Finally, a crochet pattern that can help you sleep at night. The Garlic Throw Pillow is guaranteed to ward off evil vampires in your sweet dreams. It is larger than life and versatile- use it as a long body pillow or take a few garlics out of the bag and share a throw pillow with a friend or two!

This is a PATTERN only, purchasing this listing is for a digital file of instructions ONLY. PLEASE refer to the two informational sheets of text in the listing’s images for complete details on materials, notes, and skill level needed for this project.

MATERIALS NEEDED:

For ONE garlic:
•19 mm crochet hook
•~40 oz of white jumbo/category 7 yarn.
•~1 oz of light brown jumbo/category 7 yarn.
•2 strands of 120” (305 cm) of white worsted/ category 4 yarn
•~11oz of polyfill/stuffing
•tapestry needle
•stitch markers
•optional: light brown worsted/ category 4 yarn (amount varies depending on how “root-y” you want your garlic)
•optional: 2 oz of green jumbo/category 7 yarn
For mesh bag:
•white mesh/tulle/netting fabric. Exact amount to be measured out AFTER crocheting all garlics.
•sewing supplies: pins, sewing needle or machine, thread, measuring tape, iron

For bag tag:
•4mm crochet hook
•~5 oz of worsted/category 4 yarn in Color A. For best results, opt for a darker color.
•~2 oz of worsted/category 4 yarn in White
•~.5 oz of worsted/category 4 yarn in Green
•~.5 oz of worsted/category 4 yarn in Light Brown
•tapestry needle

ABBREVIATIONS USED (US TERMS):

Abbreviations (US Terms):
•FO: fasten off yarn
•MR: magic ring
•PM: place marker
•ch: chain
•st/sts: stitch/stitches
•slst: slip stitch
•sc: single crochet
•sc2tog: decrease (single crochet 2 together)
•inc: increase (two single crochet in one stitch)
•…. x: repeat bracket x amount of times

Notes:
•Consider this a 3 part pattern consisting of the garlic, the mesh bag, and the bag tag tapestry.
•Gauges
-For garlic: 4 rows of 5 sc = 5.5” x 5.5” (14x14 cm) square. Adjust your yarn/hook type needed to achieve gauge.
-Mesh bag utilizes fabric and sewing. No gauge required.
-For bag tag tapestry: 8 rows of 8 sc = 2” x 2” (5x5 cm) square. Adjust your yarn/hook type needed to achieve gauge.
•Measurements
- One garlic is about 15”x15”x11” (38x38x28 cm).
-Your final bag is dependent on the amount of garlics you wish to make.
- Bag tag tapestry is about 15”x18” (38x45.75cm).
•Skill level
-Intermediate for crocheters. Simple crochet stitches and basic techniques are used. However to create all parts of this project, you will need to be comfortable with crocheting with jumbo yarn and reading graphs.
-Beginner for sewists. The mesh bag holding all the garlics is made with mesh fabric and sewn together. No crocheting involved. Sewing skills and measurements are very beginner friendly, the only difficult part is getting used to working with netting/mesh yarn. An iron is highly recommended for this fabric. It is possible to hand sew this project, although be warned it will be tedious if so.
•Please note that if you are making more than one garlic, you need to multiply the materials for the garlic to the amount you need.
•Please note the tutorial pictures and videos use the wrong side of crochet as the presentation side. This is purely out of personal preference. The project will work on any side you wish to be the “right” side.
•I have linked certain yarns and materials I used for this project in the Materials section. Some may be affiliate links.