Simply Crochet - USA (2020-01)

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HOOK TO HOOK

thecentreoftheBackandtheLowerPanelis
sittingundertheUpperPanelwherethey
overlap.WithWSfacingout,pintogetherwith
allcornersaligned.UsingLavenderBlue,dc
seamthePanelstogether.TurnsoRSfaceout
andinsertthecushionpad.Sewbuttonsonto
the Upper Back Panel, in line with buttonholes.

Heart of Summer Cushion
There’ssomuchgoingoninthisgeometric
flowerbed– it’sasbusyasoursummer
schedules!DesignedbyRosinaPlane.
QC a r o nS i m p l yS o f t( 1 0 0 %a c r y l i c ,1 7 0 g / 2 8 8 m )
1 ballofeach:Fuchsia(9764),Lavender
Blue(9756),PlumWine (9722), Gold (9782),
Pistachio(0003)
QA 5 m m( U SH / 8 )h o o k
QS t i t c hm a r k e r s
Q4 b u t t o n s ,1 2 m m
QC u s h i o ni n s e r t ,4 0 x 4 0 c m
Foryarnstockists see Cherry cushion

TENSION
Rounds1-4measure12cm(4in)acrosswidest
pointusinga 5mmhook,or size needed to
obtaincorrecttension

MEASUREMENTS
Cushionmeasures43x43cm (17x17in)
including border

ABBREVIATIONS

FPttr(Frontposttripletreble)Yrh3 times,

inserthookfromfronttobacktofrontaround

postofstindicated,yrhandpullupa loop,(yrh

andpullthrough2 loopsonhook)4 times

BPdc(Backpostdoublecrochet)Inserthook

frombacktofronttobackaroundpostofst

indicated,yrhandpullupa loop, yrh and pull

through2 loopsonhook

2-trcluster*Yrh,inserthookintoloop,yrhand

pullupa loop,yrhandpullthrough2 loops

onhook;repfrom* oncemore, yrh and pull

throughallloops on hook

NOTES

Cushionis madeof8 SquareMotifs(4each

side).EachSquareMotifis worked in rounds,

withRSfacingthroughout.

FourSquaresarejoinedtomakeeachPanel,

a borderis added,thenthe Panels are joined.

HEARTCUSHION

FRONTPANEL

SQUAREMOTIFMAKE 4 

UsingGold,makea magicloop.

Round1 (RS)Ch2,tr intoloop(countsas2-tr

cluster),(ch2,2-trcluster)7 times,ch2, ss to top

ofbeg2-trclustertojoin.[8sts]

JoinFuchsiawitha tr inanych-2sp.

Round2 (RS)Ch2,tr insamesp,(tr,ch2,tr)in

eachch-2sparound,sstotopofbegtr.[16 sts]

Join Plum Wine with a tr in any ch-2 sp.

Round 3 (Tr,ch2,2tr)insamesp,(2tr,ch2,2tr)in

eachch-2sparound,sstotopofbegtr.[32sts]

Round 4 Sstonextch-sp,ch3(countsastr),(2tr,

ch2,3tr)insamesp,(3tr,ch2,3tr)ineachch-sp

around,sstotopofbegch-3.[48sts]

JoinFuchsiawitha tr inanych-sp.

Round 5 (2tr,ch2,3tr)insamesp,*workingin

frontofstsfromRounds3-4FPttraround2ndtr

of(tr,ch2,tr)onRound2,ch1,FPttraround1sttr

ofsame(tr,ch2,tr)onRound2,(3tr,ch2,3tr)in

nextch-2sp;rep from * around, ss to top of beg

tr.[64sts]

JoinPistachiowitha tr intoanych-2sp.

Round 6 (2tr,ch2,3tr)insamesp,*ch1,3ttrin

nextch-1spincorporatingspbetween 2

groupsof3trfromRound4,ch1,(3tr,ch2,3tr)in

nextch-2sp;rep from * around, ss to top of beg

tr.[72sts]

JoinLavenderBluewitha dcinanych-2sp.

Round 7 (Workinginblonly)Dcinsamesp,

*(dcinnext3 sts,dcinnextch-1sp)twice,dc in

next3 sts,2dcinnextch-2sp;repfrom*

around,sstotopofbegdc.[104sts]

Round 8 Ch1(doesnotcountasst),*BPdc

aroundnext 15 sts,ch1,skip1 st,htrinnextst,

ch1,skip3 sts(mark2ndskippedst),(3ttr,ch2,

3ttr)innextst(cornermade),skip3 sts(mark

2ndskippedst),htrinnextst,ch1,skip1 st;rep

from* 3 moretimes,sstotopofbegdc.[92sts]

JoinGoldwitha tr inanych-2cornersp.

Round 9 (3tr,ch2,4tr)insamesp,*skip3 sts,

working in Front of sts from Rounds 8 3dtr in

Clockwisefromtop:whenjoined,thegoldcornersofthesquaremotifscreateanornatecrossdesign;theplum-colouredflowersareedgedin
fuchsia so they stand out against the rest of the design; the front and back cushion panels are joined with two rounds of gold double crochet