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Fabric-Back Pillow This pillow has two soft sides—a fabulous knit and sleek ultrasuede. From "Knitty Gritty" episode DKNG-512

This throw pillow design from Candi Jensen features knit on one side and fabric on the other for versatile home decor.

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Fabric-Back Pillow

Materials:
yarn - Rowen Handknit Cotton, 100-percent cotton, 93 yrds/85m, 1-3/4 oz/50g
  2 balls of dark green (#316)
  2 balls of light green (#309)
knitting needles - size 9 or size to obtain gauge
crochet hook: size "F" or size to obtain gauge
14" square pillow form
1/2 yrd ultra suede (or a piece big enough to make a 16"x 16" square)
1/8" hole punch
marking pen
large eye yarn needle

Knitting Gauge
20sts and 32 rows = 4" in slip st

Slip Stitch Pattern
Designer's note: always slip sts purlwise

Row 1, 2: With dark green yarn, k.

Figure A

Row 3: Change to light green yarn, slip 1 st , * k 2, slip 1, repeat from * across (figure A).

Row 4: *move yarn to front and slip 1, k2* repeat across, ending slip 1.

Repeat these 4 rows for pattern.

Figure B

Pillow Front
Cast on 70sts and begin slp st pattern. Work until piece measures 14". End yarn (figure B).

Designer's note: measure gauge as you work. Sometime this pattern st has a tendency to get smaller.

Figure C

Pillow Back (figure C)

Cut ultra suede into a 14" square. On reverse side mark a dot 1/4" in from the edge and 1/3" apart around entire pillow.

Figure D

Use the hole punch to make a hole in the ultra suede on each dot (figure D).

Figure E

Crochet Edging (figure E)
With crochet hook and light green yarn, insert hook into any hole from the right side to the wrong and pull up a loop, ch 3 (counts as sc & ch 1), *insert hook into next hole and work a sc, ch 1 * repeat around entire pillow working 3 sc in each corner, ending with a slp st to second ch, ch 2 turn. Work a hdc into each st around, working 3 hdc into the center of the 3 sc from previous row, ending with a slp st into the second ch. End yarn.

Finishing
Sew knit pillow top to the crochet edge of the pillow back on 3 sides. Insert pillow form and then sew up last side.

RESOURCES :

Knitting Loves Crochet
By Candi Jensen
ISBN: 1580178421
Storey Publishing Website: www.candijensen.com

Rowan yarns
Website: www.knitrowan.com

GUESTS :

Candi Jensen
Website: www.candijensen.com