Diy Cable Pillow

Greetings! 

Welcome to my cable knit pillow tutorial!

So a couple months back I was at Bed Bath and Beyond and stumbled upon this pillow:

Look at the price.... $48.99!

I mumbled to myself something that we've all said before, "I could make that"

So I took some notes, and then that is exactly what I did, and here's how.

Materials:

- 1/2 Yard of fabric (cream, a little stretchy)

- Polyfil (not shown in picture)

- TWO skeins of bulky (6 weight) yarn of 108 yards (or more) each 

- Size 13 knitting needles

- Yarn needle

- Scissors

- white or cream thread

- sewing needle

- sewing machine

- 16 inch zipper (optional)

Comments: 

When a side is referred to as the "front side" that just means

the side that has the purl stitches as the 21 center stitches is facing toward you

(like this photo below)

Front Side:

Step one: Cast on 37 stitches

Step two: Knit 8 stitches, purl 21 stitches, then knit 8 stitches

*Turn*

Purl 8 stitches, knit 21 stitches, purl 8 stitches

Repeat this step until you get seven rows up 

(front and back equals two rows)

*If you don't know how to count stitches,
just take a peek at the photo under step four real quick*

Step three: on the front side purl 8 stitches, then put 7 stitches on your stitch holder, 

holding the 7 stitches in the front (refer to photo), knit the next 7 stitches and then 

replace your 7 stitches back on your left needle and knit them. 

Finish the rest of your row as normal (knit 7 stitches, purl 8 stitches)

Note: If you don't know what the front side is, 

just scroll to the top of the tutorial and read the comment

(stitches on stitch holder)

(next seven stitches knit)

(seven stitches returned to the left needle)

Your cabled row should look like the image above,

but don't fret, after a few rows of regular knitting and purling

it will look more like a cable

Step four:

repeat step two until you get seven rows high.

(this is what your work will look like after 7 rows,

each v is a row)

Step five: 

On the front side, purl 8 stitches, knit 7 stitches, 

then put 7 stitches on a stitch holder and hold 

them in the back (like in the photo)

knit the next 7 stitches and then replace 

 7 stitches (held in the back) back onto your needles and knit them.

Finish row by purling last 8 stitches

The pictures below illustrate step five:

(stitches held in the back)

(knit 7 stitches)

(put stitches held in the back back onto the left needle and knit them)

(this is what it will look like, see how the braid cable is coming along!)

Step Six: 

Repeat step two until you count up seven rows 

and then repeat step four

(this is what it will look like after you repeat step four)

Step Seven: 

Repeat step two until you count up seven rows

and the repeat step five

Then repeat step two for five rows and then bind off. 

It should measure approx. 14-15"

Backside: 

Step one:

Cast on 34 Stitches

Step two:

Knit all stitches

Step three:

Purl all stitches

Step Four:

Repeat steps two and three until your work

measures approx. 14-15" tall, or as tall as your 

front piece.

Piecing The Knitted Face Together

Marry the front side and the Purled side together (it will look inside out) 

and sew up three sides of the four sides with your yarn needle and a long piece of matching yarn (leaving one side open to insert pillow)

The Interior Pillow

Step One:

Lay out your fabric; measure and cut two pieces that are 

15" by 15" 

Step Two: Sew the two pieces together (pretty sides in)

But on the last side, leave about a 4-5" opening 

Step three:

Turn pillow inside out

Step four: 

Put polyfil inside of pillow.

Beginning by filling the corners and work your way to the top.

You will want to slowly fill it with handfuls like what is shown in the image below.

Make sure it is as plush as you want!

Give it a good squeeze in a couple of places to check

Step five:

Where your gap is, use your thumb and pull it away 

from the body and it should roll in a little bit.

Pinch the rolled bits together and hand sew it shut.

(Your pillow should look like this)

Putting the Pillow and the Knitted exterior together: 

Put your sewn pillow inside of the knitted work (turned right side out),

with extra yarn and your yarn needle, sew the fourth side of the knitted pillow shut.

Optional Zipper:

Before you put the sewn pillow inside of the knitted work,

take your 16" zipper and sew it to the open side you left on your knitted work.

Make sure you leave the zipper open a little when you are sewing it on or it'll

be difficult to open up and put your sewn pillow inside of it. 

I opted not to do this, because it seemed like a lot of extra work just for the sake 

of being able to pull the sewn pillow out; but if you don't like the idea 

of washing the pillow and the knitted work together, do the zipper so you can wash them however you want to. 

Finished Product!

Thanks for reading

xoxo

Morgan

DIY Sunglasses Case Tutorial

Hello! Welcome to my tutorial for this cheeky little floral sunglasses case! 

Materials: 

- a fabric piece measuring 10"x 10"

- coordinating thread

- a button

- three inch piece of suede cording 

- iron

Step one: iron out your fabric

Step 2: Fold fabric in half and sew down one of the short sides

Step 3: Sew the open long side

Step 4: Roll a 1" edge and sew it down

Step 5: Hand sew a button onto the outside, right where you 

have sewn your edge down

Step 6: Sew down your suede piece onto the inside, make sure 

it is directly lined up with your button so it closes! 

(You don't have to hand sew this part, you can 

use your sewing machine)

Tada!

I hope you all enjoyed this tutorial! If you have any questions, just make a comment in the comment section below and I'll get back to you! 

- Morgan 

Diy Circle Skirt Tutorial

In this post I'm going to teach you how to make your own circle skirt! 

Supplies: 

- 1.5 yards of fabric

- Matching thread 

- sewing machine

- sharp scissors

- 7-9 inch invisible zipper 

- measuring tape 

- chalk or fabric chalk

- calculator

- pins

Because this project does require a little bit of math to calculate some dimensions, you'll need a calculator handy. 

With your measuring tape, measure the circumference of your hips at the place that you want your skirt to rest. 

Plug that number into this equation: 

C= 2(pi)r

The circumference of my waist is 27 inches, so my equation looked like this: 

27=2(pi)r 

I'm trying to find the radius, so what I did was I divided both sides by 2, then divided both sides by pi, and then I got somewhere around 4.2, which is the perfect radius for the waist length when I'm cutting my circle skirt. 

In this picture I plugged in my 4.2" dimension and drew an arc that measured approximately 4.2 inches from the corner 

Then, I decided that I wanted the length of my skirt to be about 15" from waist to bottom of skirt, so I added that to the length of the hip radius and drew a larger arc. I did a 3/4" hem afterward so keep in mind if you want to do a hem or not 

After I got both arcs drawn, I took my scissors and cut along those lines. 

This makes one half of my circle skirt, so I took the other half of my fabric and did that again with the same dimensions. 

Then I took the two halves of my skirt, sewed one side of it together. 

The next step is to add a waistband.

What you'll want to do, is measure out a strip of fabric that is the circumference of your waist wide plus one or two extra inches (just to be safe) by 4.5 inches tall (or double what you want your waistband height to be and then add half an inch for the hem). 

It's really helpful to sew a handy hem on both sides before you attach it to your skirt. 

Sew the hem to the top of your skirt, it helps to iron it flat before you do so, and use a lot of pins to keep it in place. 

After you do this, you'll take the other side of the skirt and install your zipper. Make sure the zipper is put in right at the top of the skirt, don't leave any extra room, it need to sit flush with the top of the skirt. 

Make sure to hem up the whole circle edge at the very end to prevent fraying and you're done! 

Now you have your very own circle skirt!! 

Thanks for reading, 

Morgan 

Diy laptop sleeve

Supplies: 

- fabric (approx 1/2 yard)

- sharp scissors

- sewing machine and thread

- zipper (12-14" depending on the laptop) 

Step one cut fabric according to whatever laptop you've got, I'm using my 13" MacBook Pro for this tutorial. 

You'll have two equal sized pieces of fabric here. 

Step two: sew zipper on to the top part of both pieces of fabric so the pretty side is sitting right with the zipper. I don't have a zipper foot so I'm just going for it with an ordinary foot. 

Step three: sew two pieces together along the sides (make sure you're doing this with the inside out so the seams are hidden)

Step four: sew the bottom of the sleeve (still inside out) and you're finished! 

Here's another sleeve I made for my Wacom tablet: 

Thanks for reading :) 

Morgan