The Rolling Cables Pillow is an envelope style pillow with three sections of different stitch patterns.

Although you could use virtually any super bulky weight yarn to make the pillow, I recommend Lion Brand’s Thick & Quick yarn because it can take a beating and is machine washable.

The Rolling Cables Pillow was originally published in 2012 (for my son’s nursery) and was updated in 2025 to reflect more accurate yardage, fresh pictures, updated pattern formatting, and technical editing.

Finished Measurements
42” (106.5 cm) approx length unseamed
18” (46 cm) approx width unseamed
To fit 18” (46 cm) pillow form

Materials
YARN
Wool-Ease Thick & Quick from Lion Brand (77%
acrylic, 20% wool, 3% viscose) (106 yards (97 m)/ 170 g (6 oz) per skein): 2 skeins in Graphite
OR approx 212 yards (194 m) of super bulky weight yarn
Note that not all Thick & Quick yarns have the same yardage. Read the label to make sure the quantity is correct.

NEEDLES
US 13 (9 mm) 24” (61 cm) circular needles (or size re- quired to obtain gauge)

NOTIONS
One 18” (46 cm) pillow form
Cable needle
Scissors
Tapestry needle

Gauge
8 sts and 14 rows to 4” (10 cm) in Stockinette Stitch pattern on US 13 (9 mm)