Glen Fraser Pillow by Therese Chynoweth

Glen Fraser Pillow

Knitting
September 2015
Fingering (14 wpi) ?
30 stitches and 34 rows = 4 inches
in herringbone
US 3 - 3.25 mm
740 yards (677 m)
16" x 16" (40 x 40 cm)
English
This pattern is available from lovecrafts.com for $5.00.

I’m a sucker for tweed yarns and love classic patterns like houndstooth and herringbone. This pillow is worked in the round using stranded color knitting, working the houndstooth pattern on one half of the pillow, and the herringbone pattern on the remaining half. The crab stitch crochet edging closes both open ends and adds a classic “corded” edging along all sides.
Easy to customize with your own choice of colors, this pillow would look equally stylish in the current trendy home decorating colors as well as in graphic black and white. Sew the ends together and omit the crochet edge for a less formal look.
Yarn needed:
Color A: 366 yards (335 meters)
Color B: 374 yards (342 meters)
Yarn used:
Knit One Crochet Too Elfin Tweed (60% merino wool, 20% baby llama, 10% bamboo, 10% Donegal; 208 yards 190 meters per 50 grams);
Color A: 2 hanks, #1879 Peat
Color B: 2 hanks, #1743 Amethyst