Crochet World - USA (2018-12)

8 Crochet World CROCHET-WORLD.COM DECEMBER 2018

FINISHED MEASUREMENTS

81/2 inches wide x 93/8 inches tall

MATERIALS

• Aunt Lydia’s Classic
  Crochet Size 10 crochet
  cotton (350 yds per ball):
  1 ball each #484 myrtle green,
  #492 burgundy, #
  golden yellow and #
  fudge brown


• Size 7/1.65mm steel crochet hook
  or size needed to obtain gauge


• Tapestry needle


• 1/2 yd striped fabric


• Sewing thread to match fabric
  and motifs


• Sewing needle or machine


• 14-inch-square pillow form
  GAUGE
  Motif = 11/2 inches wide

Country Christmas Pillow

Design by Joyce Geisler

SCRAPS DELIGHT

PATTERN NOTES

Refer to Assembly Diagram,

working from left to right as

motifs are added.

Tree is made of 15 motifs,

beginning with 5 motifs in

(bottom) row 1, 4 motifs in row

2, and working upwards to 1

motif at the top. Base and star

are worked into tree motifs.

Weave in loose ends as work

progresses.

Join with slip stitch as indi-

cated unless otherwise stated.

Chain-5 at beginning of round

counts as first double crochet

and chain-2 unless otherwise

stated.

Chain-3 at beginning of round

counts as first double crochet

unless otherwise stated.

EASY SPECIAL STITCHES

Beginning shell (beg shell):

(Ch 3—see Pattern Notes, 2 dc,

ch 2, 3 dc) in indicated sp.

Shell: (3 dc, ch 2, 3 dc) in indi-

cated sp.

Shell join: (3 dc, ch 1, sl st in

corresponding ch-3 sp of shell

in indicated motif, ch 1, 3 dc) in

next ch-2 sp or ring of current

motif. Hold motifs with WS tog

as sl st is worked.

PILLOW

CHRISTMAS TREE

Row 1

Motif 1

With green, ch 8, join (see

Pattern Notes) in first ch to

form a ring.

Rnd 1: Ch 5 (see Pattern Notes),

dc in ring. [Ch 2, dc in ring]

10 times. Ch 2, join in 3rd ch of

beg ch-5. (12 ch-2 sps)

Rnd 2: Sl st in first ch-2 sp.

Beg shell (see Special Stitches)

in same sp, sc in next ch-2 sp.

*Shell (see Special Stitches)

in next ch-2 sp, sc in next ch-

sp. Rep from * around. Join

in top of beg ch-3. Fasten off.

(6 shells, 6 sc)

Motif 2

Make 4.

Rnd 1: Rep rnd 1 of Motif 1.

Rnd 2: Sl st in first ch-2 sp.

Beg shell in same ch-2 sp, sc in

next ch-2 sp. Shell join (see Pat-

tern Notes and Special Stitches)

in ch-3 sp of neighboring

Motif (see Placement Diagram),

sc in next ch-2 sp. *Shell in next

ch-2 sp, sc in next ch-2 sp. Rep

from * around. Join in top of beg

ch-3. Fasten off. (5 shells, 1 shell

join, 6 sc)

Row 2

Motif 3

Rnd 1: Rep rnd 1 of Motif 1 of

row 1.

Rnd 2: Sl st in first ch-2 sp. Beg

shell in same ch-2 sp, sc in next

ch-2 sp. Shell join in ch-3 sp of

Motif 1 of row 1, sc in next ch-

sp. Shell join in ch-3 sp of Motif

2 of row 1, sc in next ch-2 sp.

*Shell in next ch-2 sp, sc in next

ch-2 sp. Rep from * around. Join

in top of beg ch-3. Fasten off.

(4 shells, 2 shell joins, 6 sc)

Motif 4

Make 3.

Rnd 1: Rep rnd 1 of Motif 1 of

row 1.

Rnd 2: Sl st in first ch-2 sp.

Beg shell in same ch-2 sp, sc in

next ch-2 sp. Shell join in next

unworked ch-3 sp of previous

Motif of row 2, sc in next ch-2 sp.

Shell join in next unworked ch-

sp of next Motif of previous row,

sc in next ch-2 sp. Shell join in

ch-3 sp of next Motif of previous

row, sc in next ch-2 sp. *Shell in

next ch-2 sp, sc in next ch-2 sp.

Rep from * around. Join in top

of beg ch-3. Fasten off. (3 shells,

3 shell joins, 6 sc)

Row 3

Rep Motif 3, then [rep Motif 4]

twice.

Row 4

Rep Motifs 3 and 4.

Row 5

Rep Motif 3.

Star

With yellow, ch 8, join in beg ch

to form a ring.