Pink Quickie Pillow Pattern

Materials Required:
AMERICAN THREAD
"AUNT LYDIA'S" HEAVY RUG YARN
2—70 yd. skeins Watermelon
1—70 yd. skein each Pink and Folly Pink
Plastic Crochet Hook size Q
Lining material, foam rubber

MOTIF GAUGE: Each motif is a 12 inch square.

NOTE: If motif is too large work tighter; if too small work looser. Wind each skein into 3 equal balls. Work with 3 strands throughout.

MOTIF: With Pink ch 2, work 8 s c in 1st st of ch, cut yarn. Do not join rounds, place a marker at beg of each round. When joining colors always complete last half of st with new color. 2nd ROUND: Working in back loop of sts throughout this and next 4 rounds, with Folly Pink * 3 sc in next st, 1 sc in next st, repeat from * all around, cut yarn. 3rd ROUND: With Watermelon work 1 s c in each s c working 3 s c in center st at each corner, cut yarn. 4th ROUND: With Pink repeat 3rd round, cut yam. 5th ROUND: With Folly Pink repeat 3rd round, cut yarn. 6th ROUND: With Watermelon repeat 3rd round, cut yarn. Work another section.

LINING: Cut lining about 1 inch larger than foam rubber. Seam 3 sides, insert foam rubber and sew opening closed. Crochet 2 sections of pillow tog as follows: Join Watermelon in corner working through both sections and through both loops of sts, * ch 3, 2 d c in same space, skip 2 s c of both sections, s c in next s c, repeat from * along 3 sides. Insert lining. Com­plete edge, join, cut yarn.