Bright Crochet Pillow Cover
You’ll need:
90 yards of Worsted weight yarn in 3 colors (each);
Crochet hook 4,5 mm;
Three 1 ¼ inch wooden buttons;
Yarn needle.
Size: 16 x 16 inches square pillow.
Stitches control: Front panel: 12 dc stitches= 4 inches;
Back Panel: 13 hdc stitches = 4 inches.
Used Patterns
Triple crochet (tr): Wrap the yarn around the hook twice, insert hook into next st and pull up a loop, (yarn over and pull through 2 loops at a time ) 3 times, 1 triple crochet stitch made.
Front Post Triple Crochet (Fptr): This stitch is worked like the regular triple crochet except for the fact that you insert your hook in a different way before you pull up a loop. You can see a tutorial on Front post double crochet here. For the front post triple crochet, you insert your hook in the same way and work a triple in place of a double crochet.
Instructions
Front Panel
Notes
Use colors A, B and C in the order: 2 Rows each of color A, B and C.
At the end of every second row, fasten off and start with the new color.
Take care to weave in the tails as you go by crocheting over them.
With Color A, ch 44 +7
1st row (RS): Dc in 4th ch from hook and each ch across. Beginning Ch-3 counts as a dc too. Turn. (49 dc);
2nd row: Ch 1 ( not a sc here and throughout), 1 sc in same st as ch 1, 1 sc in each dc across. Fasten off. (49 sc);
3rd row: With right side facing, join color B with a sl st in first sc, ch 3 (counts as first dc), dc in next st, fptr around dc one row below next sc, * (dc in next 3 sc, 1 fptr around dc one row below next sc)*, repeat from * until 2 sc is left, dc in last 2 sc. Turn. (49 st);
4th row: Ch 1, 1 sc in each st across. Fasten off.
5th row: With right side facing, join color C with a sl st in the first sc, ch 3 ( counts as first dc),*(dc in next 3 sc, 1 fptr around dc one row below next sc), repeat from * until 4 sc is left, dc in last 4 sc. Turn. (49 st)
6th row: Ch 1, 1 sc in each st across. Fasten off.
Repeat 3rd-6th rows till you have 18 stripes. Weave in any tails left.
Back Panels
Note: Two back panels are worked, one with button holes and one with a button band to sew on the buttons.
Back Panel 1 (With Buttonhole Band)
Ch 53+2
1st row: 1 hdc in 3rd st from hook, 1 hdc in each st across. Beginning ch 2 is not a st. Turn. (53 hdc)
2nd row: ch 2 (does not count as a hdc), 1 hdc in each st across. Turn. (53 hdc)
Repeat 2nd row till your work measures 8 inches.
Buttonhole Band
1st-3rd rows: Ch 1 (not a sc here and throughout), 1 sc in same st as ch 1, 1 sc in each st across. Turn. (53 sc);
4th row: Ch 1 , 1 sc in same st as ch 1, 1 sc in next 10 st, ch 3, skip 3 st, 1sc in next 11 st, ch 3, skip 3 st, 1 sc in next 11 st, ch 3, skip 3 st, 1 sc in next 11 st. Turn. (53 sc)
5th row: Ch 1, 1 sc in same st as ch 1, 1 sc in next 10 st, *(3 sc in next ch-3 space, 1 sc in next 11 st), repeat from * till end.Turn. (53 sc)
6th-7th rows: Ch 1, 1 sc in same st as ch 1, 1 sc in each st across. Turn. (53 sc).
Fasten off at the end of 7th row and weave in the ends.
Back Panel 2 (With Button Band)
Ch 53+2
1st row: 1 hdc in 3rd st from hook, 1 hdc in each st across. Beginning ch 2 is not a st. Turn. (53 hdc);
2nd row: ch 2 ( does not count as a hdc), 1 hdc in each st across. Turn. (53 hdc).
Repeat 2nd row till your work measures 8 inches.
Button Band
1st-7th rows: Ch 1 (not a sc here and throughout), 1 sc in same st as ch 1, 1 sc in each st across. Turn. (53 sc)
Fasten off at the end of 7th row and weave in the ends.
Assembly
Keep the striped front panel, the wrong side up. Take the two back panels, Overlap the buttonhole band over the button band of the second panel and keep it over the front panel. Work a round of sc all around the cover distributing the stitches as uniformly as possible on the row ends. Make 3 sc for each stripe. Sew on the buttons corresponding to the buttonholes.