This GARDEN PARTY CUSHION will shine as vividly as the colors of the season in your garden. It is made using Epic and goes great with the Garden Party Blanket. It is also beautiful on its own. The kit includes all the yarn you need plus an inner cushion. Get started and make your own Garden Party Cushion!

★★☆☆ Easy

Materials

• A – 1 ball Epic 037 Cotton Candy

• B – 4 balls Epic 002 Cream

• C – 1 ball Epic 011 Golden Glow

• D – 1 ball Epic 046 Pastel Pink

• E – 1 ball Epic 044 Light Pink

• F – 1 ball Epic 084 Pistachio

• G – 1 ball Epic 082 Grass

• H – 1 ball Epic 076 Mint

• I – 1 ball Epic 075 Green Ice

• Crochet hooks size 5 mm (UK size 6), 6 mm (UK size 4) and 4.5 mm (UK size 7)

• 40 cm (15.8 inch) square cushion pad

• Measuring tape

• Scissors

• Darning needle

Measurements

The panel will measure approximately 35 cm x 35 cm (13.8 x 13.8 inch).

Stitches and abbreviations

ch = chain

sl st = slip stitch

dc = double crochet

htr = half treble crochet

tr = treble crochet

RS = right side

WS = wrong side

4bobble = bobble stitch

Cluster = cluster stitch

Good to know

I am quite a tight crocheter, please size down in hook size if you feel you need to.

I started each row with a standing crochet, however the pattern is written using the more popular method of chains, please use your preference.

It is better to sew the ends of the striped panels into the border once you’ve completed and joined it (on three sides).

Bobble stitch -Work the instructed number of dc’s along the row. Make a slip knot with the yarn you will use for the bobbles: place the hook through the st that you will make your bobble in and pick up the new yarn and pull through to the right side. *Join with a ss, ch1. Begin as if you were making 1tr (yarn over, insert hook into st, yarn over, pull back through, yarn over, pull through two loops) but omit the last step (leaving two loops on your hook). Continue to work the desired number of half finished tr’s (4) into the same stitch. Yarn round hook with the cream yarn and pull through all the loops to secure. Now work 1dc in the next stitch, making sure that the bobble yarn tail is being worked over at the same time, continue * along.