Button Accent Pillow
FINISHED MEASUREMENTS
16 inches wide x 17 inches long
MATERIALS
• Plymouth Yarn Encore Mega super bulky (super chunky) weight acrylic/ wool yarn (31/2 oz/64 yds/ 100g per ball): 4 balls #451 1 ball #217 • Size N/15/10mm crochet hook or
size needed to obtain gauge • Pins or clips • Tapestry needle • 16-inch square pillow form • 13/4-inch Crafting With Buttons #470002223 Black Chevron buttons by Blumenthal Lansing: 3
GAUGE
6 sts = 4 inches; 6 rows = 4 inches
PATTERN NOTES
Weave in loose ends as work progresses. Join with slip stitch as indicated unless otherwise stated.
PATTERN STITCH
Row 1: Ch 1, [sc in dc, dc in sc] across row, turn. Rep row 1 for pattern st.
SPECIAL STITCH
Single crochet join (sc join): Place a slip knot on hook, insert hook in indicated st, yo and draw up a lp, yo and pull through both lps on hook.
BACK
Row 1 (RS): With green, ch 25, sc in 2nd ch from hook, [dc in next ch, sc in next ch] across, ending with dc in last ch. (12 sc, 12 dc) Rows 2–25: Work in Pattern Stitch, fasten off.
Lower Front
Row 1 (RS): With green, ch 25, sc in 2nd ch from hook, [dc in next ch, sc in next ch] across, ending with dc in last ch. (12 sc, 12 dc) Rows 2–10: Work in Pattern Stitch, fasten off at end of last row. Row 11: With RS facing, sc join (see Special Stitch) black, work in Pattern Stitch. Row 12: Work in Pattern Stitch. Row 13 (Buttonhole Row): Work Pattern Stitch over 4 sts, [ch 2, sk 2 sts, Pattern Stitch over 5 sts] 2 times, ch 2, sk 2 sts, Pattern Stitch to end of row.
Rows 14 & 15: Work in Pattern Stitch, fasten off.
Upper Front
Row 1 (RS): With black, ch 25, sc in 2nd ch from hook, [dc in next ch, sc in next ch] across ending with dc in last ch. (12 sc, 12 dc) Rows 2–5: Work in Pattern Stitch, fasten off. Continued on page 59