April 2024 Pattern of the Month Crochet

 

An At My House Pattern

April 2024 Pattern of the Month Crochet

Sun Cushion

This pattern is from Mon-Tricot Magazine, sometime in the early 70's. it has gone out of business, which is really sad, it was a great magazine, printed in France.

Materials:

100 grs of Thick Cotton in brown; 50 grs of same cotton in the following colors: white and Light orange; 200 grs of same cotton in Orange ; crochet hook size B; a round pillow form 13" in diameter. (you can use baby yarn)

Top:

Using brown chain 3, sl St in first ch to form ring. 8 sc in ring, continue in rounds, working 2 sc in each St (8 times), then * 1 Sc, 1 inc. (2 sts in 1 St) * (8 times), * 2 Sc, 1 inc. * (8 times) * 3 sc, 1 inc. * (8 times), continue in this way until there are 78 sts in round, then start the chevrons.

Using white:

Round 1  * 1 sc ch 19, skip 2 st * (26 times), 1 sc in first st.

Round 2: 22 sc in each arc, and 1 sc in between arcs. Fasten off white, Attach orange.

Round 3: Skip 1 St, * 8 Sc, 1 inc., ch 2, skip I st, Inc. 1, 8 Sc, dec. 1 (pick up 1 loop in 1 St, skip 2 sts,pick up 1 loop in next St, yo, draw through the 3 loops on hook)*. On following rounds, work 1 sc in each st. and at each point work: (2 Sc, ch 2.2 Sc) in space,  in the hollow of the points, dec. 1 on top of dec. (pickup 1 loop before the St preceding the dec., skip 2 sts. pick up 1 loop after the St following the dec., yo, draw Through the 3 loops on hook) *. When 3 rounds in orange are completed, work as follows : .4 rounds in light orange, 2 rounds in white, 2 rounds in brown, 2 rounds in orange, 2 rounds in light orange, 1 round in brown. Fasten off.

Top lining:

         Work a disk in brown same as for top center, working until piece measures 10 1/4" in diameter. Fasten off.

Bottom:

         Using light orange chair 3, Sl St in first St to form ring, 8 sc in ring, 51st in first st, (ch 1, 2 dc in each st) 8 times, continue in spirals working 2 dc between the 2 dc worked in 1 St, dc and 1 dc between the 2 dc groups (8 times), 2 dc between the 2 dc of each inc., and 1 dc on each side of single dc (8 times), 2 dc between the 2 dc of each inc., and 1 dc between each dc placed between these incs. Continue in this way always placing the increases one above the other until there are 18 dc between the incs. Then work 7 rounds without incs., 3 rounds with 1 dec. (^^ yo, insert hook, yo, draw up a loop, yo, draw through 2 loops ^^, repeat from ^^ to ^^ working in next st: (yo, draw through the 3 loops on hook) above each increasing row. Fasten oft.

Finishing:

Join the bottom and the brown disk enclosing the cushion inside.  Place the top on brown disk and secure it all a round with a stitch  in the hollow of each point.