Do you have a soft spot for crochet pillows? I do too! Decorative pillows are the easiest way to bring color and style to a room. To have a comfy and beautiful pillow is always a plus. With so many gorgeous patterns available is truly simple for you to find one that you love and easy to redecorate any space.
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Rebecca of Little Monkeys Crochet has a beautiful and free Basketweave Throw Pillow pattern on her site (check the picture below and then her blog for the written pattern).
This new throw pillow pattern is super cute, if I do say so myself. It utilizes the basketweave stitch, which looks so much more complicated than it really is. Even if you’re a beginner, give it a try. You might surprise yourself, and you’ll certainly impress your family and friends!
One thing I’ve learned in the process of making throw pillows is that they fit over the inserts the best when they’re just slightly smaller in length than the insert itself. So for this 12″ pillow, I edged both sides in SC until they were about 11.75″ (that’s width, not corner-to-corner). Any larger than that, and I’ve found that the edges get wavy and floppy and just don’t lay as nicely. So for this pattern, although I SC’d around the 3 times, you should measure your piece before edging and only add as many rounds of edging as you need to get to about 11.75″. You might need more or less than I did. (Source)
Featured image: Rebecca
Crochet Along with Michael Sellick aka Mikey of The Crochet Crowd to make a Basket Weave Pillow to accent your home decor.
These are relatively quick with Pillow 1 taking about 4 hours and Pillow 2 taking about 5 – 6 hours because you are fussing more with the yarn.
The major difference between the two pillows is the color transitioning.
In the first video you’ll hear Mikey explainig what exactly materials you need to make the two pillows and where you can get them , the aproximate cost and also the difererences between the two pillows. Tha challenhe that he talk about it’s over, however you can still enjoy and learn from the video tutorials.
This video is concentrating on Pillow 1 where you will make the back and the front panels. In this video, Mikey is using Red Heart Light & Lofty Yarn to construct the front and back. You will need to make two panels and then join him on week 3 to finish this off.
This video is concentrating on Pillow 2 where you will make the back and the front panels. In this video, Mikey is using Bernat Mosaic to construct the front and back. You will need to make two panels and then join him on week 3 to finish this off.
This is week 3 and the final video of the Crochet Along Pillow Project. This video concentrates on both pillows on how to assemble the panels together and finalize your pillows.
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