Fireside Pillows
These wonderfully chunky pillows take three standard Aran stitches and play with the order they are worked across each pillow. What a difference this order makes to the look and feel of each – one has a “typical” Guernsey look with a center panel flanked by cables and a broken rib stitch, while the other clusters those same cables in the center with the panel broken up and edged with the rib on both sides. These pillows are fast and cozy – a great project for the knitter’s home!
The two pillow versions are each knit flat in three sections, with yarn held doubled throughout. First the two halves of the back are knit from the bottom up and then the button plackets are picked up and knit along one side. Then the fronts are worked from the bottom up. Finishing is simple: sew together the pieces, add some buttons, and weave in the ends. Pop in the pillow form and you’re all done!
Note: Yarn is held doubled throughout.
SIZES:
10 stitches and 15 rows to 4in / 10cm in Diamond Stitch
MATERIALS:
The two pillow versions are each knit flat in three sections, with yarn held doubled throughout. First the two halves of the back are knit from the bottom up and then the button plackets are picked up and knit along one side. Then the fronts are worked from the bottom up. Finishing is simple: sew together the pieces, add some buttons, and weave in the ends. Pop in the pillow form and you’re all done!
Note: Yarn is held doubled throughout.
SIZES:
10 stitches and 15 rows to 4in / 10cm in Diamond Stitch
MATERIALS:
- 8 skeins Valley Yarns Northampton Bulky (100% wool; 109yd per 100g). Shown in Fawn and Light Grey OR 860yd / 786m bulky weight yarn
- US 10.5 / 6.5mm needles or size required to match gauge.
- 4 Stitch markers
- Cable needle
- 3 buttons, 1¼in / 30mm diameter
- Yarn needle
- 16in / 40.5cm by 26in/66cm pillow form
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