When you look directly at this cushion you see only narrow stripes; when you look from an angle you see the heart and lettering.

The knitting is approximately 40 cm (16”) square and will take a 45 cm (18”) cushion pad.

The cushion shown was made in DK yarn and used approximately 140 metres (150 yards) of each colour for one side of the cushion. You can use any yarn but the size of your cushion may change.

As with all illusions, it is best to keep the cushion as flat as possible. As the cushion gets fatter, the design becomes more distorted and the illusion is less obvious.

Unlike most of our illusion patterns this one has both written and charted instructions.

For other heart designs see
Love Hearts
Home is where the heart is
Silver Wedding Hearts

All illusions are equally easy to make. Complex-looking designs are no more difficult. It is the charting that is more difficult, not the knitting.

Note

There was a mistake on Ridge 36 of version 1 of the pattern. It should begin with K14 not P14.

A tablet-friendly version of the chart has been added. This is in v3 of the pattern.