Hello everyone!
I hope you had a great Labour Day yesterday. Here in France it is a national holiday so I didn't go to work, but I did finish off some crochet work. And here's the result, my May Day cushion! (scroll down for the pattern).
Isn't it just lovely? It was one of those things - I bought the yarn in a sale, then saw a similar cushion on one of the blogs I read, and realised I just HAD to make a cushion with that yarn!
I didn't follow exactly the same pattern as Heather on Pink Milk, who joined her rounds with a slipstitch. I just made two simple hdc circles and crocheted them together with a shell border. Like Heather, I did use the lovely May rose from Attic24 to decorate my cushion. My cushion is also quite big, so the central rose does look a bit small. But I love it anyway. We needed new cushion and I think it looks particularly nice on my armchair.
Here's how I made it:
1. Start with a magic circle and 6 sc.
2. 2 hdc in each stitch.
3. *1 hdc in next st, 2 hdc in next st, rep from * to end. (it's a good idea to use a stitch marker on the first stitch throughout)
4. * 1 hdc in next 2 sts, 2 hdc in next st, rep from * to end.
5. * 1 hdc in next 3 sts, 2 hdc in next st, rep from * to end.
6. * 1 hdc in next 4 sts, 2 hdc in next st, rep from * to end.
Continue the pattern, increasing the number of single hdc in between each set of 2 hdc until you reach the required diameter for your cushion.
Then make a May rose from the cute and easy pattern by Lucy at Attic24, and sew it to the centre of one of the circles.
You can use a cushion pad you have bought or upcycled, or you could make your own. I made mine from an old sheet and filled it with polyfil. It's 40 cm across and the final row of my crochet circle has 20 hdc in between each 2 hdc. Make sure your cushion pad is washable, as the cover isn't removeable.
For the border, I did the following:
* slip stitch in first st, 5 dc in next st, slip stitch in next stitch, repeat from * to end.
Remember to put your cushion pad in place while you still have room for it! If you have a very fat cushion pad as I did, you'll have to do quite an amount of the border with the pad in situ.
To finish, sew in the ends and you're done!
I hope you had a great Labour Day yesterday. Here in France it is a national holiday so I didn't go to work, but I did finish off some crochet work. And here's the result, my May Day cushion! (scroll down for the pattern).
Isn't it just lovely? It was one of those things - I bought the yarn in a sale, then saw a similar cushion on one of the blogs I read, and realised I just HAD to make a cushion with that yarn!
I didn't follow exactly the same pattern as Heather on Pink Milk, who joined her rounds with a slipstitch. I just made two simple hdc circles and crocheted them together with a shell border. Like Heather, I did use the lovely May rose from Attic24 to decorate my cushion. My cushion is also quite big, so the central rose does look a bit small. But I love it anyway. We needed new cushion and I think it looks particularly nice on my armchair.
Here's how I made it:
1. Start with a magic circle and 6 sc.
2. 2 hdc in each stitch.
3. *1 hdc in next st, 2 hdc in next st, rep from * to end. (it's a good idea to use a stitch marker on the first stitch throughout)
4. * 1 hdc in next 2 sts, 2 hdc in next st, rep from * to end.
5. * 1 hdc in next 3 sts, 2 hdc in next st, rep from * to end.
6. * 1 hdc in next 4 sts, 2 hdc in next st, rep from * to end.
Continue the pattern, increasing the number of single hdc in between each set of 2 hdc until you reach the required diameter for your cushion.
Then make a May rose from the cute and easy pattern by Lucy at Attic24, and sew it to the centre of one of the circles.
You can use a cushion pad you have bought or upcycled, or you could make your own. I made mine from an old sheet and filled it with polyfil. It's 40 cm across and the final row of my crochet circle has 20 hdc in between each 2 hdc. Make sure your cushion pad is washable, as the cover isn't removeable.
For the border, I did the following:
* slip stitch in first st, 5 dc in next st, slip stitch in next stitch, repeat from * to end.
Remember to put your cushion pad in place while you still have room for it! If you have a very fat cushion pad as I did, you'll have to do quite an amount of the border with the pad in situ.
To finish, sew in the ends and you're done!
Your cushion is so gorgeous! I love cushions with roses! :) Thanks so much for the pattern!
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I love your cushion! What a good idea to do it as a spiral - I think I shall try your way next time!
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Thank your Barbina and Heather. I love it too :)
ReplyDeleteI think it looks great, have you thought of making another two roses and having 3 roses in the centre? I'm going to make one of these but I might leave half the cushion unjoined and lace it up with yarn, almost like a shoelace, to close it. I can take it off to wash it then if I need to.
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