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Pillow Top Pattern #9017
Pillow top of nine 4½-inch square motifs in Green, Ecru, and Brown, joined with twisted cord edging. Pillow top measures 13½ inches square. Originally published in Spool Cotton #121, Gay Gadgets.
Materials
- Milward's steel crochet hook · No. 10
Pattern instructions
Motif
Motif. Starting at center, with Green ch 12. Join with sl st to form ring.
Ch 3 (to count as dc), 23 dc in ring. Join with sl st to 3rd st of ch-3 first made.
Ch 3, dc in same place as sl st, ch 2, 2 dc in same place (shell), * ch 2, skip 2 dc; in next dc make: 2 dc, ch 2, 2 dc (another shell). Repeat from * around, ending rnd with ch 1, sc in 3rd st of ch-3 first made (8 shells).
* 9 dc in ch-2 of next shell, sc in sp between shells. Repeat from * around.
Ch 10 (to count as tr and ch-6), * sc in 5th dc of next shell, ch 4, sc in 5th dc of following shell, ch 6, tr in next sc (between shells), ch 6. Repeat from * around, ending rnd with sc in 5th dc of last shell, ch 6. Join with sl st to 4th st of ch-10 first made.
Ch 6 (to count as dc and ch-3), dc in same place as sl st (this is corner), * ch 3, sc in next sp, ch 3, dc in next sc, 7 dc in next ch-4 sp (between shells), dc in following sc, ch 3, sc in next sp, ch 3; in next tr make 2 dc with ch-3 between (another corner). Repeat from * around, ending rnd with ch 3, sl st in 3rd st of ch-6 first made (4 corners made).
Ch 3 (to count as dc), * in corner ch-3 sp make: 2 dc, ch 3, 2 dc; dc in next dc, ch 2, dc in next ch-3 loop, dc in following ch-3 loop, ch 2, dc in last dc of next 9-dc group, ch 2, skip 2 dc, dc in each of next 3 dc, ch 2, skip 2 dc, dc in last dc of dc-group, ch 2, dc in next ch-3 loop, dc in following ch-3 loop, ch 2, dc in next dc. Repeat from * around. Join with sl st to 3rd st of ch-3 first made.
Ch 3, * dc in each of next 2 dc; in next ch-3 sp make: 2 dc, ch 3, 2 dc; dc in each of next 3 dc, ch 2, dc in next sp, ch 2, skip 2 dc, dc in next sp, ch 2, dc in next sp, ch 5, skip 3 dc, dc in next sp, ch 2, dc in next sp, ch 2, skip 2 dc, dc in next sp, ch 2, dc in next dc. Repeat from * around. Join with sl st to 3rd st of ch-3 first made.
Ch 3, * dc in each of next 4 dc; in next ch-3 sp make: 2 dc, ch 3, 2 dc; dc in each of next 5 dc, ch 2, dc in next dc, ch 2, dc in next dc, 2 dc in next sp, dc in next dc, ch 3, sc in ch-5 loop, ch 3, dc in next dc, 2 dc in next sp, dc in next dc, ch 2, dc in next dc, ch 2, dc in next dc. Repeat from * around. Join with sl st to 3rd st of ch-3 first made.
Ch 3, * dc in each of next 6 dc; in next ch-3 sp make: 2 dc, ch 3, 2 dc; dc in each of next 7 dc, ch 2, dc in next dc, ch 2, dc in each of next 4 dc, ch 2, dc in next ch-3 loop, dc in next ch-3 loop, ch 2, dc in each of next 4 dc, ch 2, dc in next dc, ch 2, dc in next dc. Repeat from * around. Join with sl st to 3rd st of ch-3 first made.
Ch 3, * dc in each of next 8 dc; in next ch-3 sp make: 2 dc, ch 3, 2 dc; dc in each of next 9 dc, ch 2, dc in next dc, ch 2, dc in each of following 4 dc, ch 5, skip next 2 sps, dc in each of 4 dc, ch 2, dc in next dc, ch 2, dc in next dc. Repeat from * around. Join with sl st to 3rd st of ch-3 first made.
Ch 3, * dc in each of next 10 dc; in next ch-3 sp make: 2 dc, ch 3, 2 dc; dc in each of next 11 dc, ch 3, skip 1 sp, sc in next sp, ch 3, skip 3 dc, dc in next dc, 7 dc in ch-5 loop, dc in next dc, ch 3, sc in next sp, ch 3, skip next sp, dc in next dc. Repeat from * around. Join with sl st to 3rd st of ch-3 first made.
Ch 3, * dc in each of next 12 dc; in next ch-3 sp make: 2 dc, ch 3, 2 dc; dc in each of next 13 dc, 2 dc in next loop; in following loop make 3 dc, holding back the last loop of each dc on hook, thread over and take off 2 loops at a time until all loops are worked off (1 cluster made); ch 2, 1 cluster over next 3 dc, ch 2; then make 1 cluster over next 3 dc, ch 2, 1 cluster over last 3 dc, ch 2, 1 cluster in next loop (5 clusters in all), 2 dc in next loop, dc in next dc. Repeat from * around. Join with sl st.
Ch 3, * dc in each of next 14 dc; in next ch-3 sp make: 2 dc, ch 3, 2 dc; dc in each of next 17 dc, 3 sc in each of next 4 sps, dc in each of next 3 dc. Repeat from * around. Join with sl st. Break off. This completes one motif.
Assembly
Make 4 Ecru motifs, and 4 Brown motifs. Arrange as in illustration, having Green motif at center and Brown motifs at corners, and sew together on wrong side.
Cord
Measure off eighteen 4-yd. lengths of Green, and twist tightly; then double the twisted strands and give them a second twist in the opposite direction. Sew cord around edges of pillow, making a small loop at each corner, as in illustration.
