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sun shaped crochet pin cushion paattern

Pin me sunshine Crochet Pin Cushion – Free Pattern

Introducing the Pin me Sunshine Pin cushion.  Bring some sunshine into your crafty life!

The name was meant to be a play on the song “Bring me sunshine” (I’ve had the Morcambe and Wise version in my head ever since) but  I think that may be a bit tenuous, I never was good very good at puns!  You can read more about this project on the blog.

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Skill LevelThis is a fairly straightforward pattern but would suit a beginner with some experience. 

Materials and SizingI used a 4mm hook with a small amount  of DMC Cotton Natura in Yellow  and Anchor Artiste Metallic gold, both of which I had in my stash.  You can use any yarn and appropriate hook for this project.  I also used a small amount of hollow fibre stuffing to fill the cushion.

The finished pin cushion is about 5in in diameter.

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Pattern Notes

I use US crochet terms and I’ve assumed knowledge of the basic crochet stitches.  Numbers in brackets represent the number of stitches in the row.

The Pattern

Make 2

Using the Yellow DMC Natura (aff), make a magic ring (there is a tutorial on this here) or you can ch4 and join with a sl st

Round 1: Work 10sc into the circle (10)

Do not join – we will be working in a continuous spiral

Round 2: Ch1 (does not count as stitch here or throughout), work 2sc in each st (20)

Round 3: Here I added in the Anchor gold metallic yarn for a round, working with 2 threads together, just to add a bit of extra sparkle, you can leave it out if you prefer though. Ch1, *work 1sc in next st, work 2sc in next st*.  Repeat *9 more times (30)

Round 4: Back to working just with the yellow.  Ch1, *work 1 sc in the next 2 st, work 2sc in the next st*.  Repeat * 9 more times (40)

Round 5: Ch1, *work 1sc in the next 3 st, work 2sc in the next st*.  Repeat from * 9 more times (50)

Round 6: Ch1, *work 1sc in the next 4 st, work 2sc in the next st*.  Repeat from * 9 more times (60)

Round 7 & Round 8: Ch 1, work 1sc in each st (60)

Fasten off and sew in ends.

Round 9: Place the 2 circles with wrong sides facing and join by working a sc through both pieces, matching stitch to stitch  around the circle.  When you are about three quarters the way round, fill the cushion and continue to work the sc around until you meet the start.  Join with a sl st to first joining sc (60)

Round 10: Join the gold yarn so you are working with two threads held together.  Ch1, *sc in next st, hdc in next st, dc and tc in next st, dc in next st, hdc in next st, sc in next st*.  Repeat * 9 more times.  Join with a sl st and fasten off

Now just add pins!!

Pin me Sunshinecrochet pin-cushion by doradoes.co.uk

I hope you like this pattern and I’d love to see your finished projects.  Please tag me on instagram @doraexplored – I love seeing finished versions of my designs, it makes for more of those little happy dances!

Happy Hooking

Dx

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