Loop stitch a cushion with a plant motif—get the pattern and try this fun technique
Loop-stitch crochet gives this cushion a texture that resembles a tufted rug. Designed by Minttu Wikberg, the cushion charms with its plant-inspired motif.
Size: 39 × 39 cm (15'' × 15'').
Loop-stitch cushion—materials:
Novita 7 Brothers Nature yarn (70% wool, 30% lyocell, 200 m / 100 g): MC – 010 natural white, 170 g or 2 skeins, CC1 – 099 charcoal, 60 g or 1 skein, CC2 – 372 mugwort, 30 g or 1 skein, CC3 – 058 black grouse, 115 g or 2 skeins
crochet hook 4 mm (US G/6) or size needed to obtain gauge
approx. 2 cm × 10 cm (¾'' × 4'') piece of cardboard, tapestry needle, and either a ready-made cushion insert or fabric and fiberfill for sewing one.
Gauge: Gauge for the front piece: 17 sts × 16 rows of *1 row loop stitch, 1 row sc* = 10 cm × 10 cm (4'' × 4'').
Abbreviations and techniques:
- hdc: half double crochet; yarn over, insert hook into next st, yarn over and pull up a loop (3 loops on hook). Yarn over and pull through all 3 loops on hook.
- ch: chain; yarn over and pull through loop on hook.
- sc: single crochet; insert hook into next st, yarn over and pull up a loop. Yarn over and pull through both loops on hook.
- CC: contrast color
- dc: double crochet; yarn over, insert hook into next st, yarn over and pull up a loop (3 loops on hook). Yarn over and pull through 2 loops (2 loops remain on hook). Yarn over again and pull through the remaining 2 loops.
- yo: yarn over
- MC: main color
- st(s): stitch, stitches.
Special techniques:
- Loop stitch: yarn over, insert hook into next st, wrap the yarn from back to front around the piece of cardboard, yarn over, pull through the stitch, yarn over again and pull through all 3 loops on hook.
Loop-stitch cushion—pattern:
Construction
The cushion is worked flat from the bottom edge up in loop-stitch colorwork crochet. Use a separate strand of yarn for each contrast-color section, as in intarsia crochet. On loop-stitch rows, carry the main color behind the contrast colors—you’ll work it inside the sc on the following row. On sc rows, when working on the CC sections, work the main color as well as the float from the previous row inside the stitches. The back of the cushion is worked entirely in dc.
Front
With MC, ch 73. Work 3 rows of sc. Begin colorwork following the chart.
*Row 1: work sc; change colors as indicated on the chart. Row 2: work loop stitches; change colors as indicated on the chart. To start and end each loop-stitch row, work 3 hdc.* Repeat from * to * until you have completed all the rows on the chart. Work 2 more rows of sc.
Back
Continue where the front piece ended and, with CC3, work rows of dc until the back piece is the same length as the front.
Finishing
Weave in all ends and steam-block gently from the wrong side. Sew the sides together. If you wish, sew a zipper into the bottom edge as an opening for the insert, or simply crochet the opening closed after stuffing. A single row of crochet is easy to undo and redo if you decide to change the cushion insert. To freshen the wool, airing in subzero weather is often enough, and the tencel fibers have antibacterial properties.
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