Basket Weave Crochet Pillow Pattern

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Basket Weave Crochet Pillow

Create your own pillow using this design. This is simply a basket weave pillow. They are not hard to crochet and I thoroughly enjoyed making them. In fact, I made a set of 4 of them.

This was originally filmed back in 2012 for our very first Stitch Along with AllFreeCrochet.com.

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Pillow 1

There are two major differences between the two projects. Pillow 1 is about 4 - 5-hour project. Pillow 2 is about 5 - 6-hour project. Attaching method between the two varies from Pillow 1 has a Single Crochet Joining of the two panels. This caused the pillow to be a tight form-fitting look.

Pillow 2 has a Double Crochet joining finish with granny square corners of 3 DC, 2 CH and 3 DC. This allows the material to have an over the fringing border.

Needed Materials For Pillow 1

• Size 9 mm or 10 mm or M or N Size Crochet Hook
• 3 Balls of Red Heart Light & Lofty, 127 g or 4.5 oz size.
• 1 Pillow Form measuring 16" x 16"
• Estimated costs for this project are roughly $20.00

Needed Materials For Pillow 2

• Size 9 mm or M size Crochet Hook
• 3 Balls Bernat Mosaic - 100 g or 3.5 oz Psychedelic Color, get an extra ball just in case. See the paragraphs below.
• 3 Balls black eyelash yarn - 50 g
• 1 Red Heart Super Saver - Black 197 g or 7.5 oz
• 1 Pillow Form measuring 16" x 16"
• Estimated Costs fort his project is $36.00

When doing the colour side, you will use 3 balls of Bernat Mosaic at the same time. The yarn is thin and needs to be thickened up for the size of the hook. I made sure then when I used each ball. The colour of each ball's string was similar to each other. One ball is in the blue... the second ball is just starting to turn blue... the third ball is near the end of the green. This makes the colours transition slowly and makes the colouring very effective.

My method of doing the colour transition will cause wasted yarn as you need to start each other at a specific point. This means you have to get to the point in the ball that matches the rest of the balls to be consistent with the colouring. You might want to buy a 4th ball just in case.

When doing the black side of the pillow. You will use Eyelash and Black Worsted yarn at the same time.

Working with extra yarn balls at the same time causes you to slow doing when making this project.

Definitions

BEG = Beginning, CH = Chain, HDC = Half Double Crochet, ST - Stitch, SL ST = Slip Stitch, SC = Single Crochet, DC = Double Crochet, TR = Triple Crochet, FPDC = Front Post Double Crochet, BPDC = Back Post Double Crochet,

Crochet Chart for this pattern... I wanted to show you the repeat pattern. The red lines going up and down are showing you that each basketweave is in sets of 4. The red solid line on the left side is where we reverse the pattern to create the basketweave look.

Instructions

For Pillow 1 Front  & Back - You will only use a strand of Red Heart Light & Lofty.

For Pillow 2 - You will use three strands of Bernat Mosaic Yarn at the same time for the front. For the back, you will use 1 strand of Red Heart Super Saver Black and 1 Strand Eye Lash at the same time.

1. Chain 37
2. DC 5th from the hook, then DC all the way across. Turn
3. CH 2, *FPDC the next 4 stitches, BPDC the next 4 stitches. Repeat from * and finish with 1 HDC into the top of the stitch below. Turn.
4. Repeat Step 3 - 2 Times
5. CH 2, *BPDC the next 4 stitches, FPDC the next 4 stitches. Repeat from * and finish with 1 HDC into the top of the stitch below. Turn.
6. Repeat Step 5 - 2 times.
7. Repeat Step 3 - 3 Times
8. Repeat Step 5 - 3 Times.
9. Repeat Step 3 - 3 Times
10. Repeat Step 5 - 3 Times.
11. Repeat Step 3 - 4 Times.
12. Fasten off.

Do a second panel by repeating the above instructions.

Let's Assemble Project - Visual Instructions

 

 

 

 

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by Michael Sellick, The Crochet Crowd