Pillows are indispensable accessories in any living space. Not just for comfort, they also add a pop of style and personal touch to your home decor. The Crochet Pleated Pillow is an easy-to-follow guide to create a visually pleasing accessory for your home. Utilizing Crushed Velvet, it creates a design with a zig-zag circle motif worked from the middle outwards. This results in a plush, pleated pillow that’s impossible to resist. While stripes offer a retro touch, you might experiment with solid colors, too. Whatever your choice, this design promises a delightful crochet addition to your comfort space.
Step By Step Pattern
Materials
- Bernat® Velvet™ (10.5 oz/300 g; 315 yds/288 m)
- Contrast A Velveteal (32005) 1 ball
- Contrast B Shadow Purple (32022) 1 ball
- Size U.S. J/10 (6 mm) crochet hook or size needed to obtain gauge.
- 18″ [45.5 cm] round pillow form.
Abbreviations:
- Approx = Approximately
- Beg = Beginning
- Ch = Chain(s)
- Cont = Continue(it)
- Dc = Double crochet
- First Popcorn = Ch 3 (counts as dc). 3 dc in the same sp as sl st. Drop loop from hook, insert hook in ch of ch 3, and pull dropped loop through
Popcorn = 4 dc in next sc. Drop loop from hook, insert hook in the first dc of 4 dc group, and pull dropped loop through - Pat = Pattern
- Rem = Remaining
- Rep = Repeat
- Rnd(s) = Round(s)
- Sc = Single crochet
- Sl st = Slip stitch
- Sp(s) = Space(s)
- St(s) = Stitch(es)
- Tog = Together
- WS = Wrong side
MEASUREMENT
- Approx 18″ [45.5 cm] diameter.
GAUGE
- 11 sc and 12 rows = 4″ [10 cm].
INSTRUCTIONS
- Stripe Pat (turn at the end of each and)
- With B – 6 ends.
- With A – 2 rnds.
- With B – 2 ends.
These 10 rounds form Stripe Pat.
FRONT
With A, ch 4. Join with sl st to first ch to form a ring.
- 1st rnd: Ch 1. 10 sc in ring. Join with sl st to first sc.
- 2nd rnd: First popcorn.*Ch 1. Popcorn in next sc. Repfrom * around. Ch 1. Join with St to the top of the first popcorn. 10 popcorns.
- 3rd rnd: First popcorn. *Ch 1. Popcorn in next ch-1 sp. Ch 2.Popcorn in the next popcorn. Repfrom * around, ending with: in last ch-1 sp. Join with st to top of first popcorn.20 popcorns.
- 4th rnd: Ch 1. *1 sc in each of next sts. 2 sc in next st. Rep from *around. Join with sl st to first sc.50 sc.
- 5th rnd: Ch 1. 1 sc in same sp as st. *Ch 7. 1 sc in 2nd ch fromhook. 1 sc in each of the next 5 ch.Sl st in next sc. 1 sc in next sc. Rep from * 24 times more, ending with st in the last sc. Join with Sl st to first sc. 25 points. Proceed in Stripe Pat, work in ends, turning at the end of each round as follows:
- 1st rnd: (RS). With B, ch 1. *Working in rem loops of foundation ch. 1 sc in each of next 6 sc. (1 sc. Ch 1.1 sc) in side of last sc. 1 sc in each of the next 6 sc. Skip next SL st and sc. Rep from * around. Join with sl st to first sc. Turn.
- 2nd rnd: (WS). Skip first sc.*Working in back loops only, 1 sc in each of next 6 sc. (1 sc. Ch 2.1 sc) in next ch 1 sp. 1 sc in each of next 6 sc. Skip the next 2 sc. Rep from*around, ending with 1 sc in each of the next 6 sc. Skip next sc. Join with st to first sc. Turn.
- 3rd rnd: (RS). Skip first sc.*Working in back loops only, 1 sc in each of next 6 sc. (1 sc. Ch 2.1 sc) in next ch-2 sp. 1 sc in each of next 6 sc. Skip the next 2 sc. Rep from* around, ending with 1 sc in each of the next 6 sc. Skip next sc. Join with st to first sc. Turn. The first 3 rounds of Stripe Pat are complete.
- Keeping cont of Stripe Pat, rep last ends until 10 rounds of Stripe Pat are complete.
- Cont with A only until work between outer points measures 18″ [45.5 cm] in diameter. Fasten off.
BACK
Work as given for Front, substituting A for B and B for A.
FINISHING
Sew Front and Back tog through back loops, matching points of the front with valleys of the Back and leaving an opening for pillow form. Insert pillow form. Sew opening closed.