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 Scarf Post!

So here is my tutorial on how to make a cute easy, tassel scarf!!

I've had this idea for a while, and I'm glad it actually works! Enjoy! 

Step one, buy 3/4 of a yard of fabric you really like: 

Step two, make tassels 

For this you will need: 

- yarn

- scissors 

- a piece of cardboard 

- yarn needle

Cut a small piece of yarn and rest it on the cardboard horizontally

then wrap yarn vertically seven times 

Cut 

Tie the small string at the top in a knot

Slide it off (make sure your knot is tight) and wrap a different piece of string (that should be about 12inches long) around your strings approximately 1.5 centimeters down from your knot (wrap it around 4-5 times)

Use the yarn needle to secure your string and hide it with the result of the tassel strings

 

Cut the ends of the tassel evenly 

This is what your tassels should look like.

You're gonna need to make about 15-20 of these 

Let's go back to our fabric, fold it in half with the ugly side out, and the pretty side in. 

Next step, we're gonna go to the sewing machine and evenly sew in our tassels onto the scarf. 

NOTE: because this is inside out, MAKE SURE you put the tassels on the inside and sew as close to the knot as possible. Space your tassels about 2.5 inches apart. 

NOTE: they don't need to be along the whole length of the scarf.  

This is what it will look like, cute little tufts sticking out of the seam 

Turn it inside out and it'll look like this!!

Now, the final step is sewing the ends together, tuck one end into the other end, fold in the edges and sew them together 

Tada!! Tassel scarf! 

Love love love, 

Morgan. 

 

Cat Pencil Pouch!

Hey y'all thanks for showing up!

So today was awesome craft-wise! 

I made a scarf from scratch, which you can read about here, and do it yourself with easy step-by-step instructions.

And I made a kitty pencil pouch!! 

So I started off with some fabric, a zipper, some scissors, and a lotta hope. 

 And then after carefully following this tutorial, it turned out like this! 

Cheers! 

- Morgan