{"id":223,"date":"2007-08-01T19:23:18","date_gmt":"2007-08-02T02:23:18","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.laurenwood.org\/anyway\/archives\/2007\/08\/01\/knitted-cushion\/"},"modified":"2007-11-05T16:36:17","modified_gmt":"2007-11-06T00:36:17","slug":"knitted-cushion","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.laurenwood.org\/anyway\/2007\/08\/knitted-cushion\/","title":{"rendered":"Knitted Cushion"},"content":{"rendered":"

A friend in Eng\u00adland got mar\u00adried, so I decided to knit her a cush\u00adion. Here\u00adwith the pic\u00adtures, and the pat\u00adtern, for those read\u00aders of my blog inter\u00adested in my knit\u00adting posts.<\/p>\n

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I really must fig\u00adure out how to take decent pho\u00adtos of my knit\u00adted art\u00adicles; I nev\u00ader seem to be able to get the col\u00adour just right. This cush\u00adion, for example, is in a soft lilac; Sirdar Pure Cot\u00adton Double Knit\u00adting col\u00adour 30 to be pre\u00adcise. But then I look at online col\u00adour charts and they\u2019re not much (if any) better.<\/p>\n

The cush\u00adion is knit\u00adted in two pieces, at a slightly firmer ten\u00adsion (since it\u2019s for a cush\u00adion) than you\u2019d use for a gar\u00adment. I used the cable cast-on to give a firmer edge as well, though if you\u2019re more com\u00adfort\u00adable with anoth\u00ader cast-on, use that. I used 5 skeins of yarn (double-knit\u00adting; 185 yds\/169 m per 100g skein; 100% cot\u00adton; recom\u00admen\u00added gauge 21 st x 28 r on 4 mm needles) for both sides, with enough for swatch\u00ading and seam\u00ading, and with some left over. It\u2019s machine-wash\u00adable, but should be dried flat. It blocked out nicely to a little over 43 cm (17 in) to fit an 46 cm (18 in) cush\u00adion insert.<\/p>\n

Side 1: a stand\u00adard almost-plaited cable stitch using 4.5 mm needles. You may want to try out cabling without using a cable needle for this one. My gauge over the pat\u00adtern stitch: 36 st x 29 rows to 10.5 x 10.5 cm (4.1 in).<\/p>\n

Cast on 146 stitches. 
\nRow 1: k all st 
\nRow 2: p all st
\nRow 3: k1, *6 st right cable (hold st to back so the stitches cross from left to right), repeat from * until 1 st left, k1
\nRow 4: p all st
\nRow 5: k all st
\nRow 6: p all st
\nRow 7: k4, *6 st left cable (hold st to front so the stitches cross from right to left), repeat from * until 4 st left, k4
\nRow 8: p all st
\nRepeat these 8 rows for 132 rows total or until the cush\u00adion length matches the width; for me that was (unblocked) 42.5 x 42.5 cm (16.7 in), with 16.5 repeats of the pat\u00adtern. Bind off.<\/p>\n

The res\u00adult looks like this: \"Lilac_Cushion\"<\/a><\/p>\n

Side 2: a tra\u00addi\u00adtion\u00adal Aran pat\u00adtern flanked by cables, knit\u00adted on 3.25 mm needles. My gauge for stock\u00ading stitch on these needles was 22 st per 10 cm (4 in). \u201cCable 3 to right\u201d means put 3 stitches on the cable needle, put the needle behind the work, knit the next 3 stitches, knit the 3 from the cable needle. \u201cCable 3 to left\u201d means put 3 stitches on cable needle, put the cable needle in front of the work, knit the next 3 stitches, knit the stitches from the cable needle.<\/p>\n

Cast on 99 stitches.
\nRow 1: k16, p1, k6, p1, k15, p3, k7, p1, k7, p3, k15, p1, k6, p1, k16
\nRow 2: p16, k1, p6, k1, p15, k1, p1, k1, p6, k1, p1, k1, p6, k1, p1, k1, p15, k1, p6, k1, p16
\nRow 3: k16, p1, k6, p1, k15, p3, k5, p1, k3, p1, k5, p3, k15, p1, k6, p1, k16
\nRow 4: p16, k1, p6, k1, p15, k1, p1, k1, p4, k1, p2, k1, p2, k1, p4, k1, p1, k1, p15, k1, p6, k1, p16
\nRow 5: k16, p1, k6, p1, k15, p3, k3, p1, k2, p1, k1, p1, k2, p1, k3, p3, k15, p1, k6, p1, k16
\nRow 6: p16, k1, p6, k1, p15, k1, p1, k1, p2, k1, p2. k1, p3, k1, p2, k1, p2, k1, p1, k1, p15, k1, p6, k1, p16
\nRow 7: k16, p1, k6, p1, k15, p3, k1, p1, k2, p1, k2, p1, k2, p1, k2, p1, k1, p3, k15, p1, k6, p1, k16
\nRow 8: p16, k1, p6, k1, p15, k1, p1, k1, p3, k1, p2, k1, p1, k1, p2, k1, p3, k1, p1, k1, p15, k1, p6, k1, p16
\nRow 9: k16, p1, cable 3 to right, p1, k15, p3, k2, p1, k2, p1, k3, p1, k2, p1, k2, p3, k15, p1, cable 3 to left, p1, k16
\nRow 10: p16, k1, p6, k1, p15, k1, p1, k1, p4, k1, p2, k1, p2, k1, p4, k1, p1, k1, p15, k1, p6, k1, p16
\nRow 11: k16, p1, k6, p1, k15, p3, k3, p1, k2, p1, k1, p1, k2, p1, k3, p3, k15, p1, k6, p1, k16
\nRow 12: p16, k1, p6, k1, p15, k1, p1, k1, p5, k1, p3, k1, p5, k1, p1, k1, p15, k1, p6, k1, p16
\nRow 13: k16, p1, k6, p1, k15, p3, k4, p1, k2, p1, k2, p1, k4, p3, k15, p1, k6, p1, k16
\nRow 14: p16, k1, p6, k1, p15, k1, p1, k1, p6, k1, p1, k1, p6, k1, p1, k1, p15, k1, p6, k1, p16
\nRow 15: k16, p1, k6, p1, k15, p3, k5, p1, k3, p1, k5, p3, k15, p1, k6, p1, k16
\nRow 16: p16, k1, p6, k1, p15, k1, p1, k1, p7, k1, p7, k1, p1, k1, p15, k1, p6, k1, p16
\nRow 17: k16, p1, k6, p1, k15, p3, k6, p1, k1, p1, k6, p3, k15, p1, k6, p1, k16
\nRow 18: p16, k1, p6, k1, p15, k1, p1, k1, p15, k1, p1, k1, p15, k1, p6, k1, p16
\nRow 19: k16, p1, k6, p1, k15, p3, k7, p1, k7, p3, k15, p1, k6, p1, k16
\nRow 20: p16, k1, p6, k1, p15, k1, p1, k1, p15, k1, p1, k1, p15, k1, p6, k1, p16 <\/p>\n

Con\u00adtin\u00adue the pat\u00adtern until the cush\u00adion is square, for me that was 135 rows. Bind off, then block to match the size of the oth\u00ader side. Pin togeth\u00ader right side out, and either crochet around the edges, or stitch them togeth\u00ader. Don\u2019t for\u00adget to put the cush\u00adion pad in before you close the last side! I used the Armeni\u00adan stitch (a vari\u00adation on but\u00adton\u00adhole stitch) from Montse Stan\u00adley\u2019s Knit\u00adter\u00ad\u2019s Hand\u00adbook : A Com\u00adpre\u00adhens\u00adive Guide to the Prin\u00adciples and Tech\u00adniques of Handknit\u00adting<\/a> (a very good ref\u00ader\u00adence book, BTW<\/span>, but prob\u00adably a bit scary for begin\u00adning knit\u00adters); you can also find instruc\u00adtions on the web<\/a>.<\/p>\n

\"Lilac_Cushion_Reverse\"<\/a><\/p>\n

Feel free to use the pat\u00adtern to make items, even for sale, but I do require attri\u00adbu\u00adtion. Please don\u2019t repost the pat\u00adtern on any web\u00adsite; link to it instead. Thanks!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

A friend in Eng\u00adland got mar\u00adried, so I decided to knit her a cush\u00adion. Here\u00adwith the pic\u00adtures, and the pat\u00adtern, for those read\u00aders of my blog inter\u00adested in my knit\u00adting posts.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"wp_typography_post_enhancements_disabled":false,"activitypub_content_warning":"","activitypub_content_visibility":"","activitypub_max_image_attachments":3,"activitypub_interaction_policy_quote":"","activitypub_status":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[9],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-223","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-crafts"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.laurenwood.org\/anyway\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/223","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.laurenwood.org\/anyway\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.laurenwood.org\/anyway\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.laurenwood.org\/anyway\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.laurenwood.org\/anyway\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=223"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.laurenwood.org\/anyway\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/223\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.laurenwood.org\/anyway\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=223"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.laurenwood.org\/anyway\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=223"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.laurenwood.org\/anyway\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=223"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}