It’s only October but I’m already thinking about what to give (or make) people for Christmas. I mean, you have to get started early, right? While perusing Pinterest and racking my brain for potential design ideas, I started thinking about meaningful places and moments from my life and from my family’s lives. One place that holds a lot of meaning for my husband and his family is Martha’s Vineyard – a small island (less than 90 square miles) off the coast of Cape Cod, Massachusetts. My husband has been going to Martha’s Vineyard with his family since he was three years old and in our first year of dating, I had the pleasure of joining them. Martha’s Vineyard may be small in land area, but it is large in beauty and experiences. My trip to the island is still one of my most cherished memories and I hope to go back one day.

• 

• 

(1) Front panel in progress; (2) completed front panel.

Because Martha’s Vineyard is so special to my husband and his family, I wanted to commemorate those memories and feelings with a physical object. And that is how The {Vineyard} Pillow was born! If you’re a lover of Martha’s Vineyard, or know someone else who is, I hope that this pattern will be as special to you as it is to me. If you use this pattern to make your own The {Vineyard} Pillow, I hope you’ll send me a picture or tag me in your post because I’d love to see it. With that said, let’s jump right in. And if you have any questions or see any errors, please let me know so I can address them as soon as possible. Happy crocheting!

---

Materials

• 2 skeins of Red Heart Super Saver Yarn in Aran Fleck (Weight 4/Medium; 5 oz/141 g; 260 yds each)
• 1 skein of Red Heart Super Saver Yarn in Black (Weight 4/Medium; 7 oz/198 g; 364 yds)
  • Note: I had about a small amount of the second Aran Fleck skein left and at least half of the Black skein left.
• Size H hook (5.00 mm)
• Tapestry needle
• Scissors
• Stitch markers (optional)       
• 18” x 18” pillow form
  • I got this one from Walmart and it was fairly inexpensive: https://bit.ly/2Ha7eOF.
• Blocking materials: blocking pads, T-pins, and a spray bottle
  • Blocking is an optional step, but it is highly recommended. If you want to read more about how useful blocking can be, check out this post by The Blue Elephants: https://bit.ly/2kJxE1z.

(1) The front panel before blocking; (2) the front panel during blocking (notice the T-pins holding it to the board); and (3) the front panel after it has been blocked.

Stitch Abbreviations

• CH – Chain
• ST(S) – Stitch(es)
• SC – Single Crochet
• RS – Right Side
• WS – Wrong Side
• RND – Round
• SL ST – Slip Stitch

Special Stitches

Reverse Single Crochet – this is worked the same as single crochet, but instead of working right to left you will work left to right; reverse SC creates a row that looks like a twisted cord or rope, which is perfect for finishing and edging; it is also called the crab stitch.

• Check out this short video tutorial for working reverse single crochet: https://youtu.be/179exZEyXqo.

Gauge

16 sts x 16 rows of SC = 4” square

• Matching both the vertical and horizontal gauge can be difficult, so focus on matching the stitch gauge (i.e., horizontal) because extra rows can be added to the top of the piece if needed. Additionally, blocking will help with matching the dimensions.

Dimensions

Completed front and back panels measure roughly 18” x 17” (horizontal x vertical) each. However, the panels will stretch some once they’re crocheted together and the pillow form is inserted, so the finished project is an 18″ square pillow.

Before You Start

I have written out the exact details line-by-line for each row, but I understand this can be somewhat overwhelming so you can also refer to the stitch chart that I’ve linked below. In the stitch chart and the written pattern, all odd-numbered rows are right side [RS] rows and all even-numbered rows are wrong side [WS] rows.

https://www.StitchFiddle.com/c/sincmf-cf5dec/quickview

Since this is a pillow you won’t see the inside, which makes it helpful when carrying yarn. As you can see in the image below, I just draped the yarn along the back to avoid having 3 or 4 skeins attached to the piece at a time and/or having to carry and crochet over the yarn as I went along. You can use whatever method you feel most comfortable with, but that’s what I felt was easiest. If you choose to use this method, make sure you don’t pull the draped yarn to tight or it will cause the piece to pucker and not lay flat.

The wrong side (WS) of front panel showing my method of loosely draping the yarn.

---

Pattern

FRONT PANEL.

Chain 73 in Aran Fleck.

← ROW 1 [RS]: Beginning in the 2nd Ch from the hook, SC in each CH with Aran Fleck. CH 1 and turn. (CH 1 does not count as first SC of Row 2). [72 STS]

→ ROW 2 [WS]: SC in each ST across with Aran Fleck. CH 1 and turn.

ROWS 3 – 16: Repeat Row 2.

← ROW 17 [RS]: SC 58 with Aran Fleck. SC 2 with Black. SC 12 with Aran Fleck. CH 1 and turn.

** Pro tip: for every color change, begin your single crochet in the stitch before the first stitch of the new color, and instead of finishing the single crochet with the first color you pull in the new color to finish it. Then single crochet with the new color in the next stitch, which is your first stitch of the new color. **

→ ROW 18 [WS]: SC 10 with Aran Fleck. SC 4 with Black. SC 58 with Aran Fleck. CH 1 and turn.

← ROW 19 [RS]: SC 57 with Aran Fleck. SC 4 with Black. SC 1 with Aran Fleck. SC 1 with Black. SC 9 with Aran Fleck. CH 1 and turn.

→ ROW 20 [WS]: SC 8 with Aran Fleck. SC 1 with Black. SC 5 with Aran Fleck. SC 2 with Black. SC 56 with Aran Fleck. CH 1 and turn.

← ROW 21 [RS]: SC 55 with Aran Fleck. SC 5 with Black. SC 3 with Aran Fleck. SC 2 with Black. SC 7 with Aran Fleck. CH 1 and turn.

→ ROW 22 [WS]: SC 6 with Aran Fleck. SC 12 with Black. SC 54 with Aran Fleck. CH 1 and turn.

← ROW 23 [RS]: SC 53 with Aran Fleck. SC 4 with Black. SC 2 with Aran Fleck. SC 8 with Black. SC 5 with Aran Fleck. CH 1 and turn.

→ ROW 24 [WS]: SC 4 with Aran Fleck. SC 8 with Black. SC 3 with Aran Fleck. SC 7 with Black. SC 32 with Aran Fleck. SC 14 with Black. SC 4 with Aran Fleck. CH 1 and turn.

← ROW 25 [RS]: SC 3 with Aran Fleck. SC 3 with Black. SC 6 with Aran Fleck. SC 17 with Black. SC 15 with Aran Fleck. SC 13 with Black. SC 3 with Aran Fleck. CH 1 and turn.

Rows 1 – 25.

→ ROW 26 [WS]: SC 3 with Aran Fleck. SC 11 with Black. SC 1 with Aran Fleck. SC 46 with Black. SC 4 with Aran Fleck. SC 4 with Black. SC 3 with Aran Fleck. CH 1 and turn.

← ROW 27 [RS]: SC 3 with Aran Fleck. SC 5 with Black. SC 4 with Aran Fleck. SC 45 with Black. SC 1 with Aran Fleck. SC 12 with Black. SC 2 with Aran Fleck. CH 1 and turn.

→ ROW 28 [WS]: SC 2 with Aran Fleck. SC 12 with Black. SC 1 with Aran Fleck. SC 45 with Black. SC 1 with Aran Fleck. SC 9 with Black. SC 2 with Aran Fleck. CH 1 and turn.

← ROW 29 [RS]: SC 2 with Aran Fleck. SC 1 with Black. SC 1 with Aran Fleck. SC 7 with Black. SC 1 with Aran Fleck. SC 45 with Black. SC 6 with Aran Fleck. SC 7 with Black. SC 2 with Aran Fleck. CH 1 and turn.

→ ROW 30 [WS]: SC 16 with Aran Fleck. SC 44 with Black. SC 1 with Aran Fleck. SC 7 with Black. SC 1 with Aran Fleck. SC 1 with Black. SC 2 with Aran Fleck. CH 1 and turn.

← ROW 31 [RS]: SC 2 with Aran Fleck. SC 1 with Black. SC 1 with Aran Fleck. SC 7 with Black. SC 2 with Aran Fleck. SC 43 with Black. SC 16 with Aran Fleck. CH 1 and turn.

Rows 1 -31.

→ ROW 32 [WS]: SC 17 with Aran Fleck. SC 42 with Black. SC 1 with Aran Fleck. SC 8 with Black. SC 1 with Aran Fleck. SC 1 with Black. SC 2 with Aran Fleck. CH 1 and turn.

← ROW 33 [RS]: SC 2 with Aran Fleck. SC 1 with Black. SC 2 with Aran Fleck. SC 7 with Black. SC 1 with Aran Fleck. SC 41 with Black. SC 18 with Aran Fleck. CH 1 and turn.

→ ROW 34 [WS]: SC 19 with Aran Fleck. SC 41 with Black. SC 4 with Aran Fleck. SC 3 with Black. SC 2 with Aran Fleck. SC 1 with Black. SC 2 with Aran Fleck. CH 1 and turn.

← ROW 35 [RS]: SC 2 with Aran Fleck. SC 1 with Black. SC 2 with Aran Fleck. SC 2 with Black. SC 4 with Aran Fleck. SC 41 with Black. SC 20 with Aran Fleck. CH 1 and turn.

→ ROW 36 [WS]: SC 20 with Aran Fleck. SC 40 with Black. SC 9 with Aran Fleck. SC 1 with Black. SC 2 with Aran Fleck. CH 1 and turn.

← ROW 37 [RS]: SC 2 with Aran Fleck. SC 1 with Black. SC 3 with Aran Fleck. SC 1 with Black. SC 7 with Aran Fleck. SC 37 with Black. SC 21 with Aran Fleck. CH 1 and turn.

→ ROW 38 [WS]: SC 22 with Aran Fleck. SC 30 with Black. SC 2 with Aran Fleck. SC 3 with Black. SC 9 with Aran Fleck. SC 1 with Black. SC 2 with Aran Fleck. SC 1 with Black. SC 2 with Aran Fleck. CH 1 and turn.

← ROW 39 [RS]: SC 2 with Aran Fleck. SC 1 with Black. SC 2 with Aran Fleck. SC 1 with Black. SC 11 with Aran Fleck. SC 2 with Black. SC 2 with Aran Fleck. SC 28 with Black. SC 23 with Aran Fleck. CH 1 and turn.

→ ROW 40 [WS]: SC 24 with Aran Fleck. SC 27 with Black. SC 2 with Aran Fleck. SC 1 with Black. SC 13 with Aran Fleck. SC 3 with Black. SC 2 with Aran Fleck. CH 1 and turn.

← ROW 41 [RS]: SC 19 with Aran Fleck. SC 1 with Black. SC 1 with Aran Fleck. SC 1 with Black. SC 1 with Aran Fleck. SC 24 with Black. SC 25 with Aran Fleck. CH 1 and turn.

→ ROW 42 [WS]: SC 26 with Aran Fleck. SC 24 with Black. SC 2 with Aran Fleck. SC 1 with Black. SC 19 with Aran Fleck. CH 1 and turn.

← ROW 43 [RS]: SC 19 with Aran Fleck. SC 2 with Black. SC 1 with Aran Fleck. SC 24 with Black. SC 26 with Aran Fleck. CH 1 and turn.

→ ROW 44 [WS]: SC 27 with Aran Fleck. SC 23 with Black. SC 1 with Aran Fleck. SC 2 with Black. SC 19 with Aran Fleck. CH 1 and turn.

← ROW 45 [RS]: SC 19 with Aran Fleck. SC 26 with Black. SC 27 with Aran Fleck. CH 1 and turn.

→ ROW 46 [WS]: SC 28 with Aran Fleck. SC 17 with Black. SC 1 with Aran Fleck. SC 7 with Black. SC 19 with Aran Fleck. CH 1 and turn.

← ROW 47 [RS]: SC 19 with Aran Fleck. SC 6 with Black. SC 2 with Aran Fleck. SC 15 with Black. SC 30 with Aran Fleck. CH 1 and turn.

→ ROW 48 [WS]: SC 32 with Aran Fleck. SC 14 with Black. SC 1 with Aran Fleck. SC 6 with Black. SC 19 with Aran Fleck. CH 1 and turn.

← ROW 49 [RS]: SC 19 with Aran Fleck. SC 5 with Black. SC 2 with Aran Fleck. SC 13 with Black. SC 33 with Aran Fleck. CH 1 and turn.

→ ROW 50 [WS]: SC 34 with Aran Fleck. SC 12 with Black. SC 2 with Aran Fleck. SC 4 with Black. SC 20 with Aran Fleck. CH 1 and turn.

← ROW 51 [RS]: SC 20 with Aran Fleck. SC 4 with Black. SC 2 with Aran Fleck. SC 11 with Black. SC 35 with Aran Fleck. CH 1 and turn.

→ ROW 52 [WS]: SC 37 with Aran Fleck. SC 9 with Black. SC 3 with Aran Fleck. SC 3 with Black. SC 20 with Aran Fleck. CH 1 and turn.

← ROW 53 [RS]: SC 26 with Aran Fleck. SC 6 with Black. SC 40 with Aran Fleck. CH 1 and turn.

→ ROW 54 [WS]: SC 41 with Aran Fleck. SC 5 with Black. SC 26 with Aran Fleck. CH 1 and turn.

← ROW 55 [RS]: SC 26 with Aran Fleck. SC 3 with Black. SC 43 with Aran Fleck. CH 1 and turn. (Cut the Black yarn after you complete this row, leaving a 3-4” tail.)

→ ROW 56 [WS]: SC 72 with Aran Fleck. CH 1 and turn.

ROWS 57-72: Repeat Row 56. Tie off at the end of Row 72.

This is the completed front panel before it has been blocked. As I said in the Materials section, blocking is an optional step, but it can help make your piece more evenly sized and the edges straighter which will be helpful when you are seaming the front and back panels together.

BACK PANEL.

Chain 73 in Aran Fleck.

ROW 1: Beginning in the 2nd Ch from the hook, SC in each CH with Aran Fleck. CH 1 and turn. (CH 1 does not count as first SC of Row 2). [72 STS]

ROW 2: SC in each ST across with Aran Fleck. CH 1 and turn.

ROWS 3 – 72: Repeat Row 2. Tie off at the end of Row 72.

JOINING AND EDGING.

RND 1: With WS facing each other, join Black yarn to any corner stitch with a SL ST. CH 1. Then, working through both panels, SC evenly around 3 sides of the pillow, making sure to work 3 SC in each corner stitch. Insert the pillow form. Complete the RND with SC on the final side of the pillow. Use a SL ST to join the final SC of RND 1 with the first SC.

RND 2: CH 1. Work 1 Reverse SC in each SC around. (Remember that Reverse SC is worked from left to right, instead of from right to left as usual). Join with SL ST to first SC. Fasten off and weave in the end.

---

I really hope you enjoy this pattern as much as I have. It was a really fun experience designing, creating, and writing my own pattern and I can’t wait to try it more and more. If you use my pattern to make your own pillow, please send me pictures or tag me online so I can see how yours turned out! Also, feel free to leave comments below to tell me what you think of this pattern, any improvements or edits that can/should be made, and what you would like to see me design next!

© PATTERN COPYRIGHT: Please do not copy, redistribute, or sell my pattern in any way. You are more than welcome to sell your finished The {Vineyard} Pillow. I just ask that you please credit me for the pattern so other makers can find me as well. You may not use my pictures and pass them off as your own for they are my property. Thank you for your understanding.