Crochet- Basket-weave Pillow

Continuing with the theme of my last post, I have made another crochet pillow.  With it's simple yet appealing basket-weave appearance, this pillow is perfect as a throw pillow for couches, benches, and beds.  This pillow is about 12'' by 12''.

For this pillow, I made one side with the basketweave pattern and the other side with just plain single crochet, but this pillow can also be made with both sides having the basketweave pattern.

Moving on to the pattern, to make this pillow you will need:

1. Stuffing (I used polyester fiber-fill)
2. A size I (5.5mm) crochet hook
3. Yarn needle
4. One ball of yarn
5. About 2-3 weeks of time

Basketweave side:

Row 1: ch. 45

Row 2: Dc in 3rd ch from hook, dc across, ch 2, turn.

Row 3: Skipping the first dc, FPDC in next 3 Dc, *BPDC in next 4 dc, FPDC in next 4 dc* repeat from * to * across, ch 2, turn

Row 4: Skipping the first dc, BPDC in next 3 dc.  *FPDC in next 4 dc, BPDC in next 4 dc* repeat from * to * across, ch 2, turn

Row 5: Skipping the first dc, BPDC in next 3 dc.  *FPDC in next 4 dc, BPDC in next 4 dc* repeaat from * to * across, ch 2, turn

Row 6:  Skipping the first dc, FPDC in next 3 Dc, *BPDC in next 4 dc, FPDC in next 4 dc* repeat from * to * across, ch 2, turn

Row 7-end: repeat from row 3-6 until the length is about the same as the width (an easy way to test this is to fold it diagonally periodically until it forms a triangle)

Single crochet side: (If you want another basketweave side, repeat the above)

Row 1: ch. 45

Row 2: sc in each ch across, ch 1, turn

Row 3: sc in each sc across, ch 1, turn

Row 4-end: Repeat row 3 until the length is about the same as the basketweave side

Once both sides of the pillow are done, place them together, wrong sides facing out, and whipstitch them together for 3 of the sides.  Flip the pillow inside out and commence stuffing it to your liking. Once stuffed to a good amount, whipstitch the final edge together to close it off.  Tie off, weave in the ends, and you're done!

Here's a key for the abbreviations:

FPDC: Front Post Double Crochet

BPDC: Back Post Double Crochet

Dc: Double Crochet

Sc: Single Crochet

Ch: Chain