Pillow Top Pattern #9017

Materials: Clark's O.N.T. "Brilliant", 3 balls each of Brown and Ecru, and 2 balls of Green.
Milward's steel crochet hook No. 10.
½ yd. of linen, 36 inches wide.

Pillow top is made of 9 individual motifs sewed together, each motif measuring about 4½ inches square. When completed, pillow top measures 13½ inches square.

Motif. Starting at center, with Green ch 12. Join with sl st to form ring. 1st rnd: Ch 3 (to count as d c), 23 d c in ring. Join with sl st to 3rd st of ch-3 first made. 2nd rnd: Ch 3, d c in same place as sl st, ch 2, 2 d c in same place (shell), * ch 2, skip 2 d c; in next d c make: 2 d c, ch 2, 2 d c (another shell). Repeat from * around, ending rnd with ch 1, s c in 3rd st of ch-3 first made (8 shells). 3rd rnd: * 9 d c in ch-2 of next shell, s c in sp between shells. Repeat from * around. 4th rnd: Ch 10 (to count as tr and ch-6), * s c in 5th d c of next shell, ch 4, s c in 5th d c of following shell, ch 6, tr in next s c (between shells), ch 6. Repeat from * around, ending rnd with s c in 5th d c of last shell, ch 6. Join with sl st to 4th st of ch-10 first made. 5th rnd: Ch 6 (to count as d c and ch-3), d c in same place as sl st (this is corner), * ch 3, s c in next sp, ch 3, d c in next s c, 7 d c in next ch-4 sp (between shells), d c in following s c, ch 3, s c in next sp, ch 3; in next tr make 2 d c with ch-3 between (another corner). Repeat from * around, ending rnd with ch 3, sl st in 3rd st of ch-6 first made (4 corners made). 6th rnd: Ch 3 (to count as d c), * in corner ch-3 sp make: 2 d c, ch 3, 2 d c; d c in next d c, ch 2, d c in next ch-3 loop, d c in following ch-3 loop, ch 2, d c in 1st d c of next 9-d c group, ch 2, skip 2 d c, d c in each of next 3 d c, ch 2, skip 2 d c, d c in last d c of d c-group, ch 2, d c in next ch-3 loop, d c in following ch-3 loop, ch 2, d c in next d c. Repeat from * around. Join with sl st to 3rd st of ch-3 first made. 7th rnd: Ch 3, * d c in each of next 2 d c; in next ch-3 sp make: 2 d c, ch 3, 2 d c; d c in each of next 3 d c, ch 2, d c in next sp, ch 2, skip 2 d c, d c in next sp, ch 2, d c in next sp, ch 5, skip 3 d c, d c in next sp, ch 2, d c in next sp, ch 2, skip 2 d c, d c in next sp, ch 2, d c in next d c. Repeat from * around. Join with sl st to 3rd st of ch-3 first made. 8th rnd: Ch 3, * d c in each of next 4 d c; in next ch-3 sp make: 2 d c, ch 3, 2 d c; d c in each of next 5 d c, ch 2, d c in next d c, ch 2, d c in next d c, 2 d c in next sp, d c in next d c, ch 3, s c in ch-5 loop, ch 3, d c in next d c, 2 d c in next sp, d c in next d c, ch 2, d c in next d c, ch 2, d c in next d c. Repeat from * around. Join with sl st to 3rd st of ch-3 first made. 9th rnd: Ch 3, * d c in each of next 6 d c; in next ch-3 sp make: 2 d c, ch 3, 2 d c; d c in each of next 7 d c, ch 2, d c in next d c, ch 2, d c in each of next 4 d c, ch 2, d c in next ch-3 loop, d c in next ch-3 loop, ch 2, d c in each of next 4 d c, ch 2, d c in next d c, ch 2, d c in next d c. Repeat from * around. Join with sl st to 3rd st of ch-3 first made. 10th rnd: Ch 3, * d c in each of next 8 d c; in next ch-3 sp make: 2 d c, ch 3, 2 d c; d c in each of next 9 d c, ch 2, d c in next d c, ch 2, d c in each of following 4 d c, ch 5, skip next 2 sps, d c in each of 4 d c, ch 2, d c in next d c, ch 2, d c in next d c. Repeat from * around. Join with sl st to 3rd st of ch-3 first made. 11th rnd: Ch 3, * d c in each of next 10 d c; in next ch-3 sp make: 2 d c, ch 3, 2 d c; d c in each of next 11 d c, ch 3, skip 1 sp, s c in next sp, ch 3, skip 3 d c, d c in next d c, 7 d c in ch-5 loop, d c in next d c, ch 3, s c in next sp, ch 3, skip next sp, d c in next d c. Repeat from * around. Join with sl st to 3rd st of ch-3 first made. 12th rnd: Ch 3, * d c in each of next 12 d c; in next ch-3 sp make: 2 d c, ch 3, 2 d c; d c in each of next 13 d c, 2 d c in next loop; in following loop make 3 d c, holding back the last loop of each d c on hook, thread over and take off 2 loops at a time until all loops are worked off (1 cluster made); ch 2, 1 cluster over next 3 d c, ch 2; then make 1 cluster over next 3 d c, ch 2, 1 cluster over last 3 d c, ch 2, 1 cluster in next loop (5 clusters in all), 2 d c in next loop, d c in next d c. Repeat from * around. Join with sl st. 13th rnd: Ch 3, * d c in each of next 14 d c; in next ch-3 sp make: 2 d c, ch 3, 2 d c; d c in each of next 17 d c, 3 s c in each of next 4 sps, d c in each of next 3 d c. Repeat from * around. Join with sl st. Break off. This completes one motif.

Make 4 Ecru motifs, and 4 Brown motifs. Arrange as in illustration, having Green motif at center and Brown motifs at corners, and sew together on wrong side.

Cord. Measure off eighteen 4-yd. lengths of Green, and twist tightly; then double the twisted strands and give them a second twist in the opposite direction. Sew cord around edges of pillow, making a small loop at each corner, as in illustration.