Seat Cushions
Finished
May 30, 2014
May 31, 2014

Seat Cushions

Project info
0-840 Wildflower Seat by DROPS design
Crochet
Pillow
Hooks & yarn
9.0 mm (M/N)
334 yards = 6.2 skeins
Garnstudio DROPS Eskimo
15 yards in stash
1.8 skeins = 97.2 yards (88.9 meters), 90 grams
40501
White
Nordic Mart
May 29, 2014
Garnstudio DROPS Eskimo
57 yards in stash
0.6 skeins = 32.4 yards (29.6 meters), 30 grams
13029
Blue
Nordic Mart
May 12, 2014
Garnstudio DROPS Eskimo
2 yards in stash
0.98 skeins = 52.9 yards (48.4 meters), 49 grams
97245
Yellow
Nordic Mart
May 12, 2014
Garnstudio DROPS Eskimo
5 yards in stash
1.42 skeins = 76.7 yards (70.1 meters), 71 grams
13025
Pink
Nordic Mart
May 29, 2014
Garnstudio DROPS Eskimo
5 yards in stash
0.6 skeins = 32.4 yards (29.6 meters), 30 grams
13027
Green
Nordic Mart
May 12, 2014
Garnstudio DROPS Eskimo
8 yards in stash
0.8 skeins = 43.2 yards (39.5 meters), 40 grams
11336
Red
Nordic Mart
May 12, 2014
Notes

I only needed 1 skein of the off-white for a single pad, not 2. Took about 2 hours to crochet each pad (not including weaving in ends).

Yarn amounts shown above are for TWO pads.

Approximate grams/yards used for ONE pad:

Off-white: 45 g (49 yds)
Yellow: 25 g (27 yds)
Dark Rose: 20 g (22 yds)
Pink: 36 g (39 yds)
Green: 15 g (16 yds)
Blue: 15 g (17 yds)

So, one skein of the dark rose, green, and blue can be used to make 2 pads. The yellow MIGHT make 2, depends on your gauge - it will be close. (I had about a yard of yellow left after making 2 pads.) You definitely need 2 skeins of pink and white to make 2 pads.

If you don’t care if they’re identical, then you MIGHT get two pads using only one skein of pink if you switched colors around - for example, make one as in the pattern, and make one switching the green and pink (In which case, I might also switch the blue and dark rose.)

After I placed my yarn order, I realized that I probably ordered the wrong color blue - the pattern calls for 21m, which doesn’t seem to exist. I ordered 21, but that is “Greyish Blue”, while the pattern calls for “blue/violet”. I think it should have been 41m, which is a blue/purple mix. But that’s OK, it will look fine.

I’ve wanted to make these chair pads ever since I first saw the pattern. I thought they’d be perfect for the bench in my mudroom.

Pre-felting: 44cm / 17” (slightly less than gauge).
After felting: 33 cm/13”

Used the rest of my yarn to make 2 more pads, but had to change the colors a little so that I would have enough yarn.

The yarn was perfect - no bleeding of colors at all when washed/felted in warm water.

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by Garnstudio
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100% Wool
55 yards / 50 grams

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  • Originally queued: May 6, 2014
  • Project created: May 30, 2014
  • Finished: June 2, 2014
  • Updated: June 3, 2014