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Retro Rainbow With Cumulus Clouds Pillow
"This colorful decorative pillow will light up any room. Skills Used Basic crochet stitches: chain, double crochet, single crochet, slip stitch, treble (triple) crochet Crocheting flat in rows, crocheting in the round, seaming (with linked photo tutorials for seaming methods used) Special stitch: FPsc (includes linked video tutorial) Skill Level Easy Finished Size Approximately 12” (30.5 cm) square. Materials Lion Brand Vanna’s Choice yarn (100% acrylic, 3.5 oz/100 g, 170 yd/156 m) – 1 skein each in 113 Scarlet (CA), 135 Rust (CB), 158 Mustard (CC), 172 Kelly Green (CD), 109 Colonial Blue (CE), 145 Eggplant (CF), and 100 White (CG), or approximately 60 yd (55 m) in each of 7 colors in any medium weight yarn. Furls Odyssey US Size H-8/5 mm crochet hook, or size needed to obtain gauge. Fairfield Poly-Fil Premier Ultra Plush Pillow Insert – 12” square. Locking stitch markers. Yarn needle. Gauge 16 dc x 8 rows = 4” (10 cm). Exact gauge is not critical for this project. Stitches should be close together so pillow form does not show through."
Crochet HookH/8 or 5 mm hook
Yarn Weight(4) Medium Weight/Worsted Weight and Aran (16-20 stitches to 4 inches)
Crochet Gauge16 dc x 8 rows = 4” (10 cm). Exact gauge is not critical for this project. Stitches should be close together so pillow form does not show through.
Finished SizeApproximately 12” (30.5 cm) square.
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