At last, I’ve finished my crochet cushion! I’m really pleased with it, even though it goes with absolutely nothing in the rest of the house! It was one of those things that just popped in my head one day. All other projects were put aside whilst I got the first couple of squares done. It has lead to other ideas too, which is great. It means that this cushion isn’t the end of my geometric crochet design (I’ve got another pattern/tutorial up my sleeve for some time soon).
Basically, it’s corner to corner in US single crochet stitches. For some reason I’ve adopted US speak for a lot, but not all crochet terminology (I still call UK trebles, trebles which can get confusing!). I added the tip of colour to make it more interesting; there wouldn’t have been much point in a plain c2c. Ultimately, what I want to do is work out the pattern in Tunisian crochet as I think you could do it all in one piece. Sadly, I don’t know how to do Tunisian crochet yet. This might well be the catalyst…
I bought an 18″ feather cushion and a plain cover (both v cheap from Amazon). This turned out to be a great fit for a 5×5 set of squares.
Stitching the squares together was easy. Right sides together and use matching yarn colours.
There are many ways to line them up but I went for all corners pointing in the same direction.
I did a crab stitch around the outside thinking it would be a bit like piping. Turns out, it isn’t like that at all but it was a good foundation for stitching the crochet to the cushion.
I took the actual cushion out to begin stitching.
I pinned it in place and then went around with a good strong needle, as close to the edge as possible.
And then it was done!
Do you like it?! I do! The balance of colours isn’t perfect. It was de-stash time again and I ran out of some colours before others. In an ideal world I would have planned that better but you can’t go out and buy new balls just for the sake of a few metres. I even scrounged some of the lavender colour off my friend up the road.
If anyone fancies having a go, here is the pattern:
I used Stylecraft Special DK and a 4.5 hook.
- Ch2
- 2sc in 2nd chain from hook. Chain 1 and turn.[2]
- 2sc in both stitches. Chain 1 and turn. [4]
- 2sc in first stitch, 1sc in next 2 stitches. 2 sc in last stitch. Chain 1 and turn. [6]
- 2sc in first stitch, 1sc in next 4 stitches. 2 sc in last stitch. Chain 1 and turn. [8]
- 2sc in first stitch, 1sc in next 6 stitches. 2 sc in last stitch. Chain 1 and turn. [10]
- 2sc in first stitch, 1sc in next 8 stitches. 2 sc in last stitch. Chain 1 and turn. [12]
- 2sc in first stitch, 1sc in next 10 stitches. 2 sc in last stitch. Chain 1 and turn. [14]
- 2sc in first stitch, 1sc in next 12 stitches. 2 sc in last stitch. Chain 1 and turn. [16]
- 2sc in first stitch, 1sc in next 14 stitches. 2 sc in last stitch. Chain 1 and turn. [18]
- 2sc in first stitch, 1sc in next 16stitches. 2 sc in last stitch. Chain 1 and turn. [20]
- 2sc in first stitch, 1sc in next 18 stitches. 2 sc in last stitch. Chain 1 and turn. [22]
- 2sc in first stitch, 1sc in next 20 stitches. 2 sc in last stitch. Chain 1 and turn. [24]
- Sc the first two stitches together (decrease), 1sc in next 20 stitches, 1 decrease. Chain 1 and turn. [22]
- 1 decrease, 1sc in the next 18 stitches, 1 decrease. Chain 1 and turn. [20]
- 1 decrease, 1sc in the next 16 stitches, 1 decrease. Chain 1 and turn. [18]
- 1 decrease, 1sc in the next 14 stitches, 1 decrease. Chain 1 and turn. [16]
- 1 decrease, 1sc in the next 12 stitches, 1 decrease. Chain 1 and turn. Change colour. [14]
- 1 decrease, 1sc in the next 10 stitches, 1 decrease. Chain 1 and turn. [12]
- 1 decrease, 1sc in the next 8 stitches, 1 decrease. Chain 1 and turn. [10]
- 1 decrease, 1sc in the next 6 stitches, 1 decrease. Chain 1 and turn. [8]
- 1 decrease, 1sc in the next 4 stitches, 1 decrease. Chain 1 and turn. [6]
- 1 decrease, 1sc in the next 2 stitches, 1 decrease. Chain 1 and turn. [4]
- 2 decrease. Chain 1 and turn. [2]
- 1 decrease. Fasten off and sew in ends.
Lovely colours
Thanks very much!
As ever, I love your colour choices. I’m a big fan of geometric patterns & the colour combinations would be endless with a pattern like this…if I could crochet, I’d probably find making cushion covers very addictive and end up with a house full! Thank you for linking up to #craftingismytherapy
Thanks! I am definitely a crochet addict. Once I learned, that was it!!
I love it, very funky! 😊
Thank you very much!
Oh I like it very much! Thanks for the pattern too, I might give it a go for my next cushion!
I also like your new blog header photo too 😊
Teresa x
Thank you!
Oh the header thing has been bothering me. I didn’t have a picture that would come up on mobile devices so I had a play around yesterday. It still isn’t right on my mobile as the writing doesn’t show over the picture, which is why I left a hole in the image!!
Pesky technology!!
Indeed!
Another great stash buster. I tried Tunisian crochet for the first time a few weeks ago, it’s dense texture would really suit a cushion.
Thanks!
I watched a Youtube video and it looked simple enough to do plain rows but I haven’t seen how patterns work. It’s on my to do list anyway!
This looks awesome! I actually love the randomness of the colour choices, too. Nice work!
Thanks very much! Glad you like it. X
It’s beautiful, I love all the different colours! I also have several craft projects that don’t match my decor at all, but I like a bit of randomness around! Thank you for linking up to #craftingismytherapy
Thank you very much! If I make enough random things, eventually they’ll all go together! Maybe…
Wow I love this! I bet it would look amazing using different shades of purple.. i may have to make some! Thank you for sharing the pattern too 🙂 xx #craftingismytherapy
You’re not joking when you say everything is relentlessly purple then!! I can’t really comment, everything in my house is green!
Thank you. x
😂😂😂 nope! Awesome! At least half our flat is purple hehe xx
I like how you finished it off with the cover, I confess I have a cushion cover front done but never did the back maybe iii rob your idea. Lovely colours Rosina
Cheers Maura.
I’m too lazy to do two sides. Requires twice as much effort! :p
Ha ha me too !h
Lovely – very unusual. Maybe you’ll have to change the other things in your house to go with it?!
Yeah, I’m just gonna make loads of random stuff and call it eclectic..
Beautiful! I LOVE a geometric so this is just amazing – I may have to have a go myself. I actually made (and forgot to blog about) a similar Tunisian crochet cushion fairly recently! xx
Thank you very much!
Ohh, I’d love to see what your Tunisian crochet cushion looks like. I think I really need to pull my finger out and learn that skill.
Brilliant, I love the colours – there’s something liberating about just using what you’ve got and going with it isn’t there? Fabulous result. And as always I love your photos, so professional and eye catching #craftingismytherapy
Thank you so much! I’ve been using a lot of random colours recently. It can be frustrating when you have limited choice but it can also be a lovely surprise when something works better you’d otherwise have thought!! 🙂