How to Make Round Pillows and Round Bulletin Boards for Your Room

Materials:

1 skein Red Heart Kids yarn in Beach

Stuffing (Craft Fiberfill)

Needle to take yarn

H crochet hook or hook needed to obtain gauge

Finished Size: 12" diameter

Gauge: 4 hdc sts = 1", 6 rows pattern = 1"

Abbreviations Used In This Pattern:

Ch = Chain

St = Stitch

Sl St = Slip Stitch

Hdc = Half Double Crochet

Lps = Loops

Rnd = Round

Beg = Beginning

Ea = Each

Rep = Repeat

Pillow Front:

With Beach and H hook ch-4, sl st to form a ring.

RND 1: Ch-1, work 12 hdc in ring, sl st top beg hdc, turn. (12 sts)

RND 2: (Ch-12, sl st next 2 sts) around, ch-1, turn. (6 lps)

RND 3: Press lps to wrong side of work, (2 hdc next st, hdc next st) around, sl st top beg hdc, turn. (18 sts)

RND 4: Rep rnd 2. (9 lps)

RND 5: Rep rnd 3. (27 sts)

RND 6: (Ch-12, sl st next 2 sts) around to last st, ch-12, sl st last st, ch-1, turn. (14)

RND 7: Press lps to back of work, (2 hdc next st, hdc next 2 sts) around, sl st top beg hdc, turn. (36 sts)

RND 8: Rep rnd 3. (18 lps)

RND 9: Rep rnd 7. (48 sts)

RND 10: Rep rnd 3. (24 lps)

RND 11: Press lps to back of work, (2 hdc next st, hdc next 3 sts) around, sl st top beg hdc, turn. (60 sts)

RND 12: Rep rnd 3. (30 lps)

RND 13: Press lps to back of work, hdc ea st around, sl st top beg hdc, turn.

RND 14: Rep rnd 3.

RND 15: Press lps to back of work, (2 hdc next st, hdc next 5 sts) around, sl st top beg hdc, turn. (70 sts)

RND 16: Rep rnd 3. (35 lps)

RND 17: Rep rnd 13.

RND 18: Rep rnd 3.

RND 19: Press lps to back of work, (2 hdc next st, hdc next 6 sts) around, sl st top beg hdc, turn. (80 sts)

RND 20: Rep rnd 3. (40 lps)

RND 21: Press lps to back of work, (2 hdc next st, hdc next 7 sts) around, sl st top beg hdc, turn. (90 sts)

RND 22: Rep rnd 3.

RND 23: Rep rnd 13.

RND 24: Rep rnd 3.

RND 25: Press lps to back of work, (2 hdc next st, hdc next 8 sts) around, sl st top beg hdc, turn. (100 sts)

RND 26: Rep rnd 3. (50 lps)

RND 27: Press lps to back of work, (2 hdc next st, hdc next 9 sts) around, sl st top beg hdc, turn. (110 sts)

RND 28: Rep rnd 3.

RND 29: Rep rnd 13.

RND 30: Rep rnd 3.

RND 31: Press lps to back of work, (2 hdc next st, hdc next 10 sts) around, sl st top beg hdc, turn. (121 sts)

RND 32: Rep rnd 6. (61 lps)

RND 33: Rep rnd 13, fasten off.

PILLOW BACK:

With Beach and H hook ch-4, sl st to form a ring.

RND 1: Ch-1, work 12 hdc in ring, sl st top beg hdc, ch-1, turn.

RND 2-3: (2 hdc next st, hdc next st) around, sl st top beg hdc, ch-1, turn. (18 sts)(27 sts)

RND 4-5: (2 hdc next st, hdc next 2 sts) around, sl st top beg hdc, ch-1, turn. (36 sts)(48 sts)

RND 6: (2 hdc next st, hdc next 3 sts) around, sl st top beg hdc, ch-1, turn. (60 sts)

RND 7: Hdc ea st around, sl st top beg hdc, ch-1, turn.

RND 8: (2 hdc next st, hdc next 5 sts) around, sl st top beg hdc, ch-1, turn. (70 sts)

RND 9: Rep rnd 7.

RND 10: (2 hdc next st, hdc next 6 sts) around, sl st top beg hdc, ch-1, turn. (80 sts)

RND 11: (2 hdc next st, hdc next 7 sts) around, sl st top beg hdc, ch-1, turn. (90 sts)

RND 12: Rep rnd 7.

RND 13: (2 hdc next st, hdc next 8 sts) around, sl st top beg hdc, ch-1, turn. (100 sts)

RND 14: (2 hdc next st, hdc next 9 sts) around, sl st top beg hdc, ch-1, turn. (110 sts)

RND 15: Rep rnd 7.

RND 16: (2 hdc next st, hdc next 10 sts) around, sl st top beg hdc, ch-1, turn. (121 sts)

RND 17: Rep rnd 7, fasten off.

With needle and yarn sew front to back stuffing as you sew.

If you would like to make a small 7" diameter pillow repeat rnd-19, fasten off end rnd 19. To make its back repeat rnd 1-10 of pillow back, fasten off, then sew together as you did for the larger pillow.

This smaller round looks good as wall decoration or take it one step further and add corkboard behind it and you have a place to pin up pictures of your friends. Simply repeat as you did for the 7" pillow, use this as a pattern cut one of corkboard. Glue loop circle to front of corkboard and hang with 3mm removable tape.