Weaving with worsted weight yarn is a little tough, but it's worth the effort! |
There is no pattern for this pillow, as I made it up as I went along. It began with the Schacht Zoom Loom I got at the TNNA Trade Show last summer, which I thought would be a fun way to use up leftover bits of yarn. My first squares were made with sock yarn, since that is what I have the most of in my stash, but I decided that using a thicker yarn would make a pretty great pillow fabric. I used leftover worsted yarns to warp the Zoom Loom, then created the weft (woven part) with my own handspun yarn. It was a little difficult to weave with such thick yarn, but the fabric it created was absolutely lovely!
One of the many configurations I experimented with prior to seaming! |
Once I had a piece that was big enough to cover the front of a 12" square pillow, I grabbed some yarn which had been in my stash for quite some time (more on that in a second) and began crocheting a square, also in single crochet. I guesstimated how many stitches to make a square similar in size to the woven squares when seamed together; once the piece was finished, I worked a border in a similar fashion to the front piece, except I used two different colors.
When the front and back were basically the same size, I used the working yarn to crochet them together, saving myself a little seaming. It was a little awkward to do this with a pillow form sandwiched between them, but it was totally worth it to spare myself the odious task of seaming.
These 3 colors of Softwist were originally purchased almost 10 years ago in Portland, OR! |
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