This pattern will show you how to make two different easy-to-knit, one-piece cushion covers.

Envelope Cushion Cover
This cushion cover features a top flap with a contrast garter stitch edge. I’ve provided some embellishment ideas to make your cushion cover more interesting. There’s also a tutorial that shows you how to create motifs that are similar to intarsia (picture knitting), without the hassles of intarsia!

Cushion Cover with Button Fastening
This cushion cover features two ribbed bands that are fastened together using buttons and buttonholes. You decide where you want to place the cushion cover opening – one third, half, or three quarters down the cushion cover – or wherever you want the cushion cover opening to appear :-). There are four button / buttonhole configurations to choose from. I’ve also included several self-cover button designs that you can use to brighten up your cushion cover.

Sizing
The cushion covers are designed for a 40 x 40 cm (16 x 16 in) cushion inner. However, some cushion inners are quite flat, while others are very plump. So it’s important to measure across the fullest part of your cushion inner both horizontally and vertically, and to choose the size below that is closest to the measurements you’ve taken.

Amount of Yarn Required

• Envelope Cushion Cover Size: 40 x 40 cm (16 x 16 in): 540m / 590 yds + 15m / 17 yds contrast yarn

• Envelope Cushion Cover Size: 43 x 43 cm (17 x 17 in): 620m / 680 yds + 15m / 17 yds contrast yarn

• Envelope Cushion Cover Size: 46 x 46 cm (18 x 18 in): 690m / 755 yds + 15m / 17 yds contrast yarn

• Cushion Cover with Button Fastening Size: 40 x 40 cm (16 x 16 in): 500m / 550 yds

• Cushion Cover with Button Fastening Size: 43 x 43 cm (17 x 17 in): 560m / 615 yds

• Cushion Cover with Button Fastening Size: 46 x 46 cm (18 x 18 in): 620m / 680 yds

Creative Commons Licence
My knitting pattern is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-Sharealike Licence, version 4.0. The licence allows you to use, share and modify this pattern but you must appropriately credit me. If you modify the pattern you cannot sell your pattern, and you must distribute your pattern under the same Creative Commons Licence that this pattern is licensed under. Please refer to http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/4.0/ for the full terms and conditions of this licence.

Please view my other patterns - I have another cushion cover pattern that features a zip fastening and knitted or fabric piping. Just click on the “Ali Hamilton’s Ravelry Store” link for more information. Thanks!