Velvet Plush Pillow

I have recently found Bernat Velvet yarn and I am obsessed! The softness and plushiness of this yarn is spectacular, amazing, and dare I say addicting!

Most of the time I don’t buy yarn unless I have a project in mind, but a couple of months ago while yarn shopping during a marvelous sale at Joanns, I saw the velvet yarn and after some intense thinking of having a little extra money to spend on a yarn I did not have anything planned for, I took the plunge, and I bought 2 (it was all that was left)

I get home and literally spent way to much time just playing with the yarn because I could not get over how soft the yarn was, it really blew my mind. I sat with this yarn for a couple of months before I figured out what I was going to make, it took a lot of thinking. I only had 2 balls of this yarn, and I wasn’t going to buy more before I worked with it, so after thinking and thinking it suddenly popped into my mind like bam…. make a pillow!

So here it is, the fruits of a lot of thinking, and luckily not to much labor!

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Supplies Needed

2 Bernat Velvet ( Blush Pink) 

Crochet Hook: Size K-10.5-6.50MM

Yarn Needle

Fiber Fill, Poly-Fill, or a Throw Pillow Insert of some kind

Notes

My finished pillow measured 18 x 18

I made my own insert using Fiber Fill, the white mesh material from a bed skirt, and hot glue

If you decide to make your own, I suggest not using hot glue, and either sewing or using a fabric glue or fabric tape.

If you bought some kind of throw pillow insert, checking your gauge and making a sample swatch is super important, to guarantee an appropriate fit

Remember that the size of your pillow will not reflect the size of your finished panel pieces, as when you add the filling it will appear smaller because they will be stretching over the filling.

Tips

When doing your border, if you crochet over your starting tail, and when stitching the panels together you crochet over your ending tail of each panel, you will only have to weave in one end at the end.

Check your gauge!

Abbreviations

St = Stitch

Ch = chain

SC = Single Crochet

MB = Mini Bean Stitch

Gauge

10 st = 3.5 in

5 rows = 2 in

The Mini Bean Stitch

Insert hook in the chain, yarn over the hook and pull through (2 loops on hook), yarn over hook again (3 loops on hook), insert hook back into the same stitch, yarn over hook again and pull through (4 loops on hook), yarn over and pull through all 4 loops.

Chain 1 after each MB stitch, except for your last one, where you will chain 3 

I have added a photo tutorial, to assist and will also provide a link to a YouTube tutorial

For your first row, when you are working into your foundation change, you will go into the stitch as you normally would for SC

Mini Bean Stitch Tutorial by Hopeful Honey

1. Insert hook into the side of the stitch from the previous row

2. Yarn over and pull back through (2 loops on hook)

3. Yarn over again, and insert hook back into the same stitch

4. Yarn over and pull back through (4 loops on hook) 

5. Yarn over again

6. Pull through all 4 loops

7. Chain 1

The Pattern

Pillow Panel (make 2)

This pattern calls for a stich that I have seen called the Mini Bean Stitch or the Elizabeth Stitch, for this stitch you will need to chain in multiples of 2 plus 4

Chain on the amount of stiches needed to obtain desired length, making sure that it is in multiples of 2 plus 4. (I chained 52 plus 4 for a total of 56)

Each row is done the exact same

Row 1: Beginning in the 4^th chain from the hook, * MB, ch1, skip 1 stitch* repeat until 2 stitches are left, skip 1 chain, MB into last chain stitch, ch 3 and turn your work

Row 2: * MB, ch1, skip 1 stitch* repeat until your last stitch, MB into last stitch, ch 3 and turn

Repeat row 2 until you reached your desired length (I completed 50 Rows)

Do NOT cut and knot off yet

Border

SC in each along all four sides of the panel, when you get the corners, crochet 4 SC in the same stitch and then continue SC along the sides

Once you have gone around all 4 sides, SC in the stitch you started in and continue SC around all 4 sides. This time when you get the corners where you have your 4 SC in the same hole, find your two center ones and in each of those you will do 2 SC in each of the two middle stitches.

Once you have gone around the edges twice, cut and knot off.

Adding a border will make your panels a little sturdier and it will also help when you stitch the two panels together.

Stitching Your Panels

Since each panel is made with the same row repeated, each side of the panel should look identical, so there is no “wrong” or “right” side.

Put your panels together and make sure the sizing is the same for each panel, choose a corner to start and put your hook through the edges of both panels and SC. You will repeat this for three sides

Before completing your 4^th side insert your filling and make sure it all fits and is as you desire.

Once you have your filling in continue around your 4^th side and once you have reached the end cut your yarn and knot off and weave in your ends.

And there you go, you have now made such a soft beautiful pillow, that would look spectacular in any living room, or on top of any bed, plus it is super comfy!

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Mini Bean Stitch Tutorial by Hopeful Honey