SUPPLIES & TOOLS:
DIRECTIONS:
SIZE: About 14 x 14 in. (35.5 x 35.5 cm)
PILLOW:
Set Up:
Pull out one end of yarn A and count out 23 loops. You’ll be working on just 21 loops. This length of 21 loops will be the beginning of your Pillow, the other 2 loops are beginning yarn tail and will be secured later.
Lay this length of 23 loops onto a flat surface, with the end of the yarn on your left hand side.
Check to be sure that all loops are facing upwards and that the loops aren’t twisted.
Make your Pillow:
Now you’ll be working in rows across the length of loops.
Tip: This yarn is designed so that the loops stay in place – you can set the Pillow down at any point and the loops won’t come undone!
The yarn that’s coming from the yarn ball is called the working yarn.
Hold the working yarn behind the length of loops.
With your thumb and index finger, reach through the first loop (21st loop from the end) on the beginning of your Pillow.
Pull the next loop from the working yarn through the first loop.
Working across the length of loops, continue to pull the next loop of working yarn through the next loop on the length of loops until you have pulled up 21 loops – and have 2 loops remaining for the yarn end.
You’ll work the second row in the same way as the first row, but working from left to right to pull up a loop of working yarn in each of the 21 loops on the Pillow. For the third row, continue pulling up loops of the working yarn, this time working from right to left.
Continue to pull up loops back and forth in rows across 21 loops until your piece measures about 14 in. (35.5 cm) AND you’re at the end of a row.
Trim the yarn tail of yarn A to about 2-3 loops, and leave this yarn tail hanging.
Change to working with yarn B.
Leave 2-3 loops of yarn B hanging, then with B as the working yarn, continue to work back and forth in rows across the 21 loops of the Pillow.
Stop working with yarn B when the piece measures about 28 in. (71 cm) AND you’re at the end of a row.
Finish your Pillow:
Now you’ll need to finish off your loops. Drop the working yarn.
Working in the same direction as the last row you made, pull the second loop through the first; pull the third loop through the second; pull the fourth through the third – and so on across to the end of the row.
Now you’re back at the side with working yarn. Pull working yarn through the last loop and knot.
Carefully snip the remaining loops from each yarn tail. Just snip the loops off, don’t cut through the yarn! Pull each of the trimmed tails through the loops of the Pillow to secure them.
Fold Pillow in half. Thread the blunt needle with a length of smooth yarn and sew the open sides of the Pillow together, leaving about 4 in. (10 cm) unsewn.
Stuff Pillow with fiberfill stuffing, then finish sewing closed.
- 2 Pink Balls
- Large-eyed blunt needle
- Fiberfill stuffing
- About 2 yd. (2 m) of matching smooth yarn
DIRECTIONS:
SIZE: About 14 x 14 in. (35.5 x 35.5 cm)
PILLOW:
Set Up:
Pull out one end of yarn A and count out 23 loops. You’ll be working on just 21 loops. This length of 21 loops will be the beginning of your Pillow, the other 2 loops are beginning yarn tail and will be secured later.
Lay this length of 23 loops onto a flat surface, with the end of the yarn on your left hand side.
Check to be sure that all loops are facing upwards and that the loops aren’t twisted.
Make your Pillow:
Now you’ll be working in rows across the length of loops.
Tip: This yarn is designed so that the loops stay in place – you can set the Pillow down at any point and the loops won’t come undone!
The yarn that’s coming from the yarn ball is called the working yarn.
Hold the working yarn behind the length of loops.
With your thumb and index finger, reach through the first loop (21st loop from the end) on the beginning of your Pillow.
Pull the next loop from the working yarn through the first loop.
Working across the length of loops, continue to pull the next loop of working yarn through the next loop on the length of loops until you have pulled up 21 loops – and have 2 loops remaining for the yarn end.
You’ll work the second row in the same way as the first row, but working from left to right to pull up a loop of working yarn in each of the 21 loops on the Pillow. For the third row, continue pulling up loops of the working yarn, this time working from right to left.
Continue to pull up loops back and forth in rows across 21 loops until your piece measures about 14 in. (35.5 cm) AND you’re at the end of a row.
Trim the yarn tail of yarn A to about 2-3 loops, and leave this yarn tail hanging.
Change to working with yarn B.
Leave 2-3 loops of yarn B hanging, then with B as the working yarn, continue to work back and forth in rows across the 21 loops of the Pillow.
Stop working with yarn B when the piece measures about 28 in. (71 cm) AND you’re at the end of a row.
Finish your Pillow:
Now you’ll need to finish off your loops. Drop the working yarn.
Working in the same direction as the last row you made, pull the second loop through the first; pull the third loop through the second; pull the fourth through the third – and so on across to the end of the row.
Now you’re back at the side with working yarn. Pull working yarn through the last loop and knot.
Carefully snip the remaining loops from each yarn tail. Just snip the loops off, don’t cut through the yarn! Pull each of the trimmed tails through the loops of the Pillow to secure them.
Fold Pillow in half. Thread the blunt needle with a length of smooth yarn and sew the open sides of the Pillow together, leaving about 4 in. (10 cm) unsewn.
Stuff Pillow with fiberfill stuffing, then finish sewing closed.