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.
