Knitted cushion

With the leaves changing colour and the weather getting colder, it is again time for fire crackling in the fireplace, hot cocoa on the couch, new episodes of great shows on TV, swapping to my warm winter duvet....and last but not least...lots of indoor crafts!

My sister has moved into a new appartment and needed something to pimp up her IKEA couch...so this weekend I made some cushions for her. The pattern comes from Drops Design, but I changed it a little bit to make the knitting a little bit easier. Whereas the original pattern has cables both on front and back, I knitted the backside with just garter stitches.....and instead of knitting front and back separately, I used a circular needle to knit front and back together as a tube. That gives you the following pattern:

Knitted cushion with cables

Cast on 88 sts on a circular needle size 12 mm.
Row 1: knit all stitches, putting a marker before stitch nr 1 and nr 45.
Row 2: purl all stitches.
Row 3: knit all stitches.
Row 4: purl all stitches.
Row 5: knit all stitches.
Row 6: purl all stitches.
Row 7: knit all stitches
Row 8:
- first 3 stitches: keep alternating between purling and knitting in continuance with the previous rows to keep the pattern of garter stitches.
- purl 2
- knit 2
- purl 3
- knit M.1 (see below)
- purl 3
- knit M.2 (see below)
- purl 3
- knit M.1
- purl 3
- knit 2
- purl 3
- remaining stitches: same as first 3 stitches - keep alternating between purling and knitting in continuance with the previous rows to keep the pattern of garter stitches.

Continue knitting the pattern described for row 8, taking notice of changes in M.1 and M.2, until the piece measures 46 cm, adjusting the length to M.1/M.2.
Then work 6 rows of garter stitches (alternating between knitting and purling in continuance with the previous rows, and cast off.
Turn the piece inside out, keep stitch number 1 in one corner and stitch number 45 in the other corner, and bind off on one side and sew in a zipper on the other side.



Enjoy!