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Beacon Hill Pillow Cover Crochet Pattern

Who loves bobbles? I know I do so I regularly make things with squishy bobbles. They add amazing texture to projects and are so easy to do.

This fun pillow cover pattern comes in three sizes, 16, 18 and 20″, and works up quickly with a big hook and super bulky yarn.

This is the companion to a popular blanket pattern I released a few months ago. A lot of my testers mentioned wanting a matching pillow cover so I whipped one up.

I have somehow never made a crochet pillow cover in all my years of crocheting but this won’t be the last time. It looks so cute in the living room! I made one in two colors that matches my blanket but you can make yours in solid, stripes, patterned yarn, etc.

This is an easy beginner-friendly project that is made in three pieces and then seamed together. Border is added after seaming if desired.

You’ll need a 9 mm M/N hook, super bulky yarn and a tapestry needle.

If you’d like an ad-free version, you can find that on Etsy or Ravelry. Let’s get started!

 

Skill Level

Advanced Beginner (Easy)

Materials

Gauge

Front side (bobble pattern)

4” = 8.5-9 hdc stitches x 6.5 rows in any part of the pattern with a 9 mm M/N hook and super bulky yarn.

Back side

4” = 7.5 hdc stitches x 6 rows with a 9 mm M/N hook and super bulky yarn

Terms

Notes

Stitch Instructions

Bobble Stitch for Pillow Cover:

  1. Yarn over, insert hook through the stitch
  2. Yarn over and pull through (three loops on hook)
  3. Yarn over and pull through the first loop on the hook (3 loops on the hook)
  4.  Yarn over and pull through the first two loops on the hook (2 loops  remaining on the hook)
  5. Keep those two loops on the hook, yarn over, insert hook through the stitch, yarn over, pull through and repeat steps 3-4 (3 loops on the hook)
  6. Yarn over, insert hook through the stitch, yarn over, pull through and repeat steps 3-4 (4 loops on the hook)
  7. Yarn over, insert hook through the stitch, yarn over, pull through and repeat steps 3-4 (5 loops on the hook)
  8. Yarn over, pull through all five loops on the hook

Bobble Border Tutorial

The bobble border is optional and added after the entire pillow cover is finished and seamed together.

From left to right, steps 1-3

Pattern

Front

Size, beginning chain and amount of repeats for front are written below:

Size Beginning Chain Repeats
16×16” Ch36 Rows 6-25 – Repeat 2-5 five times
18×18” Ch41 Rows 6-29 – Repeat 2-5 six times
20×20” Ch46 Rows 6-31 – Repeat 2-5 six times and rows 2-3 once

Pattern written as 16” (18”, 20”).

Row 1 – With an M/N (9 mm) hook and super bulky yarn, ch 36 (41, 46), hdc in second ch from hook and across, ch1, turn. Stitch counts – 35 (40, 45).

Row 2 – (WS) Hdc, hdc in the third loop only to final st, hdc, ch1, turn.

Row 3 – (RS) Hdc, hdc in the blo to final st, hdc, ch1, turn.

Row 4 – Hdc x 2, *bobble, hdc x 4* to final 3 sts, bobble, hdc x 2, ch1, turn.

Row 5 – Hdc in each st, ch1, turn.

Rows 6-25 (29, 31) – Repeat rows 2-5 five (six, six) times.**

**Or until piece measures approximately ½” shorter than the height for the size you are making.**

Row 26 (30, 32) – Repeat row 2.

20×20” Only: Row 33 – Repeat row 3.

Piece should now measure about 16” (18”, 20”) with a little stretch.

At the end of the final row, tie off leaving a tail for weaving in.

 

Back Top

Size, beginning chain and amount of repeats for back top are written below:

Size Beginning Chain Repeats
16×10” Ch32 15 rows of hdc and 1 sc row
18×11” Ch36 17 rows of hdc and 1 sc row
20×12” Ch39 18 rows of hdc and 1 sc row

Pattern written as 16” (18”, 20”).

Row 1 – With an M/N (9 mm) hook and super bulky yarn, ch 32 (36, 39), hdc in second ch from hook and across, ch1, turn. Stitch counts – 31 (35, 38).

Row 2 – Hdc in every st across, ch1, turn.

Rows 3-15 (17, 18) – Repeat row 2.

**Or until piece measures approximately ¼” shorter than the height for the size you are making.**

Row 16 (18, 19) – Sc in every st across, tie off.

Piece should now measure about 10” (11”, 12”) with a little stretch.

At the end of the final row, tie off leaving a tail for weaving in.

 

Back Bottom

Size, beginning chain and amount of repeats for back bottom are written below:

Size Beginning Chain Repeats
16×10” Ch33 13 rows of hdc and 4 ribbing rows
18×11” Ch37 14 rows of hdc and 4 ribbing rows
20×12” Ch39 15 rows of hdc and 4 ribbing rows

Pattern written as 16” (18”, 20”).

Row 1 – With an M/N (9 mm) hook and super bulky yarn, ch 33 (37, 39), hdc in second ch from hook and across, ch1, turn. Stitch counts – 32 (36, 38).

Row 2 – Hdc in every st across, ch1, turn.

Rows 3-13 (14, 15) – Repeat row 2.

**Or until piece measures approximately 2.5” shorter than the height for the size you are making.**

Row 14 (15, 16) – Hdc, hdc in the flo to final st, hdc, ch1, turn.

Row 15 (16, 17) – Hdc, *fphdc, bphdc* to final st, hdc, ch1, turn.

Rows 16-17 (17-18, 18-19) – Repeat row 15 (16, 17).

Piece should now measure about 10” (11”, 12”) with a little stretch.

At the end of the final row, tie off leaving a tail for weaving in.

 

Seaming

Sew in all ends on the three pieces before seaming! Lay the front bobble piece down with the bobbles facing down and pin the back top piece on, then pin the back bottom piece on so they overlap and the ribbing on the back bottom piece is on top. Running stitch (or preferred seaming method) the three pieces together using the same color of yarn that you used for the pillow cover. Sew in your end.

If you are adding the bobble border, go to the border section below.

 

Border

**See border tutorial in stitch instructions above for a photo tutorial.**

With a 9 mm M/N hook and super bulky yarn, join new yarn in one corner of the pillow cover with the back side facing you (bobble side facing away), ch2.

Round 1 – Going through all layers of the pillow cover, *bobble, insert hook into same stitch as bobble, pull up a loop and slip stitch together to close the bobble, hdc x 3*. Repeat from * to * around entire pillow, spacing bobbles evenly with one in each corner.

Join to top of beginning ch2, tie off and sew in your end.

Now that you’ve finished your pillow cover, make sure to show it off on social media by tagging me using #beaconhillpillowcover and @craftseverywhere on Instagram or Facebook!

If you have any questions regarding the pattern, don’t hesitate to contact me at erin.oetker@gmail.com or through my messages on Etsy or Instagram.

Erin

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