Stippled Pumpkin Pillow

INTERMEDIATE

FINISHED MEASUREMENTS

14½ inches wide x 14½ inches high

MATERIALS

• Lion Brand Vanna’s Choice medium (worsted) weight acrylic yarn (3½ oz/170 yds/100g per ball):

3 balls #134 terracotta

1 ball each #130 honey, #133 brick and #174 olive

• Lion Brand Vanna’s Choice medium (worsted) weight acrylic/rayon yarn (3 oz/145 yds/85g per ball):

1 ball #403 barley

• Sizes G/6/4mm and B/1/2.25mm crochet hooks or sizes needed to obtain gauge

• Safety pins, 2

• Tapestry needle

• Fiberfill

GAUGE

8 hdc = 2 inches; 6 hdc rows = 2 inches with larger hook Take time to check gauge.

PATTERN NOTES

Weave in loose ends as work progresses.

Chain-2 at beginning of row counts as first half double crochet unless otherwise stated.

Join with slip stitch as indicated unless otherwise stated.

Chain-3 at beginning of round does not count as a stitch unless otherwise stated.

SPECIAL STITCHES

Surface slip stitch (surface sl st): Holding working yarn on WS of piece and hook on RS of piece, insert hook from RS to WS in indicated place, loosely yo, pull lp to RS and through lp on hook.

Chain-2 picot (ch-2 picot): Ch 2, sl st in 2nd ch from hook.

Single crochet join (sc join): Place a slip knot on hook, insert hook in indicated st, yo and pull up a lp, yo and draw through both lps on hook.

Picot in last stitch made (picot in last st made): Ch 3, insert hook from front to back through top lps of last st made, yo, pull through all lps on hook.

Picot: Ch 3, sl st in 3rd ch from hook.

PILLOW

PUMPKIN

Make 2.

Row 1 (RS): Beg at bottom edge with G hook and terracotta, ch 43, hdc in 3rd ch from hook (first 2 and in each rem ch across, turn.