Poinsettia Cushion

The Poinsettia cushion, which matches the Poinsettia blanket (available from Ravelry and Payhip) is a beautiful lace cushion. Inspired by the Poinsettia flower, each square is worked from the centre out. Knit two squares separately and join them working a three-needle cast-off. Knit the two squares in the same colour or use different colours for each square. Pattern includes links to several tutorials. 

Materials:

Hjertegarn Merino Cotton (DK; 50% superwash wool/50% cotton;120m/131yds per 50g ball) x 2 balls. Shown in shade: 1620 Light Blue (C1) x 1 ball & 1944 Blue Jeans (C2) x 1 ball 

3.5mm (UK 9-10/US 4) circular needles (60cm/24in)

You will need a spare circular needle, either same size as used to knit with or a size smaller, to use for casting off.

3.5mm (UK 9-10/US 4) set of double pointed needles

(optional, magic loop and the 60cm circular needles can be used instead)

Cushion pad (30cm x 30cm/12in x 12in) 

Four buttons (2-2.5cm/¾-1in)

Size:

Width: 30cm/12in

Height incl button band: 32.5cm/13in

Tension:

16 sts and 30.5 rounds over 10cm/4in in Chart B after blocking.

Exact tension is not essential but a difference in tension may affect the final size and amount of yarn used.

Difficulty Level:

Easy/Intermediate (see skills required below).

Skills Needed (see pattern for abbreviations):

Basic Skills: cast on (see tutorial), knit, purl

Decreases: k2tog, ssk, sk2po

Increases: yo

Lace (using Chart or Written Instructions)

Reading Chart (optional - see Tutorial bit.ly/readcharts)

Three-needle cast-off (see Tutorial bit.ly/PoinsettiaCastOff)

Useful Tutorials:

Magic Loop: bit.ly/AHAmagicloop

Circular Cast-ons: bit.ly/circularCO

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