same colors I used for Somewhere Over the Rainbow
Using painted crochet technique with color changes like Somewhere Over the Rainbow but in SC, held triple using a 10mm hook.
Same stitch pattern as the Rainbow Collection Mitered Corner Pillow
Red, Orange, Yellow = 16” Pillow
Green, Blue, Purple = 18” Pillow
Make a ball aprox 50 yds of red.
Starting with 3 strands of Red yarn:
Round 1: 6SC in a magic ring 6
Round 2: (1 SC, 3 SC in the next SC, 1 SC) 2x (10)
Round 3: (2 SC, 3 SC in the next SC, 2 SC) 2x (14)
Round 4: (3 SC, 3 SC in the next SC, 3 SC) 2x (18)
Round 5: (4 SC, 3 SC in the next SC, 4 SC) 2x (22)
Round 6: (5 SC, 3 SC in the next SC, 5 SC) 2x (26)
Round 7: (6 SC, 3 SC in the next SC, 6 SC) 2x (30)
Round 8: (7 SC, 3 SC in the next SC, 7 SC) 2x (34)
Round 9: (8 SC, 3 SC in the next SC, 8 SC) 2x (38)
Round 10: (9 SC, 3 SC in the next SC, 9 SC) 2x (42)
Round 11: (10 SC, 3 SC in the next SC, 10 SC) 2x (46)
Round 12: 11 SC, 3 SC in the next SC, 22 SC, 3 SC in the next SC (after the first stitch, drop one strand of red and pick up one strand of orange, you will now be working with 2 strands red and 1 strand orange), 11 SC (50)
Round 13: (12 SC, 3 SC in the next SC, 12 SC) 2x (54)
Round 14: 13 SC, 3 SC in the next SC, 26 SC, 3 SC in the next SC (after the first stitch, drop one strand of red and pick up another strand of orange, you will now be working with 1 strand red and 2 strands orange), 13 SC (58)
Round 15: (14 SC, 3 SC in the next SC, 14 SC) 2x (62)
Round 16: 15 SC, 3 SC in the next SC, 30 SC, 3 SC in the next SC (after the first stitch, drop one strand of red and pick up another strand of orange, you will now be working with 3 strands orange), 15 SC (66)
Row 17: (16 SC, 3 SC in the next SC, 16 SC) 2x (70)
Row 18: (17 SC, 3 SC in the next SC, 17 SC) 2x (74)
Row 19: (18 SC, 3 SC in the next SC, 18 SC) 2x (78)
Row 20: (19 SC, 3 SC in the next SC, 19 SC) 2x (82)
Row 21: (20 SC, 3 SC in the next SC, 20 SC) 2x (86)
Row 21: (19 SC, SC3TOG in the next SC, 19 SC) 2x (82)
Row 22: (18 SC, SC3TOG in the next SC, 18 SC) 2x (78)
Row 23: (17 SC, SC3TOG in the next SC, 17 SC) 2x (74)
Row 24: (16 SC, SC3TOG in the next SC, 16 SC) 2x (70)
after 2 rows of all yellow, turn inside out and weave in the ends
turn right side out and continue
after 6 rows of all yellow, put the pillow insert in
you will be crocheting around the pillow insert for the rest of the pillow