It’s that time of year! The Holiday Maker’s Challenge is kicking off and we are jumping in with an easy pattern for a striped crochet pillow that even an advanced beginner can make!
Design Story and Inspiration for the Grainsack Striped Crochet Pillow Pattern
I was perusing the web for inspiration and I saw some awesome striped pillows from Pottery Barn (made from grainsack-type fabric) and I thought that the stripe patterns would look great on a crochet pillow, so I set out to make my own!
I chose to use this pattern in the challenge this year because it met all my criteria:
- It’s easy enough for an advanced beginner (uses sc, dc and the reverse sc, or you can do another round of regular sc for the edging)
- It uses 2 skeins or less of yarn, preferably stash yarn (this took almost 1 skein of the MC and less than half a skein of the CC)
- It works up quickly! You might not think a DK weight pattern will work up quickly, but I found this did work up fast and I only worked on it while I was in the carline picking up or dropping off my sons.
I love the lemon peel stitch and you will use it in this pattern for the great texture it provides. It’s just an alternating single crochet, double crochet and it’s very easy, but gives pretty results.
Yarn Options for Our Crochet Pillow
You can use any DK weight yarn you like for this pattern. Feel free to use more than 2 colors, mix and match and just play around with it!
I used the aquamarine color of this yarn for my V-Neck Tank pattern and I had purchased the cream as an accent in case I wanted a lace border at the bottom of the tank. I didn’t go with the border so I had an entire skein of cream and around half a skein of aquamarine to play with.
So feel free to use up any and all DK weight yarn you might have in your stash for this easy pillow pattern!
Download This Pattern FREE as Part of the Challenge!
Grainsack Striped Crochet Pillow
Yarn: Yarn Bee Soft and Sleek DK, 1 skein in 2 colors (DK weight #3), yarn used is cream (MC) and aquamarine (CC), or you can use any DK yarn that gets gauge
Hooks: US size H (5.00mm)
Notions: Yarn needle, scissors, 12″ pillow form
Gauge: 20 sts and 20 rows = 4″ in sc, dc pattern
Finished Size: Approximately 12″ square
Abbreviations
Chain (ch)
Single Crochet (sc)
Double Crochet (dc)
Stitch Pattern
Ch 1, *sc, dc; repeat from * to end.
Repeat row for pattern, working a sc into a dc from row below and a dc into a sc from row below for each row in the lemon peel stitch. (You can find a video and tutorial for the lemon peel stitch here)
PATTERN
Ch 65. Begin working stitch pattern in second ch from hook.
Side 1
Working each row in stitch pattern, work:
17 rows MC
1 row CC
1 row MC
1 row CC
1 row MC
2 rows CC
1 row MC
1 row CC
1 row MC
1 row CC
10 rows MC
1 row CC
1 row MC
1 row CC
1 row MC
2 rows CC
1 row MC
1 row CC
1 row MC
1 row CC
17 rows MC
Fasten off. (64 rows total)
Side 2
Working each row in stitch pattern, work:
4 rows MC
2 rows CC
4 rows MC
1 row CC
Reepeat until 64 rows same as back (you will end with 4 rows of MC)
Finishing
Join panels and use CC to sc evenly around 3 sides, working 3 sc into each corner.
Insert pillow form and continue to sc around final side.
Join with slip st to first st.
Work one row of reverse single crochet (crab stitch) in each sc st, working 3 crab sts in each corner.
Join with slip st to first st. Fasten off.
Final Thoughts on Our Grainsack Crochet Pillow
I hope you’ve enjoyed this easy pattern for the grainsack striped crochet pillow, and that you’ll join us for this year’s challenge. There will be a total of 8 FREE downloads before Christmas – but only for those who have subscribed to the challenge.
Happy Crocheting!
Amanda
