Free Crochet Pillow Cover Pattern

Free crochet pillow cover pattern using the richly textured alpine stitch is below.

The crochet alpine stitch uses the cool and easy front post double crochet stitch. You will LOVE this stitch!

This crochet pillow cover will look beautiful in any home; any style decor!

It is easier to learn the front post double crochet used in this alpine stitch design from the video below. While you’re there…please be sure to subscribe! I would appreciate that SO much. If you have been following my journey, you know that this CrazyCoolCrochet.com blog, Etsy shop and YouTube channel make up my only income source. Yikes! It’s still a newer business so that means not much income. Your support is truly appreciated!

I usually recommend using the same yarn that I use to achieve the same results. Choosing the exact right yarn for each project is both enjoyable and daunting. I want to be sure the yarn is readily accessible and fairly economical.

For this alpine stitch crochet pillow cover I chose a yarn that is luxuriously soft and has a nice sheen. It is actually called Soft & Shiny. The shine is not gaudy at all but, it adds an extra pretty layer of interest.

The yarn color is Ice Coffee but I see it as a sort of gold. Not mustardy gold, more like a gold bar (oooh). But again, not in-your-face gold. Sophisticated. That’s what it is! LOL!

Since this project doesn’t depend on a drape factor like my wearable designs usually do, you absolutely can substitute the yarn with pretty much any #4 yarn. I would stay away from the cheaper, scratchy yarns though.

Fits 18 x 18 inch Pillow

Adjust size by adding or subtracting starting chain in multiples of 2 plus 1. For a 16 x 16 inch pillow use a starting chain of 55.

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Materials:

Yarn: #4 / 15 ounces (2.5 skeins) Loops & Threads Soft & Shiny/ Color Ice Coffee

Hook H / 8 / 5 mm

Yarn or Tapestry needle

Gauge: fpdc, dc, fpdc = 1 inch / sc row and fpdc row = 1 inch 

Abbreviations:

Sc = single croche

Dc = double crochet

Fpdc = front post double crochet

Sp = space

Ea = each

Ch = chain

Yo = yarn over

Work 2 identical panels.

Ch 65

Row 1:  sc in 2^nd ch from hook and each ch across. 64 sc. ch 2, turn

Row 2:  sk 1^st sp; dc in next sp and ea sp across. 64 dc (inc turning ch at beginning of row) ch1, turn

Row 3:  sc in 1^st sp and ea sp across. 64 sc. Ch 2, turn

Row 4: fpdc around 1^st dc below (not around the ch); *dc in next sp; sk next dc below, fpdc around next dc below*. Repeat from * to * to last two sp’s. Dc in ea of last two sp’s. Ch 1, turn

Row 5: repeat row 3

Row 6:  dc above 1^st sp of fpdc below; (see left arrow in photo) *fpdc around next dc below; dc in sp above the fpdc below*. Repeat from * to * to last two sp’s; fpdc around dc below; dc in turning ch. Ch 1 turn

Row 7: repeat row 3

Row 8: repeat row 4

Row 9: repeat row 3

Row 10: repeat row 6

Continue in this pattern for a total of 27 fpdc rows. It is easier to count the fpdc rows diagonally.

End on a sc row. Tie off.

ATTACH PANELS

Place panels right sides facing each other; wrong side facing you.

With yarn needle and length of yarn, seam along 3 sides.

Turn panels inside out. Insert pillow. Continue seaming last side. Tie off.

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