Yarn:

You will need 4 x 100g balls of yarn.

Additional items:

2 buttons
41cm square cushion pad

From the pattern description:

Make a statement in your living room with this big bold cushion. Worked in extra-thick soft yarn, the loops are knitted into the fabric as you go along.

Adding a loop to every stitch will slow you down a little as you make this cushion but the basic stitch is easy.

Magazine issue: 7

About the publisher:

The Art of Knitting is available as a weekly partwork magazine, published in the UK by Hachette Partworks Ltd, PO Box 77, Jarrow, NE32 3YJ. Back issues are available.

http://www.artofknitting.co.uk