Interweave SKU: EP0174

Pattern Description from Interweave Online Store:
My new house came void of color, so I decided to create some. I bought linen fabric for cushions and thought for months about knitting two-layered linen pillows. As the magazine deadline got closer, I thought about sewing the inner pillow of the linen fabric (which you can certainly do) and knitting only the outer layer. But I went ahead and knit the inner pillow as well. I hadn’t intended to knit lace fronts, but I got sucked into the lace craze and … well, you see the results. Create your own bright look for spring.

Finished Size: 14” x 14” (35.5 cm x 35.5 cm)

Yarn: Bockens Lingarn 16/2 (100% linen; 226 yd/4.4 oz (690 m/125 g)):

• Chartreuse Pillow: #906 chartreuse, #476 mulberry, 1 spool each
• Salmon Pillow: #1023 salmon, #12 deep rose, 1 spool each.

Yarn weight: #0 - Lace

Gauge:

• Inner Pillow: 34 sts and 58 rows = 4” (10 cm) in St st.
• 22 sts and 30 rows = 4” (10 cm) Lace Pat. I
• 22 sts and 32 rows = 4” (10 cm) in Lace Pat. II.
• 22 sts and 36 rows = 4” (10 cm) in Picot Edging

Needles:

• Inner Pillow Front and Back—Size 0 (2 mm)
• Lace Fronts—Size 4 and 8 (3.5 and 5 mm)
• Edgings—Size 4 and 6 (3.5 and 4 mm).
• Adjust needle sizes if necessary to obtain the correct gauge.

Notions: Two 14” x 14” (35.5 cm x 35.5 cm) pillow forms; tapestry needle.

Originally Published: Interweave Knits, Spring 1997