This cushion cover is worked in three pieces. First the cabled front panel is worked, in the round and from the centre out. The stitches of the front panel are cast off with an i-cord edging; then the envelope-style back panels are worked flat, by picking up sts along the i-cord edging. Finally, after blocking, the back panels are seamed at the edges of the cushion, and buttons are added to allow for easy insertion and removal of the inner cushion.

Finished Measurements
16½˝/(41 cm) square (to fit cushion sized 19¾˝/(50 cm) square)

Gauge
18.5 sts and 29 rows/rnds to 4˝/(10 cm) in stocking stitch after blocking

Materials
• 545 yds/(500 m) of Aran-weight yarn (sample shown in West Yorkshire Spinners The Croft Shetland ‘Seafield’ (100% Shetland wool; 182 yds/(166 m) per 100 g skein; 3 skeins required)
• 4.0mm (US 6) (or size required to obtain gauge) DPNs
• 4.0mm (US 6) circ needle, approx. 24˝/(60 cm) long
• 4.0mm (US 6) circ needle, approx. 40˝/(100 cm) long
• cable needle
• 4 stitch markers
• 3 buttons, approx. 1˝/(2.5 cm) diameter
• matching sewing thread
• approx. 16½˝/(41 cm) length of ⅜˝/(10 mm) wide grosgrain ribbon (optional; to stabilise buttonhole band)
• waste yarn