Tunisian Crochet Pillow Cover FREE Pattern
The other day, I came across one of the prettiest Tunisian crochet stitches that I had ever seen! Which, of course, meant that I had to make something to show off this gorgeous stitch. Introducing… the Hayfields Pillow, a Tunisian crochet pillow cover pattern.
Raffamusa Designs is the creator of this new stitch, called the Tunisian Crochet Straw Stitch. You can check out her design HERE.
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Hayfields Pillow – A Tunisian Crochet Pillow Cover
Skill Level – easy
Tools and Materials
- 12mm Tunisian crochet hook with 12 inch cord (These are my FAVORITE Tunisian crochet hooks)
- 12mm traditional crochet hook (for sewing the pillow together and crocheting the crab stitch border)
- yarn needle
- scissors
- 18 inch pillow form
- 3 skeins Lion Brand Wool-Ease Thick & Quick, Oatmeal color pictured
Abbreviations (U.S. terms)
- ch – chain
- yo – yarn over
- sl st – slip stitch
- st/sts – stitch(es)
- TKS – Tunisian knit stitch
- TSS – Tunisian simple stitch
- TSSBLO – Tunisian simple stitch back loop only
- Return – work a return pass
- SC – single crochet
- revSC – reverse single crochet (crab stitch)
Click HERE to purchase the PDF version of the Hayfields Pillow pattern from Ravelry!
Gauge and Finished Dimensions
- 8 sts x 10 rows = 4 inches x 4 inches
- 19 inches x 19 inches
Pattern Notes
- This Pillow pattern is reversible and features the Tunisian Knit stitch on one side and the Tunisian Straw stitch on the other side.
- This pattern uses Tunisian crochet to construct the front and back panels, and traditional crochet stitches to join the two panels together.
- Tunisian Knit Stitch Instructions: insert hook from front to back between the front and back vertical bars (your hook will go in on the right side of the stitch and exit the back of the work on the left side of the stitch), yo, pull up a loop
- Tunisian Simple Stitch Instructions: holding yarn in back of the work, insert hook, yo, draw up a loop
- Tunisian Simple Stitch BLO Instructions (photo tutorial below): holding yarn in back of the work, insert hook behind the back vertical bar, yo, draw up a loop
- Return Instructions: yo, draw through 1 loop, * yo, draw through 2 loops, repeat from * across until you are left with 1 loop on your hook
Hayfields Pillow – Tunisian Crochet Pillow Cover Pattern
The Pattern (panel one – Tunisian Knit Stitch side)
ch 32
Row 1: Starting in the 2nd ch from the hook and working into the back bump, draw up a loop; repeat in each st across. Return.
Row 2 – 35: TKS in each st across. Return.
Row 36 (sl st bind off): Starting in the 2nd vertical bar, * insert hook TKSwise, yo, pull through both loops on hook; repeat from * across
Fasten off and weave in all ends
The Pattern (panel two – Tunisian Straw Stitch side)
ch 32
Row 1: Starting in the 2nd ch from the hook and working into the back bump, draw up a loop; repeat in each st across. Return.
Row 2 – 29: *TSS, TSSBLO; repeat from * across. Return. See Tunisian Simple Stitch BLO photo instructions above.
Row 30 (sl st bind off): Starting in the 2nd vertical bar. *insert hook TKSwise, yo, pull through both loops on hook, insert hook TKSBLOwise, yo, pull through both loops on hook; repeat from * across, ch 1
DO NOT CUT YARN. Proceed to finishing section.
Click HERE to purchase the PDF version of the Hayfields Pillow pattern from Ravelry!
Finishing
Place panels together wrong side to wrong side taking care to ensure the orientation of the panels are in the preferred position. You will be seaming the pillows together right side out because we will be crocheting a crab stitch border in the join seam.
Using the 12mm traditional crochet hook, begin seaming the panels together by single crocheting around 3 edges of the panels. (Maker Tip: Use stitch markers to hold the panels together while seaming.)
Insert pillow form into pillow cover and continue seaming the pillow cover closed using single crochets. Sl st to the first sc in this round.
Chain 1 and work a row of reverse single crochets (crab stitch) into each sc that was made to seam the pillow together.
Cut yarn, fasten off, weave in ends.
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2 Comments
Patty
If you chain 32 and 8 stitches equal 4 inches, you have 4 sets of 8 stitches times 4 inches for each set only gives you 16 inches in width. How do you get the 19×19 square?
Julies Crochet
Hello, The gauge is given in TKS based on the size of the panel before joining the front and back panel together and before inserting the pillow form. When the panels are joined, the SC and crab stitch border adds an additional half inch on each side. When the pillow form is inserted, the panels stretch around the pillow form. I didn’t want the cover to be too loose. Hope that helps. Sincerely, Julie