WEATHER CUSHIONS
When casting on, unless otherwise specified, use the cable cast on throughout. The white and grey clouds use the same knitting pattern.
CLOUD FRONT/BACK (2 PER CLOUD)
Cast on 16 sts using 5.5mm needles and Yarn A or Yarn B. Start at the side edge.
Row 1 (RS) Knit.
Row 2 Purl.
Row 3 K1, kfb, knit to end. [17 sts]
Row 4 Cast on 3 sts at start of row, purl to end. [3 sts inc’d] Rows 5 and 6 Rep Rows 3 and 4. [24 sts]
Row 7 K1, kfb, knit to last 2 sts, kfb, K1. [26 sts] Rows 8 to 12 Starting with a WS purl row work in st st. Row 13 Knit to last 3 sts, k2tog, K1. [25 sts]
Row 14 Purl.
Row 15 Rep Row 13. [24 sts]
Row 16 Cast on 5 sts at beg of row, purl to end. [29 sts]
Row 17 Knit.
Row 18 Cast on 3 sts at beg of row, purl to end. [32 sts] Row 19 Knit to last 2 sts, kfb, K1. [33 sts]
Row 20 Purl.
Row 21 Rep Row 19. [34 sts]
Rows 22 to 28 Starting with a WS purl row work in st st. Row 29 Knit to last 3 sts, k2tog, K1. [33 sts]
Row 30 Cast off 3 sts purlwise, purl to end. [30 sts]
Row 31 Knit.
Row 32 Cast on 9 sts at beg of row, purl to end. [39 sts]
Row 33 Knit.
Row 34 Cast on 3 sts at beg of row, purl to end. [42 sts] Row 35 Knit to last 2 sts, kfb, K1. [1 st inc’d]
Row 36 Purl.
Row 37 to 40 Rep Rows 35 and 36 twice. [45 sts] Rows 41 to 51 Starting with a RS knit row work in st st.
Row 52 Purl.
Row 53 Knit to last 3 sts, k2tog, K1. [1 st dec’d] Rows 54 to 57 Rep Rows 52 and 53 twice. [42 sts] Row 58 Cast off 3 sts purlwise, purl to end. [39 sts]
Row 59 Knit.
Row 60 Cast off 9 sts purlwise, purl to end. [30 sts]
Row 61 Knit.
Row 62 Cast on 3 sts at beg of row, purl to end. [33 sts]
Note
Row 63 Knit to last 2 sts, kfb, K1. [34 sts] Rows 64 to 70 Starting with a WS purl row, work in st st. Row 71 Knit to last 3 sts, k2tog, K1. [1 st dec’d]
Row 72 Purl.
Row 73 Rep Row 71. [32 sts]
Row 74 Cast off 3 sts purlwise, purl to end. [29 sts]
Row 75 Knit. Row 76 Cast off 5 sts purlwise, purl to end. [24 sts] Row 77 Knit to last 2 sts, kfb, K1. [1 st inc’d]
Row 78 Purl.
Row 79 Rep Row 77. [26 sts]
Rows 80 to 84 Starting with a WS purl row, work in st st. Row 85 K1, k2tog, knit to last 3 sts, k2tog, K1. [24 sts] Row 86 Cast off 3 sts purlwise, purl to end. [21 sts] Row 87 K1, k2tog, knit to end. [1 st dec’d]
Rows 88 to 89 Rep Rows 86 and 87. [16 sts]
Row 90 Purl.
Cast off.
LIGHTNING BOLT
Cast on 42 sts using 3.75mm needles and Yarn E.
Start at the bottom side edge.
Row 1 (RS) K1, kfb, K17, k2tog, PM, ssk, K17, kfb, K1.
Row 2 Purl to marker, sl SM, purl to end.
Row 3 K1, kfb, knit to 2 sts before marker, k2tog, sl SM, ssk, knit to last 2 sts, kfb, K1.
Rows 4 to 9 Rep Rows 2 and 3 three more times.
Row 10 Cast on 15 sts at beg of row, purl to marker, sl SM, purl to end. [57 sts]
Row 11 Cast on 15 sts at beg of row, knit to 2 sts before marker, k2tog, sl SM, ssk, knit to end. [70 sts]
Row 12 Purl to marker, sl SM, purl to end.
Row 13 Knit to 2 sts before marker, k2tog, sl SM, ssk, knit to end. [2 sts dec’d]
Rows 14 to 17 Rep Rows 12 and 13 twice more. [64 sts]
Row 18 Rep Row 12.
Row 19 K23, cast off 18 sts and remove marker, knit to end.
[46 sts]
There are now 2 sets of 23 sts with a cast-off in the middle; slide the sts into a single group and work across all 46 sts on the next row. Row 20 P23, PM, P23.
Row 21 Knit to 2 sts before marker, k2tog, sl SM, ssk, knit to end. [2 sts dec’d]
Row 22 Purl to marker, sl SM, purl to end.
Rows 23 to 30 Rep Rows 21 and 22 four more times. [36 sts] Cast off, removing marker.
SHORT RAINDROPS (MAKE 2)
Cast on 9 sts using 3.75mm needles and Yarn G. Start at the bottom.
Row 1 (RS) Knit.
Row 2 Purl.
Row 3 K1, (kfb) 7 times, K1. [16 sts]
Row 4 Purl.
Row 5 K1, (kfb, K1) 7 times, K1. [23 sts]
Row 6 Purl
Row 7 K1, (kfb, K5) 3 times, kfb, K3. [27 sts] Rows 8 to 10 Starting with a WS purl row, work in st st. Row 11 K1, (k2tog, K4) 4 times, K2. [23 sts] Rows 12 to 14 Starting with a WS purl row, work in st st. Row 15 K1, (k2tog, K1) 7 times, K1. [16 sts] Rows 16 and 17 Starting with a WS purl row, work in st st. Row 18 P1, (P2tog) 7 times, P1. [9 sts]
Rows 19 and 20 Starting with a RS knit row, work in st st. Row 21 (K2tog) 4 times, K1. [5 sts]
Row 22 Purl.
Row 23 (K2tog) twice, K1. [3 sts]
Rows 24 to 26 Starting with a WS purl row, work in st st.
Cast off.
MEDIUM RAINDROPS (MAKE 2)
Cast on 9 sts using 3.75mm needles and Yarn G.
Start at the bottom.
Rows 1 to 23 Work as given for Short Raindrops Rows 1 to 23. [3 sts]
Rows 24 to 30 Starting with a WS purl row, work in st st.
Cast off.
LONG RAINDROP
Cast on 9 sts using 3.75mm needles and Yarn G.
Start at the bottom.
Rows 1 to 23 Work as given for Short Raindrops Rows 1 to 23. [3 sts]
Rows 24 to 34 Starting with a WS purl row, work in st st.
Cast off.
RAINBOW FRONT/BACK (MAKE 2)
Cast on 126 sts using 3.75mm needles and Yarn C. Start at the outer edge.
Rows 1 to 4 Starting with a RS knit row, work 4 rows in st st. Row 5 K21, (k2tog, K5) 12 times, K21. [114 sts] Rows 6 to 7 Starting with a WS purl row, work in st st.
Break Yarn C and join Yarn D.
Rows 8 to 9 Starting with a WS purl row, work in st st. Row 10 P21, (P4, p2tog) 12 times, P21. [102 sts] Rows 11 to 12 Starting with a RS knit row, work in st st.
Break Yarn D and join Yarn E.
Rows 13 to 14 Starting with a RS knit row, work in st st. Row 15 K21, (k2tog, K3) 12 times, K21. [90 sts] Rows 16 to 17 Starting with a WS purl row, work in st st.
Break Yarn E and join Yarn F.
Rows 18 to 19 Starting with a WS purl row, work in st st. Row 20 P21, (P2, p2tog) 12 times, P21. [78 sts] Rows 21 to 22 Starting with a RS knit row, work in st st.
Break Yarn F and join Yarn G.
Rows 23 to 24 Starting with a RS knit row, work in st st. Row 25 K21, (k2tog, K1) 12 times, K21. [66 sts] Rows 26 to 27 Starting with a WS purl row, work in st st.
Break Yarn G and join Yarn H.
Rows 28 to 29 Starting with a WS purl row, work in st st. Row 30 P21, (p2tog) 12 times, P21. [54 sts] Rows 31 to 32 Starting with a RS knit row, work in st st. Cast off.
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RAINBOW BOTTOM INNER PIECE
Cast on 102 sts using 3.75mm needles and Yarn J. Rows 1 to 10 Starting with a RS knit row, work in st st. Cast off.
RAINBOW TOP PIECE
Cast on 126 sts using 3.75mm needles and Yarn C. Rows 1 to 10 Starting with a RS knit row, work in st st. Cast off.
MAKING UP
Use mattress stitch to seam unless otherwise specified.
CLOUDS Note that the WS is the fluffier side, and is the outside of the cushion. Insert the toy safety eyes on the WS of one cloud piece, approx 7cm apart. Place both cloud pieces RS together lining up all the edges. Oversew around all edges to join the two pieces together, but leave a 10cm gap in the bottom edge. Stuff the cloud through the gap and oversew the opening in the bottom edge closed.
LIGHTNING BOLT Fold in half and sew the edges tog, leaving the side edge open at the top. Stuff through the opening, then sew this edge to the bottom of the Yarn B cloud.
RAINDROPS Note each of the five raindrops are made in the same way. Sew the side edges together. Add stuffing through the cast-on opening, then gather the cast-on sts together. Sew the cast-off end of each raindrop to the bottom of the Yarn A cloud in this order: long drop in the middle, medium drops each side of that one, and short drops each side of those.
RAINBOW Insert the toy safety eyes on the RS of the rainbow front, approx 8cm apart. Join the rainbow top to the front and back: sew the cast-on and cast-off edges of the top piece to the cast-on edges of the front and back pieces. Join the rainbow bottom to the front and back: sew the cast-on and cast-off edges of the bottom inner to the bottom of the front and back pieces (note the first and last 24 sts of the bottom piece join to the side edges of the front/back, and the middle 54 sts of the bottom piece join to the cast-off edge of the front/back. Add stuffing through the openings at the end of the top piece, then sew the side edges of the top and bottom pieces together to finish.