Thursday, July 12, 2012

my creative space | split personality pillow

I made my first crocheted pillow!

I was cleaning up my wool basket and found a couple of circles in squares grannys I had made a couple of months ago, which were going to become a blanket. Turns out I never got around to that project. I decided to turn them into a pillow, for my friends birthday. It was Wednesday when I had this idea and her party was on Saturday. Nothing like a good challenge!

I used the join as you go method to join my granny squares. This meant they ended up with two rounds of cream yarn. As I had never made a pillow before, I didn't really know how to finish it. I spent some time on pinterst and google trying to find a tutorial with not much luck, so I decided to just wing it, and make a giant granny square for the back. This was going great, until about two thirds of the way in and I ran out of orange wool, it was late Thursday night and I didn't have time for a visit to the shops on Friday. I finished the square off with purple wool.


I continued crocheting the square until it was roughly the same size. All my searching before, had told me that the most popular way of joining the two squares together would be to use single crochet. Which I planned on doing, until I discovered they were slightly different sizes and didn't have the same amount of treble clusters.. there was no point stressing over it, so I single crocheted the two squares together with my own unique method!


I was really happy with how it turned out. I love that it has two distinct personalities, the calm look of the grannys on the front and the bright orange/purple square on the back, depending on your mood!

Do you crochet pillows?
How do you join the pieces together?
Do you use a pattern or prefer to make things up as you go alon?

I am still working away at this blanket too.
I needed a bit of a break from making the same thing over and over again.

Do you finish one project before you start the next?
Do you like to have a few different projects on the go at once?

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10 comments:

  1. ClaireJuly 12, 2012 at 3:11 PM

    Hey Casey your cushion looks great and I'm sure your friend will love it......
    Love all the bright colours against the white background.
    I very rarely finish one project before starting a new one!!
    I haven't crocheted any cushions , but would love to have a go and I probably prefer to use a pattern the first time I try something new. Next time I might free form it a bit.......

    Claire :}

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    1. CaseyJuly 12, 2012 at 10:34 PM

      Thanks so much for visiting Claire. She loved the cushion, I love giving handmade gifts when I know the person appreciates the effort that goes in to it. I am trying my hardest to not have too many unfinished projects lying around, I am doing pretty well with that at the moment.

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  2. angelikiJuly 12, 2012 at 5:44 PM

    Ηey Casey! Your cushion looks great!! But you din't show us the back side too, the orange/purple one!!
    I haven't made any cushion and currently I'm making small projects, just to take a break, from my exam's studying, so yes I finish the one project before starting another one,
    have a wonderful day,
    Angeliki

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    1. CaseyJuly 12, 2012 at 10:37 PM

      Hi Angeliki, so silly of me, i'll have to remember to update the post in the morning. Yes, it is really nice to have small projects going on in the middle of busy times because you get to feel that sense of finishing something. Thanks so much for stopping by :)

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  3. gretbertJuly 12, 2012 at 6:12 PM

    It is beautiful, well done! I have done one crochet cushion, I just made one side and sewed it on top of a normal cushion cover http://ontopofalilypad.blogspot.co.nz/2012/03/colour-me-green-pixel-heart-cushion.html

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    1. CaseyJuly 12, 2012 at 10:37 PM

      I hadn't even thought of doing that! Great idea. I am off to have a look at your cushion now. I think I have the cushion bug! Thanks so much for stopping by :)

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  4. LionessLadyJuly 12, 2012 at 7:51 PM

    It looks beautiful! I find I have the same problem when I crochet cushions - the two sides being slightly different sizes. The brilliant thing about crochet is that it is so easy to cover these little 'errors' with your very own stitchy pattern!

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    1. CaseyJuly 12, 2012 at 10:39 PM

      Thanks LionessLady. This is the first cushion I have made and I am pretty sure it won't be my last. Making up my very own stitchy pattern is how most of my projects get finished. Thanks so much for visiting :)

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  5. The MoerksJuly 12, 2012 at 7:59 PM

    Hi Casey, thank you for your lovely comment on my cushion, yours is lovely too. I used the joining method, crocheting the squares together from Attic 24. to join the back and front I used the same make it up as you go single crochet method you did. I am looking forward to having a read of your lovely blog. Deb

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    1. CaseyJuly 12, 2012 at 10:41 PM

      Thanks for visiting The Moerks.Cushions are so much fun to make, I think I need to make another one now! I love how you used different sized grannies, I think I would like one like a cushion like that. The joining as you go method really is the best way to make anything involving granny squares.

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