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Wednesday, October 7, 2020

Easy Machine Knit Pillow Project

 Too much time on the computer, too many movies, and too much political stuff makes for an odd existence these days.  Can't seem to concentrate on anything too complicated, so I decided to use up some of my nice Brown Sheep wool and make some pillows for one of my couches.  I hadn't used too many of the built-in patterns on my 970, usually preferring to do my own thing. Can't erase them from the CB1 so why not give some of them a try?  So here goes my easy project:


The picture makes them look like they are different sizes.  They really are all the same.  It's the angle I took the picture from, I guess.  The 3 in the middle are from the 970 (maybe also other Brother models ?) and the 2 end ones were downloaded from an old DAK file I had.  I wanted to make them approximately 17" x 17" so at T 10 I cast on 120 stitches and knit 300 rows.  My gauge was 7 stitches and 9 rows to the inch. If you want to make some to your specifications, you'll want to figure out your gauge with the yarn you plan to use.  Close is probably good enough for this project.

 I also sewed a cotton fabric lining for each and used the lining to stuff  with the poly fiber fill.  Didn't want the filling to work its way out of the knitting.  After sewing the lining shut I folded the knitting over it and seamed the sides and bottom.  Couldn't be much easier.  Hope they won't ever need to be laundered in my lifetime...

6 comments:

Knittedbrows said...

These are great. Love the designs.

steel breeze said...

Love the middle one especially, but they're all nice!

Mar said...

Thanks for your nice comments Knitted Brows and Steel Breeze. Imagine how long it would take me to knit these by hand!!!

taffyyarn said...

Such gorgeous work, thank you for inspiring me once again!!!!

Ratcha said...

Love the pillows. They look great and the colors are wonderful! I'm adding your blog to my machine knitting resources on my website. I'm still learning and your works inspire me. I'm sure I will learn a lot from you. Thank you for sharing the pattern.

Theknitwitmom said...

Great pillows. Love the designs. Excited to give them a try. thanks for sharing :)