fptr-cross-back): Sk next 2 fptr. fptr in each of next 2 fptr, working behind 2 sts just worked, fptr in each of 2 sk fptr.
PILLOW
Front Panel
Ch 4, join (see Pattern Notes) in first ch to form ring.
Note: Rnds wilt begin from central st of first edge of square.
Rnd 1: Ch 3 (count as a dc), dc in ring, ch 2, [3 dc in ring, ch 2) 3 times, dc in ring, join in top of beg ch-3. (12 dc 4 ch-2 sps)
Rnd 2: Ch 3 (see Pattern Notes), (bptr in next dc, fptr in next dc, corner (see Special Stitches) in next ch-2 sp, fptr in next dc] 4 times join in first bptr at beg of rnd. (28 sts, 4 ch-2 sps)
Rnd 3: Ch 3, bptr in first bptr, working in front of st just made, fptr in each of 2 sts before first bptr, sk next 2 fptr (will be worked at end of rnd), [bptr in next dc, corner in next ch-2 sp, bptr in next dc, 2 fptr-cross-sp (see Special Stitches)] 3 times, bptr in next dc, corner in next ch-2 sp, bptr in next dc, reaching between first bptr and first 2 fptr, fptr in each of 2 fptr sk at beg of rnd, join in first bptr. (44 sts, 4 ch-2 sps)
Rnd 4: Ch 3, (bptr in next bptr, 2 fptr-left (see Special Stitches), bptr in each of next 2 dc, corner in next ch-2 sp, bptr in each of next 2 dc, 2 fptr-right (see Special Stitches)] 4 times, join in first bptr. (60 sts, 4 ch-2 sps)
Rnd 5: Ch 3, [bptr in each of next 2 bptr, 2 fptr-left, bptr in next bptr, bptr in each of next 2 dc, corner in next ch-2 sp, bptr in each of next 2 dc, bptr in next bptr, 2 fptr-right, bptr in next bptr) 4 times, join in first bptr. (76 sts, 4 ch-2 sps)
Rnd 6: Ch 3, [bptr in each of next 2 bptr, 2 fptr-right, bptr in each of next 2 bptr, 2 fptr-right, corner in next ch-2 sp, 2 fptr-left, bptr in each of next 2 bptr, 2 fptr-left, bptr in next bptr] 4 times, join in first bptr. (92 sts, 4 ch-2 sps)
Rnd 7: Ch 3, (bptr in first bptr, 2 fptr-right, bptr in each of next 2 bptr, 2 fptr-right, bptr in next bptr, bptr in each of next 2 dc, corner in next ch-2 sp, bptr in each of next 2 dc, bptr in next bptr, 2 fptr-left, bptr in each of next 2 bptr, 2 fptr-left] 4 times, join in first bptr. (108 sts, 4 ch-2 sps)
Rnd 8: Ch 3, bptr in first bptr, working in front of bptr just made, fptr in each of 2 sts before bptr just made, sk next 2 fptr (will be worked at end of rnd), (bptr in each of next 2 bptr, 2 fptr-right, bptr in each of next 4 bptr, fptr in each of next 2 dc, corner in next ch-2 sp, fptr in each of next 2 dc, bptr in each of next 4 bptr, 2 fptr-left, bptr in each of next 2 bptr, 2 fptr-cross-sp] 3 times, bptr in each of next 2 bptr, 2 fptr-right, bptr in each of next 4 bptr, fptr in each of next 2 dc, corner in next ch-2 sp, fptr in each of next 2 dc, bptr in each of next 4 bptr, 2 fptr-left, bptr in each of next 2 bptr, reaching hook between first bptr and first 2 fptr at beg of rnd, fptr in each of first 2 sk sts, join in first bptr. (124 sts, 4 ch-2 sps)
Rnd 9: Ch 3, (bptr in first bptr, 2 fptr-left, 2 fptr-right, bptr in each of next 5 bptr, 2 fptr-cross-front (see Special Stitches), corner in next ch-2 sp, 2 fptr-cross-front, bptr in each of next 5 bptr, 2 fptr-left, 2 fptr-nght) 4 times, join in first bptr. (140 sts, 4 ch-2 sps)
Rnd 10: Ch 3, (bptr in each of next 2 bptr, 2 fptr-cross-back (see Special Stitches), bptr in each of next 5 bptr, 2 fptr-right, 2 fptr-left, bptr in next dc, corner in next ch-2 sp, bptr in next dc, 2 fptr-right, 2 fptr-left, bptr in each of next 5 bptr, 2 fptr-cross-back, bptr in next bptr] 4 times, join in first bptr. (156 sts, 4 ch-2 sps)
Rnd 11: Ch 3, [bptr in first bptr, 2 fptr-right, 2 fptr-left, bptr in each of next 4 bptr, 2 fptr- left, 2 fptr-right, bptr in next bptr, bptr in each of next 2 dc, corner in next ch-2 sp, bptr in each of next 2 dc, bptr in next bptr, 2 fptr-left, 2 fptr-right, bptr in each of next 4 bptr, 2 fptr-nght, 2 fptr-left) 4 times, join in first bptr. (172 sts, 4 ch-2 sps)
Rnd 12: Ch 3, bptr in first bptr, 1 fptr back in each of 2 previous fptr, sk next 2 fptr (will be worked at end of rnd), [bptr in each of next 2 bptr, 2 fptr-left, bptr in each of next 4 bptr, 2 fptr-cross-front, bptr in each of next 4 bptr, fptr in each of next 2 dc, corner in next ch-2 sp, fptr in each of next 2 dc, bptr in each of next 4 bptr, 2 fptr-cross-front, bptr in each of next 4 bptr, 2 fptr-right, bptr in each of next 2 bptr, 2 fptr-cross-sp] 3 times, bptr in each of next 2 bptr, 2 fptr-left, bptr in each of next 4 bptr, 2 fptr-cross-front, bptr in each of next 4 bptr, fptr in each of next 2 dc, corner in next ch-2 sp, fptr in each of next 2 dc, bptr in each of next 4 bptr, 2 fptr-cross-front, bptr in each of next 4 bptr, 2 fptr-right, bptr in each of next 2 bptr, working hook between first bptr and first 2 fptr, fptr in each of 2 fptr sk at beg of rnd, join in first bptr (188 sts, 4 ch-2 sps).
Rnd 13: (h 3, [bptr in next bptr, 2fptr-left, bptr in each of next 2 bptr, 2 fptr-left, bptr in each of next 2 bptr, 2 fptr-right, 2 fptr-left, bptr in each of next 3 bptr, fptr in each of next 2 fptr, bptr in each of next 2 dc, corner in next ch-2 sp, bptr in each of next 2 dc, fptr in each of next 2 fptr, bptr in each of next 3 bptr, 2 fptr-right, 2 fptr-left, bptr in each of next 2 bptr, 2 fptr-right, bptr in each of next 2 bptr, 2 fptr-right| 4 times, join in first bptr. (204 sts, 4 ch *2 sps)
Rnd 14: Ch 3, [bptr in first bptr, 2fptr-right, bptr in each of next 3 bptr, fptr in each of next 2 fptr, bptr in each of next 2 bptr, 2 fptr-left, 2 fptr-right, bptr in each of next 3 bptr, fptr in each of next 2 fptr, bptr in each of next 2 bptr, bptr in each of next 2 dc, corner in next ch-2 sp, bptr in each of next 2 dc, bptr in each of next 2 bptr, fptr in each of next 2 fptr, bptr in each of next 3 bptr, 2 fptr-left, 2 fptr-nght, bptr in each of next 2 bptr, fptr in each of next 2 fptr, bptr in each of next 3 bptr, 2 fptr-left) 4 times, join in first bptr. (220 sts, 4 ch-2 sps) Fasten off.
Back Panel
Rnd 1: Ch 4, join in first ch to form ring, ch 3 (counts as a dc), dc in ring, ch 2, (3 dc in ring, ch 2] 3 times, dc in ring, join in top of beg ch-3. (12 dc, 4 ch-2 sps)
Rnds 2-14: Ch 3 (count as a de), dc in each dc around, corner in each ch-2 sp, join in 3rd ch at beg of rnd. (220 dc, 4 ch-2 sps after rnd 14) Fasten off.
ASSEMBLY
With WS of Front and Back Panels tog, work 1 row of reverse sc around 3 edges of the Pillow matching sts of last rnd. Insert pillow form and close 4th edge with reverse sc, join in first st. Fasten off.
DESIGN BY NTMAGLIA