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Jump on the hot trend of knitted home décor. These comfortable pillows offer a great opportunity to master cable charts and knitted buttonholes.

Skill Level
Intermediate

Finished Measurements
Actual Size: 13 3⁄4 (16 3⁄4)“ / 35 (42.5) cm wide and 31 3⁄4 (36 3⁄4)” / 80.5 (93.5) cm long.
To Fit Pillow Size: 16 (18)“ / 40.5 (45.5) cm square
Sizes Shown:
Orange pillow is 16” / 40.5 cm
Brown pillow is 18” / 45.5 cm

Yarn
Worsted weight (CYCA #4 Medium)
About 540 (800) yards / 495 (735) meters.
Shown in: Blue Sky Alpacas Skinny Cotton (100% organic cotton; 65 gram hank = approx 150 yards / 137 meters): 4 (6) skeins.
Colors Shown: #306 squash (orange) and #310 coffee (brown).

Note on Yarn substitutions: Skinny Cotton is listed as a DK CYCA #3 yarn, but it’s on the more worsted-weight side of DK. When substituting yarn, worsted-weight is recommended.

Knitting Needle
Size US 5 / 3.75 mm: straight or 16” / 40 cm circular. Adjust size as needed to obtain the correct gauge.

Notions
stitch markers (m)
cable needle (cn)
tapestry needle
three 1 1⁄8” buttons
16 (18)“ pillow form

Gauge
20 sts and 38 rows = 4” / 10 cm in Garter st, worked back and forth in rows; one 12-st cable panel = 13⁄4” / 4.5 cm wide. Take time to save time, check your gauge.