The Mellow Bargello Crochet Pillow Pattern delivers an amazingly beautiful and rustic feel to your living space. The pillows, featuring a rhythmic, multicolored wave-like design, are not merely meant for comfort but also serve as an art piece. Made with love and finesse, the pattern draws its inspiration from the Bargello technique, which is steeped in culture and history. Comprehensive but simple, this crochet pillow pattern is approachable, even to those who are relatively new to crocheting. In the end, you’re rewarded with a piece of work that easily lights up any room with an air of elegance and charm. So, follow the simplest crochet pattern given below and let the magic happen!
Making Your Mellow Bargello Crochet Pillow
Materials
- Bernat® Colorwhirl™ (8.8 oz/250 g; 77 yds/70 m)
- Contrast A Stormy Weather (31001) 2 balls
- Contrast B Seascape (31002) 2 balls
- Contrast C Hedgerow (31015) 2 balls
Size U.S. Q (16 mm) crochet hook or size needed to obtain gauge. 24″ [61 cm] square pillow form.
Abbreviations
- Approx = Approximately
- Beg = Beginning
- Ch = Chain(s)
- Cont = Continue(it)
- Dc = Double crochet
- Pat = Pattern
- Rem = Remain(ing)
- Rep = Repeat
- RS = Right side
- Sl st = Slip stitch
- Sp = Space
- St(s) = Stitch(es)
- Tog = Together
- WS = Wrong side
- Yoh = Yarn over hook
Measurement
- Approx 24″[61 cm] square.
Gauge
- 5 dc and 2½ rows = 4″[10 cm] in Bargello Pat.
Step by step Pattern
Note: To join a new color, work to the last loops on the hook of the first color. Yoh with new color, draw through loops and proceed with a new color.
Stripe Pat:
- With A, 2 rows.
- With B, 2 rows.
- With C, 2 rows.
- These 6 rows form Stripe Pat.
- With A, ch 61. See diagram on page 2.
- Foundation row: (RS). 1 DC in 4th ch from hook. 1 dc in next ch.Ch 3. Sl st in next ch. Skip next ch. 1 dc in each of the next 2 ch. Skipnext 2 ch. Slip St in next ch. *Ch3. 1 dc in each of the next 2 ch. Ch 3. Sl st in next ch. Skip the next 3 ch.1 dc in each of the next 2 ch. Skip next ch. Slip St in next ch. Rep from *to last 3 ch. Ch 3. 1 dc in each of the last 3 ch. Turn.
- 1st row: (WS). *Ch 3. 1 dc in each of the next 2 dc. Ch 3. Sl st in top of next ch 3 from the previous row. 1 dc in each of next 2 dc. Sl st in top of next ch-3 from the previous row. Rep from * to last 3 sts. 1 dc in each of the last 2 dc and top of ch-3 from the previous row. Turn.
- 2nd row: (RS). Working in back loops only, *Ch 3. 1 dc in each of next 2 dc. Ch 3. Sl st in top of next ch 3 from the previous row. 1 dc in each of next 2 dc. Sl st on top of next ch-3 from the previous row. Rep from * to last 3 sts. 1 dc in each of the last 2 dc and top of ch-3 from the previous row. Turn. Rep the last 2 rows for Bargello Pat. The first 3 rows of Stripe Pat are complete.
- Cont in Bargello and Stripe Pat until work from beg measures approx 48″[122 cm], ending with 2nd row of C. Fasten off.
Finishing:
Fold work in half with WS tog. Sew 2 sides of tog. Insert pillow form. Sew rem edge closed.