YARNIE Crochet Pillow Pattern

Yarnie

A person obsessed with all things yarn. They always have something yarn related on them. They are usually multi-craftual. (Knit, Crochet, Weave) With interest more in the yarn itself verse what is made with it. They often hoard yarn that is very expensive just because they like the yarn. 

-Urban Dictionary 

I still can't believe I accomplished this project. It took me a lot of planning and a few trial runs before I finally got it to come together properly and it sure was worth it! I am pretty proud of this pillow pattern and I'm so excited to share it with you! 😁

This is going to be pretty long so let's not waste anymore time and just get right into it. 

This pattern requires a 20 in x 12 in pillow form and is constructed with two panels, a front and back. Basically two crochet patterns in one. 😉

I purchased my pillow form from Amazon.com. It was actually a little difficult to find the proper size pillow I was going to need. I'll link it here to hopefully save you some time shopping: Pillow Form

You can make a front panel with a plain back panel, or two back panels, or even make a back panel for the front with a plain back. The pattern is written for exactly the way I created my pillow but if you want to use only one or two colors that would work as well!

The front panel has the word YARNIE constructed using the Bobble Stitch in contrasting colors. 🌈

The back panel is constructed using the Moss Stitch or Linen Stitch with a color change every row.

Don't worry about all of those yarn tails, we're going to just tuck them into the pillow shell before we stitch it up.

I chose to do a Crab Stitch edge but you can also play around with different edging possibilities. I think a bobble edge would be awesome! Kind of wish I did that in retrospect.

I made a few tutorial videos to go along with this pattern to show the crochet stitches and techniques used to make this pillow. I hope you find them helpful! 

Video Tutorials

How to Crochet the Bobble Stitch

How to Crochet the Bobble Stitch in a Contrasting Color

YARNIE Pillow Pattern 

Materials

- Pillow form 20 in x 12 in

- 5.0 mm crochet hook (or whatever size hook you need to achieve the same gauge I had)

- 2 balls of Lily Sugar n' Cream in White or ~216 g 

- approx. 25-35 g of each Lily Sugar n' Cream colors: Red, Hot Orange, Yellow, Hot Green, Dazzle Blue, and Dark Orchid

- Yarn Needle

- Scissors

- Patience 😅

Gauge

Gauge is pretty important for this pattern so you will need to be sure yours matches mine. If your gauge is off it could result in the word placement to be off-center or the pillow shell will be too large or too small. My finished front piece measured exactly 20 in x 12 in and my finished back piece measured  a bit less width-wise and height-wise but the moss stitch is fairly stretchy so it would out perfectly. 

Front Panel:

I used Lily Sugar n' Cream and a 5.0 mm hook 

4 in x 4  - 17 columns by 18 rows

Finished piece measured 20 in x 12 in

Back Panel:

I used Lily Sugan' Cream and a 5.0 mm hook

4 in x 4 in (not stretched) - 18 columns by 16 rows 

Pattern - Front Panel

Here is the link for the template: YARNIE Pillow - Front Panel

The template should spell it out for you but I'll give you the gist of it here too. 

Things to keep in mind when crocheting the Bobble Stitch: 

- Each bobble is seperated by a single crochet and each bobble row is seperated by a single crochet row. 

Foundation: Chain 87

R1: Working into the back bumps of the foundation chain, Sc into the second chain (bump) from the hook and into every bump until the end (86 Sc). ch 1, turn. 

R2-20: Sc in every stitch. ch 1, turn. 

R21-33: These rows are where you will bobble stitch. Follow the template for guidance. I colored the squares the color you should stitch. A colored square with the "b" means a bobble stitch with that color, and and a colored square without the "b" means a Sc with that color. Always end the row with a ch 1, and turn. 

- The bobble rows are always done when the wrong side is facing you. The bobbles should pop out away from you. 

R34-52: Sc in every stitch. ch 1, turn. 

Row 53: Sc in every stitch cut and fasten off. 

You did it! Your front panel is now finished 😄

The back panel is worked in the Moss Stitch (AKA the Linen Stitch) and every row is a color change. 

*Note that the gauge for the back panel is different than the front because the stitch is different.

 

Pattern - Back Panel 

You'll be working from the bottom up and the color changes every row. The pattern to switch the yarn color is as follows:

    Dark Orchid

    White

    Dazzel Blue

    White

    Hot Green

    White

    Hot Orange

    White

    Yellow

    White

    Red

    White

You'll be doing 4 rounds of this color pattern to have 48 rows + 1 row for R1, so total at the end is 49 rows.  You start with white for the Foundation CH and R1, so your first color change will be at the end of R1 and then you're using Dark Orchid for R2. 

R3 will be with White, R4 will be with Dazzle Blue, R5 with White, R6 with Hot Green and so on, ending row 49 with White. 

After each color change, cut the previous yarn leaving about a 3 inch tail. There will be a lot of yarn tails but you will just tuck them into the pillow shell when you seam the pieces together. 

Foundation: Chain 92 with the white yarn.

R1: Still using white, sc in the fourth ch from the hook. *CH 1, SK next CH, SC in next CH*. Repeat form * to * until the end of the row, ending with a SC. Note that the next row will be with the color Dark Orchid, so you should end your last SC with the new color of yarn. With the new color, CH 2 and turn. 

R2: With Dark Orchid, SC into the CH 1 space from the previous row, *CH 1, SK 1, SC in the next CH 1 space from the previous row*. Repeat from * to * until the end, ending with the SC and a color change to White. Note that the last SC should be worked into the CH 2 turning chain space from the previous row. With White, CH 2 and turn.

R3: With White, repeat R2 but switch to Dazzle Blue at the end. 

R4-49: Repeating R2 but following the color change pattern explained above and dont end row 49 with a CH 2, instead cut yarn and fasten off. Tie two tails together at a time from all of the rows. 

There are a lot of yarn tails at this point from all of the color changes. Tie two adjacent tails together at a time with a knot to make sure they won't get loose or come undone. 

Assembly 

Put the two panels together with both right sides facing out and attach white yarn to any corner. From there work a SC border around the entire piece, tucking the yarn tails inside the piece as to hide them. Reference the photo of what mine looked like. Insert the pillow form once three sides are seamed together and then seam the last side with the pillow inserted. Don't forget to SC 3 into the corners as to not round them. 

Once you make it back to where you began, start working backwards with the crab stitch. 

Crab Stitch Edging 

Crab Stitch: Insert your hook into the SC behind the last stitch you just crocheted and grab the working yarn and pull it through, yarn over and pull through. Think is this as reverse single crochet. You're working from left to right instead of the normal right to left. 

Keep working the Crab Stitch all the way around only doing one into the corners, I didn't find that it rounded my corner as long as I single crocheted 3 into them from the previous round. 

Slip stitch into the first crab stitch once you make it around, cut your yarn and weave that tail in. 

That's it, you're all finished. Now go take a nap on your purrty new pillow 😍

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