A Pirate's Life For Me Reversible Pillow - Pattern & pdf File

You will find the written pattern below. If you prefer to download the FREE pdf file, you can find it at these two places:

~ Click Here For The Direct pdf File ~

~ Click Here To Get It On Ravelry ~

    

Supplies

~ Worsted weight yarn, 4-medium, black, white, and red (or any three colors you choose)

~ Size 8 (5 mm) knitting needles

~ Crochet hook I - 5.5 mm

~ Polyester Fiberfill

~ Yarn Needle

Abbreviations

~ st - stitch

~ sts - stitches

~ k - knit

~ p - purl

~ ch - chain

~ sc - single crochet

Notes

~ The finished size of the pillow is 9 inches in width and 6.5 inches in length

~ Both pillow sides are worked from the bottom up.

~ While working the graph and switching from one color to the next, it's best to work with multiple skeins to ensure that your knitted piece will lay flat, however, for this pillow I worked with only two skeins, letting my yarn run along on the purl side, and anchoring it every couple of stitches. By doing this method, everything knitted in black around the graph stayed flat, while all the stitches within the graph came out a little puffy and ribbed, which I thought was a really neat effect. No matter which method you choose, don't forget to cross your yarn strands on the purl side before switching colors to avoid holes in your design, and be careful not to pull your anchored yarn too tight.

~ If you follow the written instructions, you will not need the graph, but for your reference, in case you want to make some changes, or prefer to follow the graph instead, I have included it here for your reference:

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Instructions

~ With black, cast on 41 sts

~ Row 1 - k across to end of row

~ Row 2 - p across to end of row

~ Row 3 - (add white yarn) - k 7 sts in black, k 3 sts in white, k 21 sts in black, k 3 sts in white, k 7 sts in black

~ Row 4 - repeat row 3 in p

~ Row 5 - k 4 sts in black, k 9 sts in white, k 15 sts in black, k 9 sts in white, k 4 sts in black

~ Row 6 - repeat row 5 in p

~ Row 7 - k 10 sts in black, k 9 sts in white, k 3 sts in black, k 9 sts in white, k 10 sts in black

~ Row 8 - repeat row 7 in p

~ Row 9 - k 16 sts in black, k 9 sts in white, k 16 sts in black

~ Row 10 - repeat row 9 in p

~ Row 11- k 10 sts in black, k 9 sts in white, k 3 sts in black, k 9 sts in white, k 10 sts in black

~ Row 12 - repeat row 11 in p

~ Row 13 - k 4 sts in black, k 9 sts in white, k 15 sts in black, k 9 sts in white, k 4 sts in black

~ Row 14 - repeat row 13 in p

~ Row 15 - k 7 sts in black, k 3 sts in white, k 6 sts in black, k 9 sts in white, k 6 sts in black, k 3 sts in white, k 7 sts in black

~ Row 16 - repeat row 15 in p

~ Row 17 - k 13 sts in black, k 3 sts in white, k 9 sts in black, k 3 sts in white, k 13 sts in black

~ Row 18 - repeat row 17 in p

~ Row 19 - k 16 sts in black, k 9 sts in white, k 16 sts in black

~ Row 20 - repeat row 19 in p

~ Row 21 - k 13 sts in black, k 6 sts in white, k 3 sts in black, k 6 sts in white, k 13 sts in black

~ Row 22 - repeat row 21 in p

~ Row 23 - k 10 sts in black, k 3 sts in white, k 6 sts in black, k 3 sts in white, k 6 sts in black, k 3 sts in white, k 10 sts in black

~ Row 24 - repeat row 23 in p

~ Rows 25 and 26 - repeat rows 23 and 24

~ Row 27 - k 10 sts in black, k 21 sts in white, k 10 sts in black

~ Row 28 - repeat row 27 in p

~ Rows 29 and 30 - repeat rows 27 and 28

~ Row 31 - k 13 sts in black, k 15 sts in white, k 13 sts in black

~ Row 32 - repeat row 31 in p

~ Rows 33 and 34 - repeat rows 31 and 32 (end white yarn, and only work with black from now on)

~ Row 35 - k across to end of row

~ Row 36 - p across to end of row

~ Cast off

~ Make a second piece, but substitute white with red

~ With wrong sides (p sides) held together and both skulls facing upward, start white yarn in corner st, ch 1, sc 4 sts in corner st, sc around 3 sides and half of the 4th side, making 4 sc in each corner st, stuff pillow with polyester fiberfill, sc across last half of 4th side, sl st last st to first st of corner, fasten off white yarn

~ Start red yarn in corner st, ch 1, sc 4 sts in corner st, sc all around pillow, sl st last st to first st of corner, fasten off red yarn

~ Weave in all ends

(Design and pattern by Jo Em of Dolls of Suburbia)